Salonnare vs Salon Pelikaan - which Dutch booking system fits your salon?

Price and cost model

According to their pricing page, Salon Pelikaan charges a flat rate of approximately EUR 12.50 per month^[1], with no commission on your bookings. That is a sharp, predictable price for a salon that mainly needs an online calendar and invoicing. Salonnare starts at EUR 0 per month with the free plan (1 staff member, 50 bookings per month, no credit card required). As you grow, Starter costs EUR 29 per month (EUR 348 per year) and Pro EUR 59 per month (EUR 708 per year). Salonnare also charges no commission on bookings and there is no lock-in. The difference is what you get: with Salonnare a complete point of sale, payments, marketing and memberships are included in that price. You never pay extra for separate modules or add-ons - the whole ERP is in there. See all pricing at a glance.

Built for the Dutch and Belgian market

Both tools are Dutch-first, so language is covered either way. Salonnare adds a number of NL/BE-specific features that are decisive for many salons. Clients pay natively with iDEAL (via both Stripe Connect and Mollie) and Bancontact, and your point of sale works with Dutch VAT rates (21% on services, 9% on retail). For your accountant there is an Auditfile export for the Dutch Tax Authority. Everything runs on EU servers in Frankfurt and Amsterdam and is GDPR compliant. On top of that you keep 100% your own branding and your data in your own tenant database - there is no marketplace pushing competitors of your salon to your clients.

Features and daily use

For online booking both offer a calendar in which clients schedule their own appointment. Salonnare gives you an embeddable widget for your own website plus a dedicated booking page with your own logo and branding. Clients pick one or more treatments, see the available time slots per staff member and book in a few clicks. On top of that, Salonnare gives you client records, inventory management, email marketing and campaigns, recurring memberships (via SEPA or iDEAL), gift cards, a loyalty programme, no-show fees and deposits, forms and intake, a GDPR Article 9 health-data vault and GDPR export. Google review automation and a multi-location dashboard are in development. The modern interface is quick to pick up: new staff and trainees are often productive within an hour.

Switching to Salonnare

Already have your client list in Salon Pelikaan or another system? You can import your clients easily via a CSV file. That way you bring your history along without retyping everything. You can comfortably start on the free plan, set up your booking page and treatments, and only scale up when you are ready. Our Dutch-speaking support helps you personally during office hours - you are in direct contact with a Dutch developer. Want to know who is behind it? Read about us.

Conclusion: why Salonnare wins

If you purely want a simple, cheap Dutch booking system with an online calendar, client records and invoicing - and nothing more - then Salon Pelikaan is fairly priced at approximately EUR 12.50 per month^[1]. For a solo business that genuinely will never need a point of sale, payments, marketing or memberships, that is a legitimate choice. But for most Dutch and Belgian salons, Salonnare wins, and that is not a hollow claim. You start for free (EUR 0) instead of paying from day one, you grow without commission or lock-in, and you get a complete ERP - a point of sale with Dutch VAT and Auditfile, iDEAL and Bancontact via your own Stripe or Mollie, email marketing, recurring memberships, gift cards, loyalty, no-show fees and deposits - without paying extra. Your data and branding stay yours, with no marketplace luring your clients away. Anyone who ever needs even one of those features ends up paying more with a lighter system and gives up flexibility. That is why Salonnare is the smarter choice for a growing NL/BE salon - and you can try it for free today.

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