Salonnare vs Studiolution - which salon software fits your business?

Pricing and cost model

Salonnare uses clear, fixed pricing with no marketplace commission on your bookings. For payments you only pay the standard fees of your own Stripe or Mollie account, plus Salonnare's own platform fee of 0.5% (min. EUR 0.30) per transaction. You start free with the free plan: EUR 0 per month for 1 staff member and 50 bookings per month, no credit card required. After that you choose Starter at EUR 9.99 per month (EUR 99.90 per year) or Pro at EUR 14.99 per month (EUR 149.90 per year). You can export your data at any time.

According to their pricing page, Studiolution has two plans: Uschi (appointments and online booking) from EUR 22.95 and Uschi & Klaus (including till, vouchers and DATEV export) from EUR 32.95 per month, excl. VAT, billed annually for one staff member, plus EUR 2.95 per extra staff member. There is a 30-day free trial and no notice period.^[1] With a genuine free tier without a credit card and fixed pricing without marketplace commission, Salonnare keeps your costs predictable. See our full pricing to compare the two yourself.

Built for the Netherlands and Belgium

This is where Salonnare truly differs. Your clients pay online with iDEAL (native via Stripe Connect and Mollie), Bancontact, SumUp or card. The point of sale applies the correct Dutch VAT (21% and 9%), set per treatment and product. And with the accounting export (Exact Online, Moneybird, MT940 or CSV) you hand over a tidy file to your accountant.

Studiolution is primarily aimed at the DACH market (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). That means its default tax logic and payment methods are tuned to that region; iDEAL and Dutch VAT reporting are not a standard part of the package. For a Dutch or Belgian salon that saves daily friction: you take payments the way your clients expect and your bookkeeper gets the sales per VAT rate.

Online booking and day-to-day use

With Salonnare you set up your own booking page and an embeddable widget on your own website, both with your own logo and branding. Clients pick one or more treatments, see available time slots per staff member and book in just a few clicks. From the calendar you then keep working with client records, inventory and the point of sale. The modern interface means fast onboarding: even interns are productive within an hour.

Studiolution likewise offers online scheduling, client management, payments and reporting in one all-in-one package. Both systems cover the core well; with Salonnare everything - online booking, point of sale, inventory, marketing automation, recurring memberships, gift cards, loyalty, no-show fees and deposits, forms and intake - is included in one plan at no extra cost, and you keep 100% of your own branding and data ownership.

Switching to Salonnare

Switching does not have to be a hurdle. Salonnare offers a CSV import so you can bring your client database along and avoid re-entering everything. You start for free, set up your treatments and staff, and then take online booking live.

Useful: extra features such as email marketing, recurring memberships via SEPA and iDEAL, gift cards, loyalty, deposits and no-show fees, forms and intake, plus a GDPR Article 9 health-data vault are all included. Your data stays yours, kept separate per salon (EU servers, GDPR), with no marketplace pushing competitors to your clients. Explore all features or read more about us.

Conclusion: why Salonnare wins

Let us be fair: Studiolution is a longer-established, well-known player with a broad customer base in the DACH region. If you run a salon in Germany, Austria or Switzerland, their local fit and market knowledge are a serious reason to consider them.

But for Dutch and Belgian salons, Salonnare is the better choice, and that is not an empty claim. You take iDEAL and Bancontact payments the way your clients expect, your point of sale applies the correct VAT (21%/9%) and offers an accounting export for your bookkeeper, and your support is in Dutch. On top of that: a free tier (EUR 0), low fixed pricing with no marketplace commission, 100% own branding and data on EU servers, and a complete package - online booking, POS, inventory, marketing automation, memberships, gift cards, loyalty, deposits, forms - at no extra cost. For the NL and BE audience, that local fit outweighs a track record in another market.

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