Salonnare vs WellnessLiving - the EU-first alternative built for your market

Pricing and cost model

Salonnare is transparently priced in euros: a free free plan at EUR 0 per month (1 staff member, 50 bookings per month), Starter at EUR 9.99 per month (EUR 99.90 per year) and Pro at EUR 14.99 per month (EUR 149.90 per year). No credit card needed to start free and no marketplace commission on your bookings. On online and card payments you 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.

WellnessLiving publishes its prices in US dollars: Starter from USD 69 per month (one staff member), Business USD 199 and BusinessPro USD 349 per month, with Enterprise on request; you sign up through a demo^[1]. For a small salon in the Netherlands or Belgium that means: pricing in dollars and a sales conversation before you can start. With Salonnare you see exactly what you pay in euros in advance and start today without a call. Check our pricing.

Built for the Netherlands and Belgium

This is where Salonnare truly stands out. Clients pay with iDEAL (native via both Stripe Connect and Mollie), Bancontact, SumUp or card - exactly the methods your clients expect. The point of sale calculates the correct Dutch VAT (21% and 9%, set per treatment and product) and you export the sales per VAT rate for your bookkeeper without hassle.

WellnessLiving is primarily tuned for the North American market and charges in dollars. Whether iDEAL, Bancontact and a Dutch VAT register are available for your salon is something to check with them; with Salonnare they come as standard. For a salon in Amsterdam, Antwerp or Tilburg, that is a daily difference.

Features and ease of use

Salonnare covers the full salon workflow at no extra cost: online booking via a widget on your own website and a branded booking page with your logo, a calendar per staff member, client records, inventory management, email marketing and campaigns, recurring memberships (via SEPA and iDEAL), gift cards, loyalty, no-show fees and deposits, and intake forms. Everything in nine languages, with 100% own branding - your data stays yours, kept separate per salon, and there is no marketplace pushing competitors to your clients. Clients pick multiple treatments, see time slots per staff member and book in a few clicks.

WellnessLiving also offers a broad suite with memberships, marketing and its own client app, aimed at larger spa and wellness centres. Salonnare deliberately stays lean and fast for the typical Dutch or Belgian salon: the modern UX and quick onboarding make even interns productive within an hour. See all features at a glance.

Switching to Salonnare

Switching does not have to be a barrier. Salonnare has a CSV import so you bring your client base and data along and never start from scratch. You begin for free, test calmly with your own data and only take the next step once you are convinced.

You stay the owner of your data. A GDPR export is always available. Questions during the switch? Our Dutch-language support, delivered by a Dutch developer, is there to help.

Conclusion: why Salonnare wins

There is one specific case where WellnessLiving is worth considering: if you run multiple large locations, serve an international English-speaking audience and need a mature native client app under your own brand, the scale of an established North American suite is an advantage there.

For the salon in the Netherlands or Belgium, however, Salonnare wins on the points that matter day to day. You pay a transparent euro price from EUR 0, with no marketplace commission - whereas WellnessLiving starts at USD 69 per month and works through a demo. Clients pay natively with iDEAL and Bancontact, the point of sale calculates the correct Dutch VAT and offers an accounting export for your bookkeeper. You get Dutch-language support, EU servers and GDPR compliance, 100% own branding and ownership of your data. And you get the full suite - online booking, POS, inventory, marketing automation, memberships, gift cards, loyalty and forms - without modules you do not use. On real merits, that makes Salonnare the stronger choice for the NL/BE salon.

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