Tulala vs Booksy
Both take bookings. One charges per staff member and takes a cut of your new clients. The other charges one flat rate and gives you a website.
If you are on Booksy and looking, it is usually one of two reasons. The bill grows every time you hire someone, or you noticed what Boost takes out of a new client's first visit.
Here is the difference in plain numbers, with their pricing as published on their own site and ours as published on ours. Check both before you decide. We would rather you verify this than trust us.
The numbers side by side
| Tulala | Booksy | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost to start | Free. You can take a booking without paying anything. | From $29.99 a month for the first user. |
| Cost when you hire | Nothing changes. There is no per seat fee. | About $20 more per staff member, per month. |
| Cut of a new client | Six percent of the booking. The same for a new client and a regular. | Boost takes 30% of a new client's first visit, minimum $10, capped at $100. One time per client. |
| Card processing | Included in the six percent. | Roughly 2.49% to 2.69% plus a per transaction fee, on top. |
| Your own website | Included. Your own domain, your pages, your storefront. | A profile on their marketplace, not a site you own. |
| Does the rate change by plan | No. Six percent on every plan, including free. | Subscription tier changes what you pay monthly. |
Pricing for Booksy checked on 2 September 2026. Prices change, so verify them here: Booksy pricing. Ours are on our pricing page.
Where Booksy is genuinely stronger
Booksy has a marketplace with real demand in it. People open the app looking for a barber near them, and Boost puts you in front of those people. That is worth something, and it is why the 30% exists.
We do not have that yet. Our directory is young. If your whole business depends on strangers finding you inside an app today, Booksy does that and we do not.
They have been doing this longer, in more cities, with more integrations. If you need something niche that they support and we do not, that is a real reason to stay.
Who should actually switch
- You already have your own clients and you are paying to keep them in someone else's app.
- You have staff, and the per seat cost is now a real number every month.
- You want a website you own, on your own domain, not a profile page.
- You would rather pay one predictable rate than a subscription plus a marketplace cut plus processing.
Try it without moving anything
Open a free page, put one service on it, and send it to a client. Nothing to cancel, nothing to migrate, and you will know within a day whether it works for you.