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BurgundyBlend vs Booksy
Both of us charge a monthly plan. Booksy charges more for every person you add to it, and ours is one price for the whole shop however many professionals you put on it.
The short answer
Choose BurgundyBlend if you have a team, because Booksy charges more for every person you add and we do not: one plan covers the whole shop, from $9.99 CAD a month with 14 days free, plus $3.00 flat only when The Chair introduces someone new and nothing on the clients you brought yourself.
Why you can trust BurgundyBlend
Payments run on Stripe
Deposits and payouts are handled by Stripe. Card details never touch our servers.
How we handle your dataA Canadian company
BurgundyBlend Inc., incorporated in Alberta, serving businesses across Canada and the US.
About usA real app, already shipped
Live on the App Store and Google Play, with a web app that works in any browser.
View on the App StoreThe actual product
Discovery first, with the whole shop included
You are not choosing between being found and being run.
The Chair
Short clips of real work, each carrying that professional's next free slot. Customers see the work and book it.
Your whole shop
Calendar, staff, availability, deposits, payouts, reviews and revenue reporting. Included on every plan, with no per seat charge and nothing to add on.
How Booksy charges
- A monthly subscription, charged whether or not it brings you a single booking
- More per month as you add staff
- The listing is bundled into that fee, so you pay for reach in the months you get none
- Card processing on top
How we charge
- One plan for the whole shop: $9.99 CAD a month to start, with 14 days free
- The same price however many professionals you put on it
- $3.00 flat when The Chair introduces somebody new, and no commission ever
- No booking fee at all on the clients you brought yourself
- Customers post what they want and you quote it sealed, where no rival sees your price
Two different jobs
These are not the same product with different prices. Work out which problem you actually have.
Booksy is for
Booksy is a subscription priced per person, with a directory bundled into it.
BurgundyBlend is for
BurgundyBlend is discovery first, with the whole shop included: calendar, staff, availability, deposits, payouts and reporting, on one plan that does not grow with the team.
Side by side
The decisions that actually differ, rather than a feature count.
| Decision | BurgundyBlend | Booksy |
|---|---|---|
| What you pay in a slow month | Your plan and nothing else. There is no commission and no booking fee unless a client we introduced actually books. | The full subscription, unchanged, whether the month produced bookings or not. |
| Adding staff | Staff are included in the plan. Growing the team does not raise what it costs to be found. | Priced per seat, so the monthly cost climbs as you hire. |
| How you get discovered | The Chair: clips of your work with your next free slot attached, across Canada and the US. | A listing bundled into the subscription, so you pay for reach in the months you get none. |
| Running the shop | Calendar, staff, availability, deposits, payouts, reviews and reporting included in every plan. | A capable calendar too. This is not the axis the decision turns on. |
| Your brand | Your own storefront, link and QR codes, and your own clients never attract a booking fee. | Worth asking what you are renting each month, and what happens to it when you stop. |
Does being on a marketplace cost me my own clients?
It is the fair question to ask, and our answer is in what we charge. You get your own branded storefront, your own link and QR codes, and a client you bring yourself never carries a booking fee, however many times they rebook. Your plan is the same whether we introduce you to nobody or to fifty people, and the only booking fee we charge is $3.00 when The Chair puts you in front of somebody new. A platform that takes a percentage of every booking is charging you for the clients you already had.
Worth adding us if
- You have more than one chair, and paying per person is what the monthly bill is made of
- You would rather be found by a clip of your work than by your place in a list of names
- You want the plan to be the whole fixed cost, with no percentage on top of it
You do not have to switch anything. Starter is $9.99 CAD a month and opens with 14 days free, so keep what you use and let us prove it by sending you someone.
Before you switch
Is BurgundyBlend a Booksy alternative?
Do I need a paid plan to be listed?
What happens in a quiet month?
Does being on a marketplace cost me my own clients?
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Try it alongside what you use
14 days free, then $9.99 CAD a month. No commission, and the only booking fee is $3.00 flat when we bring you somebody new.
