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BurgundyBlend vs Square Appointments

Square is scheduling and payments software. It does not go and find you clients. We are a discovery marketplace, and the calendar is the part that comes after.

The short answer

Choose BurgundyBlend if your calendar is handled and the real problem is that not enough people know you exist. Square Appointments runs the appointment once you have found the client yourself; we do the finding as well, and the calendar, staff, deposits and payouts come with it.

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 data

A Canadian company

BurgundyBlend Inc., incorporated in Alberta, serving businesses across Canada and the US.

About us

A real app, already shipped

Live on the App Store, and the web app works in any browser with nothing to install. Google Play is on the way.

View on the App Store

The actual product

Discovery first, with the whole shop included

You are not choosing between being found and being run.

BurgundyBlend home screen showing service categories and featured professionals

The Chair

Short clips of real work, each carrying that professional's next free slot. Customers see the work and book it.

BurgundyBlend business dashboard with bookings and revenue

Your whole shop

Calendar, staff, availability, deposits, payouts, reviews and revenue reporting. Included, at no cost, on every plan.

How Square Appointments charges

  • Free for one person, with a monthly fee once you have staff
  • You pay for the calendar whether it fills or not
  • No marketplace, so every client on it is one you found and paid to find yourself
  • Card processing on top

How we charge

  • A marketplace where customers find you without knowing your name
  • The Chair: short clips of your work, each with your next free slot attached
  • $3 flat when we introduce somebody new, nothing on your own clients
  • Free to list, free to take bookings

Two different jobs

These are not the same product with different prices. Work out which problem you actually have.

Square Appointments is for

Square is a calendar and a card reader. It runs the appointment once you have already found the client yourself.

BurgundyBlend is for

BurgundyBlend does the finding as well as the running: The Chair puts your work in front of people across Canada and the US, and the calendar, staff, deposits and payouts come with it.

Side by side

The decisions that actually differ, rather than a feature count.

BurgundyBlend compared with Square Appointments, by decision area
Decision BurgundyBlend Square Appointments
Where new clients come from The Chair puts your work in front of people across Canada and the US who were not looking for you by name. No marketplace, so every client is one you found and paid to find yourself.
What you pay Free to list and to take bookings. $3 flat when we introduce somebody new, nothing on your own clients. Free for one person, then a monthly fee once you have staff, paid whether the calendar fills or not.
Running the shop Calendar, staff, availability, deposits, payouts, reviews and reporting included at no cost. Strong scheduling and card handling. This is not the axis the decision turns on.
Point of sale and retail Not our scope. If a card reader on the counter is central to your day, keep it. A genuine strength, and a reason plenty of shops run Square alongside us.
Your brand Your own storefront, link and QR codes. Clients you brought are free forever. Fully your own, because nothing is bringing you clients to share.

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 clients you bring yourself are free forever, however many times they rebook. We are paid only when The Chair puts you in front of somebody new. A platform that takes a percentage of every booking, or a monthly fee whether it sends you anyone or not, is charging you for the clients you already had.

Worth adding us if

  • Your calendar is handled and the real problem is that not enough people know you exist
  • You want new clients, not better admin
  • You would rather pay for a result than for a tool

You do not have to switch anything. Listing is free and there is no monthly fee, so keep what you use and let us prove it by sending you someone.

Before you switch

Can I use BurgundyBlend alongside Square?
Yes, and many shops do. Square handles the counter and the card reader; we bring the clients. Listing is free and there is no monthly fee, so adding us costs nothing to try.
Does BurgundyBlend replace my calendar?
It can. Calendar, per-staff availability, services, deposits, payouts and reporting are all included at no cost. Whether you move them across is your call, and nothing forces it.
Why would I add a marketplace at all?
Because scheduling software cannot solve an empty chair. If your problem is admin, Square is a good answer; if your problem is that not enough people know you exist, no calendar fixes that.
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 clients you bring yourself are free forever, however many times they rebook. We are paid only when The Chair puts you in front of somebody new. A platform that takes a percentage of every booking, or a monthly fee whether it sends you anyone or not, is charging you for the clients you already had.

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Try it alongside what you use

Free to list, free to take bookings. We only charge when we bring you somebody new.

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