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Booksy alternative
The Booksy alternative that takes no cut of your clients
Booksy Boost charges 30% of a new client’s first visit, capped at $100. Sessurely charges nothing on your session prices at any time. We cost more per month, so below you will find the exact point where that stops being true.
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Where Booksy is cheaper, said first
Booksy is $29.99 a month on one plan. Sessurely is $69.99. If you keep Boost switched off, or nearly every client is someone you already knew, Booksy costs you less and nothing on this page changes that. That is a real answer and you can stop reading.
The comparison only becomes interesting when the marketplace is doing the introducing, because that is when Booksy stops being $29.99.
The crossover
How many new clients before Booksy costs more
The monthly gap is $40. Boost takes 30% of a new marketplace client’s first visit, minimum $10, capped $100, once per client. So the question is simply how many of those it takes to clear $40.
| Their first visit | Boost takes | New clients before we cost less |
|---|---|---|
| $40 | $12 | 4 a month |
| $60 | $18 | 3 a month |
| $80 | $24 | 2 a month |
| $100 | $30 | 2 a month |
| $150 | $45 | 1 a month |
Worked once, so you can check it. Three new marketplace clients at $60 is $54 in commission on top of $29.99, which is $83.99. Sessurely is $69.99 with no commission at all. At two clients Booksy is $65.99 and is the cheaper choice by four dollars.
The commission is one-time per client rather than forever, and tips are not included in it. It is not a permanent tax on your regulars. It is the price of an introduction, and whether that is worth paying is a real business question rather than an obvious one.
Side by side
What each side actually charges
Their figures are what Booksy’s own pages and public pricing documentation said in September 2026. Ours are things you can check in the product this afternoon.
| Sessurely | Booksy | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $69.99, or $599.99 a year | $29.99, one plan |
| Commission on your session prices | None, ever | None on your own clients |
| Commission on a new marketplace client | Not applicable, we are not a marketplace | 30% of the first visit, $10 min, $100 cap |
| Fee on a deposit or a no-show fee | 2%, capped at $10 | Not published as a separate fee |
| Fee on packages and gift cards | 0% | Not published as a separate fee |
| Fee on money taken in person | 0% | Card reader hardware sold separately |
| Your clients listed next to competitors | Never, there is no directory | Yes, it is a marketplace |
| Export your client list and leave | Yes, any time | Varies, check their terms |
| Charge a no-show fee to a card on file | Yes, on your confirmation | Yes, policy dependent |
| Nothing charged without you confirming | Yes, always | Varies by setting |
Rows marked “not published as a separate fee” mean exactly that: we could not find a published figure, so we are not inventing one. Card processing is charged by the processor on both sides.
What Booksy does that we do not
It finds you clients. That is the whole product and it is not a small thing. Booksy is a marketplace with an audience already searching it, and Boost puts you in front of people who have never heard of you. Sessurely has no audience to lend you. Every client who books you through us is someone you brought.
So the honest way to choose is this. If you need introductions and you are willing to pay a commission for them, a marketplace is the right tool and the 30% is what it costs. If your problem is that the people who already know you do not turn up, a commission buys you nothing, and you want the tool that protects the hour instead.
We built the second one.
What you get for the higher monthly price
Your own booking page and calendar, a real client book with notes and history, intake forms, reminders, packages and gift cards. A deposit or a card on file holds the booking. When somebody does not turn up, you mark the no-show and the fee you set is charged to the card they already agreed to, through Stripe, into your own account. No invoice and no chasing.
Nothing is ever charged without you confirming it first. That is a deliberate limit rather than a missing feature: a tool that bills your clients on your behalf is a tool you switch off the first time it gets one wrong.
Want the number for your own book? Work out what no-shows cost you →
Questions
Booksy and Sessurely: common questions
How much commission does Booksy take on a new client?
Booksy Boost charges a one-time 30% of a new marketplace client's first visit, with a $10 minimum and a $100 cap. It applies only to clients who find you through the Booksy marketplace while Boost is switched on, and only to their first visit. Clients you bring yourself are not charged a commission. Checked against Booksy's own Boost page and public pricing write-ups in September 2026.
Is Sessurely cheaper than Booksy?
Not always, and it depends entirely on Boost. Booksy is $29.99 a month and Sessurely is $69.99, so if Boost is off and you bring your own clients, Booksy is cheaper and we will say so plainly. The gap is $40 a month. One new marketplace client on a $150 first visit costs you $45 in commission, which is already more than the gap. At a $60 first visit it takes three of them. Above that line we cost less, below it we cost more.
Does Sessurely take a percentage of my session prices?
No. There is no commission on your session prices, ever. You pay one flat monthly price. The only additional fee is 2% capped at $10, and it applies only to deposits, no-show fees and late-cancel fees. Packages, gift cards and anything you take in person are 0%. Stripe's standard card processing applies to charges, as it does everywhere.
Do my clients belong to Booksy or to me?
On Sessurely they are yours. We are not a marketplace, so there is no directory, no discovery feed and no competing booking page. We never market to your clients and never show them another practitioner. You can export your client list whenever you like and take it with you. A marketplace works differently by design: its value to you is that it introduces clients, and the commission is the price of that introduction.
Can Sessurely charge a no-show fee?
Yes. The client adds a card and agrees to your policy when they book. If they do not turn up, you mark the no-show and the fee you set is charged to that card through Stripe. No invoice and no chasing. Nothing is ever charged without you confirming it first.
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