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Flowyana vs Fresha: a salon marketplace with online booking, or a calendar tied to your books and no commission?

Fresha is a booking platform for salons, spas, and wellness businesses, with a marketplace where clients discover and book them, a calendar, a point of sale, payments, and marketing tools. Flowyana’s bookings product is a staff-run calendar for appointments, rooms, and courts, where deposits, extra charges, and payments post to the same books as everything else.

In short

Choose Fresha if you run a salon or spa and want clients to find you in a marketplace and book themselves online around the clock. Choose Flowyana if you take bookings by phone or chat, want resources that cannot be double-booked, deposits and charges on each booking, and the accounts and stock in the same system, with no commission.

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Side by side

At a glance.

What each product states about itself, from Fresha’s own pages and ours.

AspectFlowyanaFresha
What it isAll-in-one business platform with bookings alongside accounting, invoicing, inventory, CRM, HR & payroll, rentals, support, and POSBooking platform for salons and spas, with a consumer marketplace
Online booking by clientsNo online booking page for customers; staff record each bookingClients self-book online 24/7
MarketplaceNoneMarketplace where clients discover and book businesses
CalendarMonth calendar with status at a glance, filterable by resourceCalendar with unlimited bookings, clients, and locations
ResourcesRooms, courts, chairs, staff, equipment, or tables, each with a clash checkNot described on the pages we checked
DepositsDeposit as a percentage or a fixed amount, with the balance due shownDeposit and prepayment options for cancellation policies
Extra charges and feesExtra hour, cleaning, damage, or other charges with tax; cancellation fee; waive with a reasonNot described on the pages we checked
Point of sale and stockRetail and restaurant POS, and inventory, on the Business planPoint of sale and inventory management listed
CommissionNo commission on any booking; you pay the plan priceIts business page says no hidden costs, with payment processing and marketing tools as optional add-ons
Accounting and HRDouble-entry books and payroll available on the platformNot listed on the pages we checked
Mobile appUsed from a browser; no separate Android or iOS appBusiness app for iOS and Android
LanguagesWorkspace in English, Arabic, Hindi, French, German, SpanishOnly English appears on the pages we checked

Fresha facts are taken from Fresha’s official pages listed at the bottom of this page and may change without notice. No prices are quoted; both vendors’ pricing varies by region.

Where Flowyana differs

What changes if you choose Flowyana.

Resources that cannot clash

A room, court, or chair already booked for any part of the time is refused and the booking in the way is named, even when two people save at once.

Money attached to each booking

Deposits, split payments, extra charges, and cancellation fees sit on one statement per booking, and charges post to your books.

No commission, one platform

You pay the plan price, never a cut of bookings, and the same clients carry into invoices, accounting, and stock.

Reminders for staff

Staff are notified of bookings starting today and tomorrow.

Built for India and the Gulf

GST and VAT are configurable, and documents can be bilingual in Arabic and English.

Being fair

When Fresha is the better choice.

  • You want new clients to find you through a marketplace. Fresha lists one; Flowyana does not.
  • You want clients to book themselves online at any hour. Fresha lists this; Flowyana has no customer-facing booking page.
  • You run a salon or spa and want a product designed only for that trade, with a business app for iOS and Android.
  • You want automated marketing campaigns and referrals in the same tool. Fresha lists both.

If that sounds like you, we would rather say so now than after a demo. If it does not, book one and judge for yourself.

Questions

Asked when comparing with Fresha.

Is Flowyana a good Fresha alternative?

Yes, if you take bookings by phone, chat, or at the desk and want deposits, charges, and accounts in one place with no commission. If clients must book themselves online or find you in a marketplace, Fresha is the closer fit.

What is the difference between Flowyana and Fresha?

Fresha is a salon and spa booking platform with a consumer marketplace. Flowyana’s bookings product is a staff-run calendar inside a platform that also does accounting, stock, HR, and CRM.

Can clients book themselves on Flowyana?

No. There is no online self-booking page yet; staff record the booking against the client and a time.

Does Flowyana charge commission on bookings?

No. You pay the plan price and Flowyana never takes a cut of bookings.

Can Flowyana stop two bookings clashing?

Yes. Set up rooms, courts, chairs, or staff as resources; overlapping times on the same resource are refused.

Does Flowyana have a mobile app?

No. Flowyana is used from a browser, including on a phone. Fresha lists a business app for iOS and Android.

Is it suited to India and the Gulf?

Yes. GST and VAT are configurable, the workspace runs in English, Arabic, Hindi, French, German, and Spanish, and documents can be bilingual.

Can we move from Fresha to Flowyana?

Yes. Tell us how you book today, and we will set up your booking types, resources, and deposits with you.

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