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Booksy prices by the staff member and keeps the client on its marketplace. Rehost leases you a branded app the business owns.
Booksy is a capable booking app with a real consumer marketplace, especially strong for barbershops and solo professionals. The comparison isn't the feature list. It's the shape: a per-staff subscription where the booking app, marketplace, and client records live on Booksy, versus a custom branded app your business owns outright, operated by a team, priced flat by monthly active users instead of by headcount.
Where Booksy is genuinely the better fit.
For a solo professional or a small shop, Booksy is hard to beat on day one. The base plan is inexpensive, setup is fast, and the Booksy marketplace is a genuine source of new clients: people open the app to find a barber or stylist near them, and a listing puts you in front of them. If most of your new business arrives through Booksy search, that discovery is real value.
The client-facing booking experience is smooth, reminders and no-show protection work well, and the app is already familiar to a lot of clients who use it elsewhere. For a single shop that wants to be booking today and lives off the marketplace, Booksy is a reasonable choice.
The pricing, side by side.
Booksy publishes a base rate and charges per added staff member, with most real costs coming from add-ons and the marketplace boost. The figures below reflect reported Booksy pricing as of mid-2026; your total varies by staff count and add-ons.
| Rehost | Booksy | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | Business from $950/mo, flat by MAU (no per-staff fee) | ~$30/mo base for 1 staff; ~$20/mo per added staff (3 staff ~$70, 7 staff ~$150) |
| What scales the bill | Monthly active users: $950 to 2K, $1,500 to 10K, $2,500 to 50K | Headcount: every staff member you add raises the subscription |
| Contract | Month-to-month, cancel anytime | Month-to-month, but add-ons and a paid marketplace boost stack on top |
| Who runs it | Rehost's team operates it; you never log into a builder | Your staff administers the app and marketplace listing |
| Fees and add-ons | No setup fee, no platform cut; processor only (Stripe ~2.2%) | Card processing through Booksy; marketing and boost add-ons, plus a new-client marketplace fee on some plans |
| If you leave | App, domain, App Store account, repo, client data stay in your name | The booking app, marketplace listing, and client book live in Booksy; you export a list, not an app |
Booksy figures come from Booksy's published rates and third-party pricing reports as of mid-2026; actual totals depend on staff count, add-ons, and marketplace fees. Processor rates apply on both sides; the difference is whether a per-staff fee and marketplace cut sit on top.
Four differences that decide it.
- Per-staff vs per-user math. Booksy charges for every staff member, so the bill climbs each time you hire. Rehost prices by monthly active users, so a busy team and a small one pay by who books, not by how many people are on staff. Growing the team doesn't grow the subscription.
- Who owns the client (and the marketplace question). Booksy's marketplace brings clients, but it also means the client found Booksy, not you, and the records live on Booksy. A Rehost app is the business's app: the booking data, client records, and processor sit in your name. The honest trade is that an owned app doesn't come with Booksy's built-in discovery; you bring your own clients to it.
- Branded vs platform-branded. Booksy is your shop inside Booksy's app and marketplace. A Rehost app is built for your business: your services, your look, your name in the App Store. It's a custom app you hold, not a profile on a shared platform.
- Run for you, not by you. Booksy is a tool your front desk operates. Rehost is the team that built your app making changes for you: new services, design tweaks, App Store updates. You ask, it ships. Nobody at the shop learns an admin panel.
Pick Booksy if.
- You're a solo professional or single small shop and want to be booking clients today on a low base plan.
- The Booksy marketplace is a real source of new clients you don't want to give up.
- You're fine administering the app yourself and value built-in discovery over owning the app.
Pick Rehost if.
- Your team is growing and you're tired of the bill rising every time you add a staff member.
- You want the client book and app owned by the business, in its name, so a stylist leaving doesn't take the clients.
- Your bookings come mostly from your own clients, so you don't need to rent marketplace discovery.
- You want flat, predictable MAU pricing with no per-staff fee or marketplace cut layered on top.
Common questions.
Is Rehost cheaper than Booksy?
Not at the smallest size. A solo pro on Booksy can run around $30/mo, and Rehost Business starts at $950/mo. The math changes as you add staff and add-ons: Booksy's per-staff fees, marketing boosts, and marketplace fees stack up, while Rehost stays flat by monthly active users. Past a certain team size and booking volume the flat lease wins; for a single small shop Booksy is genuinely cheaper, and we'll say so.
Will we lose the Booksy marketplace clients?
The clients you've already served are yours to keep: we import your client list and history. What doesn't move is Booksy's marketplace discovery itself, the new clients who find you by searching Booksy. If that channel drives most of your new business, weigh it carefully; for established shops whose bookings come from their own regulars, it matters far less than owning the app.
Who owns the client list with each?
With Rehost, the booking app, client records, and processor are in the business's name from day one. With Booksy, clients book through Booksy's platform and marketplace; you can export a list, but the app and the booking relationship live on Booksy.
How do we switch off Booksy without losing bookings?
We run it in parallel: Booksy stays live and taking bookings while we build, then we import your clients and history and cut over once the new app is proven. The full plan is on the switch page.
What does the first call with Rehost involve?
Thirty minutes. Bring your staff count and last month's Booksy total. By the end you'll have a side-by-side of per-staff cost versus flat MAU pricing, and if the lease fits, a kickoff date before you hang up.
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