Fresha alternative: Slotsy vs Fresha, prices and features
Fresha is the cheapest of the large booking systems in Poland: 29 zł net a month for one person and the lowest online payment fee among those we compared. If you are looking for a Fresha alternative, the reason is rarely the price. It is usually that a client has to create a Fresha account before she can book a visit, that the booking page speaks only Polish and English, or that the money passes through the platform's account.
This page puts Fresha and Slotsy side by side on the same numbers with one check date, says plainly where Fresha is cheaper and richer, because it is, and just as plainly who Slotsy makes sense for regardless. The rows where we lose come first.
We checked the prices on 27 September 2026 in Fresha's price list for Poland (net prices, without 23% VAT), Stripe's pricing and our own pricing; the euro rate is 4.3750 zł per the NBP of 25.09.2026. We walked the client's booking flow in both systems the same day, screen by screen.
In short. Fresha: 29 zł net a month for one person (35.67 zł with VAT), 19 zł net for each team member, online payments at 1.29% + 0.49 zł, 50 SMS a month included, no-show protection by deposit or a stored card, a button in Google and on Instagram, memberships, vouchers, a POS and an app. Before a visit is confirmed the client must create a Fresha account: a phone with an SMS code, or email, Google, Apple. Slotsy: 0 zł for one person up to 40 bookings a month, 29 € (about 127 zł) for up to five people, payments through your own Stripe at 1.5% + 1 zł plus 1% on the Start plan, booking without an account in three screens, a page in Polish, Ukrainian and English, payouts every 3 business days to your account. Fresha is cheaper in every bill with online payments. You choose Slotsy when booking without an account, your clients' language or your own Stripe matter.
Check it without risk: create a Free account: 0 zł, no card, runs alongside Fresha; services and hours take a quarter of an hour.
Prices side by side
On subscription and on payment fees Fresha is cheaper than Slotsy at every team size except one person without online payments. The numbers:
| Fresha | Slotsy | |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription, one person | 29 zł net (35.67 zł with VAT), 7-day trial | 0 zł: the Free plan, 1 person, 1 location, 40 bookings a month, every feature |
| Team | 19 zł net per team member; 3 people = 57 zł net (70.11 zł with VAT); 10 people = 190 zł net (233.70 zł with VAT) | Start 29 € ≈ 127 zł for up to 5; Team 69 € ≈ 302 zł for up to 10; Business 99 € ≈ 433 zł for up to 20 |
| Online payments | 1.29% + 0.49 zł | Stripe 1.5% + 1 zł (card) or 1.6% + 1 zł (BLIK) plus 2% on Free, 1% on Start, 0.5% on Team, 0.3% on Business |
| In-salon payments | 0.99%; Tap to Pay +0.40 zł; terminal from 489 zł | pay on site, with no part for Slotsy |
| SMS and email | 50 SMS or WhatsApp included, then 0.10 zł; 100 marketing emails, then 0.06 zł | email free (24 h and 1 h before); SMS from a package under Add-ons |
| New clients from the marketplace | "a one-off fee applies to new clients", currently free | city catalogue at no charge, with no such clause in the Terms |
| Loyalty programme | an add-on at 235 zł net a month per location | none |
| Where the money goes | Fresha account, payouts to your bank | your own Stripe account, payouts every 3 business days |
On 100 zł paid online Fresha keeps 1.78 zł, Slotsy on the Start plan 3.50 zł, on Free 4.50 zł. That is the most honest number on this page and worth knowing before you decide.
Three salons, one month
With online payments Fresha comes out cheaper in every scenario; Slotsy wins only where clients pay on site. Assumption: every online payment is 100 zł.
| Salon | Fresha | Slotsy |
|---|---|---|
| One person, pay on site | 35.67 zł | 0 zł |
| One person, 4,000 zł online (40 payments) | 35.67 + 71.20 = 106.87 zł | 0 + 100 + 80 = 180 zł (Free, 2%) |
| Three people, 12,500 zł online (125 payments) | 70.11 + 222.50 = 292.61 zł | 127 + 312.50 + 125 = 564 zł (Start, 1%) |
The conclusion without wrapping: if you optimise for cost and most clients pay online, Fresha is half the price. Slotsy makes sense when at least one of the points below matters more than a difference of 70–270 zł a month.
Where Fresha has more
As of 27.09.2026, per Fresha's price list and help centre:
- Lower cost: subscription and payment fees, as in the tables above.
- No-show protection with a card or a deposit. Fresha stores the client's card at booking and charges it after a no-show, or takes a deposit. Slotsy stores no cards: you have cancellation rules with recorded consent and full prepayment; the part above the deposit you refund by hand.
- A "Book" button in Google and on Instagram. Fresha is a Reserve with Google and Meta partner. From Slotsy a link leads there, one tap more.
- Time passes, packages, gift cards, a loyalty programme (paid). Slotsy has one type of pass: a pack of visits with a validity period.
- POS, terminal, an app in the store. Slotsy has no app in the App Store or Google Play: you install the panel on the phone's home screen from the browser, and for every new booking you and the staff member booked get a push notification, even with the panel closed. In-salon payments you take with no part for us.
- 50 SMS included. With us SMS reminders need a package; email is free.
So: if these six points are your list, stay with Fresha. The rest of this page is for salons whose list looks different.
Where Slotsy has more
- Booking without an account. The client comes from a link, picks a date and time, enters first name, last name, phone and email: three screens, no password, no SMS code. In Fresha, before confirmation, a "Sign in or sign up" window appears with a phone number and an SMS code, or a Google or Apple account. We counted it screen by screen. For a salon it means clients who finish booking at 11 pm instead of going back to messages.
- Three languages for the client and for you: Polish, Ukrainian, English, on the booking page, in confirmations, reminders and the panel. Fresha's page for Poland works in Polish and English. If your clients write to you in Ukrainian, this is the difference no add-on buys.
- Money in your own Stripe. A payment lands in your Stripe account, Slotsy's fee is shown separately, payouts every 3 business days to your bank. Stripe Connect.
- 0 zł for one person with no end date and every feature, not a 7-day trial.
- No new-client fee in the Terms. Fresha does not charge it today, but its price list calls it "a one-off fee that applies to new clients"; we have no such clause.
- A link and QR code to a specific service and person with UTM parameters and analytics of where bookings came from. Share your booking page.
- Cancellation rules with proof: the client accepts your wording before paying; the system records the version, date and IP address. Cancellation Rules.
So: you choose Slotsy when booking without an account, your clients' language and your own Stripe account are worth more than 70–270 zł a month of difference. For a salon with Ukrainian clients that takes payment on site, that difference is zero, and booking without an account stays.
Who Fresha is for, who Slotsy is for
Stay with Fresha if most visits are paid online and you count every złoty of fees, if you fight no-shows with a stored card, if you sell time passes and vouchers, if you need a POS with a terminal and an app. Fresha is cheaper and has more tools; it is not a bad decision.
Move to Slotsy if your clients drop out at the registration screen and would rather book without an account; if they write in Ukrainian; if you want the money in your own Stripe rather than through a platform; if you work alone and prefer 0 zł with no end date to 35.67 zł after a seven-day trial. For the first two weeks both systems can run side by side.
How to move from Fresha in a week
- A Free account and working hours; services named as in Fresha, with the same prices and durations. First Steps.
- Clients from a file. Export the client list from Fresha to CSV and upload it in the Slotsy setup assistant: name, phone, email. Visit history and reviews do not move. Setup assistant.
- Staff with their own schedules, if there are more of you; each person gets their own link and QR code.
- The booking link in your Instagram bio and Google Business Profile as your own booking link. Google Business Profile.
- One message to your regulars with the new link and a sentence that booking needs no account. The template is in the Instagram article.
- Cancellation rules with your own wording and a tick box, before the first client fails to show.
- After two weeks, count bookings in both systems and decide; cancel Fresha at the end of the billing month, the subscription is monthly with no commitment.
Frequently asked questions
Is Slotsy cheaper than Fresha? Not when clients pay online: Fresha keeps 1.78 zł of 100 zł, Slotsy 3.50 zł on the Start plan. Yes when you work alone and take payment on site: 0 zł against 35.67 zł a month.
Does the client need an account? In Fresha yes: before the visit is confirmed, registration by phone with an SMS code or with a Google, Apple or email account. In Slotsy no: booking from a link with no account and no password, confirmation by email.
Does Slotsy have card-based no-show protection? No. Slotsy does not store clients' cards. You have cancellation rules with recorded consent and full prepayment; how to settle it is in the article on deposits.
Does the booking page work in Ukrainian? Yes, in Slotsy the client sees the page, confirmations and reminders in Ukrainian, Polish or English, by browser language and her own choice.
Can I move my clients from Fresha? The client list, yes, from a CSV file. Visit history, reviews and stored cards, no.
Can I use both systems at once? Yes. The calendars do not sync with each other; during the transition you enter times in both or set aside separate hours.
Prices and features checked 27.09.2026. If something has changed, write to us and we will correct it and show the update date.
If clients drop out at registration or write in Ukrainian, count it on your own bookings: create a Free account, 0 zł, no card, alongside Fresha, and over two weeks see how many visits come from a link with no account.