SQUIRE vs Booksy: What Each Costs a Three-Chair and a Six-Chair Barbershop

How much do SQUIRE and Booksy cost for a three-chair and a six-chair shop?

A three-chair shop pays $50 a month on SQUIRE PRO or $69.99 on Booksy, and a six-chair shop pays $50 or $129.99, before tax, on prices read October 13, 2026.

SQUIRE's pricing page, read October 13, 2026, lists Independent at $30 a month for individual barbers and PRO at $50 for single-location shops. Executive is $150 a month per shop and Titan $250 per shop. Its FAQ says every plan is "one monthly fee per shop, no per-barber charges." PRO is the first plan with multiple barber accounts.

Booksy's pricing page lists $29.99 a month plus tax and extra users at $20 a month each, read October 13, 2026.

Table 2. Monthly subscription by shop size, from each vendor's pricing page, read October 13, 2026. Booksy: $29.99 plus $20 for each team member after the first, plus tax. SQUIRE prices per shop; Executive is shown from two barbers, where SQUIRE's multi-barber plans start.

At one or two barbers the two cost within a cent of each other before tax. At three barbers, SQUIRE PRO is cheaper by $19.99 a month, and at six barbers by $79.99 a month, or $959.88 a year.

The comparison changes when a shop needs an Executive feature such as booth rent collection. At $150 a month per shop, Executive costs more than Booksy at every size up to seven barbers, where Booksy reaches $149.99.

What do SQUIRE and Booksy charge on card payments?

Booksy lists 2.49% plus $0.10 on its card reader and 2.69% plus $0.30 for mobile or keyed payments, while SQUIRE lists 2.5% plus $0.20 card-present and 2.9% plus $0.30 online, read October 13, 2026. On $12,000 a month, Booksy's rates cost less in both cases.

SQUIRE's rates appear in the description of its payments page and of its point-of-sale (POS) and payments page, which says they are visible in every transaction report. SQUIRE says its processing runs on Stripe. Booksy's rates are on its pricing page, with Tap to Pay at 2.49% plus $0.20.

Table 3. Listed rates from SQUIRE's payments pages and Booksy's pricing page, read October 13, 2026. The month of 300 payments of $40 is a hypothetical example; fees = $12,000 times the percentage, plus 300 times the fixed fee.

In this example month, SQUIRE costs $31.20 more than Booksy's card reader for payments in the shop and $25.20 more for online payments. Against Booksy's Tap to Pay, SQUIRE's card-present rate costs $1.20 more. Booksy has one plan, and SQUIRE's payments page describes flat-rate processing with no tiered pricing, so moving up a plan does not lower these fees.

Payout speed adds a small cost. On its pricing page, read October 13, 2026, Booksy pays out the next business day for free and charges 1.5% for payouts within 30 minutes. That is $15 on a $1,000 payout. SQUIRE pays out the next business day and charges what it calls "a small per-transfer fee" for Rapid Transfer within 30 minutes, without a figure on the page.

Hardware is priced on one side. Booksy's pricing page, read the same day, lists the Stripe Reader S710 at $299 and the Stripe Reader M2 at $53.10, plus shipping. SQUIRE offers phone tap-to-pay, a Stripe card reader or a full front-desk setup, and the pages we read show no hardware price.

What does each app charge for new clients and bookings?

Booksy's optional Boost fee is 30% of a new marketplace client's first-visit base service price, add-ons excluded, within $10 to $100, and SQUIRE lists $1 to $3 client-side booking fees, read October 13, 2026.

Booksy Boost

Booksy's help center sets a $10 minimum on free services or where 30% of the price is under $10, and a $100 maximum for a client's first visit, read October 13, 2026. A separate article says the fee is calculated from the base price of a service, with add-ons excluded. Booksy's Boost pricing article says the tip is always the barber's. Booksy's pricing page words the base more broadly, as the total cost of the first visit.

A $40 cut costs $12 in Boost fees, and any service priced at $33.33 or less pays the $10 minimum. Ten Boost clients on $40 cuts in a month add $120. Booksy's pricing FAQ says it charges no commission on clients who find the shop online or through the shop's own marketing, or on its marketplace while Boost is off. The help center adds that the fee applies to visits that took place, so a no-show marked the same day is not charged.

SQUIRE's comparison page, last updated May 2026, refers to a Booksy "2026 Platform Fee" pass-through that it says state law blocks in seven states. Booksy's pricing page and FAQ, read October 13, 2026, list no platform fee and say Booksy will never charge clients to book.

SQUIRE booking fees

SQUIRE's plan comparison table lists "$1-3 Client-side booking fees" on Independent, PRO, Executive and Titan, read October 13, 2026. The pricing page does not say which bookings carry the fee or who sets the amount, so ask SQUIRE before you switch.

Which features sit on which plan?

Booksy includes every feature in its one subscription, while SQUIRE spreads features across four plans, so a shop's feature list decides its SQUIRE plan. Table 4 lists the features that differ, from each vendor's pages read October 13, 2026.

Table 4. SQUIRE's pricing page and plan comparison table; Booksy's pricing and features pages; all read October 13, 2026. 'Not stated' means the pages we read do not list it.

Two SQUIRE add-ons carry their own price on its pricing page. Branded landing pages cost $25 a month, listed under Executive. Operator, powered by SQUIRE AI, costs $99 a month. Booksy's pricing FAQ says there are no higher plan tiers and no monthly feature add-on fees.

For no-shows, Booksy's features page describes deposits, and cancellation fees charged with a card on file. SQUIRE's POS page says a no-show fee can be applied automatically using the card on file from the original booking. Our barber no-show policy template gives wording to post with either setup.

Which plan fits which business?

SQUIRE PRO is the cheaper fit for a single-location shop with three or more barbers, and Booksy fits a solo barber who wants marketplace exposure. Table 5 names the cheapest plan in this guide for each profile, on prices read October 13, 2026.

Table 5. Each row names the cheapest plan in this guide that meets every need in the profile, checked against Tables 1, 2 and 4. Booksy's prices exclude tax. Re-check both pricing pages before you buy, because prices can change.

Choose Booksy if you work alone or with one other barber and want new clients from its marketplace, accepting the Boost fee on each one it sends. Choose SQUIRE if you run a single-location shop with three or more barbers and want one price however many chairs you fill, after checking its client booking fee.

For other barbershop apps priced at the same shop sizes, see our guide to the best booking app for barbers. For Booksy against two other tools, read Booksy vs Square and Booksy vs StyleSeat.

Where Twizzlo fits

Twizzlo is web-based online booking and appointment scheduling software for appointment-based service businesses, priced per business rather than per barber.

Free is $0 a month for up to 150 bookings, with email reminders and no SMS (text messages), and it is free forever, not a trial. Business Pro is $29.99 a month per business for unlimited bookings, with 50 SMS a month included and $0.03 for each one after that. It comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Both plans include unlimited staff and locations.

A hypothetical solo barber with 30 appointments a week books about 130 a month (30 times 52, divided by 12), inside Free's 150. A three-chair shop at the same pace books about 390 a month, so it needs Business Pro. With one text reminder per booking, 340 texts at $0.03 add $10.20, for $40.19 a month.

A six-chair shop at that pace books about 780 a month. Its 730 extra texts add $21.90, for $51.89 a month. Online payments carry your Stripe processing rate plus a 1.5% Twizzlo platform fee, so $4,000 of prepaid bookings adds $60 in platform fees.

Twizzlo's features page lists per-staff calendars, walk-in bookings, prepaid bookings at the full service price, tips through Stripe and multi-location staff shifts and schedules. The same page does not list commission tracking or booth rent collection, so a shop that splits commission through its booking app should check those rows in Table 4.

Plan details are on Twizzlo pricing, and our Booksy pricing page sets Booksy's plan beside Twizzlo's line by line. To set up your shop's services and barbers, start on the Free plan and move to Business Pro when bookings pass 150 a month or you want text reminders.

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