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Fresha prices per team member — CA$29.95/month solo, CA$19.95 per member for a team — and its marketplace takes a one-time 20% commission, minimum CA$6, on each new client it sends you. On Shopolo, appointment booking and gift cards are free core with no monthly fee and no marketplace commission; loyalty and email campaigns are the Plus addon.
Fresha figures from fresha.com/pricing, read in Canadian dollars; Fresha prices vary by country. On Shopolo, core has no monthly fee and a flat 1.9% platform fee applies to payments you process. Subject to change.
Fresha lists CA$29.95/month for a solo professional and CA$19.95 per team member per month for a team, so the bill grows with every stylist you add. On Shopolo, appointment booking is free core: no monthly fee, two staff accounts included, and unlimited accounts on the Plus addon. The only charge on a booking is the flat 1.9% platform fee, and only when you take the payment online.
Fresha charges a 20% one-time commission, with a minimum of CA$6, on a client the marketplace sends you, and nothing on that client's later visits. That is a genuine trade for discovery you did not pay for in advertising. Shopolo has no marketplace, so there is no finder commission in either direction — and no consumer listing that might have won you a client you would not otherwise have had.
Fresha sells Client Loyalty as an add-on at CA$79.95 per location per month, and includes 50 marketing emails a month before charging CA$0.02 each. On Shopolo, loyalty stamp cards and email campaigns are the Plus addon — one optional addon covering both, with a monthly send cap rather than a per-email charge. Campaigns only reach customers who have opted in to marketing.
Fresha states that cards saved to client profiles are encrypted and cannot be exported or transferred, so if you ever move systems, every client enters their card again — and Fresha Payments is required for deposits and cancellation policies. Fresha also publishes no API and no webhooks, so nothing else can read your data as you go. Shopolo never stores card details at all: every payment runs through Stripe Checkout directly on your own Stripe account, so your payment history, payouts and customers stay in an account you own, whatever you do next.
Fresha is the stronger choice if marketplace discovery is what you actually need. Clients search Fresha to find salons nearby, and a one-time 20% commission on a client who would never have found you can cost less than the advertising that would have. Fresha also ships retail, memberships and a full team calendar in the box. Shopolo is the better fit if your clients already book through your own link or Instagram, you do not want a per-member monthly bill, and you would rather pay nothing for the booking itself.
Fresha no longer has a free plan — it offers a 7-day trial, then CA$29.95/month for a solo professional or CA$19.95 per team member per month. On Shopolo, appointment booking and gift cards are free core with no monthly fee; a flat 1.9% platform fee applies to payments you take online, and loyalty and email campaigns are the Plus addon.
Fresha moved from its earlier free, commission-based model to subscription pricing, rolled out by region, with existing accounts migrated onto the paid plans. Its marketplace commission — a one-time 20% of a new client’s first completed appointment, minimum CA$6 — remains on top of the subscription.
Not all of it. Fresha states that saved client cards are encrypted and cannot be exported or transferred, so clients re-enter card details at whatever you switch to. Fresha also has no public API, no webhooks and no Zapier integration; its only data pipe is a read-only Snowflake connector priced per location per month. Shopolo stores no card details — payments run through Stripe Checkout on your own Stripe account, which stays yours.
Shopolo has no monthly fee on core — appointment booking, gift cards, ordering, QR menu, reservations and your storefront. A flat 1.9% platform fee plus Stripe's standard processing rates apply to payments you take online, and payments settle to your own Stripe account. Loyalty stamp cards and email campaigns are the optional Plus addon. Fresha charges CA$29.95/month solo or CA$19.95 per team member, plus Fresha Pay processing, plus CA$79.95 per location per month for loyalty.
No. Fresha's marketplace can send you new clients, at a one-time 20% commission on the first visit. Shopolo gives you a branded booking link of your own instead — your clients, reviews and history stay yours from the first booking, and no commission applies in either direction.
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