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HAUSBRAID vs Booksy

Booksy is a marketplace and booking app where clients find you on Booksy and book from its listing. HAUSBRAID is built for braiders: your clients call, text and DM as they always have, and each one is written up for your tap.

15 days free, no card to start
Never a cut of your bookings
Bring your clients across from Booksy

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What Booksy does well.

A marketplace with real traffic: new clients can find you on Booksy without you doing anything.
One price with everything in it, including 2,000 marketing texts a month.
Online booking, deposits and no-show protection when you take cards through Booksy.
An AI receptionist is in beta, on a dedicated Booksy number.

Where it differs

Where a braider feels the difference.

Who the client belongs to
Booksy: Clients book on Booksy’s listing and in Booksy’s app. Boost, if you turn it on, takes 30% of a new client’s first visit (up to $100).
HAUSBRAID: Clients call your braider’s line, DM your Instagram or book on your own page. No marketplace, no cut, ever.
The phone, while you braid
Booksy: Calls go to voicemail unless you join the AI receptionist beta, which answers on a separate Booksy number.
HAUSBRAID: Each braider’s line rings their own phone. When the braider can’t pick up, the assistant does, and the call is written up for their tap.
Instagram DMs
Booksy: A Book Now button on your profile. The DMs themselves, you still answer by hand.
HAUSBRAID: Every conversation, voice notes too, is written up as a booking or a reply you approve.

Side by side

HAUSBRAID and Booksy, row by row.

Booksy’s column is what its public pages said on October 22, 2026; plans change, so check its pricing page before you decide.

For a braider	HAUSBRAID	Booksy
Calls answered while you braid	Yes.A line for each braider; the voice assistant picks up when the braider can’t, and the call is written up for the braider’s tap.	Partly.An AI receptionist in beta, on a dedicated Booksy number with forwarding; it can’t yet book services with no-show protection.
Instagram DMs written up	Yes.Every conversation, voice notes too, becomes a booking or a reply you approve.	No.A Book Now button on Instagram. The conversations are yours to answer.
Nothing booked or sent without you	Yes.Every call, DM and request waits in To do for your tap.	Partly.Marketplace bookings land on your calendar; you can require approval per service.
Your own booking page with deposits	Yes.A menu page built from one sentence; clients pay the deposit to hold the time.	Partly.A Booksy profile link and the marketplace listing; no site of your own.
Where the money goes	Yes.Your own Stripe or Square account, then your bank. Never a cut of your bookings.	Partly.Booksy payments, paid out to your bank; a 30-minute payout costs 1.5% more.
Marketplace or new-client fees	Yes.None. Your clients are yours.	Partly.Boost takes 30% of a new client’s first visit (up to $100) when it is on.
Run it by text	Yes.Text HAUSBRAID like a receptionist, day or night.	No.An app and a dashboard.
Hair and products on the shelf	Yes.Stock, with what runs out when and what to order.	Yes.Products and inventory are included.
Bring your clients across	Yes.From Booksy, Square, StyleSeat, a spreadsheet, your notes or your contacts.	Partly.Booksy imports your client list when you join.
Price for one braider	Yes.$20 a month; $5 a month for each braider after. 15 days free, no card.	Partly.$29.99 a month; $20 a month more per staff calendar. 14 days free.

What each costs

One plan, and your money stays yours.

HAUSBRAID is $20 a month for your first braider and $5 a month for each braider after; pay yearly and get a month free. Payments go to your own Stripe or Square account at that processor’s rate. There is no marketplace, no commission and no fee for a new client.

Booksy, as published

One braider: $29.99 a month plus tax, all features included.
A team: $20 a month more for each additional staff calendar: two braiders are $49.99.
Free: 14 days free, no card. No free plan.
Card fees: Booksy’s own, optional: 2.49% + 10¢ on a reader, 2.69% + 30¢ online or keyed. No-show protection needs it.
Other fees: Boost, opt in: 30% of a new Boost client’s first visit, up to $100. No commission on your own link.

Seen October 22, 2026 at booksy.com. Prices in US dollars; promotions and regional prices vary.

The move

Leaving Booksy? You don’t start from zero.

When you set up, sign in to Booksy and your clients, services and upcoming bookings come across. Check them, and you’re live. Your 15 free days start once your salon is set up.

And every call that comes in is written up like this, waiting for your tap.

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Questions

Switching from Booksy.

Can I bring my Booksy clients to HAUSBRAID?

Yes. When you set up, sign in to Booksy and your clients, services and upcoming bookings come across. Check them, and you’re live.

Will I lose clients who find me on Booksy?

Your regulars call, text and DM you; they come with you. If the marketplace brings you new clients, nothing stops you keeping a Booksy listing while HAUSBRAID runs your calendar and your phone.

Does HAUSBRAID take a cut like Boost?

No. HAUSBRAID is a flat $20 a month for your first braider and $5 a month for each after. Payments go to your own Stripe or Square account.

Does HAUSBRAID answer the phone?

Each braider gets a line that rings their own phone. When the braider can’t pick up, the voice assistant answers, and the call is written up as a booking for their tap.

Try now

Your chair, your clients. We’ll pick up the phone.

15 days free, no card to start. Then $20 a month for your first braider.