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HAUSBRAID vs The BraidFlow

The BraidFlow is a booking and management app built for braiding salons, with deposits, hair profiles and long appointments. HAUSBRAID is built for braiders: your clients call, text and DM as they always have, and each one is written up for your tap.

7 days free, no card to start
Never a cut of your bookings
Bring your clients from a list or your contacts

Credit where due

What The BraidFlow does well.

Built for braiding: services of 2 to 10 hours, and a starter menu of braiding styles with real times.
Deposit-first booking on every plan, paid into your own Stripe account.
A hair profile for each client: type, density, length, favorite styles and every visit.
Commissions, payroll, loyalty, promo codes and a waitlist for a salon with a team.

Where it differs

Where a braider feels the difference.

The phone, while you braid
The BraidFlow: Its site names no call answering and no assistant: reminders go out by text, and a call that comes in while you braid goes to your voicemail.
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 as a booking for their tap.
Instagram DMs
The BraidFlow: Your booking link goes in your Instagram bio. The DMs themselves, you answer by hand.
HAUSBRAID: Every conversation, voice notes too, is written up as a booking or a reply you approve.
What the price covers
The BraidFlow: $29 a month for up to two stylists. Text reminders start on Growth at $59 (500 a month); hair stock and your own domain are on Pro at $99.
HAUSBRAID: $20 a month for your first braider and $5 for each after, with texting, the shelf and your page in it.

Side by side

HAUSBRAID and The BraidFlow, row by row.

The BraidFlow’s column is what its public pages said on October 26, 2026; plans change, so check its pricing page before you decide.

For a braider	HAUSBRAID	The BraidFlow
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.	No.No call answering named on its site; text reminders go out before each appointment.
Instagram DMs written up	Yes.Every conversation, voice notes too, becomes a booking or a reply you approve.	No.A booking link for your Instagram bio.
Nothing booked or sent without you	Yes.Every call, DM and request waits in To do for your tap.	No.Clients book open slots with a deposit, straight onto your calendar.
Your own booking page with deposits	Yes.A menu page built from one sentence; clients pay the deposit to hold the time.	Yes.A public booking page with deposits on every plan; your own domain on Pro.
Where the money goes	Yes.Your own Stripe or Square account, then your bank. Never a cut of your bookings.	Yes.Your own Stripe account.
Marketplace or new-client fees	Yes.None. Your clients are yours.	Yes.None: no marketplace and no setup fee.
Run it by text	Yes.Text HAUSBRAID like a receptionist, day or night.	No.A dashboard that works on a phone.
Hair and products on the shelf	Yes.Stock, with what runs out when and what to order.	Partly.Hair by length and color, with low-stock alerts, on the $99 Pro plan.
Bring your clients across	Yes.From Booksy, Square, StyleSeat, a spreadsheet, your notes or your contacts.	No.No import named on its site.
Price for one braider	Yes.$20 a month; $5 a month for each braider after. 7 days free, no card.	Partly.$29 a month for up to 2 stylists; text reminders from $59. 14 days free, no card.

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.

The BraidFlow, as published

One braider: Starter: $29 a month for up to 2 stylists, with deposits and hair profiles.
A team: Growth, up to 10 stylists: $59 a month, with 500 text reminders. Pro, unlimited stylists: $99 a month, with unlimited texts, inventory and your own domain.
Free: 14 days free, no card. No free plan.
Card fees: None of its own: deposits go through your own Stripe account, at Stripe’s rates.
Other fees: No setup fee and no marketplace. Its FAQ names other plans and limits than its pricing table; the table is quoted here.

Seen October 26, 2026 at thebraidflow.com. Prices in US dollars; promotions and regional prices vary.

The move

Leaving The BraidFlow? You don’t start from zero.

When you set up, bring your clients from a spreadsheet, your notes or your phone’s contacts, and put your styles and prices on the menu. Your 7 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 The BraidFlow.

The BraidFlow is built for braiders too. What’s the difference?

Both know long appointments, deposits and hair. HAUSBRAID also answers: each braider’s line, with the assistant when they can’t pick up, and every Instagram DM, each written up as a booking for their tap.

Can I bring my BraidFlow clients to HAUSBRAID?

Yes, from a spreadsheet: export your client list from The BraidFlow and bring it across when you set up, or add clients from your phone’s contacts.

Where do deposits go?

To your own Stripe or Square account, at that processor’s rate, then to your bank. If you take deposits through Stripe on The BraidFlow today, connect the same account.

Does HAUSBRAID keep track of my hair?

Yes, on the one plan: the packs on your shelf, what runs out when, and what to order.

Try now

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

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