Comparison
Dollar bookings and billing do not close a peso drawer.
Fresha bills in USD or GBP, with a commission if the client finds you through its marketplace. Salon Control OS bills in pesos, via SPEI or OXXO, and closes the day’s drawer — commission, tip, and cash balanced, not just the appointment booked.
| Salon Control OS | Fresha | Booksy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Quoted by size and locations, in pesos | $19.95/mo solo or $14.95 per technician | $29.99/mo + $20 per extra technician |
| New-client commission | None | 20% (min. ~$6) via marketplace | ~30% with Boost on |
| Payments in Mexico | Native SPEI and OXXO | No native support; billed in USD/GBP | No native support; billed in USD |
| Included (Aurelia), no per-message fee | Not a native channel | Not a native channel | |
| Cash close / reconciliation | Core of the product | Not included / limited | Not included |
| Free trial | 14 days, no card | Trial available | Trial available (14 days) |
Fresha and Booksy prices in USD, mid-2026 snapshot. Both changed pricing models in 2025–2026; check their pricing page before you decide.
We charge in pesos. Fresha does not.
We charge via SPEI or OXXO, with no dollar conversion and no foreign card terminal. Aurelia is in every plan — real WhatsApp, no per-message fee. Fresha quotes in USD/GBP, with no native SPEI or OXXO, and includes 20 free texts a month before it starts charging per message.
Cash close, commission, and reconciliation are the product — not a separate plan.
Append-only ledger: every total opens down to the event that produced it. At Fresha, booking the appointment is the center; Team Pay and payroll live on a paid tier, and there is no till close with expected vs. counted as the core of the product.
How Fresha charges (2026 snapshot)
It stopped being free in 2025. Individual ~$19.95/mo; Team ~$14.95 per bookable technician. A new client from the marketplace: 20% of the first booking (minimum ~$6). On top, card processing ~1.19–1.40% plus a per-transaction fee. Check their page before you decide — Fresha’s prices have moved more than once this year.
Fresha has its place — just not this one.
If the bottleneck is getting found in a marketplace and the commission is worth it, Fresha built that well: online booking and discovery are their ground, designed for US/UK/EU markets. That is not Fresha being worse — it solves a different problem than a peso drawer that has to balance every day.
The trial, no card
14 days, full product. Up to six months of history imported at onboarding, no charge. Your plan is quoted by size and locations — not by how many new clients you acquire.