Fresha is a large salon and spa platform with a consumer marketplace, POS and retail tools, and it has added fitness and recovery features. Class Booking is built around capacity-managed classes, memberships and punch cards, on your own brand and your own Stripe account. This page shows when each one fits.
Where we differ
Fresha and Class Booking both handle the core of running a studio: class booking, memberships and payments. They differ in focus, pricing model and setup. Below are the points where Class Booking takes its own approach, so you can judge which matters for your studio. For Fresha's current features and prices, check its own website.
Class Booking is a flat monthly plan with 0% booking fees and no marketplace commission. Fresha is subscription-free and earns through marketplace fees and payment processing, per its public pricing page.
Capacity management, waitlists, auto-promotion and class-pack pricing are the core of Class Booking.
On Class Booking, your booking page runs on your own domain and promotes your studio.
Sell unlimited class memberships, intro offers and punch cards side by side.
Class Booking runs on your own Stripe account: your money, your processor relationship.
Side by side
Both columns are based on what each company publishes at the time of writing. Features and prices change, so check each provider's own website before you decide.
| Class Booking | Fresha | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | €10 / £8 / $13/month flat, 0% booking fees | Subscription-free; fees per marketplace client and card processing (see Fresha's pricing page) |
| Group classes with capacity & waitlists | Native, capacity, waitlists, auto-promotion | Check with Fresha |
| Memberships & punch cards for classes | Unlimited memberships, class packs, punch cards side by side | Check with Fresha |
| 1:1 treatments & appointments | Native, durations, buffers, intake forms | Yes, Fresha's core strength |
| Salon POS & retail stock | Not our focus | Yes (retail, stock, commissions) |
| Consumer marketplace | No, your own domain and brand | Yes, Fresha marketplace |
| Payments | Your own Stripe account (Apple/Google Pay included) | Fresha payment processing |
| Contract | Monthly rolling, cancel anytime | No subscription, fees per activity |
Fair take
Different studios need different systems. Here's when Fresha may suit you better.
Tell us when you want to switch. We export your members, classes, schedules and active subscriptions from Fresha, import them to Class Booking, sit on a video call with you to verify everything looks right, and switch your domain over the weekend. Your customers don't notice.
No. Class Booking costs from €10 / £8 / $13/month flat, with 0% booking fees and no marketplace commission. Fresha is subscription-free and earns through marketplace and payment fees. Compare both for your volume.
Yes, we import your clients, their contact details and upcoming appointments. Gift-card balances and packages are recreated so nobody loses what they've paid for.
No. Class Booking has no marketplace: your booking page runs on your own domain and promotes your studio. New clients find you through your own site's SEO.
If treatments dominate and you want retail/POS depth, Fresha is a fair choice. When classes, memberships or punch cards matter, a weekly stretch class, a course, unlimited members, Class Booking is built for that.
Partly. Payroll covers classes: instructors are paid by the hour or a flat fee per class, with a monthly payslip you can export as CSV. Treatments are not part of payroll, and neither is commission-based retail pay.
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