Fresha's calendar is free to start, but it makes its money on new-client marketplace-booking fees and card processing, and it puts your clients on its marketplace. Mewayz gives you bookings, deposits, a branded site and the full back office on one flat plan — no per-client fee, no marketplace.
The calendar is free, but bookings from Fresha's marketplace carry a new-client commission, and card processing has its own cut — so growth quietly costs you.
New clients arrive through the Fresha marketplace and app, so the relationship and the data sit with the platform, not with you.
No branded website, no real CRM, no accounting — you stitch those together elsewhere.
Fresha runs the calendar. Mewayz runs the calendar and the business around it — with the client relationship staying yours. Here is the same salon, priced two ways.
| Fresha | Mewayz | |
|---|---|---|
| Appointments & calendar | Included | Included |
| New-client / marketplace fees | Yes | No marketplace fees |
| Branded customer-facing website | Limited | Included |
| You own the client data | Limited | Included |
| Deposits & payments | Included | Included |
| CRM & customer records | Limited | Included |
| Email marketing & loyalty | Add-on | Included |
| Staff scheduling & accounting | — | Included |
| Typical monthly cost | Free + new-client fees + processing | from $49/mo |
Comparison reflects Fresha's salon-booking scope, its marketplace-fee and processing model, and the separate tools it does not replace, 2026. Feature availability and pricing may vary — check each vendor for current terms.
Import your services and staff, publish an on-brand booking site, and take deposits through your own gateway — no per-client fee.
Every client lands in your own CRM, so rebooking, notes and marketing stay with you, not a marketplace.
Staff rotas, invoicing and accounting are already included on the same login.
Yes. Mewayz takes appointments, deposits and payments on your own branded site with no marketplace fee, and adds the CRM and back office Fresha does not include.
No. Mewayz is one flat plan from $49/mo — there is no per-new-client commission and no marketplace taking your clients.
Yes. Client records and history live in your own CRM, so the relationship stays with your salon.
Instead of paying for Fresha, switch on the Mewayz module that does the same job — included in every plan, on the same database as your other modules.
Take appointments and deposits on your own branded site, keep your client data, and run the books on one platform — on one flat fee.