Termeva or Booksy: flat price against a marketplace
Booksy is a marketplace as much as a booking system: alongside the software it brings you clients from its own app, and that is genuinely valuable for some studios and expensive for others.
Where the two differ
| Termeva | Booksy | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Software you pay a flat fee for | Software plus a client marketplace |
| Price as the team grows | One price per studio | Typically scales with the number of people |
| New clients | The ones you bring yourself | Also from the marketplace, on their terms |
| Your own site | Included | A profile inside the platform |
| Client list | Yours, exportable any time | Lives inside the platform |
When Booksy is the better answer
- You want a stream of new clients from a marketplace and accept the terms attached to that.
- You are in a city where the app is widely used and clients search in it by habit.
- You need the breadth of a large platform rather than a focused tool.
When Termeva makes more sense
- Your clients already come from word of mouth and Instagram, so you are paying for reach you do not use.
- You have several people and per seat pricing has become the largest software cost you carry.
- You want your own address on the internet rather than a page inside someone else's catalogue.
A marketplace is worth paying for when it is actually bringing you clients. If your bookings come from people who already know you, the marketplace part is cost without return, and that is the case where a flat fee wins.
Competitor details checked on 2026-09-13. Their terms change, so check the current ones before deciding.