Kiri vs Acuity Scheduling
Acuity Scheduling is a general appointment scheduler from Squarespace: $20 a month for one calendar ($16 billed annually), $34 for up to six and $69 for up to 36. It is not built for salons and has no marketplace. Kiri is a free salon listing that brings clients and booking requests; pair them and Acuity keeps the calendar.
The facts, in one table.
| Kiri | Acuity Scheduling | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $0 to list, with no subscription. A full booking system is planned as an opt-in add-on at $20 a month plus $10 per staff member; the free listing stays either way. | Starter $20 a month, or $16 billed annually, for one calendar. Standard $34 ($27) for up to six calendars. Premium $69 ($55) for up to 36. 7-day trial without a card. No free plan. |
| Fees on bookings | None. No commission on bookings and no fee for new clients. | None. Acuity has no marketplace, and it states there are no set-up, cancellation or support fees. |
| Contract | None. No card on file; leave whenever you like. | Monthly or annual billing, with no cancellation fees. |
| Online booking | Booking requests: the client picks a service, stylist and time, and you accept or decline in Kiri Studio. | Client self-scheduling with intake forms, and payments or deposits through Stripe, Square, PayPal or Venmo. |
| How clients find you | Every portfolio photo becomes a style page people find by searching the cut. Salon pages are marked up for Google and AI search, and listed in Kiri city guides for New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco so far. | None built in. No consumer marketplace. |
| Website or profile page | A salon page with menu and prices, team, portfolio, hours, reviews and HairSalon structured data, at kiri-me.com/stylists/your-salon. | A scheduling page. Websites are a separate Squarespace product. |
| Payments and POS | Not handled. You keep collecting payment in the salon. | Through your own Stripe, Square, PayPal or Venmo account. No point-of-sale is listed. |
| Text reminders | Not yet. Text reminders are part of the planned booking system. | Email reminders on every plan; text reminders on Standard and Premium. |
| Setup | Done by the Kiri team from your Instagram, website or Google listing. You review before it goes live. | Self-serve, with a 7-day trial. |
Where Acuity Scheduling wins
- A low entry price: one calendar from $16 a month billed annually.
- Intake forms on every plan, with packages, memberships and gift certificates on Standard and above.
- Takes payments and deposits through Stripe, Square, PayPal or Venmo.
- A 7-day trial without a card, and no cancellation fees.
Where Kiri wins
- Built for salons: menus by stylist, portfolios, team pages and HairSalon structured data.
- Discovery: Acuity has no marketplace. Kiri exists to bring new clients.
- $0 to list, with no calendar limits.
- The Kiri team builds the page for you.
You can run both.
Kiri is not a point-of-sale and does not try to be one. Acuity keeps the calendar; Kiri is where new clients find you. Link your Kiri page from your bio, accept the request in Kiri Studio, then add it to Acuity.
Acuity Scheduling fits best
When you want a simple, general-purpose scheduler that takes payment through Stripe or PayPal, and you do not need salon-specific tools or a marketplace.
Kiri fits best
Solo stylists, small teams and salons of any size that want new clients to find them by the work they do, a page built to rank for their name and area, and booking requests without paying a platform for the privilege.
Asked before switching.
- Is Acuity Scheduling free?
- No. Its pricing page says Acuity does not offer free appointment scheduling at this time. Plans start at $20 a month, or $16 billed annually, with a 7-day trial that needs no card.
- Is Acuity made for hair salons?
- It is a general scheduler used by many kinds of appointment businesses, and it is owned by Squarespace. It handles self-scheduling, forms and payments, but it has no salon marketplace, portfolio or style search. Kiri covers that side for free.
- Can I use Kiri with Acuity?
- Yes. Kiri brings the client and the booking request; you accept it in Kiri Studio and add it to your Acuity calendar. There is no direct integration today.
Sources
Acuity Scheduling prices and terms are theirs and change. We quote their public pages as of November 12, 2026; check the current page before deciding. Kiri is not affiliated with Acuity Scheduling.
Keep Acuity Scheduling. Add Kiri.
Send us the form today. We build your page, you check it, and booking requests start coming in beside whatever you already run.