Kiri vs Fresha
Fresha is a full booking and payments system at $19.95 a month for one calendar or $14.95 per team member, and it charges 20% of a new client’s first booking when they come through its marketplace. Kiri is a free listing that brings clients and booking requests with no commission. Most salons that like Fresha keep it and add Kiri as a second front door.
The facts, in one table.
| Kiri | Fresha | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Independent plan $19.95 a month for one calendar; Team plan $14.95 per bookable team member a month; Enterprise custom above 20 staff. 7-day trial, no free tier. |
| Fees on bookings | None. No commission on bookings and no fee for new clients. | New clients from the Fresha marketplace: 20% of their first booking, minimum $6; returning clients free. No fee on bookings from your own links. |
| Contract | None. No card on file; leave whenever you like. | Monthly, cancel anytime, no minimum term. |
| Online booking | Booking requests: the client picks a service, stylist and time, and you accept or decline in Kiri Studio. | Instant self-booking with deposits and no-show fees, plus a consumer marketplace app. |
| 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. | Fresha marketplace app and web search, with the 20% first-booking fee on clients it brings. |
| 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. | Booking profile included; Smart Website add-on $15.95 a month. |
| Payments and POS | Not handled. You keep collecting payment in the salon. | Integrated card processing and terminals. |
| Text reminders | Not yet. Text reminders are part of the planned booking system. | 100 automated texts and 50 marketing emails per team member a month included, then 2¢ each; marketing texts 8¢. |
| Setup | Done by the Kiri team from your Instagram, website or Google listing. You review before it goes live. | Self-serve: you import clients and build the menu and profile yourself. |
Where Fresha wins
- Instant self-booking with deposits, no-show fees and card on file, which Kiri does not do today.
- Payments, terminals and a point-of-sale in the same system.
- Text reminders included in the plan; Kiri has none yet.
- A large consumer marketplace app in some cities.
Where Kiri wins
- $0 to list and no 20% first-booking fee on clients Kiri sends you.
- Clients find you by the style, not only by your name or a marketplace list.
- Setup is done by the Kiri team; you review instead of building.
- Your page carries HairSalon structured data, which helps it rank for local searches, and sits in a Kiri city guide where we have one.
You can run both.
Kiri is not a point-of-sale and does not try to be one. Keep Fresha for the calendar, deposits and card payments. Put your Kiri page in your Instagram bio and let it bring new clients who found your work. Accept a Kiri request, then add it to Fresha like a phone booking.
Fresha fits best
When you need instant self-booking with deposits and built-in card payments today, and you are fine paying 20% of the first visit for clients its marketplace sends.
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 Fresha still free?
- Not as of November 2026. Fresha’s pricing page lists $19.95 a month for an independent professional and $14.95 per bookable team member for teams, with a 7-day trial. Earlier reviews describe a free tier that no longer appears on the page.
- Does Kiri charge anything like Fresha’s 20% new-client fee?
- No. Clients who find your salon through Kiri cost you nothing, on the first visit or any visit after. Listing is free; the planned booking system will be an opt-in add-on at $20 a month plus $10 per staff member.
- Can I move my Fresha clients to Kiri?
- You do not need to. Kiri is for new clients finding you and sending booking requests. Your existing client list and calendar can stay in Fresha.
Sources
Fresha prices and terms are theirs and change. We quote their public pages as of November 9, 2026; check the current page before deciding. Kiri is not affiliated with Fresha.
Keep Fresha. 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.