Compare · Booking software
Kommune vs Fresha, Booksy, Vagaro and Square
Online booking and a website for small businesses in Canada, without per-staff fees or a cut of your new clients. Here is how Kommune compares with the tools you are probably looking at.
The short version
- Your whole team is free.
- Every plan includes unlimited team members, services and bookings. Others charge per bookable person.
- No commission on new clients.
- Your clients find you through your own site and link, and they stay yours.
- A website comes with it.
- It lives on yourname.komn.ca or your own domain, and you change it by asking Commy, the built-in assistant.
- Built for Canada.
- Card, cash and e-Transfer in one place, HST/GST worked out for you, and everything in English, French, Ukrainian and Russian.
Side by side
Prices checked on: Nov 2026. US list prices for competitors; see each vendor's site for Canadian pricing.
| Feature | Kommune | Fresha | Booksy | Vagaro | Square Appointments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes, every feature | No (paid plans since 2025) | No (14-day trial) | No | Yes, for one person |
| Team of 3, per month | $0 | ~$45 ($14.95 per bookable member) | ~$70 ($29.99 + $20 per extra member) | ~$50 ($30 + $10 per extra calendar) | from $49 (Plus) |
| Fee on new clients | None | 20% of the first visit (min $6) for clients from its marketplace | Optional Boost: 30% of the first visit, up to $100 | — | — |
| Website included | Yes, own domain on every plan | — | — | MySite add-on, $20/month | — |
| Cash and e-Transfer recorded with bookings | Yes, no fee | — | — | — | — |
| Languages | EN, FR, UA, RU, site auto-translated | — | — | — | EN, FR, JA, ES |
| Card fee | 1% Free · 0.5% Silver · 0% Gold, plus Stripe's fee. Money goes to your own Stripe account | Processing fee | Processing fee | Processing fee | Processing fee |
| Client marketplace (brings new clients) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
"—" means we could not confirm it on the vendor's public pages.
What you get on every Kommune plan
- Online booking with questions and priced add-ons, deposits or pay-after-visit, cancellation windows and no-show marking.
- Each team member keeps their own hours; nobody gets double-booked.
- Reminders by SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram and email. Clients book without an account.
- Gift cards and promo codes.
- Double-blind reviews after each visit.
- HST/GST on each service with a ready tax report.
- Courses, live classes and a makers' marketplace when you need them.
When another tool fits better
- You want a marketplace to send you new clients.
- Fresha, Booksy and Vagaro run consumer apps. Kommune doesn't: you bring clients through your own site and link.
- You need a card terminal at the front desk.
- Kommune runs in the browser and has no POS hardware yet.
- You need a native mobile app.
- Kommune works in any phone browser, with nothing to install, but has no app in the stores yet.
Switching takes an evening
- 1
Sign up free and get yourname.komn.ca.
- 2
Add your services, prices and hours.
- 3
Put your new booking link in Instagram, Google Business Profile and your messages.
There is no import tool yet, so upcoming appointments from your old app are added by hand.
Questions people ask
Move your bookings over this evening
Sign up free, add your services and share your new link. Your whole team is included, and card payments go straight to your own Stripe account.