Fair enough — they're all capable platforms, and each one may still be your best pick. But if what's nagging you is commission on your own clients, a bill that grows per staff member, or pricing you can't see without a sales call, we built Suddenly Sorted for exactly that itch: NZ-made, flat-priced, commission-free, with Sally — an AI front desk that answers and books your clients 24/7.
Each page is a genuinely honest side-by-side — including a section on where the other platform may suit you better. No fabricated fee tables, no strawmen.
Free software funded by marketplace and payment fees, or flat pricing with zero commission and your clients staying yours. Two opposite models, honestly compared.
Read the comparison → vs TimelyA deep NZ-founded back-office suite priced per staff member, or a flat-priced front desk with a client-facing AI Timely doesn't have. Which job do you need done?
Read the comparison → vs KitombaTwo decades of account-managed depth with quote-based pricing, or published prices, self-serve setup in minutes, and cancel-anytime. Old school meets new school.
Read the comparison →Read public reviews of the big salon platforms and one pattern repeats across all of them, whatever the brand: money surprises. Commission on clients owners felt were already theirs. Per-staff pricing that creeps up with every hire. Prices you only learn on a sales call, and exits governed by fine print.
We designed the billing to be the least interesting thing about the product: Free, $29, $69 or $129 a month NZD (+GST), published on the pricing page. No commission on any booking, ever. No per-staff multiplier. No lock-in contract — cancel from your dashboard and your data stays yours. Start free, no card.
If you have to squint at an invoice, the model is working against you.
Plenty of tools can take a booking. Sally is built on a salon-specific booking brain: services and durations, who can do what, processing gaps, group bookings, deposits, waitlists, and the guardrails that stop a chair being double-booked. So when a client types "got anything for a cut and colour Saturday arvo?", she answers like your best receptionist — and books it correctly.
Then she keeps the book full without you: reminders that cut no-shows, review requests after the appointment, a nudge for regulars who are due back, and a bookable one-page website if you don't have one. That's the product: a client book that fills itself.
And because it's made in NZ for NZ salons — NZD, GST, our public holidays, our support hours — you're not translating someone else's market into yours.
Try the live demo, or book a free 30-minute walkthrough with a real person. Free plan to start — no card, no commission, cancel anytime.
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