Solo, salon or group — the price is on this page, no “book a call to get pricing”. Add the extras only if you want them.
One stylist or therapist, working for themselves
One location · every stylist included, up to 20
First salon $279, each additional site $199
20+ staff, or salon groups
The one plan without a public price — a 20-plus-staff business genuinely needs scoping. We’ll price it with you, openly.
Talk to us →Same add-ons on every plan. Texts and AI are the only things that cost us more — so they’re the only things that cost you more.
“Ask SalonOS” — surface rebooks and win-backs, draft campaigns, and answer questions about your salon, hands-free. $29/mo on Solo.
Two-way Xero sync, expenses, supplier rebates and deeper financial reporting — your P&L next to your book.
Retail synced with Shopify — orders, customers and stock in the same place you run the floor.
Every plan includes free monthly texts; beyond that they’re 12c at cost — around a third cheaper than Kitomba’s ~17c. Email is always free.
Prices in NZD, exclude GST. Free migration and onboarding on every plan — we import your clients, history and price list from Kitomba or Timely, no charge.
The two big NZ incumbents are both foreign-owned and priced per staff or by quote. SalonOS is flat, local, and salon-built.
| SalonOS | Timely | Kitomba | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat, per location | Per staff member | Quote only |
| Typical 5-chair salon | $279 / mo | ~$325 / mo | Quote (market-high) |
| Cost as you add staff | No change | Rises per person | Rises |
| Text messaging | 200 free, then 12c | ~5c after allowance | ~17c / text |
| Colour formulas built in | ✓ | Bolt-on (Vish ~$350) | Bolt-on (Vish ~$350) |
| AI on the floor (“who’s due a rebook?”) | ✓ add-on | ✗ | Marketing bot only (REACH.ai) |
| See a price without a sales call | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| NZ-owned & salon-built | ✓ | US-owned | Canada-owned |
| Lock-in contract | None | None | Annual |
| Free migration | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Try before you switch | Side-by-side pilot month | 14-day trial | No public trial |
SalonOS vs Kitomba → · SalonOS vs Timely → · The switching playbook →
Competitor details are indicative, based on publicly listed pricing and user reviews as at July 2026; per-staff plans scale with team size. Please verify current pricing with each vendor.
vs a 5-chair salon on Timely’s Elevate plan — and the gap widens with every hire.
Grow the team without growing the bill. One flat price, always.
200 free each month, then 12c vs Kitomba’s ~17c — on thousands of reminders a year, that adds up.
Per location, flat — never per staff. Add stylists, chairs or a barber out front and the price doesn’t move, all the way up to 20 staff. Past 20 you’re genuinely a different kind of business, so that’s our Enterprise plan and we scope it together.
Everything one operator needs: your calendar, online booking, till, client records, gift cards, promo codes, reports and email marketing (so you can drop Mailchimp). What it leaves out is team stuff — roster, payroll, scoreboards. Outgrow it and you move to Salon; your data comes with you.
Your first salon is $279, each additional location is $199 — every site fully featured, one login, switch between salons in a click. 20+ staff across the group? That’s Enterprise.
The full platform: appointment book, online booking, POS & till, gift cards, quotes, colour formulas, product catalogue, roster, time clock, payroll, scoreboards, client CRM, marketing & rebooking, Shopify store, reports and insights. Email is free, and your first 200 texts each month are free — then 12c each.
Your first 200 texts every month are included free. After that, reminders, confirmations and campaigns send at 12c per text, billed monthly at cost — around a third cheaper than Kitomba’s ~17c. Our templates are written to a single text part to keep the bill tiny, and email is always free.
The AI assistant ($59/mo) is “Ask SalonOS” — it surfaces rebooks and win-backs, drafts campaigns and answers questions about your salon. The Xero & financials add-on ($39/mo) gives two-way Xero sync, expenses, supplier rebates and deeper reporting. Both are optional.
Yes — free. We import your clients, history and price list and get you live, usually over a weekend. No data left behind.
No lock-in. Month to month. If SalonOS isn’t making your salon calmer and more profitable, you leave.
Never. Unlike some marketplaces, we don’t charge per booking or clip 20% off your new clients. You keep 100% of your revenue.
Register your interest and we’ll price it against your current invoice, migrate your data for free, and show you exactly what you’d gain.