Booking software pricing, explained

Compare booking software using one realistic month. Add the subscription, booking charges, payment fees and required extras, then check the contract terms.

Subscription pricing

You pay a fixed monthly fee for the software, often tiered by how many staff, locations or features you need. The advantage is predictability: you know the number each month. The thing to check is what's included in your tier versus what costs extra, and whether the price jumps sharply as you grow.

Per-booking commission

Instead of (or on top of) a subscription, some platforms take a percentage of each booking. This can look cheap when you're quiet, but it scales with your success: the busier you get, the more you pay, and a commission on every new client can add up fast. It's worth modelling what that percentage costs across a typical month, not just a single booking.

The fees that hide in between

Whatever the headline, look for the extras that don't show up until later:

• Setup or onboarding charges before you can take a booking.
• Payment-processing fees layered on top of the platform fee.
• Long contracts or notice periods that make leaving costly.
• Add-ons (reminders, marketing, extra staff) that quietly raise the real price.

Apply every fee to the same realistic month, then check what it takes to cancel.

How QZee prices it

QZee keeps it deliberately simple and visible up front. QZee Free is £0 per month. QZee Pro is £14.99 per month. There is no annual plan. Eligible UK businesses can opt into one seven-day QZee Pro trial per business in its lifetime. Card details are required. The trial converts to QZee Pro at £14.99 per month unless you cancel before it ends; cancelling avoids the first Pro charge and keeps Pro access until the trial ends.

QZee charges a transparent 3% + 25p fee per paid booking. This applies on QZee Free and QZee Pro when a customer pays online. The QZee fee is paid by the business. No VAT is added to QZee's 3% + 25p booking fee. Stripe's standard processing fees also apply and are paid by the business. Connected payments are available to UK businesses that complete Stripe verification. There is no setup fee, hidden QZee commission or long contract.

QZee Free and QZee Pro each include one active bookable staff seat. Each additional seat costs £5 per month and is charged pro-rata immediately when added, including during a Pro trial. Reductions take effect at the next staff-seat renewal. Paid staff seats continue after Pro is cancelled unless you reduce or cancel them separately. An active bookable staff seat is a team member who can be assigned to a new booking. A bookable owner counts; an unaccepted invitation does not.

Both plans let you export your business data. QZee Pro adds customer-management tools plus product and advanced-report exports.