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. Each eligible UK business can try QZee Pro once for seven days. Card details are required. It costs £14.99 per month after the trial unless you cancel before it ends. If you cancel during the trial, you pay no Pro fee and can use Pro 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. UK businesses can take online payments after Stripe has checked their details. There is no setup fee, hidden QZee commission or long contract.

Both plans include one staff member who can take bookings. Each extra staff member who can take bookings costs £5 per month. When you add someone, you pay straight away for the days left in the current billing month, even during a Pro trial. If you remove someone, the lower charge starts on your next staff billing date. Cancelling Pro does not cancel staff charges. Reduce or cancel these separately. This means a staff member who can be added to a new booking. You count too if you take bookings. People who have not accepted their invite do not count.

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