Free online booking for hairstylists
What you see. A sample dashboard, shown with a cleaning business's bookings.
What your clients see. The salon starter page, before you change anything.
Salon software is built for teams and front desks. 1MinuteBooking is built for the stylist working alone, with the right price and time on every booking.
Clients pick a cut, color, balayage or blowout and their hair length, so a long-hair balayage books the hours it really takes. Every pricing control
Balayage and all-over color block hours of your day. Take a deposit by card as they book, with your cancellation policy shown first. How deposits work
Up to 3 people book together, each with their own service and add-ons, back to back. How it works
No add-ons to buy and no per-feature upgrades. Pro, at $10 a month, only adds your branding, Excel export and analytics.
Bookings are confirmed the moment they come in, with a confirmation email. Bookings that look risky still wait for you. How it works
Clients get the date, time and address by email 24 hours before, or when you choose. How it works
A Manage booking button lets clients move or cancel up to a cutoff you set. You get an email for every change. How it works
When you mark a booking Completed, the client gets a Book again button with their last booking filled in. How it works
Every booking shows up in Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar, and moves and cancellations update by themselves. How it works
A captcha, connection checks and your own filters send fake requests to a Spam folder, where they never hold a time. How it works
Paste one line of code, and clients book and pay right on your site.
Square, Calendly and BookingKoala, side by side, for one person running their own business.
| 1MinuteBooking | Square Appointments | Calendly | BookingKoala | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost for one person | $0, with no time limit. Pro is an optional $10 a month | Free for one location. Plus is $49 a month per location (Oct 2026) | Free for one event type. $10 to $12 a month for more (Oct 2026) | From $27 a month, after a 14-day trial (Oct 2026) |
| Prices built from the job | Hours, quantities, sizes, add-ons and travel fees | Service variations | One event, one length | Pricing parameters for cleaning-style forms |
| Card deposits as they book | On the free plan, into your own Stripe account. 2% plus Stripe's fee | Through Square payments | On paid plans | Through its payment gateway |
| Quote requests with photos | Yes, with your own questions and up to 5 photos | Estimates in Square Invoices, not on the booking page | No | A lead form |
| Travel fees and drive time | A fee and drive time for each distance | Not a built-in setting | No | Pricing by location |
| Setup | Minutes. Your trade's services, prices and questions start filled in | Build your services in the Square dashboard | Build your event types | Pick an industry, then set up forms and providers |
Last updated . From each company's pricing page and help center. Plans change, so check theirs before you decide. Full comparisons: Square Appointments · Calendly · BookingKoala
Hairstylists comparing booking apps mostly look at Vagaro, Square Appointments, Booksy and GlossGenius. They're built for salons and suites - payments, marketing, product sales and sometimes a marketplace.
If you run a salon with several stylists, a salon platform fits better. If it's your chair, 1MinuteBooking lets clients book it with the price up front. It's free, with no time limit.
Your booking page with stock photos, bookings and quote requests.
Your logo, your own photos and colors, Excel export and analytics, and no "Powered by" badge.
Salons and suites with retail often use Vagaro, Square or GlossGenius. A solo stylist who needs services, length pricing and add-ons can use 1MinuteBooking for free.
Yes. 1MinuteBooking's free plan has no time limit and includes services, add-ons, group bookings and buffer time. Pro ($10 USD a month) adds your logo, your own photos and colors.
Yes. With Stripe Payments on, a deposit or the full price is charged before the booking goes through, into your own Stripe account - common for long color services like balayage or all-over color.
Yes - up to 3 people. After picking the first person's service, the client taps "+ Add another person" and picks the next one's service and add-ons. The appointments run one after another, so the booking is as long as all of them together and the price is the sum; the date, time and contact details are asked once. Your bookings, receipts and emails list each person separately.
Yes - each add-on can be restricted to specific service types, like offering deep conditioning only alongside a cut or blowout.
Open a Completed booking and click Duplicate booking - the same client, services, add-ons and notes are filled in at your current prices, so you just pick the next date. For a fixed schedule, set Repeat on New booking (every 1-4 weeks, up to 26 visits) - see repeating bookings. Clients also get a Book again link in their thank-you email.
Yes - every 1MinuteBooking account is built for one person, with no staff accounts or team scheduling to configure.
Yes - Haircut & Style, Blowout, Updo or Special-Occasion Style, All-Over Color and Balayage / Highlights ask for the client's hair length: past the shoulders adds $20 and 15 minutes, and mid-back or very thick hair adds $35 and 30 minutes.
Sign up free with Hair Stylist already selected. You can change anything later.