Comparison · Booking software and marketplace
Booksy handles your bookings.Carden handles the day in progress.
Booksy equips you for booking, reminders and fighting no-shows. Carden steps in one notch later: when the appointment falls through anyway, or when someone walks in without booking.
- Carden Story, €9.90 a month
- You keep Booksy
Two roles
Booksy records. Carden goes looking.
Booksy fills your diary in advance; Carden fills what’s left of it on the day. No migration: Carden reads your availability and posts on your own accounts.
- What Booksy does
- Online booking and the team diary
- Reminders and fewer no-shows
- A marketplace and marketing tools
- Payments and client records
- What Carden adds
- Reposts the cancelled slot on your social accounts, without you stepping in
- Organises walk-ins: kiosk, screen, ticket
- Holds back slots for people who decide on the day
Point by point
Who does what, exactly.
| Criterion | Booksy | Carden |
|---|---|---|
| Booking and reminders | Yes | No — you keep Booksy |
| Automatic recovery of a cancellation | Not automated | Automatic posting the same day |
| In-salon queue | No | Kiosk, in-salon screen, ticket |
| Measuring clients who left without being served | No | Yes, by day and by hour |
| Commission | Depending on the channel | Nothing on your usual prices |
Based on Booksy’s public information as of September 2026. Spotted a mistake? Write to us and we’ll correct it.
Carden and Booksy, in practice.
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WhatsApp usDo I have to leave Booksy to use Carden?+
No. Carden replaces neither your diary nor your till: it reads your availability and works on the slots that free up or stay empty.
My salon is mostly walk-in — does that change anything?+
That’s actually where Carden adds the most: a kiosk at the entrance, a screen in the salon and a ticket on the phone, with an honest wait time that adjusts all day.
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Keep Booksy.Win back what it doesn’t fill.
Carden Story, €9.90 a month. Live in France: we’ll tell you when it opens in your country.