Starta.one
To book with Altegio, clients open a booking link, choose a service and specialist in the widget form, and fill in their contact details. With Starta.one they just message on Telegram: 'book me for Friday at 4pm' — and it's done.
Altegio (formerly YCLIENTS) has one of the deepest feature sets in salon software: full P&L with Power BI integration, 10+ payroll models, extensive CRM. But there is no AI assistant, no free plan (only a 7-day trial), no customer Telegram bot — and the VK/YCLIENTS ownership history raises concerns for EU businesses.
Starta.one matches Altegio's feature depth and adds a built-in AI assistant, a customer Telegram bot, and a genuinely free plan — with EU-first data handling.
| Feature | Starta | Altegio |
|---|---|---|
| How clients book | | |
| How you manage your business | | |
| Telegram bot for clients | | |
| Online booking | | |
| Calendar & scheduling | | |
| CRM / client database | | |
| AI assistant | | |
| P&L reports | | |
| Loyalty program | | |
| SMS notifications | | |
| Salary management | | |
| Inventory | | |
| Mobile app | | |
| Payment processing | | |
| Custom branding | | |
| Free plan | | |
| Ownership & origin | | |
Starta.one Lite — free, unlimited bookings
Starta.one Pro — from €6.29/mo for one specialist or €10.79/mo for up to 5 staff (annual billing), +€1.26/mo per additional
Per-employee pricing — from ~$11–29/month per staff member depending on subscription term. VAT not included. All features in one plan.
No free plan — only a 7-day trial. Best rates on 12–24 month prepayment. Prices displayed dynamically on site.
Altegio has no free plan — per-employee USD pricing with the best rates locked behind long-term prepayment. Starta.one Lite is genuinely free, and Pro starts from €6.29/mo for one specialist or €10.79/mo for up to 5 staff (annual billing).
It sees who hasn't visited in months and reaches out first — with a relevant offer. In Altegio you see the data in reports, but the action is up to you.
Altegio has strong P&L. But reports show you data — Starta.one's AI tells you what to do about it: where revenue dipped, which staff slot is underutilised, which clients are about to churn.
In Altegio every rule, salary formula, and service requires manual configuration. Tell AI about your business — it builds your services, schedule, and booking page. Migration from Altegio comes down to a few messages.
Send any request to the chat — AI executes it in seconds. Like Telegram, except your business listens.
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Altegio is a booking form and CRM dashboard — clients open a link and fill out a form. Starta.one moves booking into chat: clients message on Telegram and it's done. You manage your business from chat too, from your phone. It's a different way of working, not just another dashboard.
Starta.one matches Altegio's feature depth (P&L, loyalty, payroll, inventory) and adds: AI assistant for setup and daily operations, a full customer Telegram bot, a genuinely free Starta.one Lite plan, transparent pricing with 5 staff included, and a modern mobile-first interface. Plus EU-first data handling without the YCLIENTS/VK connection.
Starta.one Pro — from €6.29/mo for one specialist or €10.79/mo for up to 5 staff (annual billing), +€1.26/mo per additional. Lite — free.
Altegio charges per employee (~$11–29/mo), with no free plan and best rates only on 12–24 month prepayment. Switching from Altegio to Starta.one is free.
As of 2026, Altegio has no built-in AI assistant at all.
Starta.one has a full AI: it sets up the system from a description of your business, optimises scheduling, reactivates inactive clients, runs weekly business analyses, and gives recommendations — all built in without third-party add-ons.
Export your client database from Altegio, and the Starta.one AI assistant will set up services, schedule, and booking page in minutes. Note: Altegio users report export is sometimes incomplete (names/phones/email only), so plan to recreate services and rules in Starta.one — AI will help you describe them.