Starta.one
To book with Booksy, clients go to the website, create an account, and fill out a form. With Starta.one they just message on Telegram: 'book me for Friday at 4pm' — and it's done.
Booksy is a booking platform with a marketplace in the US and Poland (44 million users). Businesses pay $29.99/month base + $20/month per additional staff member + 2.49–2.69% payment processing + 30% commission on new marketplace clients (min. $10–$100).
Starta.one moves booking into the chat where clients already talk to you: no forms, no accounts, no apps. You can also manage your business from chat — from your phone.
| Feature | Starta | Booksy |
|---|---|---|
| How clients book | | |
| How you manage your business | | |
| Online booking | | |
| Calendar & scheduling | | |
| CRM / client database | | |
| AI assistant | | |
| P&L reports | | |
| Loyalty program | | |
| SMS notifications | | |
| Salary management | | |
| Inventory | | |
| Mobile app | | |
| Multi-location | | |
| Payment processing | | |
| Custom branding | | |
| Client ownership | | |
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
$29.99/month for one person + $20/month per additional staff member + payment processing fees (2.49–2.69%) + 30% Boost commission on new marketplace clients (min. $10–$100)
Extra: Biz+ for multi-location ($79.99+/month), card readers ($53–$220), fast payouts (1.5%). A 5-person team pays $110+/month before processing fees.
Booksy starts at $29.99/month for one person and scales to $110+/month for a 5-person team — before processing fees and Boost commissions. 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 Booksy, reminders only go to clients who already booked.
AI shows where revenue dipped and what to do about it: staff utilisation, services that aren't selling, clients on the verge of churning. In Booksy, full P&L is not available at all.
Tell AI about your business — it builds your services, schedule, and booking page. Migrating from Booksy comes down to a few messages in chat.
Send any request to the chat — AI executes it in seconds. Like Telegram, except your business listens.
No.
Booksy is a website and app — clients must open it 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.
Booksy gives you a marketplace for finding new clients plus booking tools.
Starta.one gives you what Booksy lacks: a built-in AI assistant, full P&L with expense tracking, proper payroll management (not just commissions), a genuinely free Starta.one Lite plan, and no marketplace or transaction commissions. Plus — your clients stay yours, with no competitor ads.
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.
Booksy starts at $29.99/month for one person + $20/month per additional staff + 2.49–2.69% per transaction + 30% marketplace commissions. Switching from Booksy to Starta.one is free.
Booksy allows client data export. Import your database into Starta.one, and the AI assistant will set up services, schedule, and your booking page in minutes — no manual rule reconfiguration needed.
Booksy's AI is limited to a voice receptionist for answering calls — there's no assistant that runs your business via messages.
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 with no extra add-ons.