A Fresha alternative for Canada: what each one charges you for
Fresha earns from the new clients its marketplace sends you and from processing your card payments. Slotora is a monthly subscription that takes no commission on anything. Here is what Fresha's own pages say, point by point, with the day we read them.
Try Slotora free for 14 daysTwo different ways of being paid
Fresha's business is the marketplace: clients search Fresha, find you and book, and the first booking each new client makes through it carries a fee. It also processes your card payments itself, so a share of every card payment goes through Fresha.
Slotora's business is the subscription. It takes nothing from your bookings, gift cards, passes or card payments; your clients pay into your own Stripe account and Stripe charges its own fee. What you pay Slotora is the same whether a client is new or has come for ten years.
Fresha and Slotora, point by point
The Fresha column summarises Fresha's own pages; the small number leads to each one.
| What you compare | Fresha | Slotora |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price in Canada | A plan for one calendar and a team plan charged per team member. We found no Canadian-dollar price list on Fresha's own site — its pricing page served us pounds.2 | C$19 a month for one bookable person, C$10 for each additional one, never more than C$69 a month; C$190 a year for one person. Prices in Canadian dollars. No GST/HST is added at present. |
| Fee on a new client from the marketplace | A one-time 20% fee, with a minimum, on each new client Fresha's marketplace brings you; none on returning clients. (From Fresha's own pricing page, in pounds.)2 | None. Slotora takes no commission on any booking, new client or not. |
| Free trial | 7 days.1 | 14 days, with everything open and no card needed to start. |
| Ending the contract | Either side may end it on not less than 30 days' written notice, and fees stay due during the notice period.1 | Cancel at any time; the subscription runs to the end of the period you have paid for and does not renew. |
| Card payments | Processed by Fresha through Adyen Canada Ltd.37 | Through your own Stripe account at Stripe's standard Canadian rates: 2.7% + C$0.05 in person, 2.9% + C$0.30 online, C$0.15 per Interac payment. Slotora adds 0%. |
| Governing law of the contract | The laws of England and Wales, the English courts exclusively, and no class actions.1 | The law of England and Wales too — Slotora is a UK company — with no arbitration clause. |
| Where data is held | Fresha says it operates globally, including in the United States and Canada; its policy makes no promise to keep Canadian data in Canada.4 | In London, United Kingdom, with some providers in the United States — named in our privacy policy. No Canadian storage either. |
| A Canadian company | Fresha.com (Canada) Ventures Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, is one of its group companies.5 | No: Slotora is run by Belavin Limited, Birmingham, United Kingdom. |
| In French, for Québec | Fresha has a French site for businesses, written for France; we found no Québec version.6 | Not yet: Slotora is not open to businesses in Québec. |
When Fresha is the better choice
Said in Fresha's favour, from its own pages.
- You want new clients from a marketplace
- Fresha's marketplace is the point of Fresha, and the 20% is what a client it finds for you costs. Slotora's directory is new in Canada and will not send you many clients for a while.
- You want a company with a Canadian entity
- Fresha's group includes a British Columbia company. Slotora is run from the United Kingdom.
- You want some texts included
- Fresha's own (UK) pricing page includes a number of free automated texts each month. Slotora charges for every text, from prepaid credit, and includes email reminders.
Moving from Fresha to Slotora
Most salons do it over a quiet week, without closing the old calendar until the last appointment in it has passed.
01
Open your account and set up your services and hours
Services, prices, team members and opening hours, with your province's statutory holidays offered to tick.
02
Bring your client list
Import it from a spreadsheet (CSV); the importer recognises the usual columns — name, phone, email, notes.
03
Share your new booking link
On Instagram, Google and your website. Keep taking the bookings already in Fresha until they have passed, then stop.
Questions about Fresha and Slotora in Canada
Does Slotora take a fee when a new client books?
No. Slotora takes no commission on any booking, gift card, pass or card payment, whether the client is new or not.
What does Fresha charge in Canada each month?
Fresha has a plan for one calendar and a team plan per member. We did not find a Canadian-dollar price list on Fresha's own site when we checked on 7 November 2026, so we do not quote one — ask Fresha for its Canadian price.
How much notice do I give to leave?
Fresha's partner terms ask for not less than 30 days' written notice. Slotora can be cancelled at any time and runs to the end of the period you have paid for.
Are Slotora's card fees lower than Fresha's?
We cannot say: Fresha does not publish its Canadian card rates on its own site. Slotora's are Stripe's standard Canadian rates, paid to Stripe, and Slotora adds nothing.
Is either one available in Québec?
Slotora is not open in Québec yet. Fresha has a French site written for France; we found no Québec version.
Sources
Every Fresha fact above comes from one of these pages, read on the day shown. Slotora's card fees are Stripe's own Canadian page.
- Fresha — Partner terms — https://terms.fresha.com/partner-terms · Read on Trial length, notice period, price changes, governing law.
- Fresha — Pricing — https://www.fresha.com/pricing · Read on Served to us in pounds sterling. Its Canadian pricing addresses (/en-ca/pricing, /ca/pricing) did not answer, and we found no Canadian-dollar price list on Fresha's own site.
- Fresha — Payment processors — https://terms.fresha.com/payment-processors · Read on Who processes card payments in Canada.
- Fresha — Privacy policy (updated 20 October 2026) — https://terms.fresha.com/privacy-policy · Read on
- Fresha — Group entities — https://terms.fresha.com/entities · Read on
- Fresha — French site for businesses — https://www.fresha.com/fr/for-business · Read on Written for France; no mention of Canada or Québec.
- Stripe — Pricing for Canada (Slotora's card fees) — https://stripe.com/en-ca/pricing · Read on
See whether Slotora fits your salon
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