Marketplace + booking
Booksy
Mobile-first booking app and consumer marketplace popular with barbershops and independent beauty pros.
What it does
Booksy is built around its consumer app, where clients discover, book, and re-book appointments, which makes it especially strong for barbershops and solo stylists who rely on new-client discovery. On the business side it provides a calendar, online and mobile booking, automated reminders, deposits and no-show protection, payments, and marketing tools like Boost that promote your profile to nearby searchers. Its focus is getting your chair filled from a phone.
AI features
Checked on Booksy’s own pages, October 13, 2026
Booksy's one AI tool for owners is an AI receptionist, in beta in the US, that answers calls in English and Spanish and books into the Booksy calendar. We found no AI for texts, marketing, reviews or reports.
AI pricing: The AI Receptionist is free for at least 12 months for the first 500 providers in its beta; later pricing is not published. Booksy's plan is $29.99 a month plus $20 per extra team member.
Answers calls when the owner cannot, recognizes returning clients, creates client cards for new callers, books into the Booksy calendar, filters spam calls and texts the owner a summary when a call needs a callback. Appointments with No-Show Protection are not supported yet.
Pricing: Free for at least 12 months for early beta sign-ups; later price not published. Where: US; English and Spanish callers.
- Booksy: AI receptionist beta: “Booksy's automated receptionist picks up when you can't, and books the appointment for you.”
Clients can ask Google's AI Mode to find and book an appointment straight into the Booksy calendar, with no extra fee. A discovery channel, not an owner tool.
- Booksy blog: Booksy google AI mode integration: “Booksy becomes an early Google AI partner, providing its providers with a new, passive, 24/7 reservation channel directly through conversational AI.”
Not found on October 13, 2026: AI text and chat replies, AI marketing writer, AI review replies, AI business assistant and AI scheduling and pricing.
Pricing
From about $29.99/mo for one staff member, plus optional Boost fees
Pricing signals are indicative and change often. Confirm current pricing with the vendor.
How SalonAI fits
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