Comparison
VoxelBooking
vs Booksy.
Industry-agnostic booking system vs beauty marketplace.
Own your infrastructure vs depend on a platform.
VoxelBooking
Install on your server. Create a business for the salon, the restaurant, the B&B. Each gets a branded booking page. Four booking patterns cover any industry. You own the data and the code.
Booksy
A hosted platform built for beauty and wellness professionals. Consumer marketplace with discovery, appointment booking, payment processing, and marketing tools. Your business lives on Booksy's platform.
Features
Feature by feature.
| Feature | VoxelBooking | Booksy |
|---|---|---|
| Target industry | Any business type | Beauty and wellness |
| Software model | Open source, self-hosted | Hosted beauty marketplace |
| Extra users | Managed inside your installation | Account-based team model |
| Booking patterns | Time slots, resources, capacity, events | Appointment scheduling |
| Consumer marketplace | Not available | Client discovery and search |
| Multi-business | VoxelBooking supports multiple client businesses | Business account model |
| Branded booking pages | Full branding control | Booksy-branded presence |
| Self-hosted | Your server | Booksy hosted |
| Payment processing | Not available in v1 | Built-in payments |
| Staff management | Individual availability | Staff calendars |
| Customer CRM | Built-in with history | Client management |
| Restaurant bookings | Capacity pattern | Not built for restaurants |
| Hotel or room booking | Resource pattern | Not built for room booking |
| Event registration | Events with participant limits | Not the core product |
| Source code access | Full PHP source | Closed platform |
| Data ownership | Your server | Booksy servers |
| No-show protection | ✗ Not available | ✓ Deposits and penalties |
Their strengths
Where Booksy wins.
Consumer marketplace
Booksy has a consumer app where clients discover and book nearby beauty professionals. This brings new clients without marketing spend. VoxelBooking is a system you run, not a marketplace.
Payment and no-show protection
Built-in payment processing with deposits, prepayments, and no-show penalties. Booksy handles the entire transaction. VoxelBooking manages scheduling but does not process payments.
Beauty industry features
Portfolio galleries, before/after photos, client reviews, social media integration, and beauty-specific marketing tools. Booksy is purpose-built for this industry. VoxelBooking is industry-agnostic.
Our strengths
Where VoxelBooking wins.
Not locked into one industry
Booksy is for salons and barbershops. VoxelBooking works for salons, restaurants, B&Bs, yoga studios, consultants, event venues, and any service business. Four booking patterns cover the entire spectrum.
Multi-business architecture
Manage a salon, a restaurant, and a yoga studio from one installation. Each business gets its own branded booking page, schedule, staff, and customer database. Booksy requires a separate account per business.
Your brand, not theirs
Booksy pages carry Booksy branding and live on Booksy's domain. VoxelBooking's booking pages use your colors, your logo, your cover image. The booking page is your page.
Full source code
Booksy centers the business inside its hosted marketplace. VoxelBooking is open source software for your own server. Add client businesses inside one installation.
Summary
The verdict.
Choose Booksy if you are a beauty professional who wants a consumer marketplace that brings new clients, built-in payment processing, and industry-specific marketing tools. Booksy is excellent for salons, barbershops, and beauty studios that want a managed platform.
Choose VoxelBooking if you need a booking system that works across industries, want to manage multiple businesses from one installation, prefer owning your brand and data, and want open source software without hosted platform dependency.
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Full source code. Any industry. Self-hosted control.