Square Appointments alternative for UK barbershops
Square Appointments combines scheduling with payments and POS. Square Free is £0/month, Plus is £29/month and Premium is £69/month per location. KERSIVO Starter is £0/month for up to four bookable barbers; Full KERSIVO is £39/month per location with your own branded website and standard domain.
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The short version
KERSIVO is a Square Appointments alternative for independent UK barbershops. Square offers Free (£0), Plus (£29/month) and Premium (£69/month) appointment plans per location, plus payment-processing fees. KERSIVO Starter is £0/month for up to four bookable barbers; Full KERSIVO is £39/month per location and includes a complete branded website on your own standard domain.
Square is particularly strong when appointments, point of sale and in-person payments are part of the same workflow. KERSIVO focuses on a barber-specific digital experience. Square already offers a customisable booking site, a free full-service Square Online website option, deposits and SMS reminders; this is a comparison of business models, not a claim that those functions are missing.
WHY BARBERS COMPARE
Square Appointments is a serious scheduling and payments platform that Square explicitly markets to barbershops. For a barber, the question is whether its broad POS ecosystem or KERSIVO’s own-domain barber experience better matches the way the shop operates.
Square provides both booking websites and a full-service Square Online website. Full KERSIVO bundles a standard domain, barbershop website, bookings and retail pickup in its barber-specific £39/month platform.
Square is strong in point-of-sale hardware and integrated card acceptance. KERSIVO focuses on online bookings and shop operations, not replacing the physical till or card terminal.
Square Free already offers unlimited staff calendars, reminders, deposits and a booking website. Compare Square Plus and Premium features with the Full KERSIVO platform rather than judging by price alone.
KERSIVO Starter uses a hosted booking page; Full centres bookings on your shop website and domain. Choose the model that fits where customers find, rebook and buy from your shop.
Square actively supports barbershops too — see Square for Barbershops. The meaningful distinction is Square's integrated POS ecosystem versus the own-domain digital experience included with Full KERSIVO.
SQUARE APPOINTMENTS UK PRICING
Square has a genuinely free appointment plan. Its paid subscriptions add scheduling, reporting and team-management tools. Payments have separate processing fees, so compare the plan and the way your shop accepts money.
Checked 8 October 2026 · Official Square Appointments UK pricing
SQUARE APPOINTMENTS FREE
£0
per month per location
SQUARE APPOINTMENTS PLUS
£29
per month per location
SQUARE APPOINTMENTS PREMIUM
£69
per month per location
| Payment method | Square Free | Square Plus | Square Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-person card | 1.75% | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| Online UK card | 1.4% + 25p | 1.4% + 25p | 1.4% + 25p |
| Manually entered / Card on File (UK) | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| Online non-UK card | 2.5% + 25p | 2.5% + 25p | 2.5% + 25p |
Important: Square Online transaction rates and Square Appointments deposit rates are not interchangeable.
These are Square's published headline fees by transaction type, not a guaranteed rate for every appointment deposit. The online rates apply to specified Square Online, Online Checkout and eCommerce transactions; Card on File and manual payments use a different rate. Square's appointment-deposit processing classification has not been verified, so no deposit fee comparison is claimed. Non-UK and custom charges may differ. Square's pricing page does not establish whether £29/£69 includes VAT, so confirm the tax treatment with Square.
Want to compare software costs? Explore the KERSIVO barber software cost calculator. The calculator now includes Square Appointments Free, Plus and Premium plan selection. When paid-plan VAT or an Appointments deposit processing fee cannot be verified, it shows the published plan headline and clearly marks the complete cost as not estimated.
Square Free costs £0/month, so KERSIVO is not always the cheaper option. The choice is about what you need beyond appointments.
COMPARISON
Two different ways to run a barbershop. Open each category and compare the parts that matter to your brand, bookings and client journey.
Square Appointments
Appointments with unlimited staff calendars and online booking.
KERSIVO
A booking system tailored to independent UK barbershops.
Square Appointments UK prices and features checked 8 October 2026 against official Square UK pages. Card-processing fees are separate. Prices and plan features may change. See sources
BUILT AROUND YOUR BRAND
Explore the booking journey and admin system, plus the retail pickup shop included with Full KERSIVO.
ADMIN SYSTEM
Manage bookings, clients, barbers, services and daily activity from one central dashboard.
CLIENT BOOKING EXPERIENCE
Clients choose a service, barber and available time through your own branded booking experience — with no app download required.
RETAIL PICKUP SHOP · FULL KERSIVO
With Full KERSIVO, clients browse products online, place pickup orders and collect them from your barbershop.
TWO MODELS
Square Appointments
Appointments and POS ecosystem
KERSIVO
Barber-focused booking and own-brand experience
Square can be the better option for integrated POS and in-person retail. KERSIVO can be the better fit for an independent barbershop prioritising a branded online journey.
MIGRATION
Keep Square Appointments running while you prepare KERSIVO. Do not switch live booking links until you have reviewed the new setup.
Continue serving existing clients and taking bookings in Square during preparation.
Square provides a Customer Directory CSV export. Review its fields and permissions before sharing business data.
Do not assume all upcoming appointments or historic booking data can be imported automatically; check export availability and map any gaps.
Configure services, team and availability. For Full, prepare your branded website and standard domain.
Test the new booking journey. On Full, approve your private site preview before switching.
Update your Google, social and website booking destinations only when the new setup is ready.
SIMPLE PRICING
KERSIVO Starter is £0/month for up to 4 active bookable barbers: a hosted booking page, Team, Services, Clients Core, email reminders and Google booking setup. Every public booking uses a £5 deposit or Pay in full through the shop’s connected Stripe account. See KERSIVO Starter.
Full KERSIVO is £39/month per physical location and adds your branded barbershop website and standard domain, larger teams, editable booking-payment controls including Pay at shop, Advanced Clients, Reports, Retail pickup, SMS reminders and the live KERSIVO Assistant.
0% KERSIVO commission on booking payments on both plans, and on Full retail sales.
FULL KERSIVO
£39 / month
Your branded website and wider business toolkit. No setup fee.
Secure checkout through Stripe
Billed today, then monthly on the same billing-cycle day.
A professional website built around your barbershop and brand.
Manage bookings, clients and daily activity from one central system.
Keep client records and choose Pay at shop, a £5 deposit or full payment, with email confirmations and SMS appointment reminders.
Let clients order products online for collection in your shop.
Manage your team, prices, services and availability.
Track performance while KERSIVO keeps the platform hosted, secure and maintained.
Standard Stripe payment-processing fees apply.
Billed today, then monthly. Cancel anytime. KERSIVO is not currently VAT registered, so no VAT is added.
FAQ
Answers on Square Free, Plus, Premium, card fees, deposits, websites and switching.
Yes. KERSIVO Starter provides a hosted booking page for up to four active bookable barbers at £0/month. Full KERSIVO is £39/month per physical location and includes a full branded barbershop website, standard domain, advanced clients, reports, retail pickup and SMS reminders.
Yes. Square Appointments Free has a £0 monthly subscription for a single location, with unlimited staff calendars and booking features. Square card-processing charges still apply when you take payments.
Square Appointments currently lists Free at £0, Plus at £29/month per location and Premium at £69/month per location. Card-processing charges are separate. Check Square’s UK pricing page for the latest terms and any taxes or additions.
Square currently advertises unlimited staff calendars on Free, Plus and Premium. Its published UK subscriptions are listed by location rather than by barber. KERSIVO Starter supports up to four active bookable barbers; Full has expanded team capacity at a flat £39/month per location, subject to fair use.
Square lists 1.75% for UK in-person cards on Free and 1.6% on Plus or Premium. Square Online/Online Checkout/eCommerce UK-card processing is advertised at 1.4% + 25p, while Card on File/manual payments use a separate published 2.5% rate. The rate for a particular Square Appointments deposit depends on its actual payment flow and must not be assumed. KERSIVO uses Stripe fees, not Square rates.
Yes. Square documents fixed-amount and percentage deposits across Free, Plus and Premium. KERSIVO Starter requires a £5 online deposit or full payment for public bookings, while Full offers owner-selected payment modes including Pay at shop.
Yes. Square Appointments Free advertises automatic text and email reminders. KERSIVO Starter includes email reminders; SMS appointment reminders are a Full KERSIVO feature subject to its allowance policy.
Square combines appointments with a wider POS and payments ecosystem, including in-person card hardware. KERSIVO focuses on independent barbershops: Starter offers a hosted booking page at £0/month, and Full centres bookings, a complete website and retail pickup on your shop domain. KERSIVO does not replace Square’s POS hardware.
Square documents exporting the Customer Directory as CSV. KERSIVO can help review and migrate usable supported data. Future appointments, saved cards and every historical field are not guaranteed to transfer, so check your Square exports before switching.
Yes. Keep Square running while your KERSIVO setup is prepared. Confirm the exported data, services and upcoming appointments, then review and approve the new booking flow before redirecting public booking links.
Not always. Square Free is also £0/month, and Square Plus is £29/month compared with Full KERSIVO at £39/month. Price alone is not the key difference: compare website/domain scope, POS needs, plan features, card fees and the total booking experience.
No. Starter provides a browser-based hosted booking page, and Full includes browser-based booking on your own branded website.
Square Appointments offers online booking websites, including a free Square Online website option, and integrates with POS and payments. KERSIVO likewise does not operate a consumer appointment-discovery marketplace.
Yes. Square markets a dedicated barbershop solution with appointments, staff scheduling, walk-in workflows and integrated point-of-sale tools. KERSIVO differs mainly in its dedicated UK independent-barber focus and its Full own-domain website offering, not because Square cannot serve barbers.
Yes. Explore the live KERSIVO demo to see a booking flow, dashboard and Full retail pickup experience before choosing a plan.
OWN YOUR BRAND. OWN YOUR BOOKINGS.
Start KERSIVO Starter at £0/month, or choose Full KERSIVO for £39/month per location when you want your own website, domain and payment control.
CONTACT KERSIVO
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Pricing and features were checked against Square’s official UK pages and Help Centre. Square’s listed subscription prices and processing rates may change. This is a product comparison published by KERSIVO, not an independent review of every Square feature.
Square and Square Appointments are trademarks of their respective owners. KERSIVO is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Square.
