Fresha and Senvia POS both help beauty and wellness businesses take bookings, check clients out and run the team. They are built around different ideas, though. Fresha combines salon software with a large consumer booking marketplace and its own payment processing. Senvia POS is a cloud POS and business-management system where online payments run through the shop's own Stripe account and the booking site is the shop's own website.
This page compares the two using Senvia's own product facts and the information on Fresha's official pricing page as checked on 9 October 2026. We only list Fresha details we could confirm on their site, and each one links to the page it came from.
At a glance
Senvia POS
- Cloud POS, appointments and business management for hair salons, barbers, beauty and facial, nails and lashes, massage, spas and aesthetics clinics
- Runs in the browser and as native iPad/iOS and Android apps
- Flat monthly plans (Base and Full) with add-ons, plus a 30-day free trial with no card needed
- Online card payments go through the shop's own Stripe account
- Whole product in English and 简体中文
- Made by HS Commerce Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)
Fresha
- Describes itself as the world's largest booking platform for beauty and wellness, used by over 120,000 businesses source
- Marketplace with "25+ million customers looking to book" source
- Independent plan for one-person businesses and a Team plan charged per bookable team member, plus Enterprise for businesses with over 20 team members source
- Built-in payment processing and card terminals; using Fresha payments is optional source
- 7-day trial; no minimum commitment, cancel any time source
Pricing
Senvia POS (USD, billed monthly, at the time of writing): Base is USD 25.90/month and includes POS, appointments, customers, packages and memberships, inventory, reports, team and roles, the AI assistant and one branch. Full is USD 49.90/month and adds customer subscription billing, attendance and clock-in, website and online shop, custom domain, automatic payroll and the supplier system. Add-ons include the website system (USD 10.90/month), automatic payroll (USD 5.90/month), supplier system (USD 10.90/month), each additional branch (USD 30/month) and extra storage (USD 5.90 per 10 GB/month). Senvia charges a fixed service fee per successful recurring membership charge (for example USD 1.00 or MYR 1.00); Stripe's own fees are separate. See Senvia pricing for current prices.
Fresha (prices shown in USD on the page we checked; rates are exclusive of local sales taxes and may differ by country):
- Independent: $19.95 per month for one team member source
- Team: $14.95 per bookable team member per month source
- Enterprise: custom rates for businesses with over 20 team members source
- Marketplace new clients: a one-time 20% commission, minimum $6 per client; no fee for returning clients or for bookings via your own links, Facebook or Instagram source
- Card processing: online 2.79% + $0.20, in-person 2.29% + $0.20 per transaction; terminals from $139 per device source
- Messages: 100 free automated text/WhatsApp messages per month (per team member on Team), then $0.02 per text or $0.04–$0.11 per WhatsApp; automated emails are free source
- Optional add-ons include Smart Website ($15.95/month), Client Loyalty ($59.95 per location/month), Insights ($9.95 per bookable team member/month) and AI Concierge ($99.95 per location/month) source
Because Fresha's Team plan is priced per bookable team member and Senvia is priced per plan and per branch, which works out cheaper depends on team size, how many new clients come from the marketplace and which add-ons you need.
Features compared
Booking
- Senvia: calendar per staff member and room, drag and drop, 24/7 online booking on the shop's own website, optional deposits on the shop's own Stripe account, customer self-reschedule/cancel within shop rules. E-mail confirmations and reminders are included, plus free WhatsApp assistive reminders sent from the shop's own WhatsApp number.
- Fresha: calendar and appointment scheduling, waitlists, group bookings, processing and finishing times, patch tests, booking links and Facebook/Instagram bookings, plus marketplace exposure source
POS and payments
- Senvia: services, products, packages and top-ups on one screen; split payments across cash, card terminal, bank transfer, stored credit and online card; shop-defined methods such as e-wallets recorded by name; discount limits per role; daily close report; refunds with audit trail. Card-present payments use the shop's own terminal.
- Fresha: point of sale, upfront payments, no-show and cancellation fees, Buy Now Pay Later via Klarna and its own terminals source
Packages and memberships
- Senvia: multi-session packages with expiry, stored-value top-ups with bonus credit, points, tiers, vouchers, and automatically billed monthly memberships on the Full plan.
- Fresha: packages, memberships, gift cards and deals and promotions are listed as features; Client Loyalty is a paid add-on source
Commission and payroll
- Senvia: commission rules by service, product, package and staff level; payroll runs with approval, adjustments and payslips (automatic payroll on Full or as an add-on).
- Fresha: sales commissions, wages, pay runs and timesheets are listed on the Team plan but not the Independent plan source
Inventory
- Senvia: stock per branch, low-stock alerts, moving-average cost, expenses and P&L; purchase orders, goods received and payables via the supplier system.
- Fresha: retail and inventory and an online product store are listed features source
Multi-branch
- Senvia: each branch has its own hours, staff, rooms and stock, with stock transfers and cross-branch reports; first branch included, extra branches USD 30/month.
- Fresha: multiple business locations are listed for both plans source
Website
- Senvia: website builder with salon/spa/clinic templates, booking, online shop and member area; free subdomain or own domain on Full.
- Fresha: Smart Website add-on at $15.95/month source
Languages
- Senvia: English and 简体中文 across staff and customer screens.
- Fresha: we did not verify Fresha's language support on its official pages, so check with Fresha directly.
Who each is best for
Fresha may suit you better if winning new clients through a large consumer marketplace matters most, if you want built-in card processing and branded terminals from one provider, or if you are a solo professional who wants a low single-seat price. Its scale and marketplace reach are real strengths that Senvia does not try to match.
Senvia POS may suit you better if you run a salon, spa or clinic that sells a lot of packages, stored credit and memberships, wants commission and payroll in the same system, prefers flat pricing that does not grow with each bookable staff member, wants online payments on its own Stripe account, or needs English and Chinese for staff and customers. You can try it free for 30 days or read the migration guide.
Sources
- Fresha – Pricing (plans, payments, communications, team management, add-ons, FAQ)
- Fresha – For business (checked; content did not load for our reader, no claims used)
- Senvia POS – Pricing
- Senvia POS – Features
Last checked: 9 October 2026. Competitor features and prices change — check their website for the latest.