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Senvia POS vs Square Appointments – salon software compared

Senvia POS vs Square Appointments for salons, spas and clinics: plan prices, booking, payments, packages, commission, inventory and branches, with sources.

By the Senvia POS Team · Last checked 9 October 2026

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Square Appointments is the booking side of Square, the payments and point-of-sale company. Senvia POS is a cloud POS and business-management system built specifically for beauty and wellness businesses: salons, barbers, spas, nail and lash studios, massage and aesthetics clinics.

The two overlap a lot on booking and checkout but differ in how payments and pricing work. Square bundles its own card processing, hardware and banking. Senvia records card-terminal payments at the POS and runs online card payments through the shop's own Stripe account. This page compares them using Senvia's own product facts and Square's official US pricing page and support centre, checked on 9 October 2026. Every Square detail below links to the page where we found it.

At a glance

Senvia POS

  • POS, appointments, packages, memberships, commission, payroll and inventory in one system for beauty and wellness
  • Browser plus native iPad/iOS and Android apps
  • Flat monthly plans (Base and Full) with a 30-day free trial, no card needed
  • Online payments on the shop's own Stripe account
  • Whole product in English and 简体中文

Square Appointments

  • Part of Square's wider platform: payments, hardware, websites, marketing, payroll and banking source
  • Plans: Square Free, Square Plus and Square Premium, plus custom "Square Pro" pricing for businesses processing over $250,000 a year source
  • Its own hardware range, including Square Register, Terminal, Handheld, Stand and Reader source
  • Free marketplace app, Square Go, for clients to discover and book source
  • Offline payments can be allowed if the device loses internet source

Pricing

Senvia POS (USD, billed monthly, at the time of writing): Base is USD 25.90/month (POS, appointments, customers, packages and memberships, inventory, reports, team and roles, AI assistant, 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: website system USD 10.90/month, automatic payroll USD 5.90/month, supplier system USD 10.90/month, extra branch USD 30/month, extra storage USD 5.90 per 10 GB/month. A fixed fee of USD 1.00 (or local equivalent) applies per successful recurring membership charge; Stripe's own fees are separate. See Senvia pricing.

Square (US pricing page):

  • Square Free: $0/month per location; Square Plus: $49/month per location; Square Premium: $149/month per location source
  • In-person card fees: 2.6% + 15¢ on Free, 2.5% + 15¢ on Plus, 2.4% + 15¢ on Premium; online or invoice payments 3.3% + 30¢ on Free and 2.9% + 30¢ on Plus and Premium source
  • Text message marketing: 500 texts included per month on Plus then 3¢ each, 2,500 on Premium then 1.5¢ each source
  • Square Payroll is a separate paid add-on, and Square hardware is sold separately source

Square's card fees are part of the total cost because Square processes the payments. With Senvia, card fees are whatever your own terminal provider or Stripe charges.

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 Stripe, customer self-reschedule within shop rules, e-mail confirmations and reminders, and free WhatsApp assistive reminders from the shop's own WhatsApp number.
  • Square: unlimited staff calendars, online booking site, deposits and reminders on all plans; multi-staff booking, waitlist, processing time and no-show fees from Plus; resource management (rooms, chairs, stations) on Premium source. Bookings can also come via Instagram, Facebook and Google 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 recorded by name; discount limits per role; daily close; refunds with audit trail. It needs internet to sell and never takes a payment twice if Wi-Fi drops.
  • Square: cards, Tap to Pay on iPhone and Android, Afterpay, Cash App Pay and more, with integrated hardware source; offline payments can be enabled source. Square's in-house processing and hardware are a real strength.

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.
  • Square: class booking and packages from Plus source; packages are prepaid series of services redeemed at checkout source. Item subscription plans are available for Plus and Premium source, and loyalty from Plus source.

Commission and payroll

  • Senvia: commission rules by service, product, package and staff level; payroll runs with approval, adjustments and payslips.
  • Square: tip pooling and commission tracking from Plus source, with flat or tiered commission rates source. Square Payroll is a separate add-on source.

Inventory

  • Senvia: stock per branch, low-stock alerts, moving-average cost, expenses and P&L; purchase orders and goods received with the supplier system.
  • Square: low-stock alerts on all plans; inventory tracking and vendor/purchase orders from Plus; transfer orders and service cost tracking on Premium source.

Multi-branch

  • Senvia: each branch has its own hours, staff, rooms and stock, with transfers and cross-branch reports; first branch included, extra branches USD 30/month.
  • Square: multi-location management from Plus, with Plus and Premium fees charged per location source; up to 300 locations per account source.

Website

  • Senvia: website builder with beauty templates, booking, online shop and member area; own domain on Full.
  • Square: a free booking site or full website source; custom domain connect from Plus source.

Languages

  • Senvia: English and 简体中文 for staff and customers.
  • Square: we did not verify which languages Square Appointments supports.

Who each is best for

Square Appointments may suit you better if you want payments, hardware, banking and booking from one large provider, if you are a solo professional happy with the free plan, or if you need offline card payments and a wide hardware choice. Square's scale and ecosystem are hard to match.

Senvia POS may suit you better if you sell many packages, stored credit and memberships, want commission and payroll inside the same system, prefer flat plan pricing over per-location fees, want to keep your own card terminal or Stripe account, or need English and Chinese for staff and customers. Senvia has a 30-day free trial and a migration guide.

Sources

Last checked: 9 October 2026. Competitor features and prices change — check their website for the latest.

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