# Timely review (2026): is it worth $26 a month? > Salon booking software priced per bookable staff member Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Timely is booking software for hair and beauty businesses. Three plans, Build, Elevate and Innovate, are priced per bookable staff member per month, and none charges a fee on new clients. Each plan includes a monthly allowance of SMS messages. - **Category:** Salon, Spa & Studio Booking - **Made by:** Timely - **Website:** https://www.gettimely.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you are in a country outside its payments list. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Timely is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $26 per staff / month, billed monthly. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial, no credit card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Build | $26 per staff / month, billed monthly | Online booking, social media booking buttons, reminders and stock levels. 100 SMS a month included. | | Elevate | $39 per staff / month, billed monthly | Everything in Build, plus digital consultation forms, client photos, add-on services and a waitlist. 200 SMS a month. | | Innovate | $47 per staff / month, billed monthly | Everything in Elevate, plus automatic forms, rebooking reminders and staff targets. 350 SMS a month. | Read from https://www.gettimely.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Timely before buying. ## Key features - **Online booking:** Clients book 24/7 online, and booking buttons can be added to Instagram, Facebook and Messenger. Gaps between appointments can be minimized. - **Consultation forms:** Forms can be built in the Consult app for iOS and sent before appointments from Elevate; Innovate can send them automatically. - **Client profiles:** Profiles with appointment history and notes; Elevate and Innovate add before-and-after photos, uploaded documents and loyalty rewards. - **Reminders and messages:** Email and SMS confirmations and reminders. Rebooking reminders, thank-you messages and review requests depend on the plan. - **Staff management:** Rosters, timesheets, staff logins and performance dashboards on every plan; weekly and monthly staff targets are on Innovate. ## Good for - Hair and beauty businesses that want a fixed price per staff member - Owners who object to paying a percentage on new clients - Teams that want consultation forms tied to client profiles ## Worth knowing - Price scales with bookable staff, so a ten-person salon pays ten times the per-staff rate. - SMS is included up to 100, 200 or 350 messages a month depending on the plan; the page footnotes SMS terms. - Payments are only available in Australia, New Zealand, the USA, UK and most of the EU. - The pricing page lists monthly billing only; no annual price is shown. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Timely does online booking, client profiles, forms and reminders for salons at $26 a staff member a month. The price scales with staff, texts are capped at 100 to 350 a month, and payments work in only some countries. - **Value for money: C.** $26 a staff member a month on monthly billing, just above the $25 mark, so ten staff pay $260. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 14-day trial with no card. No free plan. - **Features: C.** Online booking, consultation forms, client profiles, reminders and staff management. Payments work only in Australia, New Zealand, the US, UK and most of the EU. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Staff, services and forms have to be set up. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, with Instagram, Facebook and Messenger links. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Timely's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among salon, spa and studio booking apps - Timely's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 48 of the 85 other salon, spa and studio booking apps we grade, and level with 9. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 22 of 85) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $26 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 17 of the 57 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 9 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/service-booking ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Timely you would be making texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $312 a year. - You could make: Appointment booking, forms, review collection and inventory: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Instagram, Facebook, Messenger **Tags:** Appointment booking, Forms, Review collection, SMS marketing, Inventory ## Alternatives - [Fresha](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fresha): Salon and spa booking with a consumer marketplace for new clients. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fresha-vs-gettimely) - [Vagaro](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vagaro): Booking, payments and marketing for salons, spas and studios. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gettimely-vs-vagaro) - [Phorest](https://toolgpa.com/tools/phorest): Salon and medspa software for booking, POS and marketing. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gettimely-vs-phorest) - [Booksy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/booksy): Booking app and marketplace for barbers, salons and beauty pros. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/booksy-vs-gettimely) - [Salonized](https://toolgpa.com/tools/salonized): Salon software priced per team member, linked to Treatwell. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gettimely-vs-salonized) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.gettimely.com/pricing/ - https://www.gettimely.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/gettimely Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).