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Square Appointments is free if you process all your card payments through Square (with the standard Square processing fee), or paid for advanced features. It's a solid choice if Square is already your card-processor. Trimsy is a fuller booking + walk-in + queue platform that integrates with Square Terminal — many salons run both.
Pricing and features checked against Square Appointments's public pages on 24 September 2026.
For salons that want walk-in queue management, multi-staff rosters, or richer reporting on top of Square's payment processing — Trimsy adds those without forcing you to leave Square.
Every row is checked against their own published pricing and feature pages, not a summary of them.
| TrimsyAU-built — fixed monthly fee, 0% per-booking commission | Square AppointmentsFree with Square processing | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Fixed monthly subscription | Free on one location, or $40/mo Plus, $90/mo Premium — per location |
| Per-booking commission | 0% | 0% — but you must use Square card-processing |
| Card-processing fee | Your choice — Stripe or Square Terminal | Square only — 1.6% in person, 2.2% online (AU) |
| Walk-in queue management | Yes — kiosk + queue dashboard | No — appointments only |
| Booking page | Your own subdomain | square.site/yoursalon |
| SMS reminders | Twilio at-cost — included | Free tier: limited; Plus: more SMS |
| Multi-staff rosters | Yes — built in | Plus tier or above |
| Multi-location | Growth plan ($49.99/mo) | Plus tier ($40/mo per location) |
| Square Terminal integration | Yes — built in (use your existing terminal) | Yes — native |
| Inventory / retail | Receipt + product items | Yes — Square's strength |
| Customer database | Your data, exportable any time | Square customer directory |
Where Trimsy is the better fit
Where Square Appointments is
Yes — that's the typical setup. Trimsy connects to Square Terminal for card processing and uses Square's rate. You get Trimsy's booking + queue + roster + reporting layer on top of Square's payment hardware.
Yes. Trimsy supports Stripe Connect as an alternative card processor, plus cash, EFTPOS, and gift cards.
If you only do appointments (no walk-ins) and already use Square for payments, Square Appointments' free tier is a great option. The moment you need walk-in queue management, advanced staff rosters, or end-of-day cash reports, Trimsy is the better fit.
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