Comparison
Timely is the established AU/NZ booking software, popular with mid-sized hair and beauty salons. Trimsy is a newer Australian platform built around walk-ins as well as appointments, with a lower entry price.
Pricing and features checked against Timely's public pages on 24 September 2026.
For salons that want Timely's flexibility but at a lower price, or that handle walk-ins alongside appointments and want both flows in one app.
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 | TimelyEstablished AU/NZ booking SaaS | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $24.99/mo — 1 staff included, extra seats $7 | A$42 per staff per month (Build); Elevate A$65, Innovate A$79 per staff, ex GST |
| Per-booking commission | 0% | 0% |
| Walk-in queue management | Yes — kiosk + digital queue | No — appointments only |
| Online booking page | Yes — own subdomain | Yes — book.timely.com/your-salon |
| Card payments | Stripe Connect or Square Terminal | Timely Pay (Stripe) or Tyro / Eftpos integrations |
| Card-processing fee | Your own Stripe / Square rate | ~1.95% Timely Pay (AU) |
| SMS reminders | Per-tenant Twilio, no markup | Bundled with plan; overage charged |
| Multi-location | Growth plan | Higher tier |
| Reporting depth | Sales, commission, financial, Z-report | Strong — industry-leading reports on higher tiers |
| Inventory / retail | Receipt + product POS | Yes — strong retail features on higher tiers |
| Marketing automations | Rebooking + birthday + drip emails | Yes — TimelyMarketing add-on |
| Country | Built in Australia | Built in NZ, used widely across AU |
Where Trimsy is the better fit
Where Timely is
Yes — for most salons. Trimsy starts at $24.99/mo (Essential) versus Timely's ~$29/mo entry tier. The bigger saving is at higher tiers: Trimsy Growth is $49.99/mo, Timely Elevate is closer to $89/mo.
Timely is built around scheduled appointments. It doesn't have a kiosk check-in or digital queue. If your business mixes walk-ins with appointments — common for barbers and budget salons — Trimsy will be a better fit out of the box.
Yes. Timely lets you export clients, services, and historical bookings as CSVs. Trimsy's onboarding wizard imports them. Future bookings have to be moved manually unless we run an assisted migration (free during onboarding).
Not directly. Daily summaries and the trial balance export as CSV, which is what a bookkeeper needs, but there is no live Xero connection today and none is scheduled — so take it as a no when you are comparing. Timely has had a native Xero connection for years.
Other comparisons
Get started
14 days, no credit card, and your data comes with you if you leave.