Is BookingBee’s $99 plan full coverage?

No. BookingBee’s Essentials tier at $99 is after-hours call handling for up to eight staff. If you want the phone answered during opening hours as well, you are looking at a higher tier. Sonorch’s $99 plan answers around the clock, with unlimited calls, for a team of up to five.

What does Sonorch do that BookingBee does not?

It runs the front desk as well as the phone. Sonorch POS rings up services and retail on one ticket, prompts the tip, splits payment, and totals per-technician commission — and every sale writes a customer record the built-in CRM uses to bring that client back. BookingBee answers the phone and books; it has no register and no sales-driven CRM.

When is BookingBee the better choice?

When you want the phone covered and nothing else touched. BookingBee integrates with existing salon software rather than asking you to move, and it bills only for real conversations rather than spam. It is also the cheaper choice in two places: a salon of six to eight staff that only needs after-hours cover pays $99 there against Sonorch’s $199, and a salon of more than twenty gets a published $499 tier with unlimited staff. If you are committed to your current salon platform and only want the calls answered, it is the narrower and safer choice.

Can I try Sonorch first?

Yes. Every plan starts with a 30-day free trial that takes no card. Before you even sign up, call 941-430-4049 and ask for an appointment — it checks a real calendar and books you in, so you can judge it before speaking to anyone.

Comparison

Sonorch vs BookingBee.ai

The two options actually built for salons. They start at the same $99 and are shaped completely differently.

BookingBee prices by staff and answers the phone. $99 for up to eight staff, $299 for sixteen, $499 for unlimited — and the $99 tier is after-hours only.

Sonorch prices by staff too, and also runs the register. $99 for up to five staff, $199 for ten, $299 for twenty — every tier answering around the clock with unlimited calls — and the same system rings up the ticket, splits the tips and totals the commission.

Which one costs less depends on your headcount, and the table below has it tier by tier. The bigger question is whether you want the phone covered, or the phone and the front desk on one system.

Side by side

How they compare

	Sonorch	BookingBee.ai
Entry price	$99 / month	$99 / month ($89 annual)
What the entry tier covers	Full 24/7 answering, unlimited calls, up to 5 staff	After-hours, up to 8 staff
Priced by	Staff count	Staff count
Next tier	$199 · up to 10 staff	$299 · up to 16 staff
Top tier	$299 · up to 20 staff, custom above	$499 · unlimited staff
Built for salons	Yes	Yes
Multi-location	Yes	From $299
Multi-language	Yes	From $499
Point of sale	Sonorch POS — services, retail, commission	None — phone only
Customer CRM from sales	Yes	No
Setup fee / contract	None · month to month	None · month to month

BookingBee figures from its own published pricing, August 2026. Tell us if this is out of date and we will correct it.

Being straight about it

Which one you should pick

Choose BookingBee.ai

You want the phone covered and nothing else touched.

Integrates with your existing salon software rather than asking you to move to a new calendar.
Cheaper at six to eight staff if after-hours cover is enough — $99 against Sonorch’s $199.
A published price for big teams — $499 for unlimited staff, where Sonorch prices teams above twenty directly.
Billed only for real conversations, not missed or spam calls.

Choose Sonorch

You want the phone, the book and the front desk on one system.

Round-the-clock at the entry price, not after-hours only.
Less as the team grows. $199 against $299 at nine or ten staff, and $299 against $499 from seventeen to twenty.
Sonorch POS. Services, retail, tips, split checks, per-technician commission.
A CRM fed by sales, so the register tells you who is drifting and brings them back.

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Questions

Sonorch vs BookingBee.ai

It depends on your headcount and on when you need the phone answered, because both now price by staff count. BookingBee is $99 for up to eight, $299 for up to sixteen and $499 for unlimited; Sonorch is $99 for up to five, $199 for up to ten and $299 for up to twenty, with a custom price above that. At five staff or fewer both are $99, but BookingBee’s $99 tier is after-hours only and Sonorch’s answers around the clock. At six to eight staff BookingBee stays at $99 while Sonorch is $199, so if after-hours cover is all you need, BookingBee is cheaper there. At nine or ten staff Sonorch is $199 against $299, from eleven to sixteen both are $299, and from seventeen to twenty Sonorch is $299 against $499. The jump from eight to sixteen staff tripling BookingBee’s price is the number to check against your roster.

Judge for yourself

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