SpaSphere · the Booksy alternative
Your Clients Should Not Be Shopping Around
The Booksy client app is a marketplace: clients who book there are browsing other local providers and boosted listings too. SpaSphere is built for estheticians: your own website, zero marketplace, clients who come straight to you.
Thirty days for $1, then SpaSphere Pro is $139 a month with four team members included.
SpaSphere vs Booksy: the short answer
SpaSphere vs Booksy: Booksy fits you if you are a barber or hair stylist benefiting from marketplace walk-in discovery. SpaSphere fits you if you are an esthetician building long-term skin-care relationships.
SpaSphere Pro is a practice operating system built for estheticians, at $139/mo, one plan with treatment plans, retention flags, SOAP notes, and a branded website on your own domain. Booksy is a beauty marketplace and booking app ($29.99/mo plus $20 per added team member) where your studio appears alongside other local businesses, and an optional Boost program takes 30% of the first visit of a new client. Booksy finds you new clients. SpaSphere Pro keeps what you learn about each one (her assessment, her plan, her home care) and shows you when she drifts from her own visit rhythm.
Switch to SpaSphere if
- You want to own your client list, not rent it from a marketplace
- You do not want to compete with other providers inside the app your clients book in
- You want retention tools, not marketplace commissions
Side by side
SpaSphere vs Booksy: features and pricing compared
Marketplace software for your skincare practice.
| Feature | SpaSphere | Booksy |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-session treatment plans | Ordered steps with an enforced minimum wait between sessions, bundle pricing, deposit booking, automatic step-ready emails, progress in the client portal | Packages and memberships, which prepay a quantity but neither sequence the steps nor hold the gap between them |
| Treatment protocols | Your method documented: per-step products and duration, suitability by skin type and Fitzpatrick range, explicit contraindications, published to your team | Not offered |
| Local market pricing data | Pricing for your zip by service category in basic, premium and luxury tiers, with your own menu scored above, below or at market. Refreshed monthly | Not offered |
| Skin SOAP notes | Skin-specific SOAP and concerns library, included in the plan | Client notes and photos in client cards: no SOAP charting workflow |
| Skin assessments and before/after photos | Included: skin type and Fitzpatrick type, prioritized concerns, barrier, sensitivity and hydration ratings; before/after photos attach to SOAP notes | Not available |
| Retention against each client rhythm | Clients flagged against their own visit rhythm with the reasons listed, and a win-back Sophie drafts in your voice and you approve before it sends | Automated reminder and win-back campaigns on fixed timers, with nothing that flags a client drifting off her own rhythm |
| Client marketplace | None: clients see only you | Core feature: clients browse other providers and boosted listings |
| Branded website on your own domain | A full site on your own domain with SEO, service pages, a blog, and a client portal | No website: a Booksy marketplace profile plus a booking widget for a site you build elsewhere |
| Pricing model | SpaSphere Pro: $139/mo, one plan, up to 4 team members and 86 capabilities included, optional extras | $29.99/mo plus $20/mo per added team member, all features included; optional Boost takes 30% of the first visit of a new client |
Competitor pricing, plan names and feature availability checked against the public pricing page and help center of each platform as of October 2026. Vendors change plans and pricing without notice, so confirm current details on the vendor site before you decide.
Who should choose Booksy, and who should choose SpaSphere
When Booksy can still be a good fit
- You are a barber or hair stylist benefiting from marketplace walk-in discovery.
- You want a consumer app where clients browse providers and compare.
- You do not need SOAP notes, treatment plans, or esthetician-specific workflows.
When SpaSphere is a better fit
- You are an esthetician building long-term skin-care relationships.
- You want your own website on your own domain, not a marketplace profile.
- You need esthetician-specific tools: SOAP notes, treatment plans, skin profiles, protocols.
Why estheticians switch from Booksy
Booksy sends your clients to a marketplace. SpaSphere keeps them on your own website.
Booksy is a broad beauty marketplace: barbers, hair, nails, lashes, spa. Clients who book through its app are browsing other local providers and boosted listings too. For skin care, that works against you.
Marketplace-first
On Booksy: Clients who book in the Booksy app browse other providers and boosted listings
On SpaSphere: No marketplace and no boosted listings. Clients who book with you see only you.
Built for every beauty vertical
On Booksy: A broad beauty marketplace, not a tool built around long-term skin journeys
On SpaSphere: Built for skin care, with treatment plans that follow each client across sessions.
Generic client records
On Booksy: Basic notes and photos in client cards: no skin-specific SOAP workflow, no skin-progress treatment plans, no concerns library
On SpaSphere: Skin SOAP notes with a concerns library, skin assessments and treatment plans.
Inside SpaSphere
See it for yourself.
Your website
Your design on your own domain, with SSL included and a Book Now button on every page.
Online booking
Clients choose a service, a provider and a time, and pay a deposit or the full price, right on your site.
Her own client portal
Clients sign in on your site to see their plan, book the next visit, pay and keep track of what they bought.
The difference every esthetician should see
What is included with SpaSphere
Booksy gives you a marketplace profile. SpaSphere gives you your own website.
On Booksy, your booking page is one profile in a consumer marketplace of other local providers. On SpaSphere, you get your own website on your own domain. Clients come straight to you, not to a marketplace of options.
- Your own branded domain, not booksy.com/yourname.
- No marketplace and no boosted listings between you and your client.
- SEO-ready pages, a blog, and a client portal: you own the discovery.
- Esthetician-specific tools (SOAP notes, treatment plans, before/after photos) built in.
Before you decide
SpaSphere vs Booksy pricing: what to compare before you switch
- Check whether clients book through your brand or a consumer marketplace.
- See if SOAP notes, treatment plans, and protocols are available or missing entirely.
- Look at whether the tool helps estheticians retain clients long-term.
See SpaSphere pricing for plan details, or compare prices and fees in best booking websites for estheticians, or see how the top tools stack up in the best esthetician booking software roundup.
Questions
SpaSphere vs Booksy: questions and answers
Is Booksy actually built for estheticians?
Not specifically. Booksy serves every beauty vertical (barbers, hair, nails, lashes, spa) through a consumer marketplace where clients browse and compare. Client records support basic notes and photos, but it lacks esthetician-specific tools like skin-specific SOAP notes, skin assessments with a concerns library, structured multi-session treatment plans built around skin progress, and skin-focused client profiles.
Will my clients really see competitors if I use Booksy?
If they book in the Booksy app, yes. The app is built around discovery, so clients browsing there see other local providers and boosted listings. Clients who use your direct Booksy link see only your profile. On SpaSphere, every client books on your own website.
How do I get new clients without a marketplace?
SpaSphere gives you a real website on your own domain with SEO tools and service pages. Instead of competing inside a marketplace, you build organic discovery to your own brand on Google.
What does SpaSphere have that Booksy does not?
Skin-specific SOAP notes with before/after photos (Booksy supports basic client notes and photos in client cards but no SOAP workflow), Skin Assessments with a concerns library, structured multi-session treatment plans built around skin progress, retention flags with the reasons listed and a win-back drafted in your voice, a full website on your own domain with SEO, a blog, and a client portal, and esthetician-specific client profiles.
Can I move my clients from Booksy?
Yes. Booksy has no self-service client export, so the first step is asking Booksy support for your client list. Once you have it as a CSV, the SpaSphere Import From Anywhere maps its columns to your client records. Our Booksy import guide walks through each step.
Switching from Booksy
Switch from Booksy to SpaSphere
Booksy is a marketplace. SpaSphere is your business.
Thirty days for $1. Then SpaSphere Pro is $139 a month, with four team members included.
Switching from Booksy? We move your clients, services and history for you, within 48 hours of receiving your export.
Rather see the steps first? How to export your clients from Booksy: what the file includes, what it leaves out, and how to bring it across.