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Looking for a Bookio alternative? Switch to booqme

You do not pay for employees, money from online payments goes straight to your account and clients have a loyalty card on their phone. We move your clients and future bookings from Bookio for free.

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booqme vs. Bookio at a glance

booqme is the better choice for businesses with a team of three or more: you do not pay for employees, money from online payments goes straight to your account and clients have a loyalty card on their phone. Bookio is cheaper if you work alone or as a pair, and it also offers separate plans for restaurants. When choosing, it pays to look at what you get for your money, not only at the price.

Based on the public pricing and terms of booqme and Bookio. Updated 21 October 2026.

Why businesses switch from Bookio to booqme

No paying for employees

booqme has unlimited employees in every plan, even the free one. You pay only by the number of bookings. Bookio plans have 1 to 5 users.

Money straight to your account

Online payments and deposits go through your own Stripe payment gateway straight to your account. The fee starts at 1.99% and is published in the pricing.

Loyalty cards on the phone

Clients keep a loyalty card in Apple and Google Wallet, collect points and see their next booking. You send them offers and free slots by push notification.

booqme vs. Bookio

What matters most when choosing a booking system.

booqme Bookio
Price and limits
Employees in the plan Unlimited in every plan 1 to 5, unlimited only in Premium
Team of 3, up to 500 bookings a month €16.90 (Business) €29.90 (Standard)
Team of 6, unlimited bookings €26.90 (Ultimate) Premium, custom price
Payments
Online payments and deposits In every plan, even the free one From the Easy plan
Fee per online payment From 1.99%, published in the pricing Not listed in the pricing
Loyalty and marketing
Loyalty card in Apple and Google Wallet
Push notifications to the client’s phone
Booking form in the client’s language Automatic AI translation (Ultimate) Multilingual page from the Smart plan
Calendar sync Google, Apple and Outlook Google Calendar only
App
In-app notices about new, moved and cancelled bookings

Prices are taken from the public pricing pages of booqme and Bookio as of 20 October 2026, excluding VAT, with annual billing. A cross means Bookio does not list the feature on its pricing page.

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How much will your team save by switching from Bookio?

Move the sliders to match your business. In booqme you pay only for bookings, never for employees.

Prices excl. VAT with annual billing, based on the public pricing of booqme and Bookio as of 20 October 2026.

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booqme and Bookio compared in detail

All prices exclude VAT, monthly with annual and with monthly billing. We checked the details in the public pricing and terms of both systems.

Price by team size

Team booqme per month booqme per person Bookio per month Bookio per person
1 person, about 150 bookings €16.90 €16.90 €6.90 €6.90
2 people, about 300 bookings €16.90 €8.45 €14.90 €7.45
3 people, about 400 bookings €16.90 €5.63 €29.90 €9.97
6 people, about 900 bookings €26.90 €4.48 custom –
10 people, about 900 bookings €26.90 €2.69 custom –

Prices with annual billing. For one or two people Bookio is cheaper. From three people booqme is the better deal, because the price does not grow with the number of employees.

Comparison area by area

Employees and limits

booqme has unlimited employees and services in every plan, and you pay by the number of bookings: 50, 100, 500 or unlimited. Bookio sets the price by the number of users: Freemium and Easy for 1, Smart for 2, Standard for 5, unlimited only in the custom-priced Premium.

Online payments and deposits

In booqme online payments and deposits go through your own Stripe payment gateway straight to your account. The total fee starts at 1.99% and includes the Stripe fee and 0.49% for booqme. According to its terms, Bookio collects the payments and pays them out to the business by the 20th day of the following month, minus its fee, to which VAT is added. The Bookio fee is not in the pricing; it is set by the contract.

SMS reminders

In booqme one SMS costs €0.07 incl. VAT, about €0.057 excl. VAT. You top up credit from €10 and it never expires. Bookio charges €0.074 excl. VAT per SMS to Slovakia, which is about 30% more.

Loyalty cards and returning clients

booqme has digital loyalty cards in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet. Clients collect points on them, see their next booking, and you send offers by push notification straight to the lock screen. Bookio does not list loyalty cards or push notifications for clients in its pricing; it offers discount codes from the Smart plan.

What is in which plan

In Bookio, employee working hours, employee photos, the waitlist, client tagging, ad tracking (GTM) and the API come only from the Standard plan at €29.90, and removing the Bookio logo only in Premium. In booqme, client tagging, statistics and ad tracking (GTM) come from the Business plan at €16.90, the waitlist, API and logo removal in the Ultimate plan at €26.90.

Form languages

booqme automatically translates the booking form into the client’s language with AI, no manual translating (Ultimate plan). Bookio offers a multilingual page from the Smart plan.

Calendar

booqme syncs with Google, Apple and Outlook calendars (from the Business plan). Bookio offers Google Calendar integration from the Easy plan.

In-app notices

In the booqme app you have an overview of notices about new, moved and cancelled bookings. Bookio lists app notifications for employees from the Smart plan.

Trial and switching

booqme moves your clients and future bookings from Bookio for free, and you can try the Business plan for 14 days without a payment card and without commitment. Bookio also offers a 14-day trial.

When Bookio may be the better choice

Bookio can make sense if you:

  • run a restaurant or other hospitality business, for which Bookio has separate plans.

Why not look at price alone

The price difference is usually a few euros a month. The difference in what the system brings your business can be much bigger:

  • A loyalty card on the phone helps clients come back.
  • Money from online payments is in your account, you do not wait for a monthly statement.
  • When you hire a colleague, the price of the system stays the same.
  • booqme gets better every week and ideas from businesses go into development.

booqme gets better every week

We release new features and improvements every week. We listen to the businesses that use booqme and build their ideas straight into development.

MMG Barbers also switched from Bookio

Maroš Ihnát, MMG Barbers
★★★★★
„We have 13 locations – booqme runs them and evaluates them. Fewer no-shows, more happy clients, less admin.“
Maroš Ihnát
Maroš IhnátMMG Barbers · 13 locations on booqme
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Switching from Bookio in three steps

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Create an account in a few minutes. The Business plan is free for 14 days, no card needed.

We move your data

We move your clients and future bookings from Bookio for free, so you do not have to retype anything.

We set it up together

Our team walks you through the setup and shows you what extra you get in booqme.

Want a hand with the switch?

Our team will show you booqme in a short online demo and agree with you on moving your data from Bookio.

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Frequently asked questions about switching from Bookio

Yes, for free. We move your clients and future bookings. Just book a short demo and we will prepare the switch together.

The Starter plan is free forever. Paid plans cost from €6.90 a month with annual billing and we do not limit the number of employees in them. All prices are in the pricing.

For teams of three or more, yes, because you do not pay for employees. A team of three with 500 bookings a month pays €16.90 in booqme and €29.90 in Bookio (excl. VAT, billed annually).

We move future bookings to booqme, so you will not lose any. We agree together on when you switch.

Yes. The Business plan is free for 14 days, without a payment card and without commitment. Afterwards you move to the free Starter or choose a paid plan.

We develop booqme every week and new features keep coming. We show what is new on Instagram @booqme.sk.

Bookio does not list digital loyalty cards or push notifications for clients in its pricing. In booqme clients have a loyalty card in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, collect points on it and you send them offers by push notification.

In booqme payments go through your own Stripe payment gateway straight to your account; booqme does not handle them. According to its terms, Bookio collects the payments and pays them out to the business by the 20th day of the following month, minus its fee.

One SMS costs €0.07 incl. VAT (about €0.057 excl. VAT) and has 70 characters. You top up credit from €10 excl. VAT and it never expires. Bookio charges €0.074 excl. VAT per SMS to Slovakia.

Yes. The Starter plan is free up to 50 bookings a month and Lite costs €6.90 for up to 100 bookings. With more bookings Bookio can be cheaper for one person, but booqme adds loyalty cards on the phone and payments straight to your account.

Yes. You manage all locations in one account, each with its own employees and services, and you see the results together. This is how MMG Barbers uses booqme with its 13 locations.

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