Starta.one
To book with Fresha, clients go to the website, register, and fill out a form. With Starta.one they just message on Telegram: 'book me for Friday at 4pm' — and it's done.
Fresha is a website and app with its own marketplace: clients open the Fresha page, create an account, and fill out a booking form. Since 2025 there is no free plan — subscriptions start at ~$14.95/month per team member, plus payment processing fees and a 20% marketplace commission on new clients (min. $6).
Starta.one moves booking into the chat where clients already talk to you: no forms, no accounts, no apps. You can also manage your business from chat — from your phone.
| Feature | Starta | Fresha |
|---|---|---|
| How clients book | | |
| How you manage your business | | |
| Online booking | | |
| Calendar & scheduling | | |
| CRM / client database | | |
| AI assistant | | |
| P&L reports | | |
| Loyalty program | | |
| SMS notifications | | |
| Salary management | | |
| Inventory | | |
| Mobile app | | |
| Multi-location | | |
| Payment processing | | |
| Custom branding | | |
| Client ownership | | |
Starta.one Lite — free, unlimited bookings
Starta.one Pro — from €6.29/mo for one specialist or €10.79/mo for up to 5 staff (annual billing), +€1.26/mo per additional
Paid plans from ~$14.95/month per team member + payment processing fees (2.29%+) + 20% marketplace commission on new clients (min. $6)
No free plan since 2025. Additional paid add-ons: loyalty program, advanced analytics, premium support, $499 card terminal
Fresha no longer offers a free plan — subscriptions start at ~$14.95/month per team member plus transaction fees and marketplace commissions. Starta.one Lite is genuinely free, and Pro starts from €6.29/mo for one specialist or €10.79/mo for up to 5 staff (annual billing).
It sees who hasn't visited in months and reaches out first — with a relevant offer. In Fresha, reminders only go to clients who already booked.
AI shows where revenue dipped and what to do about it: staff utilisation, services that aren't selling, clients on the verge of churning. In Fresha, advanced analytics is a separate paid module.
Tell AI about your business — it builds your services, schedule, and booking page. Migrating from Fresha comes down to a few messages in chat.
Send any request to the chat — AI executes it in seconds. Like Telegram, except your business listens.
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Fresha is a website and app — clients must open it and fill out a form. Starta.one moves booking into chat: clients message on Telegram and it's done. You manage your business from chat too, from your phone. It's a different way of working, not just another dashboard.
The main difference is the approach: with Starta.one clients book directly in chat (Telegram), with no app or account, and you manage your business from chat too — from your phone, in the messenger. Plus Starta.one Lite is genuinely free with no time limits, has a built-in AI assistant, charges no transaction or marketplace fees, and lets you connect your own payment processor.
Starta.one Pro — from €6.29/mo for one specialist or €10.79/mo for up to 5 staff (annual billing), +€1.26/mo per additional. Lite — free.
Fresha since 2025 requires paid subscriptions from ~$14.95/month per team member + 2.29%+ per transaction + 20% marketplace commission. Switching from Fresha to Starta.one is free.
Export your client database from Fresha, and the Starta.one AI assistant will help set up everything from scratch in minutes — services, schedule, booking page, loyalty rules. It's less of a data migration and more of a conversation about your business.
Fresha's AI is limited to marketing tools — there's no assistant that runs your business via messages.
Starta.one has a full AI: it sets up the system from a description of your business, optimises scheduling, reactivates inactive clients, runs weekly business analyses, and gives recommendations — all built in with no extra add-ons.