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Cover Beauty vs. Booksy
Cover Beauty vs. Booksy, feature by feature
Booksy is strong in barbering and popular in North America. Cover Beauty is built specifically for the UK/EU market with UK compliance, GDPR, VAT and gift-card rules built in. Here's how they compare on the features that matter for a UK studio.
Feature
Cover Beauty
Booksy
UK-specific compliance (VAT, ICO, gift-card law)
Native
Configurable
Multi-location
Native, unlimited
Add-on
Memberships
Native
Native
Card processing
Stripe, 1.2% + 10p
Booksy Pay
Data residency
UK / EU
Mixed
Marketplace commission
None
Optional 'Boost'
Rebook-at-chair flow
One tap
Multi-step
Why studios pick Cover Beauty
- You own your customer relationship, no cross-selling of them to nearby salons.
- Memberships and gift cards are first-class, not add-ons.
- Reporting tells you gross, VAT, tip, product cost, and staff commission, automatically.
- Fair pricing that scales with your team, not with your customer count.
Common questions
I'm a barber, is Cover Beauty a good fit?
Yes. Barbering is one of Cover Beauty's strongest verticals in the UK, walk-in queuing, staff commission, tip-out flows and short-appointment scheduling are all first-class.
How does Cover Beauty compare on data residency?
All Cover Beauty data is hosted in the UK/EU and covered by a UK GDPR-compliant DPA. There is no US data transfer for standard usage.
Try Cover Beauty
30-day free trial. Full data migration from Booksy handled by our onboarding team.
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