Sling vs Fresha

Two scheduling tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	SlingToast	FreshaFresha
In one line	Free shift scheduling for up to 30 staff, from the Toast team	Salon booking with a marketplace, $14.95 per team member
Starting price	Free up to 30 users	From $14.95/person
Six-person team	$0/mo	$89.70/mo
Plans	Free for up to 30 users (scheduling, messaging); per user: Premium $1.70/mo billed yearly, $2 monthly (time tracking, labor costs); Business $3.40 yearly, $4 monthly (kiosk clock, PTO, payroll reports)	Team $14.95/mo per bookable team member; Independent $19.95/mo (1 team member); 20% one-time fee on new marketplace clients (min $6); card fees 2.79% + 20¢ online, 2.29% + 20¢ in person; 7-day trial
Pricing model	Free tier	Free trial
Free trial	15 days	7 days
Users	Up to 30 free	Per team member
Both connect to	No shared connections on record.
Also connects to	None in our catalog	None in our catalog
Team size	2–10 people · 11–50 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	Team only
Live chat	None listed	Every paid plan
Support hours	Not published	Not published
Incidents posted	We found no public status page for Toast.	Fresha has a public status page. Status page
Capterra score	4.6 / 5 from 212 reviews	Not listed
Trustpilot score	Not listed	4.8 / 5 from 7,544 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	82	25
Fit: Restaurant or café	92	10
Fit: Service business	65	85
Fit: Agency or studio	40	10
Fit: Trades or contractor	60	15
Fit: Online store	35	10
Why people pick it	Free scheduling for up to 30 people Paid tiers from $1.70 per user	Marketplace brings new clients Low price for one person
Where it falls short	Time tracking starts on Premium No customer appointment booking	20% fee on new marketplace clients No longer free
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices