The Nearcut alternative that doesn’t charge per barber.
Nearcut charges per barber, per location, then locks essential features behind paid add-ons. Setora is a flat-fee alternative — £39/month, unlimited team, every feature included.
Why barbers are looking for a Nearcut alternative
- No per-barber fees - one flat price regardless of team size
- Every feature included - no paid add-ons or “Business Boosters”
- Your data, your way - self-service export, no branding on your page
The real numbers
What you actually pay each month
Note: Nearcut shares your clients with its marketplace.
Solo barber - 1 location
Nearcut
£27.50/mo (+VAT)
Setora
£39/mo
No per-staff fees. No commission.
Nearcut is cheaper here by ~£11.50/mo (ex-VAT). We won’t pretend otherwise.
3 barbers - 1 location
Nearcut base
£47.50/mo (+VAT)
+ marketing add-on: +£6/mo
Setora (all included)
£39/mo
No per-staff fees. No commission.
Save ~£180/year
5 barbers - 1 location
Nearcut base
£67.50/mo (+VAT)
+ all Business Boosters: +£55/mo
Setora (all included)
£39/mo
No per-staff fees. No commission.
Save up to £1,056/year
Nearcut pricing: £27.50/mo base (1 location, 1 barber) + £10/mo per additional barber or location, all excluding VAT. Based on Nearcut’s interactive pricing calculator at nearcut.com/en-GB/pricing, tested February 2026. Business Boosters total: ~$69.51/mo (~£55/mo), priced in USD. Setora: £39/mo per location excluding VAT. SMS billed separately.
Data portability
Owning your data should mean controlling it
Nearcut says you own your data in their Terms of Service (Clause 8.1). That’s good. But data ownership without data access is just a promise on paper.
Export anytime, no questions asked
Download your customer list, booking history, and business data as CSV files whenever you want. No help tickets. No waiting.
Built for openness from day one
Setora’s modern architecture is designed to support integrations and API access as the platform grows - not bolted onto a 12-year-old codebase.
No “Powered by” branding on your site
Your business, your brand. We don’t stamp our logo on your customer-facing pages like Nearcut does (their Clause 7.4 requires it). Need help? See our data portability guide.
What’s different day-to-day
Data export
One-click CSV, no support ticket
Exit terms
No notice period. Cancel anytime.
Branding
Your name, your page
Our honest Nearcut review
We’re not going to pretend Nearcut is terrible - they’ve served the barbershop industry since 2012 and thousands of barbers rely on them. Here’s where credit is due:
- Personal support. Every client gets a named Business Advisor who’s reachable by phone, email, and WhatsApp. This is genuinely excellent and their users love it.
- Proven reliability. Multiple users report near-zero downtime over years of use. The platform is stable and mature.
- High satisfaction. 4.9/5 on Trustpilot from 164 reviews. Their existing customers are genuinely happy - this isn’t a bad product.
- No commission. Like Setora, Nearcut charges zero commission on bookings. Your booking revenue stays yours on both platforms.
Nearcut is a solid choice for a solo barber who just needs basic booking. But if your ambitions have outgrown a per-barber pricing model and a closed ecosystem - that’s where Setora comes in.
No card required. Cancel anytime.
“Switched to Setora recently. Setup was really quick with their import tool. Only thing I’d say is the reporting could go deeper but they’re adding stuff regularly. Would recommend.”
Three steps. One day. Done.
Export your data from Nearcut
Under GDPR, Nearcut must let you download your client list, booking history, and service data. We’ll show you exactly how.
Set up your Setora account
Add your services, staff, and opening hours. Customise your booking page. Takes about 20 minutes.
Import clients and go live
Upload your client data, share your new booking link, and start taking appointments. Same day.
Before you switch
Nearcut doesn’t offer a self-service export, so you’ll need to contact their support to request your data. Under GDPR, they’re obliged to provide it. Once you have it, we’ll help you import everything into Setora - clients, services, and booking history.
Yes. £39/month per location, unlimited team members, every feature included. No add-ons, no per-barber fees. SMS credits and card processing (via Stripe) are the only extras, at transparent rates.
Most shops are up and running within a day. Set up your services and staff, import your client list, and you’re live. You can run both platforms side by side during the transition if you prefer.
Honestly, yes. A solo barber on Nearcut’s base plan pays £27.50/month (+ VAT). Setora is £39/month. But Setora includes self-service data export, unlimited team members, and no forced branding - features that Nearcut either charges extra for or doesn’t offer at all. For a growing shop, the flat pricing pays for itself quickly.
Nearcut requires one month’s notice to cancel. Setora is cancel-anytime with no notice period and no exit fees.
Cancel anytime. No exit fees. No lock-in contracts. You can export all your data - clients, bookings, everything - at any time, for free. Your data is always yours.
We think so — but here’s why. Setora charges £39/month flat regardless of team size, includes every feature with no paid add-ons, gives you full data export, and doesn’t stamp its branding on your booking page. Nearcut is solid for solo barbers, but for growing shops the per-barber pricing model gets expensive fast.
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Pricing and feature information for Nearcut was sourced from their public pricing page at nearcut.com/en-GB/pricing and terms of service, last verified February 2026. All prices include VAT where stated. Setora pricing excludes VAT. We’ve done our best to be accurate - if anything’s changed, let us know and we’ll update this page.
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