Same features as Timely, no per-barber pricing
Timely charges £21-37 per staff member per month. A 3-barber shop pays £63-111/mo. Setora is £39/month flat - unlimited barbers, every feature included.
The real numbers
What you actually pay each month
Note: Timely charges per staff member, per month.
Solo barber - 1 staff
Timely
£21-37/mo
+ SMS overage after 100-300 msgs
Setora
£39/mo
No per-staff fees. No commission.
Timely is cheaper for solo on Build plan - but costs leap with each hire.
3 barbers - 1 location
Timely
£63-111/mo
3 x £21-37/staff depending on plan
Setora
£39/mo
No per-staff fees. No commission.
Save £288-864/year
5 barbers - 1 location
Timely
£105-185/mo
5 x £21-37/staff depending on plan
Setora
£39/mo
No per-staff fees. No commission.
Up to £1,752/year
Timely pricing: Build £21/staff/month, Elevate £32/staff/month, Innovate £37/staff/month. SMS allowances: 100/200/300 per account per month. Setora: £39/mo per location excluding VAT. SMS billed separately. All figures from public pricing pages, February 2026.
What changes. What doesn’t.
Your clients won’t notice the difference. Your bank account will.
Your costs grow with every hire
Every barber you add costs £21-37 more per month. Part-time staff pay the same as full-time. Growing your team means growing your software bill.
No custom domain since 2021
Timely removed custom domain support in November 2021. Your booking page permanently lives on gettimely.com. Setora gives you a direct booking link under your own brand.
Good data portability
Credit where it’s due - Timely offers self-service CSV, Excel, and PDF exports. GDPR data portability is well-supported. Switching is straightforward. Need help? See our data portability guide.
What’s different day-to-day
Pricing
One flat price, any team size
Booking page
Your brand, not gettimely.com
SMS
Pay per message, transparent rates
What Timely does well
We’re not going to pretend Timely is a bad product. Here’s where credit is due:
- Best UI/UX in the industry. Timely is consistently praised for beautiful, intuitive design. The interface is genuinely a pleasure to use.
- Minimize Gaps is clever. The feature that shows clients only time slots keeping appointments consecutive is unique to Timely and genuinely reduces dead time.
- Native Xero integration. One-way sync from Timely to Xero on Elevate+ plans. If you’re a Xero shop, this is a genuine advantage today.
- Solid reporting. 40+ reports covering revenue, staff performance, retention, and more. The analytics are thorough and well-designed.
Timely is a beautifully designed product with genuine strengths - especially Minimize Gaps and Xero integration. But per-barber pricing means your costs grow with every hire. If you’re building a team, flat pricing makes more sense.
No card required. Cancel anytime.
Three steps. One day. Done.
Export your data from Timely
Under GDPR, Timely 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.
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Before you switch
Timely offers self-service CSV, Excel, and PDF exports for client lists, appointments, and financial data. GDPR data portability is explicitly supported. We’ll help you import everything into Setora.
£39/month per location is how we make money. We don’t take a cut of your bookings, your card payments, or your walk-ins.
Minimize Gaps is genuinely clever - it shows clients time slots that keep appointments consecutive. Setora doesn’t have this yet, but our scheduling is designed to minimise dead time between bookings.
Timely’s native Xero sync is a genuine strength (available on Elevate+ plans). Setora’s Xero integration is on the roadmap. If Xero sync is critical today, that’s worth weighing in your decision.
Most shops are up and running within a day. Set up your services and staff, import your client list, and you’re live.
Timely includes 100-300 SMS per month depending on plan, then charges overage rates. Setora charges SMS per message at transparent rates - no bundled allowance, no overage surprises.
Pricing and feature information for Timely was sourced from their public pricing page at gettimely.com/pricing, last verified February 2026. Setora pricing excludes VAT. If anything has changed, let us know and we’ll update this page.
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