Planity
French platform for online appointment booking with hairdressers, barbers, beauty salons and wellness professionals, with management software for salons (Planity Pro).
The online diary, confirmations and reminders can be rebuilt. What you pay Planity for is mostly to be found by the platform's customers, which a home-made tool will not do. For a salon with a loyal clientele who book directly, a simple solution is enough; to attract new customers, keep the visibility.
What you lose
- Visibility to the platform's customers
- SMS reminders already built in
- Management software designed for salons
- Booking appointments without a phone call
Existing alternatives to Planity
- Easy!AppointmentsOpen source
Self-hosted appointment scheduler (GPL-3.0): providers, services, online booking.
- Cal.comOpen source
Booking pages and calendar connections (MIT), self-hostable.
- RalllyOpen source
Date polls to find a common slot (AGPL), self-hostable.
The prompt to build it yourself
Build me an online appointment diary for a small salon, without claiming to replace Planity or attract new customers. Stack: Next.js, TypeScript, SQLite. Data at my place, secrets in .env, no telemetry. To do: - Catalogue of services (name, duration, price incl. VAT) and team with hours and leave. - Public booking page: choice of service, slot and professional, no customer account; prevents double bookings. - Confirmation and reminder by email (configurable SMTP), with a cancel or reschedule link. - Salon diary by day and by week, slot blocking, waiting list. - Customer file with GDPR consent, export and deletion on request; spam protection. - Tests on slot-conflict detection; README with the limits. Out of scope: SMS reminders (paid provider), online payment, visibility on a marketplace.
Frequently asked questions
- Can Planity be replaced by a custom-built tool?
- casevibecode verdict: Partly replaceable. The online diary, confirmations and reminders can be rebuilt. What you pay Planity for is mostly to be found by the platform's customers, which a home-made tool will not do. For a salon with a loyal clientele who book directly, a simple solution is enough; to attract new customers, keep the visibility.
- What is Planity used for?
- French platform for online appointment booking with hairdressers, barbers, beauty salons and wellness professionals, with management software for salons (Planity Pro).
- What alternatives to Planity already exist?
- Easy!Appointments (open source), Cal.com (open source), Rallly (open source). Options to compare before committing to a custom build.
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