Built for South African small businesses
Tradeify is designed around how South African tradespeople and small service businesses actually work — appointments, jobs, orders, and the paperwork that comes with them.
Tradeify vs Fresha
A simpler way to run your small business
Fresha is powerful specialist software for beauty and wellness. Tradeify is built for South African small businesses that need appointments, jobs or orders without the complexity.
No card required · No automatic renewal
Feature comparison
Feature
Tradeify
Fresha
Best for
SA small service businesses — trades, professionals, services
Specialist global beauty, wellness and health platform
Trial
30 days free to start
7-day trial
Billing model
Pay for 30 days at a time — renew manually
Independent $19.95/mo, or Team $14.95/mo per bookable team member
Automatic debit/renewal
No — you choose when to renew
Subscription auto-renews
Marketplace commission
None — no marketplace booking or order commission
20% one-time commission (min $6) on qualifying new marketplace clients; no repeat commission on returning marketplace clients
Direct booking page
Included — your own booking link
Direct booking links, Facebook, Instagram and Google bookings listed as free
Appointments
Built-in scheduling and booking page
Strong scheduling and calendar, purpose-built for salons/clinics
Jobs/work records
Job records with notes, checklists, and status tracking
Not a focus — built around appointments, not on-site jobs
Product orders
Simple order records alongside jobs and appointments
Retail and inventory sales at point of sale
Customer records
Full customer history, notes, contact, job log
Client profiles with booking and purchase history
Quotes & invoices
Built-in quotes and invoices with line items, sent via link
Checkout and receipts — not quote-led
Work evidence/photos/signatures
Before/after photos, GPS check-in, customer signature
Not a feature of the platform
POS/payments
Not built-in — customers pay you directly by your own means
Integrated POS and payment processing (fees apply)
Inventory/retail
Not included
Inventory and retail stock management
Waitlists/forms/memberships/gift cards
Not included
Waitlists, intake forms, memberships and gift cards included
Marketplace/customer discovery
Not a marketplace — you bring your own customers
Fresha Marketplace helps new clients discover your business
Business-type focus
Broad — trades, professionals, and general small services
Narrow — beauty, wellness and health specialists
South Africa focus
Built for South African small businesses
Global platform, not SA-specific
Why tradespeople choose Tradeify
Flat 30-day access — no auto-debit
Pay for 30 days at a time and renew manually when you're ready. No automatic debit, no subscription that renews itself in the background.
No marketplace commission
Every booking, job, and order you take is yours. Tradeify never takes a cut of a marketplace booking or order — because there is no marketplace commission.
One record for the whole job
Quote, book, schedule, capture proof on site, collect a signature, and invoice — all connected to one customer and one job record.
Fair view
When Fresha makes sense
If you run a salon, spa, or wellness business and want specialist point-of-sale, integrated payments, inventory and retail tracking, waitlists, intake forms, memberships, gift cards, and access to Fresha's customer marketplace for discovery, Fresha is purpose-built for that. It's a strong, mature platform for beauty and wellness specifically.
About Fresha
Fresha is a global platform built specifically for beauty, wellness, and health businesses. It offers strong scheduling and calendar tools, point-of-sale and payments, inventory and retail management, forms and waitlists, memberships and gift cards, team management, and a customer marketplace where new clients can discover and book with your business.
FAQ
When does Tradeify make sense over Fresha?
If you're a South African small business — a trade, professional, or general service business — that needs appointments, jobs, or orders with customer records, quotes, and invoices, without salon-specific tools like POS, inventory, or memberships, Tradeify is simpler and built for that workflow, with no marketplace commission and no automatic debit.
Does Tradeify charge marketplace commission like Fresha?
No. Tradeify does not operate a customer marketplace and never takes a commission on bookings or orders. Fresha charges a 20% one-time commission (minimum $6) on qualifying new clients booked through its marketplace, with no repeat commission on returning marketplace clients.
How does Tradeify billing compare to Fresha?
Tradeify offers a 30-day free start, then flat 30-day access paid at a time with no automatic debit — you renew manually when ready. Fresha is a recurring subscription: Independent at $19.95/month or Team at $14.95/month per bookable team member, after a 7-day trial.
Does Tradeify include POS, inventory, or memberships like Fresha?
No — Tradeify does not include point-of-sale payment processing, inventory/retail management, waitlists, intake forms, memberships, or gift cards. Those are specialist Fresha features built for beauty and wellness businesses.
Pay for 30 days at a time. Start today.
No automatic debit. No marketplace commission.
Manage bookings, appointments, jobs, orders, quotes, invoices and customer records — all in one connected tool. Renew manually every 30 days, whenever you're ready.