Pricing
No booking fees on any paid plan
A £450 wedding and a £120 birthday cost you the same to run through BoothZen. On a paid plan you pay for your plan and Stripe's card fees, and nothing else. On Free, BoothZen Payments takes 2% of card payments, which keeps the Free plan free.
Booking fees
What a booking fee is
Most booking software for event businesses takes the customer's card payment through its own account and keeps a percentage. Check Cherry publishes 2.9% plus 30c per card transaction and HoneyBook publishes from 2.7% plus 10c, both read from their pricing pages on 2026-10-26. It is the card processing rate and it is published, so it is not hidden. But the software charges it, at the software's rate, on money that is yours. You cannot move to a cheaper provider or negotiate it down as you get busier, and it applies to every deposit and every balance for as long as you stay.
On a paid plan, BoothZen takes no platform fee, ever. Use BoothZen Payments or bring your own Stripe, and your deposits and balances go straight into your account with Stripe's card fees the only cost. On Free, card payments go through BoothZen Payments and we take 2%, which keeps the Free plan free. Upgrade and it stops on your next payment.
Worked example
The fees on a £450 booking
Take a £450 booking with a £100 deposit, so £450 through the card in two payments.
On a platform charging 2.9% + 30c per transaction
(Check Cherry's published rate, checked 2026-10-26): the percentage on £450 is £13.05, plus the fixed part on each of the two payments. That is a little over £13 from one booking, at a rate your software sets.
On a platform charging 2.7% + 10c per transaction
(HoneyBook's lowest published rate, checked 2026-10-26): £12.15 plus the fixed part, again on two payments.
On BoothZen
£0 platform fee on a paid plan. You pay for your plan, and Stripe's card fees. On Free, 2% on BoothZen Payments.
Over twenty bookings at that value in a season, the difference pays for the plan several times over. On a paid plan you still pay card processing to Stripe, and BoothZen adds nothing to it, however large the booking.
Your costs
What you do pay
Your plan
- Monthly, from £9.99 a month
- Free for your first 10 bookings
- No annual contract to sign
Your payment provider's fees
- Charged by them to you
- On their terms, at your rate
Nothing per booking
- No fee per contract or e-signature
- No fee per reminder
- No fee per attendant login
Paid plans come with a 14-day trial. If you are coming from Check Cherry, HoneyBook, BoothBook or Dubsado, the trial is 30 days, because moving bookings that are already live takes longer. There is one other charge. If you lose a chargeback on your own subscription payment, reactivating the workspace carries a £15 fee that covers the card network's dispute charge. It is also in the terms and on the FAQ page.
Questions
Questions about fees
Do you take a cut of deposits?
Not on a paid plan: no platform fee, ever. On Free, card payments through BoothZen Payments cost 2%, which keeps the Free plan free; upgrade and it stops on your next payment.
Do I need a Stripe account?
BoothZen Payments sets one up for you inside your admin. On a paid plan you can instead bring your own Stripe account. Bank transfers work on every plan.
What does the free plan cost when I get busy?
Free for your first 10 bookings. After that, plans start at £9.99 a month.
Is there an annual plan?
Not yet. Every plan is monthly and you can cancel from the billing portal.
Are these competitor figures current?
They were read from each competitor's published pricing page on 2026-10-26 and are re-checked when we update the compare pages.
Try BoothZen free
Free for your first 10 bookings, then from £9.99 a month. Paid plans have no platform fee.