TapBook vs Altegio: a full salon platform or a solo booking page
Altegio (formerly YCLIENTS) is a comprehensive salon-management platform with a large footprint across Central and Eastern Europe. TapBook is the deliberate opposite: no management suite, just a booking page and a website under your own name, live in an afternoon. If you are choosing between them, you are really choosing how much software you want to run.
What Altegio does well
- A genuinely broad platform: employee scheduling, client database, stock and product tracking, marketing tools — the operating system of a salon with staff.
- Well established in the region, with the depth that a multi-chair business with a receptionist can actually use.
Where TapBook differs
- One person, one calendar: services, hours, link — live in about five minutes, nothing to learn.
- Clients book from a single browser link; no app, no account, nothing between them and the free slot.
- Free with unlimited bookings; Pro is a flat €9.99/month — no per-employee seats, never a commission.
- A real one-page website is included, so the booking page and your web presence are the same thing.
Side by side
| Altegio | TapBook | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Salons with staff and a front desk | Solo providers |
| Scope | Full management suite (staff, stock, CRM) | Booking page + website, nothing more |
| Setup | A system to learn and configure | Live in ~5 minutes |
| Client experience | Platform booking flow | One link, browser only, no account |
| Pricing shape | Tiered plans, staff-based (see their site) | Free unlimited bookings · Pro €9.99/mo flat |
| Own website included | Booking widget/profile | Yes — your own one-page site |
When Altegio is the better fit
If you run a salon with employees, track stock, and someone answers a front desk, a full platform is the right tool and TapBook would be far too small. TapBook is for the point before that — and honestly, for many providers that point never ends.
Trying TapBook is a zero-risk experiment
The free tier has no time limit and needs no card. Set up your real services in five minutes, put the link in your Instagram bio for a week, and see whether the simpler flow gets you more bookings. Nothing you use today has to change while you test.
All the booking, none of the software
Start freeAltegio is a trademark of its owner; TapBook is not affiliated with Altegio. Their features and pricing change — check alteg.io for current details. Last reviewed: August 2026.