Alternative to Booksy for aesthetic clinics and spas
Booksy is a booking and management app with a marketplace of its own, used by many kinds of business. Mayel is narrower: it is made only for aesthetic clinics, spas and aesthetic centres in Mexico. Here is what changes, with the facts dated and the sources linked.
Why clinics compare Mayel with Booksy
Booksy is known for its app: customers find businesses on its marketplace and book from their phone, and the business gets a calendar, reminders, marketing messages and payments. Every feature comes in one price, and each additional team member is charged apart.
Mayel starts from the record instead of the calendar. It was built for businesses that assess, take consent, treat in sessions and follow up afterwards: allergies are at hand before the appointment, a package counts its sessions down on its own, the product a treatment uses leaves your stock when the session ends, and the day closes with what you expected against what you counted.
Booksy does things Mayel does not: it sends reminders and text messages, it can ask for a deposit when someone books, and it lists you on a marketplace. If those carry your business, they are good reasons to stay. If your days revolve around the record, the packages and the stock, compare the table below.
Mayel and Booksy, point by point
Public information checked on October 30, 2026. Plans and prices change: confirm them on each company’s site before deciding.
Topic
In Booksy
In Mayel
Published price
From $499 MXN a month, plus $100 MXN a month for each additional team member, plus taxes. Every feature is in that one price.
Esencial $699 (up to 3 specialists) and Pro $1,199 (5 included) MXN a month, IVA included.
Marketplace and booking fees
Your business is listed on the Booksy marketplace for free, with no booking commission for you or your customers. You can turn the public listing off.
No marketplace: your own booking page, open 24/7, with an email confirmation, that you share on your own channels.
Consents and forms
Custom consent and waiver forms the customer signs before the appointment, saved on her client card.
In Pro: signed consents in the record; a treatment that needs one cannot start until it is signed.
Customer history
A client card with notes, photos, past purchases and booking history.
In Pro: allergies at the top of her record, assessments, dated notes and photos with her permission, kept with each session.
Packages and gift cards
Service packages, memberships and gift cards; balances stay on the client card. They are sold only from a tablet or a web browser.
Session packages that count down on their own (Pro), and gift cards that become credit (both plans).
Inventory
Stock that updates with each payment and alerts when it is time to reorder, managed only from a tablet or a web browser.
In both plans; what each treatment uses is deducted when the session ends, with an alert at the minimum you set.
Commissions
Commissions and tips calculated with each payment, managed only from a tablet or a web browser.
In both plans, computed from each sale and session.
Customers who stop coming
Automatic reminders to book again, automated marketing campaigns and digital loyalty cards.
A digital card that counts her visits after the first one. In Pro, when she is due to return, Mayel leaves you a follow-up and measures how many customers you recover.
Reminders and text messages
Unlimited automatic confirmations and reminders; 100 marketing text messages a month included.
An email confirmation of each online booking. Mayel does not send SMS, WhatsApp messages or reminders.
Deposits when booking
Each service can require a deposit or a cancellation fee.
Mayel does not take payments online.
Free trial
A free trial without a credit card.
21 days of Pro, without a card.
Sources for Booksy: Booksy prices (Mexico), Booksy features (Mexico), Booksy for businesses (Mexico), Booksy client management, Booksy calendar and bookings, Booksy marketplace. Mayel’s side describes the product as it ships today. If you find a figure that is out of date, write to us and we will correct it.
Who should switch, and who should not
Changing systems costs time. It is only worth it if what you gain is something you use every day.
Mayel suits you better if
Your work starts with the record: you assess, take consent and treat in sessions.
You sell session packages and want every session taken off without anyone counting.
You want the product each treatment uses to leave the stock on its own, and a cash closing of expected against counted.
You want a price with IVA included and specialists counted in the plan, not each team member billed apart.
Stay with Booksy if
Your customers depend on reminders or text messages from the system: Mayel does not send them.
You ask for a deposit when someone books online: Mayel does not take payments online.
A good share of your new customers find you on Booksy’s marketplace: Mayel has no marketplace.
You run branches outside Mexico: Mayel is made for Mexican businesses.
How to move to Mayel
You can keep Booksy running while you try Mayel, and switch over once the trial convinces you.
Create your account. You get 21 days of MAYEL Pro with everything in it, without a card.
Bring your customers from a spreadsheet: download the template, fill in name and phone (email, birthday and address are optional) and upload it. Nothing is saved until the whole file is right, and a phone that already exists is reported instead of duplicated. Read the import guide
Load your treatments with their price and duration, your rooms and your team, and say what product each treatment uses.
Run a few real days in Mayel. When the trial ends, choose Esencial or Pro, or nothing at all.
What it costs
Try MAYEL Pro free for 21 days, without a card. Then Esencial costs $699 and Pro $1,199 MXN a month, IVA included, charged by the specialists who take visits rather than by user.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mayel cheaper than Booksy?
It depends on your team and on what you need. Booksy costs from $499 MXN a month plus $100 MXN for each additional team member, plus taxes, with every feature in that price. In Mayel, Esencial costs $699 MXN a month for up to 3 specialists and Pro $1,199 with 5 included, IVA included; the clinical record, packages and follow-ups come in Pro. Compare the plan your business would actually use.
Does Mayel send reminders or take deposits like Booksy?
No. Mayel confirms online bookings by email; it does not send reminders, SMS or WhatsApp messages, and it does not take payments online. If your business depends on them, take that into account.
Will new customers find me through Mayel, as on Booksy’s marketplace?
Not through a directory. Mayel gives you a public page with online booking that you share on Instagram, WhatsApp or your website. Booksy lists your business on its marketplace for free; if that brings you a good share of your customers, it is a reason to stay.
Can I bring my customers from Booksy?
Yes, from a spreadsheet. If you can get your customer list out of your current system, copy it into Mayel’s template (name and phone are required) and upload it as .xlsx, up to 1,000 rows per file. Nothing is saved until the file is right, and a phone that already exists is reported instead of duplicated.
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See your business running in Mayel
Set it up with your treatments, your packages and your team, use it for real with your own customers, and decide when the trial ends. No card, no commitment.
Or write to us at support@mayel.app