Waine vs. Square Appointments
Waine vs. Square Appointments
Square is strong for POS-first businesses. Waine is built for service businesses that want a modern online booking system with deposits, reminders, intake forms, client management, multi-location support, and English/French-ready workflows.
Where Waine wins
- One flat $39/mo Growth plan for up to 15 staff and 3 locations — Square Plus is billed per location
- Automatic waitlist recovery: a cancelled slot is offered to your best-matching client with a 2-hour exclusive hold
- Revenue Protected tracking — see the deposit and no-show-fee revenue the system recovered for you
- Built-in client portal: one login clients reuse across every business they book with
- AI website builder included, not a separate product
- Free, hands-on migration from Square — clients, services, staff, hours and settings in 48 hours
- English and French booking workflows end to end
Where Square Appointments wins
- In-person POS hardware and tap-to-pay
- Retail inventory management
- A single integrated payments-and-retail ecosystem
- A free plan for a single location
Pricing — side by side
Waine
$39/mo
Growth plan — 15 staff · 3 locations
Flat monthly price · no per-seat billing
Square Appointments
$35/mo
Plus plan
Per location · CAD · card processing billed separately
Square also has a free single-location plan and an $85/mo Premium tier — all priced per location, in CAD.
Pricing verified on Sep 8, 2026
Switch from Square Appointments? We move you for free.
Client list, service menu, staff profiles — migrated in 48 hours. No tech skills needed.
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