bavoli alternative for walk-in shops
Looking for a bavoli alternative for a walk-in shop? Here's how NextUp Walk-in compares on price, texts and what's included, and when bavoli might suit you better.
| Feature | NextUp Walk-in | bavoli |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Walk-in: $29/month for your first location, $19 for each additional one. Pro, with appointments: $59 and $39. 3 team members included per location, then $10/month each | Plus $30/month or $300 a year (a Free plan too) |
| Free plan or trial | No free plan: a 14-day free trial with every Pro feature | Yes: Free at $0, with texts for the first 25 parties a month |
| Texts | We pay for your first 500 a month, plus 250 for each extra location; then $0.03 each (texting switches on soon) | Plus texts up to 500 parties a month, Pro ($60) up to 1,500 |
| Online payments | Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢ online, plus NextUp Walk-in's 0.5% card fee (at most $1 a payment, never on tips). Your clients pay no booking fee | Card holds and no-show fees on online bookings (Plus); its barbershop page says it doesn’t take payment for cuts, tips or products |
| Built for | Shops that take walk-ins and bookings: barbershops, salons, tattoo, auto service, repair, grooming | Restaurants first (waitlist, reservations, ordering), with a walk-in check-in page for barbershops |
bavoli figures are from bavoli's pricing page, as of Oct 20, 2026. Also from bavoli’s barbershop page, as of Oct 20, 2026. Prices change, so check theirs for today's. bavoli is a trademark of its owner; NextUp Walk-in isn't affiliated with it.
What you get with NextUp Walk-in
- Customers join from a QR code or your link on their phone: no app, no account
- Their place and wait, live on their phone (opt-in text alerts coming soon)
- A now-serving TV display for your waiting area
- A door tablet for walk-ins without a phone
- A staff screen to call, start and finish visits
- A best time to come today, each person’s own wait, and family tickets for a parent and kids
- Customer screens in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Portuguese, Haitian Creole and Chinese
- On Pro: online booking and a team calendar, with email reminders and deposits
- Checkout in cash, by pay link, with a saved card or on a Stripe card reader
- Your services and prices, and who each customer asks for
- Your trade's own words, your logo and colors
- Insights: busiest days and hours, waits, top services
- Online tips tracked for each person, and on Pro, booth rent and suite rental collected for you
- A read-only link so ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants can look up your live wait and hours
- Passkey sign-in: Face ID, fingerprint or device PIN
- Runs in any browser on a phone, tablet, computer or streaming stick, or in the NextUp Walk-in app for Apple TV, Roku and Fire TV
When bavoli might fit better
Honestly: bavoli may suit you better if you want a free walk-in list with a few texts a month working today, or you also run a restaurant and want reservations and online ordering in the same app.
NextUp Walk-in’s Pro plan runs the walk-in line and the appointment book together, with checkout, your client list and email campaigns, priced per location.
Compare other waitlist appsWhat taking payments really costs
The card rate is one line of the bill. The rest is the subscription, fees for each person on your team, and anything added on top of each payment. NextUp Walk-in is priced per location with 3 team members included at each, then $10 a month for each one after. It takes tips, bills, deposits, no-show fees, packages and memberships through Stripe, with Stripe's own fee and NextUp Walk-in's capped 0.5% card fee on top, never on tips.
bavoli’s barbershop page says it doesn’t take payment for cuts, tips or products. NextUp Walk-in takes tips and card payments on every plan, and deposits and no-show fees on Pro, at Stripe’s rate plus NextUp Walk-in’s 0.5% card fee (never on tips, at most $1 a payment).
- Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢ for a card payment online or 2.7% + 5¢ on a card reader, 0.8% by bank (at most $5)
- NextUp Walk-in's card fee: 0.5% of a card payment, at most $1, and never on tips or rent
- No booking or convenience fee for your clients: they pay the price on your menu
- Team pay statements and payroll export: what each person is owed, less rent and advances
Capped at $1
On top of Stripe's processing fee, NextUp Walk-in's fee is 0.5% of a card payment, never more than one dollar ($1). A $200 service and a $2,000 package carry the same $1 NextUp Walk-in fee.
Tips stay yours
NextUp Walk-in never charges a fee on tips. Only Stripe's processing fee applies, and you choose whether the tip or the business covers it.
Not on everything
Cash, gift-card redemptions, store credit you spend and booth rent carry no NextUp Walk-in fee. It only ever applies to card payments.
No booking fee
Your clients pay no booking fee to book with you online.
Questions about bavoli
Is NextUp Walk-in cheaper than bavoli?
As of Oct 20, 2026, bavoli's pricing page lists a Free plan (texts for the first 25 parties a month), Plus at $30 a month (500 parties) and Pro at $60 (1,500 parties). NextUp Walk-in has no free plan: the Walk-in plan is $29 a month for the first location, with a 14-day trial, and includes a now-serving TV display, a door tablet, insights and 3 team members per location. Texts switch on soon, once carrier verification finishes; until then customers follow their place live on their phone.
Is bavoli built for barbershops?
bavoli is restaurant-first, with waitlist, reservations and online ordering, and also has a barbershop page where clients check in from a QR code or link. NextUp Walk-in is built for walk-in trades, from barbershops, salons and tattoo studios to auto shops and groomers, with each barber's own line and appointments on Pro.
Try it on a Saturday
14 days free, with every Pro feature. Set up a location in about two minutes.