For a barber who's on theCut
But cheaper.
The free plan can't text your clients. And there's no way to get your list back out.
Hear it work: call the demo receptionist (717) 204-4500 →
Side by side
The same list of things: their base, every barber, texting, a website on your own domain and their AI assistant. theCut has no shop fee at all, so the whole number is the per-barber PRO seat.
| What a shop pays, every month | 1 chair | 3 chairs |
|---|---|---|
| snpz, all in$19 base — booking, your own website, texting and any number of chairs, with 10 receptionist minutes in it — plus one receptionist band: Chair at $29 for 150 minutes on your own, Shop at $49 for 350 minutes at three chairs. $0 per chair, $0 commission, no contract. | $48 | $68 |
| theCut PRO — the only tier that texts$25 per barber, no shop fee at all. SMS reminders are PRO-only, so every chair needs a seat for the shop to send reminders. | $25 | $75 |
| theCut FREENo SMS reminders at all — push and email only — no SMS blasts, no card reader, and Client Discovery costs $10 per discovered client instead of being included. | $0 | $0 |
| What your client pays, per transactionOn top of your own flat 2.75%, and your 2.75% is not reduced by it. It is on the payments page, not the pricing page. | $0.95 | $0.95 |
| What answers your phonetheCut sells no AI of any kind, on either tier. | Nothing | Nothing |
Every theCut figure here is their own published US price, read in September 2026, and it can change without notice — check it yourself before you switch. Our own numbers are the $19 base plus one receptionist band.
Three things that will cost you
theCut FREE gives you push notifications and email. For a barbershop that is not a tier difference, it is a missing product: a no-show costs you thirty-five dollars and a reminder text costs a cent. To get reminders, every barber in the shop needs PRO at $25 — three chairs is $75 a month, which is more than Booksy charges for three and more than our all-in.
theCut's flat 2.75% is yours. The $0.95 per transaction is your client's, and your 2.75% is not reduced by it. It appears on the payments page rather than the pricing page, so plenty of barbers on theCut have never seen the number. We pass card processing through at the processor's published cost and add nothing to it, and we say the rate out loud.
theCut has no client export of any kind. Four reports, none of which is a client list, and every one of them expires after 30 days. The documented route out is emailing their support. It is the hardest platform in the trade to leave, and we would rather tell you that before you sign up for it than after. At one or two chairs it is an evening of typing; at five it is a real job and we will price the time honestly.
Switching off theCut
This is the hardest switch in the trade and there is no point being coy about it.
Not a locked one, not a paid one — none. Four reports, none of them a client list, and all of them expiring after 30 days. The documented path is emailing support@thecut.co and hoping. Ask them, in writing, before you do anything else, and see what comes back.
They expire after 30 days, and once you stop paying you will not get them back. Pull everything while the account is live, including the reports you are sure you will never look at again.
Most barbers on theCut have their regulars in their phone contacts as well, and that is usually the faster list. One or two chairs is an evening of typing and we will do it with you on a call. At four or five chairs it is a real job — we will tell you what it costs in time before you commit, not after.
theCut keeps taking bookings and we mirror them, you approve your site, and we forward your number to the receptionist — always, or only when nobody picks up in four rings. Your number stays yours. theCut is month-to-month, so you cancel once the last booking on it has been served.
Nothing is charged and nothing is switched off at theCut until you say so. Ring the demo number first if you want to hear the receptionist answer before you type anything.
