Salon software Switzerland — comparison

A full diary, a clean till, VAT shown correctly.

Swiss specifics

What is different in Switzerland

Salon software

The Swiss market imposes requirements that an international solution usually lacks — it is built for other legal systems. Buy from abroad and you notice at the year-end close, in the VAT filing or with the first payroll declaration. These are the points that decide in this category:

This category lists only vendors with a Swiss legal entity. Foreign solutions are not excluded — none of those that matter here names a franc price.

VAT 8.1 / 2.6 / 3.8 %The software has to carry all three Swiss rates — standard, reduced and the special rate for accommodation — and assign them correctly on documents and in the filing. Foreign programs often know only one rate per country.
Tips
QR-billMandatory standard since the payment slip was retired. Check both directions: issuing invoices with a QR code and reading incoming QR documents — the second is missing more often.
Data locationSwiss data centres are not a legal requirement, but often a procurement criterion – especially for personal data and public-sector contracts.
Ten-year retentionThe Swiss Code of Obligations requires ten years of audit-proof retention – including readability. Clarify what happens to your data after you cancel.
Export and exitBefore signing up, check what an export looks like (entries, documents, master data). A solution without a usable export is a one-way street.

Criterion	Free entry with ecosystemDetails	Free tier, seven languagesDetails	Booking only in the top tierDetails	One-off purchase, long establishedDetails
Appointments and till
Online booking	not researched	✓	✓	not researched
Salon till	not researched	✓	✓	✓
Cost & onboarding
List priceas stated by the vendorbars: 0 to CHF 94	from CHF 26	free–CHF 94	CHF 29–84	purchase price only
Pricing model	Subscription	Subscription	Subscription	Licence
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud	Cloud	Desktop/Server
Free version	–	✓	not researched	not researched
Payroll, VAT & law
Swiss VAT filing	✓	✓	not researched	not researched
Data location	Switzerland	Switzerland	EU	not researched
Scope & extensions
Mobile app	✓	not researched	✓	not researched
Works offline	–	not researched	✓	not researched
Collaboration & vendor
Languages	DE · FR · IT	DE · FR · IT · EN	DE	DE
Vendor	ePost Service AG (Swiss Post)	ITmakers	ETRON Softwareentwicklungs- und Vertriebs GmbH	Coiffeurservice AG
Headquarters	St. Gallen	Oftringen AG	Zürich	Wädenswil ZH
Vendor website	open ↗	open ↗	open ↗	open ↗