Running a bike shop is seasonal, busy, and short on time. Velobook is priced to match: a dollar a booking, capped every month*, with no monthly fee.
* priced locally, not a straight exchange-rate markup: a dollar a booking capped at $100 in Australia, 50p capped at £50 in the UK, 60c at €60 in the Eurozone, and the like. Switch currency below.
Velobook is built for every kind of bike shop: repairs and servicing, hire and rentals, guided tours, bike fittings and workshops, with AI helping you get set up and fill the calendar. One plan, everything included. Here's how that stacks up against the tools shops usually weigh us against.
| What you pay | Service & repairs | Hire & rentals | Guided tours | Bike fittings | Workshops | AI setup & scheduling | Everything in one plan | Charges per mechanic | Takes a % of sales | Text messaging | Support | Free trial | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| velobook | $0.70 / booking, $70 cap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Never | Never | Optional, our only extra. Some regions | Direct to founders | 30 days |
| Hubtiger | $49–119 / mo | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | – | – | Yes, by tier | No | 100–350/mo, then paid | Email & chat | 7 days |
| Workshop by Bike Book | $90 / mo | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | Not till 5+ | No | Credits "coming soon" | Chat & email | 28 days |
| BikeDesk | $113–170 / mo | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | Capped tiers | No | Pay per text, none bundled | Phone, email, chat | 14 days |
| Square Appointments | $49 / location | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | No, per location | 2.5–3.3% | 500–2,500/mo, then paid | Tiered, phone on top | 30 days |
Your bookings rise and fall with the seasons. A flat monthly plan doesn't. Tell us your busiest and quietest months, your team, and who you're weighing up, and we'll lay the year out side by side.
Weighing up one tool in particular? Each page below gives it the full side-by-side treatment: pricing, features, where it's strong, and where Velobook differs.
Hubtiger covers servicing, rentals and fittings from US$49 to US$119 a month with per-mechanic tiers; Velobook covers those plus tours, workshops and AI in one plan, at a dollar a booking capped every month.
Read the comparison →Workshop by Bike Book is a focused servicing tool at US$89.99 a month (£49.99 in the UK); Velobook covers servicing plus rentals, tours, fittings, workshops and AI, at a dollar a booking capped every month.
Read the comparison →BikeDesk is a servicing tool priced in euros at €99 to €149 a month in capped tiers; Velobook covers servicing plus rentals, tours, fittings, workshops and AI, at a dollar a booking capped every month.
Read the comparison →Square Appointments is a general scheduler at US$49 per location plus 2.5 to 3.3% of payments; Velobook is built for bike shops, with servicing, rentals, tours, fittings and workshops at a dollar a booking capped every month and no cut of sales.
Read the comparison →Tell us a little about your shop and we'll come back with a straight answer, no sales runaround. It goes straight to Alex, one of the founders.
A dollar a booking, capped every month. No monthly fee, no per seat charge, no cut of your sales, and every feature from day one. The first 30 days are free.
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