Velobook vs BikeDesk
BikeDesk covers servicing with clear tiers from €99 to €149 a month. Velobook covers servicing plus hire, tours, fittings and workshops, and charges a dollar a booking, capped every month, with no tiers to outgrow.
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.
Both are built for bike workshops. BikeDesk keeps to servicing with tiered flat pricing; Velobook covers the rest of the shop in one plan and prices per booking instead.
| 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 |
| BikeDesk | $113–170 / mo | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | Capped tiers | No | Pay per text, none bundled | Phone, email, chat | 14 days |
In fairness to BikeDesk, there's plenty it gets right.
BikeDesk offers phone support alongside email and chat, handy if you'd rather talk than type.
€99 a month covers up to five mechanics at one location, and €149 covers up to ten across two, so you know exactly where you stand.
Like Velobook, BikeDesk never takes a percentage of what you earn.
And here's where Velobook takes a different line.
Hire and rentals, guided tours, bike fittings, workshops and AI setup and scheduling are all in Velobook's plan. BikeDesk covers servicing only.
BikeDesk is €99 to €149 a month whether you're busy or quiet. Velobook has no monthly fee: a dollar a booking, capped every month.
Past ten mechanics or two locations, BikeDesk moves to custom pricing. Velobook never charges per mechanic or per location.
BikeDesk charges per text with none bundled. On Velobook, texting is an optional extra available in some regions, and it's the only extra we have.
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.
The things shops ask when they're weighing Velobook against BikeDesk.
On published prices, yes in the Eurozone: Velobook is 60 euro cents a booking capped at €60 a month, under BikeDesk's €99 entry tier, and quiet months cost far less because you only pay per booking. Run your own season through the calculator on this page.
Yes. One plan covers servicing and repairs, hire and rentals, guided tours, bike fittings, workshops and AI setup and scheduling. BikeDesk covers servicing only.
No. Neither Velobook nor BikeDesk takes a percentage of your takings.
Velobook's trial is 30 days to BikeDesk's 14, and cancellations are never charged on Velobook.
Weighing up something else? Each page gives one tool the same fair, side-by-side treatment.
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 →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 →Or see every tool side by side on the full comparison page.
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