One product, sized to your team — Solo or Studio. Same AI inside every band. Add Talk to Leon, the AI Receptionist, or Client Loyalty only if you want them. Booking is always free. 7-day trial, cancel anytime.
Solo
£24/ mo
1 bookable team member
“Booking + AI that knows your shop. Everything to run the chair.”
Online booking + staff calendar
Smart Booking — the best team member for each serviceAI
Demand forecast — your busy hours & quiet daysAI
Review insights — Leon reads every review for youAI
Answers every call · Books straight into your calendar · ~200 mins included
+£59
/ mo
200 mins included + per-min overage
Client LoyaltyAdd-on
Stamps, rewards, and slow-day double-stamps — Leon keeps score.
Digital stamp card, no app for customers · Rewards trigger themselves · Double-stamp days on your quiet slots
+£19.95
/ mo
Runs itself once it's switched on
Compare what's included
Every band — Solo or Studio — gets the same booking + AI, from £24/mo. Add-ons stack on top — pick the ones you want.
Any band
from £24 / mo
+ Talk to Leon
+£29 / mo
+ AI Receptionist
+£59 / mo
+ Client Loyalty
+£19.95 / mo
Online booking + staff calendar
Smart Booking — the best team member for each serviceAI
Demand forecast — busy hours & quiet daysAI
Review insights — Leon reads every reviewAI
Daily Leon brief (3×/day from Studio up)AI
Discover marketplace listing
Reminders + no-show deposits
Ask Leon — chat + voice
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Briefings on demand
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AI answers your phone
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Books from phone calls
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~200 call mins included
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Digital stamp card + rewards
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Slow-day double-stamps
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Marketplace
A small cut, once, when we bring you a new customer.
Coming with the Mekkan client app: a new customer discovers your studio, and we take 15% on that first booking only (minimum £3). After that they're yours — free for life.
Booking is always free. We only earn when our platform actually does the work.
Direct bookings & walk-ins
Your own customers, manual entry
£0 — always
Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android
Contactless in person on the phone you already own — UK cards. EEA 2.9% + 20p, other non-UK 3.65% + 20p
1.9% + 20p
Pay by Bank
Straight from the customer's bank — the lowest rate, whoever they bank with
0.8% + 20p
Card online — deposits & pay links
When the card isn't in the room — UK cards. EEA 3.0% + 20p, other non-UK 3.75% + 20p
2.0% + 20p
New customer from Discover
Only when we bring you someone new — one time (min £3), then they're yours
15% once
Membership prepay
Customer prepays a pack — you get 90% cash today
10%
“Booking is always free. You only pay when Mekkan brings the value.”
Payments
Take payments. Keep more.
Turn the phone you already own into a card reader — no hardware, no monthly fee, money in your account the next day. Booking stays free; you only pay when a card moves.
In person
1.9% + 20p
per transaction on UK cards · Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android
Contactless on the phone you already own. Nothing to buy, nothing to rent.
Lowest rate
Pay by Bank
0.8% + 20p
per transaction · open banking
Customers pay straight from their bank — no card network in the middle, so you keep more.
No monthly fee
Pay only when you take a payment
Next-day payout
Money in your bank the next morning
No-show deposits
Protect your calendar with deposits & fees
Bank-grade security
PCI-DSS secure — we never store card numbers
Payments are opt-in. Keep your current card machine if you prefer — booking and AI work either way.
Cost transparency
Why we charge what we charge.
AI isn't free to run. We measured a receptionist call end-to-end — phone, voice, and reasoning — at around £0.10–£0.20 each. So the AI Receptionist is a metered add-on — about 200 minutes/month(~80 calls) then a small per-minute overage — not an unlimited promise we'd quietly walk back later.
Every band — from £24 — is priced so the AI inside it, Smart Booking and your Leon brief, costs us almost nothing to run, so it stays in every band. Direct bookings — walk-ins, manual entries, your existing book — are free for life.
Card fees follow the same honest rule: our processor's real cost plus a small fixed margin — never a hidden markup, and never below what it costs us. A card from abroad costs more to process, so it costs a little more — nothing hidden. We only earn when the platform actually does the work.
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Most AI startups race to the bottom on price, then quietly let quality slide when their margins collapse. We priced for the long run from day one.
Trust & security
Built to be trusted with your business.
UK-hosted
Your data lives in our UK Postgres. We never sell it.
UK GDPR-aligned
Built to UK GDPR — your customers' data handled properly.
PCI-DSS secure
Card payments run on Stripe (PCI-DSS Level 1). We never see or store card numbers.
Your data, your call
Export your sales and transactions to CSV whenever you want — no lock-in.
FAQ
Common questions
Is there a free trial?
Yes — 7 days, card required. No charge during trial. Day 8 auto-charges your selected band (plus any add-ons you picked). Cancel anytime during the trial — zero charge. After that you can cancel anytime from your dashboard; your subscription stops at the end of the current billing cycle.
How does Mekkan make money?
Your band (Solo or Studio, from £24), optional AI add-ons (Talk to Leon £29, AI Receptionist £59, Client Loyalty £19.95), a fee on payments you choose to run through us (in person via Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android — 1.9% + 20p on UK cards, 2.9% + 20p on EEA cards, 3.65% + 20p on other non-UK cards; 0.8% + 20p via Pay by Bank; online deposits & pay links — 2.0% + 20p on UK cards, 3.0% + 20p on EEA cards, 3.75% + 20p on other non-UK cards), 15% one-time (minimum £3) when we bring you a brand-new customer through Discover, and 10% when a customer prepays a membership pack through us. Direct bookings and walk-ins are always free.
Do I have to use the AI Receptionist?
No. Booking works on its own — customers book online, you add walk-ins manually. The AI Receptionist is an optional add-on that answers your phone and books for you. Add it only if you want it.
Why is pricing banded instead of one flat price?
We charge for how many team members can take bookings, not for everyone on your payroll. Bands are wide on purpose — Studio covers 2 to 5 bookable team members — so your bill doesn't jump because you took on Saturday help. No per-seat trickery.
Is Mekkan cheaper than Booksy or Fresha?
Our bands start from £24, in the same ballpark as Booksy and Fresha — but with AI built in (Smart Booking finds the best team member for each service, plus your Leon brief). You only pay more if you add the AI Receptionist, and even then it's below Fresha's AI Concierge.
What if I go over my AI Receptionist minutes?
The Receptionist never gets cut mid-call — we charge a small per-minute overage instead. You can optionally set a monthly cap in settings to avoid surprise charges. Talk to Leon (the owner-facing copilot) has a fair-use limit with overage too — it's never free-unlimited, so quality never slips.
Can I add or remove add-ons?
Anytime. Adding an add-on takes effect immediately. Removing one takes effect at the next billing cycle.
Do I have to take payments through Mekkan?
No — payments are opt-in. Keep your current card machine if you like. But if you run card payments through us, you get one place for everything, next-day payouts, and our rate is competitive — often cheaper than a flat per-transaction provider on smaller tickets.
I run a chain or multiple shops. What do I do?
Email hello@mekkan.ai— we'll set up custom multi-location pricing with volume rates and dedicated onboarding.
Is my data mine?
Yes. All your bookings, customer profiles, and call transcripts live in our UK Postgres. You can export your sales and transactions to CSV today, with more export formats on the way.
VAT?
Prices shown are exclusive of VAT. We are not currently VAT-registered (£85k revenue threshold not met). Once registered, 20% VAT will be added to invoices.
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