Quote-only pricing
Kitomba publishes no prices at all - what you pay is worked out per account, and can differ from the salon down the road. You get a price only after you give Kitomba your details.
OUR PRICES ARE PUBLIC. THEIRS AREN’T.
Switch from Kitomba to Porchlight.
Kitomba doesn’t publish its prices. You answer its questions or book a demo to get a quote for your salon. Porchlight’s prices are on our pricing page for anyone to see: $0, $29 or $59, no sales call required to find out.
Why people look for a Kitomba alternative
SMS rates not published
Kitomba doesn’t publish its SMS rates. Its “complimentary SMS” is a limited-time promotion, as its own pricing page says in the footnote; its top plan includes unlimited SMS under a fair-use policy (quote only).
Discount with strings
20% off software requires Kitomba Pay - adopting their payment terminal is the condition. Porchlight’s price is the price, with no processor lock-in to earn it.
Side by side
The biggest difference is transparency.
| Compared | Kitomba | Porchlight |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | KitombaNo - quote-only, per-account pricing | Porchlight Yes - $0 / $29 / $59, on our pricing page |
| Free tier | KitombaNo free tier | Porchlight Yes - 1 staff, unlimited bookings |
| Know the price before you talk to anyone | KitombaDemo-led - no self-serve trial; a quote after a questionnaire or a demo | Porchlight Yes - every price is on our pricing page |
| SMS pricing | KitombaRates not published; included texts are a limited-time promotion, except unlimited SMS (fair use) on the top plan | Porchlight100 texts included on Solo, 250 on Team - then 15c or less each |
| Discount conditions | Kitomba20% off software requires Kitomba Pay | PorchlightNone - annual billing saves 2 months, that’s it |
| Marketplace commission | Kitomba0% (Never) | Porchlight0% (Never) |
| NZ-based | KitombaYes | Porchlight Yes |
Kitomba plan details checked October 2026 from Kitomba’s own pricing pages. Kitomba does not publish dollar pricing, so none is quoted here. If something here is out of date, email our team and we’ll re-verify and correct it.
What you would save: we honestly can’t tell you.
Kitomba doesn’t publish pricing, and what you pay depends on your account - so we won’t invent a savings number. That’s the point of this page.
Bring your latest Kitomba invoice and we’ll do the math with you. Line by line - subscription, SMS charges, everything - against Porchlight’s public prices: Free $0, Solo $29/month, Team $59/month flat up to 8 staff. If you wouldn’t save, we’ll tell you that too.
Send us your invoiceSwitching is a CSV, not a saga.
Export your clients from Kitomba and we import them for you. Here is exactly what comes across. We’re upfront about what does and doesn’t come across - and because exports work the other way too, you’re never locked in with us either.
For help with the move, you talk directly to the people who build the product, here in New Zealand.
One thing that usually stays behind: saved cards
For security reasons (PCI compliance), any clients’ saved card details are held by Kitomba’s payment processor and are not part of your export. Payment processors can move saved cards between them only by special arrangement, so in practice clients enter a card again the next time they pay. Porchlight takes deposits through Stripe. If a card is saved for no-show or late-cancellation fees, it is held on your own Stripe account; Porchlight never holds card details.
THE MOVE
Export your data from Kitomba. Client list and service information from Kitomba’s reporting and export tools.
Set up your Porchlight account. Start a free trial, or book a free switch and we’ll set up your services, staff and business hours with you.
Send us your client data. We’ll import it for you and map the columns with you.
Update your booking link. Share your new Porchlight booking page with clients - update your website and social media.
Comes across
- Clients: name, mobile, email, notes, date of birth and address.
- Services: name, category, length, price and description.
- Gift vouchers: code, value, balance and expiry.
Set up with you
- Staff members, their hours and logins.
- Deposit and cancellation rules.
Does not come across
- Saved cards. They stay with your old payment provider.
- Consultation forms, signed consents, photos and attached files.
- Packages, memberships and loyalty points.
- Processing time inside a colour service. It becomes time after the service.
Before anything goes live we do a test import and send you the counts: clients, services and vouchers, plus any rows we could not match and why. You check it, then we switch.
Pricing you can actually see.
Try it free for 14 days, or book a free switch and we’ll help you move across from Kitomba.
Free plan available forever. Solo and Team: 14 days free, no card needed.