THE PRICE IS THE PRICE.
Zolmi’s free plan has no booking page, no online booking, no SMS, and a 50-appointment cap. Porchlight’s free plan is your own booking page with unlimited bookings. And on paid plans, the number in our headline is the number on your invoice — billed monthly, no annual-billing asterisk.
Zolmi’s free BASIC plan caps you at 50 appointments — total, not per month — and its own pricing table strikes out the booking page, online booking and SMS. It’s a demo. Porchlight Free is your own booking page with unlimited bookings.
Zolmi advertises START at NZ$25/month — but that’s the rate when you pay for a year upfront. Billed monthly it’s around NZ$30+, per Zolmi’s own FAQ. Their own 3-staff example: NZ$45/month billed monthly vs NZ$33/month billed annually.
Porchlight Solo is $29/month, billed monthly — that’s the headline and the invoice. Yes, Zolmi’s NZ$25 annual rate nominally undercuts it; if you’d rather pay annually too, Porchlight Solo is $290/year (about $24.17/month), two months free.
Like for like, with the billing terms spelled out.
| Zolmi | Porchlight | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 50 appointments total; no booking page, no online booking, no SMS | Your own booking page, unlimited bookings |
| Solo, billed monthly | START ~NZ$30+/month — the advertised NZ$25 is the annual-billing rate (per their FAQ) | $29/month — the advertised price |
| Solo, billed annually | START NZ$25/month, billed annually | $290/year — about $24.17/month |
| 3 staff (Zolmi’s own example) | START NZ$45/month billed monthly, NZ$33/month billed annually (+NZ$4 per extra staff) | Team $59/month flat, or $590/year |
| 8 staff | START NZ$53 / PRO NZ$96 per month — annual-billing rates | Still $59/month flat |
| Reporting & POS | Gated at PRO — NZ$40/month + NZ$8 per extra staff (annual-billing rate) | Included in Team at $59 flat |
| SMS | Credits from NZ$0.09/SMS on paid plans; not available on the free plan | 100 texts included on Solo, 250 on Team — then 15c each |
| Data export | Advertises full export and no lock-in — credit where it’s due | CSV on every tier, including Free |
Zolmi facts as of August 2026 (verified July 2026 against Zolmi’s own pricing pages), standard pricing, ex GST. Porchlight prices are the final price — nothing is added. Zolmi’s advertised per-month prices are annual-billing rates; monthly billing costs more, per Zolmi’s own pricing FAQ. This page is a static snapshot and is not on a regular re-verification cadence — spotted something outdated? Email [email protected].
Our free plan includes your own online booking page with unlimited bookings. Start there, and when you want deposits, no-show protection and the rest of the toolkit, the price is the price: Solo at $29/month or Team at $59/month flat for up to 8 staff — billed monthly at exactly those numbers, or annually at $290/$590 a year with two months free.
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