Does Zylu charge a setup fee?

Optionally. Zylu publishes a "Done-for-You Setup" at ₹1,999 + GST (or $249), and states that "Self-setup is always free" — so the fee is avoidable if you are willing to configure it yourself. Bloom charges no setup fee at all. This is a smaller difference than it first looks, and worth being precise about.

How many staff does each plan include?

Zylu publishes staff caps per plan: 4 on Lite, 10 on Grow, 15 on Standard and 50 on Premium. Bloom's caps are 6 on Basic, 12 on Growth and unlimited on Scale. If you have a large team and want the lowest tier that fits it, compare these caps directly rather than the headline price — it is usually the cap, not the price, that decides which plan you are actually on.

Veloqit Bloom vs Zylu: Honest Price Comparison (2026)

The short version

Zylu is a well-featured product that, unlike most of this category, actually publishes its prices — so credit where it is due. Its published ₹ figures are annual-billed, and compared annual-to-annual the two are near enough the same price: Zylu's entry plan is ₹625 a month and Bloom's is ₹625, and Bloom is ₹82 and ₹82 a month lower at the next two tiers. The real difference is lower down: Zylu includes its WhatsApp API only on Standard and Premium, so on its two cheaper plans WhatsApp is an extra, whereas every Bloom plan includes it. Zylu also has real depth Bloom does not: advanced inventory, resource management, prepaid wallets, consent forms. Bloom's case is narrower and specific — a conversational bot that completes bookings inside WhatsApp, message fees included rather than metered, UPI deposits to your own account, and a stylist-facing earnings view. Compare the staff caps as carefully as the prices; that is usually what decides which plan you are really on.

Side by side

	Veloqit Bloom	Zylu
Price, billed annually	₹625 / ₹1,167 / ₹1,917 per month, GST inclusive	₹625 / ₹1,249 / ₹1,999 / ₹4,999 per month; GST treatment not stated
Price, billed monthly	₹799 / ₹1,499 / ₹2,499 per month, cancel anytime	Monthly toggle shown on the pricing page; INR month-to-month rates not published in the page text
Billing commitment	Monthly, cancel anytime; annual billing available at a discount	Published rates are annual; 14-day money-back guarantee on annual subscriptions
Setup fee	None	Optional "Done-for-You Setup" ₹1,999 + GST; self-setup is free
Staff included per plan	6 on Basic, 12 on Growth, unlimited on Scale	4 on Lite, 10 on Grow, 15 on Standard, 50 on Premium
Appointment cap on the entry plan	No appointment cap; Basic caps customer records and AI bot bookings	Lite is capped at 300 appointments a month; higher tiers unlimited
WhatsApp included	Every paid plan, no per-message fee — booking bot on all plans, reminders from Growth	WhatsApp API subscription (valued ₹9,999) included on Standard and Premium annual; not on Lite or Grow
Booking inside WhatsApp	Conversational AI bot completes the booking in chat and confirms the slot	Online and offline booking plus WhatsApp notifications; conversational booking not advertised
Customer deposits	UPI link straight to the salon’s own UPI ID	Split payments and POS; wallet and prepaid card features
Inventory depth	Lighter — focused on bookings, billing and staff	Advanced inventory management, product consumption reports, SKU caps per plan
Prepaid wallets, gift cards, memberships	Loyalty points on Scale; no wallet or gift-card product	Wallet/prepaid card, gift cards, memberships and packages
Mini website for the salon	Public booking page per branch, no website builder	SEO-optimised mini website, digital catalogue and style guide
Visit-cycle prediction	Predictor Engine forecasts when each customer is next due	Customer insights and revenue-potential reporting; no equivalent advertised forecast
Stylist-facing earnings view	Live earnings, commission, leaderboard and badges on the stylist’s own phone	Staff reports, commission and revenue goals; stylist-facing gamified view not advertised

Figures reflect publicly advertised information as of October 2026. Vendors change pricing — check their current pricing page before deciding.

Choose Bloom if…

You want month-to-month billing rather than committing to a year up front.
You want WhatsApp on an entry or mid-tier plan — Zylu includes its WhatsApp API only from Standard (₹1,999 annual) upward.
You want customers to book by messaging you, not by opening a booking page.
Your team is larger than the cap on the Zylu tier you were pricing.
You have 5–6 staff: at the same ₹625 annual price, Bloom Basic includes 6 where Zylu Lite stops at 4.
You want deposits paid by UPI straight into your own account.
You want stylists to see their own earnings and commission live.

Choose Zylu if…

You need real inventory management — SKUs, consumption reporting, vendor management.
You sell prepaid packages, wallets or gift cards, which Bloom does not offer.
You want a mini website and digital catalogue built into the product.
You run a pet grooming centre or tattoo studio, which Zylu explicitly serves and Bloom does not.
You want biometric attendance or consent forms out of the box.

Common questions

Compared fairly, they are almost the same price. Zylu's published figures are the monthly equivalent of an annual subscription — Lite ₹625, Grow ₹1,249, Standard ₹1,999, Premium ₹4,999, each listed as "billed annually". Bloom's annual-billing equivalents are ₹625, ₹1,167 and ₹1,917. So the entry plans are the same price, and Bloom is ₹82 and ₹82 a month lower at the next two tiers. Bloom's prices include GST; Zylu's pricing page does not say whether its plan prices do. The comparison people usually make — Zylu's ₹625 against Bloom's ₹799 — sets an annual commitment against a month-to-month one, and is not like for like.

On its two higher plans, yes. Zylu's Standard and Premium plans, billed annually, each list "₹9,999 worth of WhatsApp Api Subscription included". Lite and Grow do not include it, and Zylu's footnotes describe WhatsApp notifications as part of its WhatsApp API add-on subscription — so on those two plans it is an extra. Zylu's pricing page does not say whether per-message charges apply on top. Bloom includes WhatsApp in every paid plan with no per-message fee: the booking bot on all plans, and reminders from Growth upward.

Zylu advertises online and offline booking, a mini website, and WhatsApp notifications through its WhatsApp API. A conversational bot that completes a booking inside the WhatsApp chat is not advertised on its pricing page. Bloom's booking bot holds the conversation in WhatsApp, checks availability and confirms the slot. If that distinction does not matter to you, it is not a reason to choose either.

Several things. Zylu publishes a deeper feature matrix than Bloom has, including advanced inventory management, resource management, consent forms, biometric attendance, gift cards and wallet/prepaid cards, a mini website builder, and a 14-day money-back guarantee on annual subscriptions. It also serves pet grooming centres and tattoo studios alongside salons. If you need retail inventory depth or prepaid wallets, Zylu is the more complete product today.

Sources

Zylu is a trademark of its respective owner. This comparison is our own and is not endorsed by or affiliated with Zylu. We have aimed to represent their product fairly from public information — if anything here is out of date or inaccurate, email info@veloqit.com and we will correct it.

14-day free trial, no credit card

Try Bloom before you decide

Import your real customers, run a real week, and see whether it fits. If Zylu suits you better, we would rather you find that out now than two months in.

Start free trial See pricing