Meridianstacks builds top-quality booking & appointment apps for Irish businesses — at a fraction of local-agency cost. We are a team of senior, fluent-English engineers, and your matched hub is Lagos (UTC+1) — a 0–1 hour offset from Dublin, so our engineers share your full working day. You get online scheduling, payments and reminders built to a high standard, at a fixed price in euro, typically 40–70% below a Dublin or Cork agency.
A custom booking & appointment app in Ireland costs roughly €25,000–€75,000 at a local agency. Meridianstacks builds the same app in published bands — from €7,000–€14,000 for a focused single-staff booking app (our Focused tier) to €20,500–€43,500 for a full web + iOS & Android product (Full tier) — a 40–70% saving, at a single fixed price in euro before work starts. It is the most cost-effective way to get a professionally built booking app in Ireland: senior engineers working your timezone, full code ownership, and a GDPR-compliant signed DPA. Premium build, best value.
Salons, barbers, clinics, dentists, gyms and tradespeople who run a daily diary. Replace phone-and-paper booking with online scheduling that fills cancellations, takes deposits and cuts no-shows across multiple staff and locations.
Consultants, coaches, physios, tutors and therapists who sell their time. A clean booking link with calendar sync and online payment lets clients self-book the right slot and pay up front, with zero back-and-forth email.
Founders building a booking-led product — a multi-vendor marketplace, a class platform or a field-service app — who need a real codebase they own and can scale, not a rented subscription that takes a cut of every booking.
A booking & appointment app earns its keep when it removes manual scheduling, gets paid up front and reminds customers automatically. We build the full core set and switch on only what your business needs.
| Option | Irish overlap | Cost vs local agency |
|---|---|---|
| Meridianstacks | Near-full (0–1h) | 40–70% less |
| Dublin / Cork agency | Full | Baseline (€80–160/hr) |
| SaaS booking platform | n/a | Monthly fee + commission |
| In-house hire | Full | Highest + slow to hire |
A free 30-minute call in Irish hours. We map your booking flow, pick the features that matter, and send a fixed price in euro with a timeline — no hourly billing.
Week 1–2. A clickable design of the booking journey and admin diary so you approve the experience before code, with your repository set up under your control.
Week 3–8. Scheduling, calendar sync, payments and reminders built in two-week sprints, with a live demo each Friday and code review on every change.
Stripe deposits, Apple/Google Pay and automated SMS/email reminders wired in and tested end to end with your real services and pricing.
Week 8–10. Automated tests, a staging trial with your own bookings, then go-live on the web and the app stores with your branding.
You receive the full source code, documentation and admin training. Ongoing support and new features are available on a simple monthly basis.
| Build | Typical Irish agency | Meridianstacks | DIY template / SaaS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focused single-staff booking app (Focused tier) | €15,000–€30,000 | €7,000–€14,000 | €0–€60/mo + limits |
| Multi-staff booking platform (Standard tier) | €25,000–€55,000 | €14,000–€27,500 | €40–€200/mo + commission |
| Web + iOS & Android booking product (Full tier) | €40,000–€75,000 | €20,500–€43,500 | Not possible to own |
| Booking marketplace / platform (Marketplace tiers) | €60,000–€120,000+ | €20,500–€52,000 | Not possible to own |
Prices published from our Open Price Book (v1.0 · July 2026 · next review October 2026). All prices exclude VAT.
Indicative ranges; every booking app is quoted as a fixed price in euro before work begins. A DIY SaaS tool is cheaper to start but you rent it forever, can't change how it works, and often pay commission on every booking.
| Meridianstacks | Irish agency | Off-the-shelf SaaS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Build cost | 40–70% less, fixed euro price | Highest (€80–160/hr) | Low monthly fee |
| You own the code | Yes — 100% | Usually yes | No — you rent it |
| Booking commission | None | None | Often per booking |
| Tailored to your workflow | Fully custom | Fully custom | Limited to their features |
| Works your timezone | Yes — Irish hours | Yes | n/a (self-serve) |
| Senior engineers | Yes — meet them first | Varies | No |
| GDPR-compliant signed DPA | Yes | Yes | Their terms only |
Book a free 30-minute scoping call with a senior engineer — in Irish hours. Honest answer on features, timeline and cost for your booking app.
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