Founded: 2010, Moscow
ManicBot vs Yclients
TL;DR
Yclients is a mature Russian platform. For a salon in Poland: Russia-domiciled, WhatsApp/Instagram/Telegram are paid 3rd-party integrations, no AI receptionist, Polish only as a translation layer. ManicBot is Polish-native, EU-region, AI in the bundle.
Feature comparison
| ManicBot | Yclients | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 45 PLN / mo | ~$8 / mo (5 employees) |
| Free trial | 14 days | 7 days |
| Booking commission | 0% forever | 0% |
| Telegram booking | ✓ native + AI | Via paid 3rd-party (Wazzup etc.) |
| WhatsApp Business | ✓ native + AI | Via paid 3rd-party |
| Instagram DM | ✓ native + AI | Via paid 3rd-party |
| 24/7 AI receptionist | ✓ PL/RU/UK/EN | ✗ |
| Google Calendar sync | ✓ two-way | ✓ two-way |
| HQ | Poland / EU | Russia |
| Languages | PL, RU, UK, EN | RU primary; PL partial |
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Why ManicBot wins
- Built for the EU. Cloudflare D1 in the EU region, Polish-first UX, Stripe billing in PLN, GDPR-native (cookie consent log, marketing consent log, role-based access). Yclients is a Russian product wearing an English skin.
- Channels are native, not bolted on. Telegram + IG + WhatsApp + web in one AI receptionist with one unified inbox. With Yclients you glue together Wazzup + a chatbot + an SMS provider and pay each separately.
- AI drives the conversation. Yclients is calendars + forms. ManicBot is calendars + a 24/7 multilingual AI receptionist that only escalates when it should.
Frequently asked questions
Is Yclients legal in Poland post-2022?
Yclients itself works technically, but your salon and client data lives on Russian infrastructure — that raises GDPR and data-residency questions for many Polish salons. Altegio (the Yclients spin-off) is EU/Cyprus-domiciled and is the preferred fork — but it still has no native WA/IG/TG channels and no AI.
Can I import clients from Yclients?
Yes — ManicBot imports CSV/Excel with standard client fields. Contact support and we'll help map the fields from your Yclients export.
What about reporting? Yclients has rich analytics.
ManicBot has no-show reports, revenue per master, conversion per channel, daily/weekly/monthly. That's 90% of what most salons actually use from Yclients. Full accounting + payroll is on the Q3 2026 roadmap.