MinutkaA NextMe alternative without a text allowance
NextMe does the restaurant and clinic waitlist well: guests join by QR, a kiosk or your website, get a text when it is their turn and watch a virtual waiting room. Its plans grow with texts and users: 100 texts and one user on the free plan, 3,000 texts and five users on Starter. We do not send texts at all, which is a real limitation, and in exchange nothing about your line is metered.
NextMe is a waitlist app built around text messages: a free plan with 100 texts a month and one user, then Starter at $49.99 and Business at $79.99 a month billed annually, with 3,000 and 5,000 texts. Minutka sends no texts at all: guests follow their place in the browser and get Telegram or browser push messages, and Business is $49 a month for 10 windows with unlimited staff.
Side by side
NextMe publishes Free (100 SMS a month, 1 user), Starter at $49.99 a month billed annually or $59.99 monthly (3,000 SMS, 5 users), Business at $79.99 billed annually or $99.99 monthly (5,000 SMS, 10 users) and Custom on request, with a 14-day trial. Figures checked in November 2026 on nextmeapp.com/pricing. Plans change, so check theirs before you decide.
Where NextMe is the better choice
If any of these matter to you, stay with them. A queue you fight with costs more than the subscription.
Texts that reach everyone
An SMS reaches any phone without a browser tab or a messenger. For guests who will not scan anything twice, that is the most reliable channel, and we do not offer it.
Native apps for staff
Staff get web, iOS and Android apps with syncing across devices. Our staff side runs in the browser, which works well but is not a native app.
Repeat guests and follow-ups
Repeat guest recognition is listed on every plan and follow-up messages on Business. Our visitor history card is on our more expensive plan.
Where Minutka fits better
Nothing to run out of
With no texts there is no allowance to plan around, and the busiest month costs exactly what a quiet one does.
Staff are not counted on paid plans
Business includes 10 windows with unlimited staff for $49 a month, so the weekend crew does not need extra seats.
36 languages for guests
The ticket page, the board and the kiosk work in 36 languages on every plan, including Arabic written right to left.
What it looks like
Real screens, not mockups: a live queue at a clinic with five people waiting.
Common questions
No, and that is a deliberate trade-off. People are notified through Telegram or a push in the browser, which costs nothing per message, so a busy day does not turn into a bill. If SMS is a hard requirement for your visitors, a tool that bills for texts will suit you better than we will.
Yes, on Business Pro: a guest booked for 7:30 checks in and is called at their time while walk-ins fill the gaps, all in one list. On Business, bookings and the walk-in line run as two queues side by side.
There is nothing to migrate on the visitor side: your queue starts empty every day anyway. Create a queue, print the QR poster, open the board on any screen. Most places are running the same afternoon, and you can keep the old system live for a week and compare.
The free plan has no monthly cap on how many people take a ticket: unlimited queues, up to two windows per account and two staff members per queue, notifications via Telegram and browser push, a display board with voice call-ups, a kiosk and daily stats. Business is $49 a month for 10 windows and adds unlimited staff, services with routing, appointments, your own branding, board media and analytics. Business Pro is $79 a month for 30 windows and adds Excel export, forecasting, several branches under one roof, an open API and webhooks. Extra windows are added one at a time: you pay for windows, not for locations, queues or visitors.
Try it on one real line
Free, no signup. Keep your current system running and compare for a week.
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