Homade vs Merlin AI: Which Is Better in 2026?

Homade is a browser-based CRM and ERP for beauty salons, independent specialists and salon teams. Its interface is in Russian. The product connects appointments, customer records, services, payments and operational reports so staff can work with the same information across the client visit, rather than copy it between a calendar, a contact list and a cash spreadsheet.

The appointment journal is organised around specialists and rooms. It supports online booking, service durations, buffers and breaks, and a waiting list. Client cards hold visit history and details relevant to repeat appointments, including beauty notes, colouring formulas and photographs. These are working records for the salon, rather than a separate marketing contact list.

Financial tools cover payments and the information needed to calculate staff compensation. Other sections support stock records, loyalty programmes, certificates and subscriptions. Management reports help a salon inspect revenue, average transaction value and staff workload. Available functions depend on the selected plan, so a team should compare the tariff with its own workflow before importing a live database.

The Solo plan is permanently free for one specialist, with an unlimited number of clients. It includes the online booking page, appointment journal, services, payments and client cards. This permanent plan is separate from the fourteen-day trial of paid functionality offered at registration. Paid tiers increase the available team size and add functions such as employee roles, payroll, stock, analytics and integration options.

SMS messages are charged separately. Published prices are in Russian roubles, and the monthly equivalent changes with the selected billing period. The official tariff section shows the total charge and duration together; these should be checked when comparing a one-month subscription with an annual payment.

A public, read-only demo is available at https://app.homade.ru/demo. It uses fictional people and appointments. The attached screenshot shows the real demo interface, allowing a prospective user to inspect navigation without providing a customer database. It is not a production salon report.

Homade is developed by Levitsky Concept. Questions about plan limits, migration from another booking system and the functions needed for a particular salon can be sent to homade@levitsky-c.ru. Individual integrations and messaging providers should be confirmed before committing to a migration.

What problem it solves

Salons and independent specialists need to coordinate appointments, client histories, payments and staff schedules. Homade groups these records and offers a permanent free plan for a single specialist.

MerlinAI is an AI-powered ERP built exclusively for the construction industry. It unifies estimating, procurement, project management, materials, shop floor operations, and financials into one agentic platform. Three product lines serve the full ecosystem: Merlin EOS runs production operations for contractors, Merlin PI coordinates supply chains for developers, and Merlin Merchant connects suppliers to live construction projects.
Merlin AI brings project management, estimating, materials tracking, job costing, finance, scheduling, and CRM together into a single platform, so construction teams aren't stitching together separate tools for each function. Its AI-powered execution intelligence surfaces margin erosion, schedule slippage, and cost risks early, connecting real-time job costing directly to scheduling and materials data so budget and timeline never drift apart unnoticed. Built specifically for construction workflows rather than adapted from generic project management software, it serves general contractors, real estate developers, trade contractors, and modular/manufactured builders in one unified system.

Who is the software for?
General contractors, real estate developers, trade contractors, and modular/manufactured builders construction businesses that need to manage estimating, job costing, scheduling, and finance without juggling disconnected spreadsheets or point solutions.

What does it do for them?
Merlin AI gives construction teams one system to plan, cost, schedule, and execute projects replacing manual tracking and fragmented software with AI-driven visibility into margins, timelines, and materials, so teams catch problems early instead of after a project's already over budget or behind schedule.

What problem it solves
Construction companies run 8–17 disconnected tools separate software for estimating, procurement, scheduling, materials, finance, and CRM none of which talk to each other in real time. Teams spend more time moving data between systems than running projects, and problems only surface after they've already caused delays or cost overruns. MerlinAI replaces that fragmented stack with one AI-powered platform that coordinates everything in real time. The pain is felt by contractors, property developers, and building material suppliers.

Alternatives & competitors
MerlinAI is an alternative to Procore, Buildertrend, and Autodesk Construction Cloud but unlike those tools, which report on work after it happens, MerlinAI's agentic AI orchestrates projects in real time. It also replaces legacy construction ERPs like Sage 300 and Viewpoint Vista, which are expensive, slow to implement, and built on decades-old technology. MerlinAI is the only option built AI-native and exclusively for construction.