Sawyer takes a cut of your revenue and lists your classes next to your competitors. Baluu builds your brand with a white-label booking system that keeps student data safe in Europe.
✓ White-label booking • ✓ GDPR-native • ✓ No marketplace fees
Sawyer acts as a marketplace. When you send a parent to book, they might see ads for other schools nearby. You do the marketing work, and Sawyer reaps the benefits. Baluu is white-label and invisible on your website — your parents see your logo, your colors, and your classes with no cross-sell distractions.
Keep your brand, your data, and your revenue.
| Feature | Sawyer (HiSawyer) | Baluu |
|---|---|---|
| Customer Journey | Redirects to marketplace | Embeds on your website |
| Competition | ⚠️ Shows competitors | ✅ Your brand only |
| Fees | 💰 High monthly + % fees | ✅ Transparent / flat |
| Children’s Data | 🇺🇸 Stored in USA | 🇪🇺 Protected in Europe |
| Term Dates | US semester focus | Flexible / UK terms |
| Waitlists | Basic | Automated & smart |
As an educator, protecting student privacy is non-negotiable. Sawyer stores sensitive data (names, ages, medical notes) on US servers, subject to the US CLOUD Act. Baluu is GDPR-native, hosted in Europe, and encrypted end to end for peace of mind.
Sawyer charges high fees per transaction to fund a marketplace model. With Baluu, you pay a fair price for software — not a referral fee for your own parents. Save thousands per year just by switching.
When you use Sawyer, you are sending your data and your money to a Silicon Valley giant subject to the US CLOUD Act. This allows US authorities to access data stored on American servers, even if it belongs to a European citizen.
Baluu is different. We are a proudly independent European business with real people working across the UK, Portugal, Spain, and Lithuania.
We do not just follow GDPR because we have to; we follow it because we live here. We understand your market, your values, and your timezone because we share them.
White-label booking, GDPR-native data, and no marketplace fees.