Argus vs Booksy

Argus is salon-management software for pet grooming businesses. It combines online booking, scheduling, customer and pet records, staff management, checkout, and reporting in a browser-based service. Calendars show each groomer’s day, support drag-to-reschedule, staff shifts, and repeating rotas. A branded booking page offers times based on salon hours, shifts, existing appointments, and staff qualifications. Records can hold breed, size, birthday, microchip number, photos, notes, and grooming history. Checkout handles services, consumables, discounts, tips, tax, and staff commissions. Optional texts cover confirmations, changes, grooming-due reminders, day-before reminders, and review requests. One account can manage multiple branches with separate calendars and booking pages, plus cross-location reporting. The dashboard and booking portal support nine languages. Usage-based pricing is $10 a month per active team member; SMS costs $0.01 segment, with rates up to 0.15 USD by recipient country.

Booksy is a booking and business management app for beauty and barber professionals, including independent practitioners and salon or barbershop owners. Clients can book through a business profile, Instagram, Google, or the Booksy consumer app at any time. Businesses can set cancellation policies, send free SMS reminders, take deposits or cancellation fees, and use an automated waitlist. Payment options include Tap to Pay, a card reader, and card-on-file payments; next-business-day payouts are listed as free. Subscription tools include text and email marketing, rebooking reminders, loyalty stamp cards, packages, gift cards, and automatic review requests. Team features cover staff schedules, shifts and time off, commission and tip tracking, inventory, and access permissions. Booksy lists Android, iOS, and web access, and booking integrations with Google, Instagram, and Facebook. The Booksy plan is $29.99 a month plus tax; each additional user costs 20 USD per month. Payment processing and hardware are excluded. There is no free plan, but a 14-day trial is available.