Cojilio vs Vagaro

Cojilio is booking and payments software for appointment-based businesses, available on Android, iOS, and the web. Clients can book through a branded online portal even when a business does not have a website. Scheduling gathers appointment requests and can account for travel time and fees for mobile services. Payment tools cover service charges and deposits, saved cards, cancellation and no-show fees, and recurring membership payments. Named payment options include Clover, Equinox, Android SmartPOS/SmartECR, TD, Stripe, and PayPal. Staff can manage appointments and consultations from a phone or tablet, view schedule changes in real time, and receive staff-wide announcements. Marketing options include push notifications and SMS campaigns; email campaigns are marked as coming soon. Cojilio offers branded customer apps for iOS and Android, and an Apple Developer Account is required. Plans include a six-day trial, and there is no free plan. Listed prices range from C$9.99 a month for SMS Marketing ONLY to C$299 a month for Business Ultimate. The maker says personal information is kept on controlled, secure servers and protected in transmission with encryption such as SSL.

Vagaro is business management and scheduling software for beauty, wellness, and fitness businesses. It combines booking pages and payments with calendar and resource management, reporting, inventory, invoices, memberships, packages, gift certificates, and customer tracking. Businesses can offer group bookings, automated reminders, and two-way calendar sync. Vagaro says it serves independent providers through businesses with multiple locations, and listings on the Vagaro Marketplace come at no additional cost. The web-based service is available through vagaro.com, with Vagaro Pro apps for Apple and Android devices. QuickBooks and Xero integrations can import sales transactions, taxes, tips, and refunds; when synchronization starts, QuickBooks initially imports only the previous two months of Vagaro data. APIs and webhooks can connect accounts to external systems and send real-time business-event notifications. The One Location plan costs $30 a month, billed monthly, for one location. A United States base subscription is listed at $23.99 a month for the first six months, with one bookable calendar included. Vagaro offers a 30-day trial, which excludes email marketing, text marketing, and the branded app.