DaySmart Salon vs Rivvi

DaySmart Salon is salon management software for scheduling, payments, reminders, reporting, and related business work. It is intended for hair salons, barbershops, nail salons, skin clinics, independent stylists, and suite renters, and supports multiple locations. Clients can book through a salon website, Instagram, Facebook, or a Google Business listing; bookings can require salon approval. Automated text and email reminders, two-way text confirmations, cancellations, rescheduling, and upfront deposits help manage appointments. The built-in payment processing accepts card, contactless, and mobile payments, with funds deposited the next business day. Staff tools include commission calculations, performance tracking, digital time clocks, and per-staff reporting. The mobile app lets users add, book, and check out clients, and a desktop version is available. Basic costs $29 a month and includes one user, online booking, appointment confirmations, social booking, payment processing, and online deposits. There is no free plan, though a 14-day trial is listed. QuickBooks Online connection requires a separate subscription and is limited to eligible US customers on Deluxe, Premier, or Platinum.

Rivvi is an AI workspace for healthcare organizations that answers questions from team files and connected sources, retains organizational memory, and performs approved tasks. Teams can upload spreadsheets up to 50MB for analysis and draft reports, charts, and lists; documents and PDFs can be added in chat. Paid plans include calls, texts, and website chat, with transfer to a person during calls. Integrations include Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, HubSpot, Smartsheet, Birdeye, Paylocity, and LeadingReach, plus 23 clinical and research sources. Rivvi does not write to EHRs, though users can export EHR lists and upload them. The company states that it has SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA safeguards, encrypted PHI storage, role-based permissions, MFA, private-by-default sharing, approval checks, and PHI action logs. Agents do not diagnose, prescribe, or override clinical judgment. Chat follows the user’s language; voice supports Spanish and 30 more languages.