Emplora vs Wellyx Salon POS

Emplora brings employee scheduling, shift management, and staff rota planning into one platform for small and mid-size businesses. Managers can prepare weekly or monthly schedules, with saved changes becoming visible to the team. Employees can check schedules in a phone browser using a QR code or PIN, without installing an app. Time-off requests and employee shift swaps require manager approval and are available from Starter. Schedules can be exported as CSV or PDF for payroll workflows. The Free plan supports one location and up to 15 employees; Starter and Professional add capacity and features such as notifications, reports, attendance tracking, analytics, and labour cost reports. Enterprise offers flexible pricing, unlimited scale, SSO, API access, a dedicated SLA, and training. Emplora says it uses bank-grade encryption and organisation-level data isolation, and its DPA covers EU GDPR, UK GDPR, and applicable data-protection law. Human support is listed as responding within 24 hours, usually faster. The service is available on the web and through an API; fully rules-based schedule generation and POS and PMS integrations are roadmap items. Pricing is Free, with paid plans from $39/mo and a 30-day trial.

Wellyx Salon POS is a checkout and payment system for salons, with product and stock tracking for in-person and online retail. Salons can use it to sell services, packages, and retail items such as haircare and styling tools. A website widget lets customers make purchases without being redirected to another site. Payment options listed include Stripe for cards, GoCardless for ACH and bank transfers, and PayTabs in some Middle Eastern countries. Communications integrations include WhatsApp, Twilio for calls and SMS, and Mailgun for email; website integrations include Wix, WordPress, Shopify, and Squarespace. Wellyx describes the software as web-based, requiring an internet connection and browser but no installation, and says staff and customer apps are available for iOS and Android. POS is included in the Exceed plan at $199 a month and Ultimate at $299 a month; Excel costs $99 a month and does not list POS. A free trial is available, but there is no free plan. Wellyx says it uses encryption, role-based access, audits, and monitoring, and states a GDPR commitment.