Pronto vs PuroBarber

Pronto provides appointment booking, point of sale, client CRM, inventory tracking, and automated reminders for salons and related businesses. It is presented for beauty, hair, and nail salons, barbershops, spas, lash studios, and tattoo studios. Clients can book online using only a name and phone number, without an account or app download. The point of sale supports cash, card, and transfer, discounts, printed or digital receipts, and offline checkout. Booking confirmations and reminders can be sent through Email, Telegram, WhatsApp, and Viber. Businesses can link a booking page from Instagram or Google and import client lists from Fresha, Vagaro, Booksy, Mindbody, Square, or another platform that exports CSV. Cloud users can export client data and history; self-hosted data stays on the user's server. The free plan allows one staff member, 100 clients, 50 bookings per month, and 100 products. Starter costs $19 a month and includes five staff, unlimited clients and bookings, and 2,000 products. Pronto runs on the web and supports self-hosting on Linux, macOS, or Windows with WSL2; self-hosting uses Docker Compose and requires at least 1 GB RAM.

PuroBarber brings barbershop operations together with a barber forum, videos, a store, and a client directory. Its management tools handle appointments, client records, point of sale, inventory, commissions, and reports for solo barbers or teams. Staff can place walk-in clients in a digital queue, assign them to available barbers, and notify them when service is ready. The calendar shows each barber’s availability and sends automatic reminders. Payments can be cash, card, or a mix, with tickets and transaction records available. Inventory tools track minimum stock, reorder alerts, product use by service, and consumption reports. Owners managing multiple locations can oversee location-specific staff, stock, appointments, and reporting in one dashboard. Reports cover sales, commissions, best-selling products, frequent customers, and revenue by period, and can be exported. PuroBarber is cloud-based, requires an internet connection, and runs on Android, iOS, and the web. The free Solo plan is free; paid plans include Barbershop at 199 MXN a month and Barbershop Plus at 499 MXN a month. A 30-day trial is listed.