SalonAppy vs Salonist

SalonAppy is an online management system for hair salons, beauty salons, spas, and related businesses. It combines appointment scheduling, online booking, staff calendars, and mobile staff access through Android, iOS, and the web. Client tools support records, tags, discounts, and advanced filtering. Automated SMS and WhatsApp messages can send reminders, confirmations, surveys, and birthday greetings. The system tracks product sales, inventory, low-stock alerts, client payments, receivables, expenses, and revenue. Administrators can control employee permissions for viewing, adding, editing, or deleting information. The Pro plan lists Google Calendar and Reserve with Google integrations; WhatsApp and Instagram are additional modules. SalonAppy says its iPhone, iPad, and Android apps support 23 languages, data is stored on secure servers with automatic backups, and users can export data. The Pro plan costs $12.50 a month per user, billed yearly. The service has no free plan and offers a trial period.

Salonist is cloud-based salon management software covering bookings, point of sale, inventory, staff, marketing and memberships. It works on web and mobile without installation. Clients can book at any time through a website, Instagram or the Salonist app, with automatic reminders and options for recurring or package bookings. Its integrated POS supports card, contactless and Stripe terminal payments, bulk checkout, payment reports and stock updates. The service targets businesses ranging from hair salons, massage centers and spas to barbershops, nail salons, aesthetic skin clinics and pet groomers. Salonist lists more than 40 integrations, including Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, Clover, QuickBooks and Authorize.Net. The free Market Place Listing plan includes 50 appointments per month. Essential costs $59.00 per month, Advance costs $109.00 per month and Expert costs $179.00 per month. Expert includes a custom-branded client app published under the salon's name. A 15% commission applies once to the first visit from a new client discovered through its marketplace; returning-client and direct bookings do not incur that fee.