Salonipy vs Vagaro

Salonipy is salon management software for salons, spas, and barbershops, covering appointments, billing, staff, inventory, and client marketing. Its calendar warns about overlapping bookings for the same stylist and suggests the next open slot. Clients can send requests through a shareable online booking link, but the salon confirms them. The software creates invoices, prints thermal receipts, and shares PDF invoices through WhatsApp. It tracks staff attendance, commission, and payout information, and can deduct retail and back-bar products from stock automatically. WhatsApp reminders and confirmations use salon-controlled templates. Appointments and billing can continue offline and sync after reconnection. The seven-day trial includes all features and requires no credit card. Monthly access costs $5 a month; yearly access costs $30 a year; lifetime access costs 150.00 USD once. The monthly and yearly plans cover the whole salon, and the monthly plan includes unlimited appointments. Salonipy is available on Android, iOS, web, and Windows. It records card payments but does not process them or include a card terminal.

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.