Vagaro vs Zoho Bookings

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.

Zoho Bookings schedules appointments and other event types, including one-on-one, group, collective, and resource-based bookings. It provides booking pages, payment collection, round-robin scheduling, automated reminders, and two-way synchronization with Google and Outlook calendars. Teams can be managed with roles and permissions, while workspaces organize event types by location or department. Custom workflows can automate email and SMS communication, CRM updates, and invoice creation. Payments can be collected through Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, and other major providers. Browser access and mobile apps for iOS and Android are available. The forever-free plan is for one user and includes one event type and workspace, online meetings, reminders, and two-way calendar sync. Paid plans start at $6 per user per month with annual billing, and the premium trial lasts 15 days without requiring card details. Zoho says plans can be canceled at any time without penalties or further charges and states that Bookings is GDPR compliant.