10 Best Salon Booking Software of 2026

GlossGenius prices by plan, which keeps costs flat as a small salon adds chairs. Standard is $24 a month billed annually, or $28 month to month, and already includes a custom booking website, unlimited client notifications, email and text marketing, inventory and retail tracking, and packages and memberships. Clients book without logging in or downloading an app. Gold, at $48 a month billed annually, is aimed at teams of up to 9 staff and adds forms and waivers, Google booking and reviews, an automated waitlist, time tracking and room and resource management. Platinum at $148 adds team goal setting and customizable commissions for larger teams. Deposits, cancellation and no-show rules and card-on-file policies protect the calendar. Payroll is an add-on at $40 a month plus $6 per seat, and an AI receptionist that answers calls and texts costs $50 a month. The tradeoff is that payments run through GlossGenius, so compare its processing rates with your current provider.

Boulevard is built for salons and spas that treat booking as part of the brand. Essentials costs $143 a month for one location on annual billing and covers up to 5 bookable providers, 250 free texts, 1,000 free email blasts and 50 GB of storage. Premier removes the provider cap and is listed at $234 per location under a limited-time fall offer, normally $293, while Prestige bundles the Forms add-on, 2,500 texts and 10,000 email blasts for $328, normally $410. Client self-booking, profiles, loyalty, memberships, buy now pay later and a dispute center for chargebacks are part of the platform, and the new AI Receptionist answers calls and books clients. Payments run on the Boulevard Duo reader with an iPad app. Onboarding is hands-on, with a specialist who sets up locations, menus and staff. The cost adds up: forms, QuickBooks sync and texting beyond the allowance are paid extras, so price the full stack before you sign.

Mangomint skips plan tiers. You pay $120 a month per location and $10 per user, where a user is anyone with a profile, including front desk staff, and that buys the whole core platform: calendar and scheduling, payments and point of sale, online booking, Express Booking, a Virtual Waiting Room, mobile apps, client management, web chat, memberships and packages, forms and charting, gift cards, retail and inventory, staff management, reporting and multi-location tools. Add-ons are clearly priced: a phone line with in-app calls and texts is $70 a month, marketing campaigns and automated flows start at $30 a month, and payroll is $50 a month plus $8 per worker. In-person card payments cost 2.45% plus 15 cents. There are no contracts, onboarding and data transfer are free, and you can keep your data if you leave. The catch is the starting cost: a single-chair studio pays more here than on GlossGenius or Booksy.

Square Appointments is the easiest way to start taking bookings if you already use Square to get paid. Square Free costs nothing per month and gives solo professionals an online booking site, appointment reminders and unlimited staff calendars, with only processing fees when you take a payment. Square Plus at $49 per location per month adds cancellation policies and no-show fees, multi-staff appointment booking and a waitlist, plus 500 marketing texts a month. Square Premium at $149 per location targets large salons with complex staff management and includes 2,500 texts and the lowest processing fees. Both paid plans come with a 30-day free trial. Square Payroll starts at $35 a month plus $6 per person paid, and you can take payments through invoices, payment links or Tap to Pay on a phone without buying hardware. The limit is depth: specialist salon tools such as consultation charting and loyalty built around services are lighter here than on GlossGenius or Boulevard.

Vagaro packs a lot into every plan. The pricing page lists AI business and marketing tools, payments with a free card reader offer, calendar and resource management, waitlists, memberships, packages and gift certificates, 1,000 free emails a month, advanced reporting, loyalty programs, SOAP notes, inventory, invoices, daily deals and a listing on the Vagaro Marketplace. Clients can book through Vagaro, Instagram, Facebook and Apple Maps, and owners can add a branded app and a MySite website. Pricing scales by bookable calendars: Vagaro says each license you add at a location costs $10 in the US, up to seven licenses, after which extra employees cost nothing more. The base monthly price showed in pounds from our location, so we mark the US price as pending. Multi-location groups get Flagship Syncing, custom access levels, SSO with SCIM, payroll and rent collection. The breadth comes with a busier interface than GlossGenius or Square.

Fresha charges for each bookable team member rather than by feature tier. The Independent plan covers one-person businesses with a single calendar column, 50 free messages and 100 free marketing emails, while Team adds multiple calendar columns and phone support, and Enterprise is offered for businesses with more than 20 team members. Both main plans include calendar scheduling, waitlists, point of sale, client management, consultation forms, ratings and reviews, retail and inventory, an online product store, quotes and invoices, reporting, marketing tools, deals, gift cards, packages, memberships, group bookings and patch tests. Fresha says its marketplace has more than 25 million customers looking to book; brand new clients found there carry a one-time fee, while returning clients never do. Team management features such as commissions, wages and timesheets are limited to Team. Optional add-ons include an AI Concierge, client loyalty and Google review prompts. The page showed prices in zloty from our location, so the US price is pending.

Booksy keeps pricing simple: $29.99 a month for the business, plus $20 a month for each additional team member, with every feature included. That covers marketing tools, message blasts, waitlists, gift cards, text and email marketing, a free listing on the Booksy marketplace and unlimited bookings, and clients book through a free app with no fees. There is no commitment and a 14-day trial that does not need a credit card. Booksy does not take commissions on clients who find you through your own link or marketing. The paid exception is Boost, an optional marketing feature that charges 30% of the first visit for brand new clients who book while it is on, so share your own profile link with regulars. In-person payments on the Booksy card reader cost 2.49% plus 10 cents per transaction. Booksy fits barbers and independent pros better than spas that need resources, charting or multi-location controls.

Timely charges per bookable staff member and lists three plans in US dollars. Build at $26 per staff per month covers a social booking page and mini website, team calendars, SMS and email reminders, stock management and online payments, with 100 SMS a month. The middle plan at $39 adds digital consultation forms, client photo and document storage, add-on services, a waitlist for cancellations and pricing tiers by staff seniority, with 200 SMS. Innovate at $47 adds automatic consultation forms, automated rebooking reminders, staff sales targets, VIP services and a personalized booking confirmation page, with 350 SMS. None of the plans charge new client fees, which separates Timely from marketplace-led tools. Clients can book around the clock, including through Instagram, Facebook and Messenger buttons. The page we loaded showed a Europe region with fees in local currency, so check card rates for your country. Per-staff pricing also gets expensive for large salons compared with flat-fee rivals.

Phorest leans toward growth and retention for salons with a steady client base. Its pricing page compares five plans, Starter, Grow, Complete, Advantage and Elite, but does not show plan totals, so the price is pending. Booking features include an appointment calendar, a waiting list, online booking around the clock from your website and social channels, controls on last-minute online bookings and which staff and services can be booked, and links between rooms, equipment and services to stop double booking. Owners can charge no-shows, sell courses and series of prepaid services with automatic redemption, and add service extras without extending appointment time. Phorest Chat adds two-way SMS, with 7,500 messages for $99 listed on some plans. Marketing and retention tools include memberships, the Phorest Ads Manager for Facebook and Instagram, leads management, Premium Consultations with photo comparisons and face mapping, Cheat Sheet AI and Front Desk AI. An optional branded app lists your salon in both app stores.

Booker is Mindbody's software for salons and spas, aimed at day spas, hotel spas, salons, barbershops, beauty bars and massage studios. Plans start at $139, and every tier includes management tools for staff, schedules, inventory and revenue, point of sale with ecommerce and online gift cards, email and text reminders, a customized website that links to your Booker services page, and a listing on the Mindbody app, which Mindbody says reaches more than 3 million monthly shoppers. Starter sends up to 3,000 text notifications and reminders. Accelerate adds unlimited active staff profiles, smart contact lists, email templates and loyalty rewards. Ultimate adds automated email and text marketing, unlimited two-way texting, review prompts, referral tracking and tools that fill last-minute openings. An AI chatbot that answers questions and missed calls is an add-on. Setup includes 1-on-1 training and data migration, but every plan starts with a sales call, and the entry price is higher than most self-serve rivals here.