LOOKING FOR A VAGARO ALTERNATIVE? YOUR OWN SALON WEBSITE, BOOKING BUILT IN

Switching from Vagaro? Instinctor gives you a website that wins clients, plus online booking, memberships, checkout and a 24/7 Smart Chat. We design it for you, $199 with Managed, or $499 on its own.

VAGARO VS INSTINCTOR

$30 is the hook, $199 is the bill

A four-chair salon, all in. Add a chair on Vagaro and the bill climbs. Add a chair here and nothing changes.

	Vagaro	Instinctor
Scheduling, 4 chairs	$60 a month	included
Website builder	plus $10 a month	included
Check-in app	plus $10 a month	included
Text marketing	extra	included
Card processing	2.2 to 3.5% a swipe	your own Stripe rate
Typical monthly	$150 to $199+	$44.80 all in$29.90 software + $14.90 hosting

Where Instinctor differs, then the basics

	Vagaro	Instinctor
Your own website, designed for you	No	Yes, $199 with Managed, or $499 on its own
Smart Chat that answers and books 24/7	No	Yes
Your own address, your clients	Their marketplace	Yours
Per-chair fees	Yes	Never
Online booking and shared calendar	Yes	Yes
Text reminders and notifications	Yes	Yes
Memberships, packages, gift cards	Yes	Yes
Loyalty program	Yes	Yes
Payments and invoices	Yes	Yes

CLIENTS CHOOSE THEIR STYLIST ON YOUR OWN SITE

On Vagaro the stylist picker sits on their marketplace, next to competing salons. Here it is on your own site: your stylists, their photos, booked in a few taps.

BOOKSY ALTERNATIVE

Booksy is $29.99 a month plus $20 for each extra team member, and its Boost takes 30 percent of a new client's first visit. Your listing sits in Booksy's directory beside every other shop in town.

FRESHA ALTERNATIVE

Fresha takes 20 percent of every new client it books through its marketplace, with card fees from 2.29 percent. On your own site the client still picks a stylist by name, and the booking carries no commission.

GLOSSGENIUS ALTERNATIVE

GlossGenius is $24 a month for one pro and $48 on Gold once you add staff, with 2.6 percent taken from every payment. Your page is a booking form hosted on GlossGenius.

BOULEVARD ALTERNATIVE

Boulevard is sold through a demo call, from about $176 a month for up to five staff to $410 per location. The booking is polished, and the website is still yours to build.

STYLESEAT ALTERNATIVE

StyleSeat is a directory: a client choosing a stylist sees competitors listed on the same page. Here the stylist picker is on your own site, with your logo and your photography.

SQUARE APPOINTMENTS ALTERNATIVE

Square Appointments runs the calendar and leaves the website to be built somewhere else. Here the site, the booking and the client list are one system on your own address.

READY TO LEAVE VAGARO BEHIND

We build your salon site for $199 and $79.90 a month on Managed, or $499 and then $29.90 a month for the software plus $14.90 for hosting, on your own address, with booking, reminders and check-in included. Press Message and ask it anything: it answers on the spot, by text.