Shopping for a way to run your salon, barbershop or spa? Here's a straight comparison of ChairPilot Pro against the tools shops actually use — what each is good at, and where ChairPilot fits.
Square Appointments is free to start but locks you into Square payments. ChairPilot is a salon-specific OS where you bring your own processor and keep your rates.
Booksy is a marketplace-first booking app for barbers. ChairPilot is the operating system behind the chair — own your booking page, bring your own payments, pay no commission.
Vagaro is feature-rich but priced per calendar with many paid add-ons. ChairPilot is flat-priced with marketing, loyalty and memberships included — and your own payments.
Fresha is no longer free and still takes 20% on new marketplace clients. ChairPilot is flat-priced with zero marketplace commission and your own payments.
GlossGenius is a polished app for solo beauty pros with locked-in payments. ChairPilot is built for teams and multi-location shops, with your own processor.
Mindbody is an enterprise, class-first wellness suite that’s often overkill for a salon. ChairPilot is right-sized and a fraction of the price.
Acuity is a general scheduler with no real POS, retail or loyalty. ChairPilot is the salon-specific all-in-one that runs the whole shop.
StyleSeat is a solo-pro marketplace that takes 30% on new clients and bills your customers a booking fee. ChairPilot charges a flat price and 0% commission.
Free but manual — spreadsheets mean missed reminders, double-bookings and no real reports. ChairPilot automates booking, reminders, POS and analytics.
Most booking tools are a marketplace that rents you clients, a generic scheduler, or an app locked to one payment processor. ChairPilot Pro does one job well: run your whole shop, on your terms.
Connect your own Stripe or Square and keep your processing rate. No marketplace commission on your sales, ever.
Booking, POS, retail, memberships, loyalty, marketing and reports — not five separate apps or a pile of paid add-ons.
Salon, barbershop, spa and pet-grooming modes, each tuned to how your shop actually works.
Start your free 14-day trial today. Your booking page can be live in minutes — no credit card required.