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How ChairPilot Pro compares

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 β€” what each is good at, and where ChairPilot fits.

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ChairPilot Pro vs Square

Square Appointments

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.

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ChairPilot Pro vs Booksy

Booksy

Booksy is a marketplace-first booking app for barbers. ChairPilot is the operating system behind the chair β€” own your booking page, bring your own payments, pay no commission.

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ChairPilot Pro vs Vagaro

Vagaro

Vagaro is feature-rich but priced per calendar with many paid add-ons. ChairPilot is flat-priced with marketing, loyalty and memberships included β€” and your own payments.

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ChairPilot Pro vs Fresha

Fresha

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.

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ChairPilot Pro vs GlossGenius

GlossGenius

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.

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ChairPilot Pro vs Mindbody

Mindbody

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.

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ChairPilot Pro vs Acuity

Acuity Scheduling

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.

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ChairPilot Pro vs StyleSeat

StyleSeat

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.

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ChairPilot Pro vs Spreadsheets

Spreadsheets & Pen-and-Paper

Free but manual β€” spreadsheets mean missed reminders, double-bookings and no real reports. ChairPilot automates booking, reminders, POS and analytics.

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Why a dedicated platform

Built to run your shop β€” and keep what you earn

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.

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Bring your own payments

Connect your own Stripe or Square and keep your processing rate. No marketplace commission on your sales, ever.

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Everything in one place

Booking, POS, retail, memberships, loyalty, marketing and reports β€” not five separate apps or a pile of paid add-ons.

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Made for your trade

Salon, barbershop, spa and pet-grooming modes, each tuned to how your shop actually works.

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