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The 9 closest of 14, each with its real monthly cost at 2 users and what it does that Vagaro does not. See all 17.
SimplyBook.me does everything we verified about Vagaro for $22.71 a month less at 2 users, $17.29 against $40. It is a price cut rather than an upgrade: on the two features checked against the vendors’ own pricing pages the two are level. The trade: Vagaro is built for classes and groups and SimplyBook.me is not, so this is a swap with a cost.
The listed price is a 6-month promo and the things a service business tends to need next (forms, deposits via the shopping cart, website, text marketing) are each a $10 to $20 add-on, so the real monthly bill is well above $30; nothing here is for booking sales calls.
It runs $40 a month at 2 users with the add-ons it forces on you included. 12 of the 14 alternatives to Vagaro cost less than that.
Ranked by how much of what we record for Vagaro each platform also does. SimplyBook.me is the nearest, and it is $22.71 a month cheaper at 2 users. On every feature this site records, the two are level.
$22.71 a month cheaper$0 at 1 user
A service business with several providers that wants a booking website, payments and point of sale on one flat price that does not rise with each staff member.
Everything this site records for Vagaro is also recorded for these, and they cost less at 2 users. That is not the same as saying they are better: the last column is what Vagaro is built for that they are not, and for someone who needs that, the saving is not a saving.
| Platform | At 2 users | You save | What Vagaro does that it does not |
|---|---|---|---|
| Square Appointments | $0 | $40 | classes and groups |
| SimplyBook.me | $17.29 | $22.71 | classes and groups |
| Calendly | $24 | $16 | service bookings with staff and deposits, payment at booking and classes and groups |
Prices are the real monthly cost at 2 users, or the equivalent size on whatever each one charges by, with the add-ons each platform forces on you included, from the same engine the shortlist quiz uses.
$40 a month cheaper$0 at 1 user
A salon, clinic or studio that takes card payments in person and wants booking, deposits, no-show fees and the till on one free-to-start system priced per location.
$40 a month cheaper$0 at 1 user
A small service business or team that wants a free booking page with payments and classes for up to four people, and the cheapest paid seat in the class once it pays yearly.
$2 a month dearer$0 at 1 user
Finding a time that suits a whole group, with polls and sign-up sheets as well as a booking page, from a brand people already recognise.
$16 a month cheaper$0 at 1 user
A sales or customer-facing team that wants the booking link everyone already recognises, with round robin and lead routing on the Teams plan.
$57 a month dearer$97 at 2,500 contacts
Booking inside the platform that already runs your CRM, funnels and SMS, with unlimited users and calendars at one flat price.
$16 a month cheaper$0 at 1 user
A sales or service team that wants routing forms, round robin and CRM owner assignment, with a free single-user tier to start on.
$28 a month cheaper$0 at 1 user
A solo operator or small agency who wants a working booking link with payments for nothing, or for one payment of $29 to $79, and never a per-seat bill.
$16 a month cheaper$12 at 1 user
Individuals and small teams who send a lot of links and want the recipient's experience (calendar overlay, ranked availability) to feel considerate rather than pushy.
A salon, spa or fitness studio that wants booking, payments, memberships, inventory and a marketplace listing in one place, priced by how many staff take bookings.
On this site it is the pick for service bookings with staff and deposits, payment at booking and classes and groups. If that is you, read the savings above and then ignore them.
The pairs people actually search for, each one priced at the same four sizes off both vendors' own pages.
SimplyBook.me. It is $22.71 a month cheaper at the size we compare on and gives up nothing we verify, though you should read why it exists before swapping: no two of these do exactly the same job.
Square Appointments, SimplyBook.me and Calendly are cheaper and level with Vagaro on every feature we verify. Nothing here is strictly better: each one exists to do a slightly different job.
Vagaro is $30 a month at 1 user and $90 at 10 users, read off their own pricing page and re-checked every week.
The listed price is a 6-month promo and the things a service business tends to need next (forms, deposits via the shopping cart, website, text marketing) are each a $10 to $20 add-on, so the real monthly bill is well above $30; nothing here is for booking sales calls.
We compare 14 of them here, every one priced at the same size off its own pricing page, and the whole list of 17 is on the scheduling page.
Should yours be on this list? If you make scheduling and appointment booking tools and it is not compared here, ask to be shortlisted. Listings are free and cannot be bought.
Two features were checked against each vendor's own pricing page: a price that does not move with users and a free plan. Those are the ones written above as does and does not. The other 14 are read out of each vendor's own pricing page, so an absence there means we did not find it listed, not that the product lacks it, and those lines say lists and does not list instead. How all of this gets checked.
This page compares everything to Vagaro. The shortlist asks 6 questions about what people book with you and how many calendars there are, and gives you four picks priced at your own team size, which is a better question than “what is like the one I already have”.
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