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commercetools vs SalonBiz

commercetools logo

commercetools

Software

The Digital Commerce AI Company

From
On request
Rated
-
SalonBiz logo

SalonBiz

Software

Complete salon and spa management suite

From
$89/month
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: commercetools no pricing plans or figures are published; the pricing page states specific pricing details require contacting sales and offers only a Talk to sales link; SalonBiz pricing is per location: $160 per month for Basic, $265 for Essential and $370 for Premium

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which commercetools and SalonBiz actually diverge.

Attributes where commercetools and SalonBiz differ
AttributecommercetoolsSalonBiz
Starting priceOn request$89/month
Pricing modelquotesubscription
PlatformsWebWeb, Windows
FoundedUnknown2005

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in commercetools

Nothing recorded that SalonBiz does not also cover.

Only in SalonBiz

  • Appointment scheduling
  • Point of sale
  • Inventory management
  • Client database
  • Staff management
  • Marketing automation
  • Business reporting
  • QuickBooks

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

commercetools

No use cases recorded yet. See the commercetools review.

SalonBiz

  • Salon appointment booking and point of sale priced per locationnot commercetools
  • Integrated card payments through SalonBiz Paymentsnot commercetools
  • Beauty school and institute management with student recordsnot commercetools

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

commercetools

  • No pricing plans or figures are published; the pricing page states specific pricing details require contacting sales and offers only a Talk to sales link
  • Premium Support, Audit Log Premium, Advanced B2B APIs and additional regions are sold as separate paid add-ons rather than included in the base order-based price

SalonBiz

  • Pricing is per location: $160 per month for Basic, $265 for Essential and $370 for Premium
  • Each tier caps service professionals at 5, 12 and 20 respectively, with extra staff sold in blocks of 10 at $55 per month
  • Not using SalonBiz Payments raises the monthly fee by $25 to $45 depending on tier
  • School and institute plans are capped at 100 students on Essential and 200 on Premium, with extra students at $15 per month per 25
  • Enterprise and multi location pricing is quote only with no published rate

Pricing, plan by plan

commercetools

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the commercetools review.

SalonBiz

$89/month
  • Standard$89/month
    • Scheduling
    • POS
    • Client database
  • Premium$179/month
    • Everything in Standard
    • Inventory
    • Staff management

Which should you pick?

Choose commercetools if

Nothing in the data separates commercetools from SalonBiz on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Choose SalonBiz if

  • You need appointment scheduling.
  • You work on Web, Windows.
  • You also want point of sale.

Questions people ask

Is commercetools or SalonBiz better?
Neither clearly leads. commercetools starts at On request and SalonBiz at $89/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, commercetools or SalonBiz?
commercetools starts at On request and SalonBiz at $89/month.
Does commercetools or SalonBiz run on more platforms?
commercetools runs on Web. SalonBiz runs on Web, Windows.
What can commercetools do that SalonBiz cannot?
SalonBiz covers Appointment scheduling, Point of sale, Inventory management, Client database.

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