Beauty & Salon · head to head
Envision vs Belliata
Envision
Beauty & Salon
Salon management software with integrated POS
- From
- $79/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Belliata has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Envision standard plan includes only 1 user and charges $20 per additional user up to a 5 seat cap; Belliata an archive capture of belliata.com/pricing from 11 December 2023 shows a Free plan (forever, no cost) as one of the named tiers, but the paid tier prices rendered as unreadable/broken text in the captured HTML so no paid figure can be quoted
- They diverge on capability: Envision covers Appointment scheduling, Belliata covers Online booking.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Envision and Belliata actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Beauty & Salon).
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 Envision
- Appointment scheduling
- Point of sale
- Inventory management
- Staff scheduling
- SMS reminders
- Reporting
Only in Belliata
- Online booking
- Calendar management
- Marketing automation
- Business analytics
- Staff management
- Custom branding
- Multi-language support
- Google Calendar
Both cover
- Client database
- Stripe
- SSL encryption
- Cloud deployment
- Web support
- English language support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Envision
- Salon and spa businesses managing bookings, marketing campaigns and payments in one platformnot Belliata
Belliata
- Premium booking experiencenot Envision
- Client marketingnot Envision
- Business growthnot Envision
- European compliancenot Envision
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Envision
- Standard plan includes only 1 user and charges $20 per additional user up to a 5 seat cap
- No dollar amounts are shown for any plan; the page states pricing is tailored to your practice and requires contacting sales
Belliata
- An archive capture of belliata.com/pricing from 11 December 2023 shows a Free plan (forever, no cost) as one of the named tiers, but the paid tier prices rendered as unreadable/broken text in the captured HTML so no paid figure can be quoted
Pricing, plan by plan
Envision
$79/month- Starter$79/month
- Scheduling
- Basic POS
- Client management
- Professional$159/month
- Everything in Starter
- Advanced POS
- Inventory
Belliata
Free- FreeFree
- Online booking
- Calendar management
- Basic client management
- Professional$39/month
- All Free features
- Marketing tools
- Advanced analytics
Which should you pick?
Choose Belliata if
- You need online booking.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want calendar management.
Questions people ask
- Is Envision or Belliata better?
- Neither clearly leads. Envision starts at $79/month and Belliata at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Envision or Belliata?
- Belliata has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $79/month for Envision and Free for Belliata.
- Does Envision or Belliata run on more platforms?
- Envision runs on Web. Belliata runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- Can I use Belliata for free?
- Yes. Belliata has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Envision starts at $79/month.
- What is Envision best used for?
- Envision is most often used for salon and spa businesses managing bookings, marketing campaigns and payments in one platform. Of those, salon and spa businesses managing bookings, marketing campaigns and payments in one platform is not what Belliata is typically brought in for.
- What can Envision do that Belliata cannot?
- Envision covers Appointment scheduling, Point of sale, Inventory management, Staff scheduling. Belliata covers Online booking, Calendar management, Marketing automation, Business analytics. Both handle Client database, Stripe, Facebook, SSL encryption.