Beauty & Salon · head to head
Envision vs Bookeo
Envision
Beauty & Salon
Salon management software with integrated POS
- From
- $79/month
- Rated
- -
Bookeo
Beauty & Salon
Appointment scheduling for service businesses
- From
- $14.95/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Envision standard plan includes only 1 user and charges $20 per additional user up to a 5 seat cap; Bookeo every plan caps monthly bookings: 200 on Solo at $14.95, 1,000 on Small and Standard, 2,000 on Large and 3,000 on X-Large at $119.95
- They diverge on capability: Envision covers Appointment scheduling, Bookeo covers Online booking widget.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Envision and Bookeo actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Beauty & Salon), founded (2008).
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
- Client database
- English language support
Only in Bookeo
- Online booking widget
- Calendar management
- Payment integration
- Email reminders
- Custom booking forms
- PayPal
- Square
- Google Calendar
Both cover
- Staff scheduling
- SMS reminders
- Reporting
- Stripe
- SSL encryption
- Cloud deployment
- Web 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 Bookeo
Bookeo
- Online appointment booking for consultants, therapists and photographersnot Envision
- Managing staff calendars and per consultant availabilitynot Envision
- Collecting digital waivers and sending SMS booking remindersnot 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
Bookeo
- Every plan caps monthly bookings: 200 on Solo at $14.95, 1,000 on Small and Standard, 2,000 on Large and 3,000 on X-Large at $119.95
- The Solo plan at $14.95 per month allows only 1 consultant and 1 staff login
- Small at $29.95 and Standard at $39.95 both allow 1,000 bookings per month, so the extra $10 buys staff seats rather than capacity
- SMS and fax messages are a paid add on starting at $0.09 per credit with bundles from $5 for 40 credits
- Digital waivers are a separate add on starting at $9 per month for 200 waivers
Pricing, plan by plan
Envision
$79/month- Starter$79/month
- Scheduling
- Basic POS
- Client management
- Professional$159/month
- Everything in Starter
- Advanced POS
- Inventory
Bookeo
$14.95/month- Solo$14.95/month
- 1 staff member
- Online booking
- Email reminders
- Small$29.95/month
- Up to 3 staff
- All Solo features
- SMS reminders
- Standard$39.95/month
- Up to 20 staff
- All Small features
- Advanced reporting
Which should you pick?
Choose Bookeo if
- You need online booking widget.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want calendar management.
Questions people ask
- Is Envision or Bookeo better?
- Neither clearly leads. Envision starts at $79/month and Bookeo at $14.95/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Envision or Bookeo?
- Envision starts at $79/month and Bookeo at $14.95/month.
- Does Envision or Bookeo run on more platforms?
- Envision runs on Web. Bookeo runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- 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 Bookeo is typically brought in for.
- What can Envision do that Bookeo cannot?
- Envision covers Appointment scheduling, Point of sale, Inventory management, Client database. Bookeo covers Online booking widget, Calendar management, Payment integration, Email reminders. Both handle Staff scheduling, SMS reminders, Reporting, Stripe.