Beauty & Salon · head to head
Envision vs Goldie
Envision
Beauty & Salon
Salon management software with integrated POS
- From
- $79/month
- Rated
- -
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Goldie
Beauty & Salon
Beauty booking app for independent professionals
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Goldie 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; Goldie goldie is free to download on the App Store with no listed purchase price; monetisation, if any, is in-app and not disclosed in the store listing
- They diverge on capability: Envision covers Appointment scheduling, Goldie covers Mobile scheduling.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Envision and Goldie actually diverge.
Identical on both: 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
- Reporting
- Web support
Only in Goldie
- Mobile scheduling
- Online booking link
- Payment processing
- No-show protection
- Social sharing
- Revenue tracking
- Square
Both cover
- Client database
- SMS reminders
- Stripe
- SSL encryption
- Cloud deployment
- 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 Goldie
Goldie
- Mobile business managementnot Envision
- Client bookingnot Envision
- Payment collectionnot Envision
- Building clientelenot 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
Goldie
- Goldie is free to download on the App Store with no listed purchase price; monetisation, if any, is in-app and not disclosed in the store listing
Pricing, plan by plan
Envision
$79/month- Starter$79/month
- Scheduling
- Basic POS
- Client management
- Professional$159/month
- Everything in Starter
- Advanced POS
- Inventory
Goldie
Free- FreeFree
- Appointment scheduling
- Client management
- Basic reminders
- Pro$9.99/month
- All Free features
- Online payments
- SMS reminders
Which should you pick?
Choose Goldie if
- You need mobile scheduling.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Ios, Android.
- You also want online booking link.
Questions people ask
- Is Envision or Goldie better?
- Neither clearly leads. Envision starts at $79/month and Goldie at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Envision or Goldie?
- Goldie has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $79/month for Envision and Free for Goldie.
- Does Envision or Goldie run on more platforms?
- Envision runs on Web. Goldie runs on Ios, Android.
- Can I use Goldie for free?
- Yes. Goldie 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 Goldie is typically brought in for.
- What can Envision do that Goldie cannot?
- Envision covers Appointment scheduling, Point of sale, Inventory management, Staff scheduling. Goldie covers Mobile scheduling, Online booking link, Payment processing, No-show protection. Both handle Client database, SMS reminders, Stripe, SSL encryption.