Beauty & Salon · head to head
Insight Salon Software vs Salon Ultimate
Insight Salon Software
Beauty & Salon
Intelligent salon management with deep analytics
- From
- $40/month
- Rated
- -
Salon Ultimate
Beauty & Salon
Complete salon management made simple
- From
- $29/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Insight Salon Software cloud plans are login limited even at the top tier: Enterprise Premium Cloud is $250 a month for up to 8,000 SMS messages and only 5 logins; Salon Ultimate multi-location businesses pay per location ($199 per location per month) rather than a flat enterprise rate, and the vendor charges $0.03 per additional SMS message on top of subscription plans, per its own pricing page.
- They diverge on capability: Insight Salon Software covers Appointment booking, Salon Ultimate covers Appointment scheduling.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Insight Salon Software and Salon Ultimate actually diverge.
| Attribute | Insight Salon Software | Salon Ultimate |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $40/month | $29/month |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android, Api | Web, Ios, Android |
| Founded | 2012 | 2008 |
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), 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 Insight Salon Software
- Appointment booking
- Client management
- Advanced analytics
- Revenue tracking
- Performance metrics
- Marketing automation
- PayPal
- Google Calendar
Only in Salon Ultimate
- Appointment scheduling
- Client database
- Inventory management
- Online booking
- Reporting & analytics
- Email marketing
- QuickBooks
- PCI DSS
Both cover
- Staff scheduling
- Point of sale
- Stripe
- Square
- Mailchimp
- SSL encryption
- Cloud deployment
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Insight Salon Software
- Running point of sale and scheduling for a salon or spanot Salon Ultimate
- Sending automated two way SMS appointment reminders to clientsnot Salon Ultimate
Salon Ultimate
- Appointment managementnot Insight Salon Software
- Client retentionnot Insight Salon Software
- Inventory controlnot Insight Salon Software
- Business reportingnot Insight Salon Software
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Insight Salon Software
- Cloud plans are login limited even at the top tier: Enterprise Premium Cloud is $250 a month for up to 8,000 SMS messages and only 5 logins
- Premium Cloud's two way SMS is capped per tier, from 500 messages a month on Solo up to 8,000 on Enterprise
- The installed one time purchase version only includes free software upgrades for 1 year, after which upgrades are not covered
- Multi-year pre-purchase discounts of 10, 15 and 20 percent require paying 1, 2 or 3 years upfront
Salon Ultimate
- Multi-location businesses pay per location ($199 per location per month) rather than a flat enterprise rate, and the vendor charges $0.03 per additional SMS message on top of subscription plans, per its own pricing page.
Pricing, plan by plan
Insight Salon Software
$40/month- Starter$40/month
- Appointment scheduling
- Client management
- Basic analytics
- Professional$70/month
- Everything in Starter
- Advanced analytics
- Staff performance tracking
- Enterprise$120/month
- Everything in Professional
- Multi-location analytics
- Custom reports
Salon Ultimate
$29/month- Basic$29/month
- Appointment scheduling
- Client management
- Basic reporting
- Professional$59/month
- All Basic features
- Online booking
- POS system
Which should you pick?
Choose Insight Salon Software if
- You need appointment booking.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
- You also want client management.
Choose Salon Ultimate if
- You need appointment scheduling.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want client database.
Questions people ask
- Is Insight Salon Software or Salon Ultimate better?
- Neither clearly leads. Insight Salon Software starts at $40/month and Salon Ultimate at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Insight Salon Software or Salon Ultimate?
- Insight Salon Software starts at $40/month and Salon Ultimate at $29/month.
- Does Insight Salon Software or Salon Ultimate run on more platforms?
- Insight Salon Software runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Salon Ultimate runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- What is Insight Salon Software best used for?
- Insight Salon Software is most often used for running point of sale and scheduling for a salon or spa, sending automated two way sms appointment reminders to clients. Of those, running point of sale and scheduling for a salon or spa and sending automated two way sms appointment reminders to clients are not what Salon Ultimate is typically brought in for.
- What can Insight Salon Software do that Salon Ultimate cannot?
- Insight Salon Software covers Appointment booking, Client management, Advanced analytics, Revenue tracking. Salon Ultimate covers Appointment scheduling, Client database, Inventory management, Online booking. Both handle Staff scheduling, Point of sale, Stripe, Square.