Software · head to head
Meevo vs Salon Ultimate
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Meevo listed prices are promotional; the regular rates are $179 for Lite, $299 for Essentials and $449 for Premier per month; 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: Meevo covers Business reporting, Salon Ultimate covers Online booking.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Meevo and Salon Ultimate actually diverge.
| Attribute | Meevo | Salon Ultimate |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $99/month | $29/month |
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web, Ios, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown), 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 Meevo
- Business reporting
- Mobile app
- Client portal
Only in Salon Ultimate
- Online booking
- Reporting & analytics
- Email marketing
- Square
- Mailchimp
- Spanish language support
Both cover
- Appointment scheduling
- Point of sale
- Client database
- Inventory management
- Staff scheduling
- QuickBooks
- Stripe
- SSL encryption
- PCI DSS
- Cloud deployment
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
- English language support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Meevo
- Appointment booking and point of sale for salons and spasnot Salon Ultimate
- Med spa operations including injectable tracking via MeevoMDnot Salon Ultimate
- Multi location and franchise salon managementnot Salon Ultimate
- Client email and SMS marketing from the booking recordnot Salon Ultimate
Salon Ultimate
- Appointment managementnot Meevo
- Client retentionnot Meevo
- Inventory controlnot Meevo
- Business reportingnot Meevo
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Meevo
- Listed prices are promotional; the regular rates are $179 for Lite, $299 for Essentials and $449 for Premier per month
- Lite is capped at 5 users, 2,500 email contacts and 100 SMS credits per month
- Plans are sold on annual contracts and cancellation requires 30 days notice
- Email contact and SMS credit allowances are tiered: 5,000 contacts and 500 SMS on Essentials, 10,000 contacts and 2,500 SMS on Premier
- Enterprise multi location and franchise pricing is custom with no published rate
- The MeevoMD med spa plans cost $100 per month more than the equivalent salon tiers
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
Meevo
$99/month- Professional$99/month
- Scheduling
- POS
- Client management
- Enterprise$299/month
- Everything in Professional
- Advanced reporting
- Inventory management
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 Meevo if
- You need business reporting.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want mobile app.
Choose Salon Ultimate if
- You need online booking.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want reporting & analytics.
Questions people ask
- Is Meevo or Salon Ultimate better?
- Neither clearly leads. Meevo starts at $99/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, Meevo or Salon Ultimate?
- Meevo starts at $99/month and Salon Ultimate at $29/month.
- Does Meevo or Salon Ultimate run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Meevo best used for?
- Meevo is most often used for appointment booking and point of sale for salons and spas, med spa operations including injectable tracking via meevomd, multi location and franchise salon management, client email and sms marketing from the booking record. Of those, appointment booking and point of sale for salons and spas and med spa operations including injectable tracking via meevomd are not what Salon Ultimate is typically brought in for.
- What can Meevo do that Salon Ultimate cannot?
- Meevo covers Business reporting, Mobile app, Client portal, Facebook. Salon Ultimate covers Online booking, Reporting & analytics, Email marketing, Square. Both handle Appointment scheduling, Point of sale, Client database, Inventory management.