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Meevo vs Salonized

Meevo logo

Meevo

Beauty & Salon

Salon software with scheduling and POS

From
$99/month
Rated
-
Salonized logo

Salonized

Beauty & Salon

Cloud-based salon management and POS system

From
$30/month
Rated
-

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; Salonized the pricing page lists no monthly plan price and no per plan feature breakdown; visitors are directed to start a trial to see plan details
  • They diverge on capability: Meevo covers Appointment scheduling, Salonized covers Appointment booking.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Meevo and Salonized actually diverge.

Attributes where Meevo and Salonized differ
AttributeMeevoSalonized
Starting price$99/month$30/month
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb, Ios, Android, Api
Founded20082014

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 Meevo

  • Appointment scheduling
  • Client database
  • Business reporting
  • Mobile app
  • Client portal
  • QuickBooks
  • Google
  • PCI DSS

Only in Salonized

  • Appointment booking
  • Client management
  • SMS notifications
  • Payment processing
  • Financial reporting
  • PayPal
  • Google Calendar
  • WhatsApp

Both cover

  • Point of sale
  • Inventory management
  • Staff scheduling
  • Facebook
  • Stripe
  • SSL encryption
  • Cloud deployment
  • Web 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 Salonized
  • Med spa operations including injectable tracking via MeevoMDnot Salonized
  • Multi location and franchise salon managementnot Salonized
  • Client email and SMS marketing from the booking recordnot Salonized

Salonized

  • Online appointment booking and calendar management for hair and beauty salonsnot Meevo
  • Taking in salon card payments through Salonized Pay terminalsnot Meevo
  • Sending appointment reminders to clients by SMSnot Meevo
  • Listing salon availability on the Treatwell marketplacenot 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

Salonized

  • The pricing page lists no monthly plan price and no per plan feature breakdown; visitors are directed to start a trial to see plan details
  • SMS messages are a paid add on starting at EUR 0.11 each and cost EUR 0.15 each in the 50 to 999 credit band
  • Salonized Pay requires a payment terminal starting at EUR 199 plus a 1.0 percent transaction fee
  • Bookings taken through the Treatwell integration carry a 35 percent commission on new Treatwell bookings plus a 2 percent transaction fee on prepaid online bookings
  • The free trial runs 14 days

Pricing, plan by plan

Meevo

$99/month
  • Professional$99/month
    • Scheduling
    • POS
    • Client management
  • Enterprise$299/month
    • Everything in Professional
    • Advanced reporting
    • Inventory management

Salonized

$30/month
  • Basic$30/month
    • Appointment scheduling
    • Client management
    • Basic reporting
  • Professional$55/month
    • Everything in Basic
    • Point of sale
    • Inventory management
  • Premium$95/month
    • Everything in Professional
    • Advanced analytics
    • Multi-location support

Which should you pick?

Choose Meevo if

  • You need appointment scheduling.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want client database.

Choose Salonized if

  • You need appointment booking.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
  • You also want client management.

Questions people ask

Is Meevo or Salonized better?
Neither clearly leads. Meevo starts at $99/month and Salonized at $30/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Meevo or Salonized?
Meevo starts at $99/month and Salonized at $30/month.
Does Meevo or Salonized run on more platforms?
Meevo runs on Web, Ios, Android. Salonized runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
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 Salonized is typically brought in for.
What can Meevo do that Salonized cannot?
Meevo covers Appointment scheduling, Client database, Business reporting, Mobile app. Salonized covers Appointment booking, Client management, SMS notifications, Payment processing. Both handle Point of sale, Inventory management, Staff scheduling, Facebook.

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