Is Milano or Kitomba better?

Neither clearly leads. Milano starts at $69/month and Kitomba at 79/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Milano or Kitomba?

Milano starts at $69/month and Kitomba at 79/month.

Does Milano or Kitomba run on more platforms?

Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.

What is Milano best used for?

Milano is most often used for salon management, styling notes. Of those, salon management and styling notes are not what Kitomba is typically brought in for.

What can Milano do that Kitomba cannot?

Milano covers Appointment scheduling, Client profiles, Styling notes, Photo gallery. Kitomba covers Appointment booking, Stock management, Client management, Marketing tools. Both handle Point of sale, SSL encryption, Cloud deployment, Web support.

Beauty & Salon · head to head

Milano vs Kitomba

Milano

Beauty & Salon

Hair salon and beauty studio management software

From: $69/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

Kitomba

Beauty & Salon

Salon software from New Zealand

From: 79/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

They diverge on capability: Milano covers Appointment scheduling, Kitomba covers Appointment booking.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Milano and Kitomba actually diverge.

Attributes where Milano and Kitomba differ
Attribute	Milano	Kitomba
Starting price	$69/month	79/month
Founded	2014	2001

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web, Ios, Android), 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 Milano

Appointment scheduling
Client profiles
Styling notes
Photo gallery
Inventory management
Staff scheduling
Instagram
Facebook

Only in Kitomba

Appointment booking
Stock management
Client management
Marketing tools
Business analytics
Mobile apps
Online booking
Xero

Both cover

Point of sale
SSL encryption
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.

Milano

Salon managementnot Kitomba
Styling notesnot Kitomba

Kitomba

Salon and spa appointment booking with staff rosteringnot Milano
Salon point of sale and stock managementnot Milano
Client marketing and reporting for hair and beauty businessesnot Milano

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Milano

Nothing recorded yet. See the Milano review.

Kitomba

No plan price is published; pricing depends on package, features and staff count and is only given after a demo and a discovery call with a Kitomba consultant
Advertised per user pricing is based on 3 staff, so the quoted figure does not apply at other headcounts
Xero, Mailchimp, REACH.ai, Salon Pay and Vish integrations all carry separate charges outside the software fee
Data migration and live education carry additional charges
Kitomba Pay EFTPOS terminal rental is available in Australia only

Pricing, plan by plan

Milano

$69/month

Essentials$69/month
- Scheduling
- Client profiles
- Styling notes
Professional$139/month
- Everything in Essentials
- POS
- Inventory

Kitomba

79/month

Starter$79/month
- Appointment booking
- Client management
- Basic reporting
Business$149/month
- All Starter features
- POS system
- Stock management

Which should you pick?

Choose Milano if

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

Milano review

Choose Kitomba if

You need appointment booking.
You work on Web, Ios, Android.
You also want stock management.

Kitomba review

Questions people ask

Is Milano or Kitomba better?: Neither clearly leads. Milano starts at $69/month and Kitomba at 79/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Milano or Kitomba?: Milano starts at $69/month and Kitomba at 79/month.
Does Milano or Kitomba run on more platforms?: Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Milano best used for?: Milano is most often used for salon management, styling notes. Of those, salon management and styling notes are not what Kitomba is typically brought in for.
What can Milano do that Kitomba cannot?: Milano covers Appointment scheduling, Client profiles, Styling notes, Photo gallery. Kitomba covers Appointment booking, Stock management, Client management, Marketing tools. Both handle Point of sale, SSL encryption, Cloud deployment, Web support.

Milano vs Kitomba

Milano

Kitomba

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Milano

Only in Kitomba

Both cover

What people use each for

Milano

Kitomba

Where each one falls short

Milano

Kitomba

Pricing, plan by plan

Milano

Kitomba

Which should you pick?

Choose Milano if

Choose Kitomba if

Questions people ask

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