Beauty & Salon · head to head
Salonized vs Goldie
Salonized
Beauty & Salon
Cloud-based salon management and POS system
- From
- $30/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: 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; 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: Salonized covers Appointment booking, Goldie covers Mobile scheduling.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Salonized 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 Salonized
- Appointment booking
- Client management
- Staff scheduling
- Point of sale
- Inventory management
- SMS notifications
- Financial reporting
- PayPal
Only in Goldie
- Mobile scheduling
- Client database
- Online booking link
- SMS reminders
- No-show protection
- Social sharing
- Revenue tracking
- Square
Both cover
- Payment processing
- Stripe
- SSL encryption
- Cloud deployment
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Salonized
- Online appointment booking and calendar management for hair and beauty salonsnot Goldie
- Taking in salon card payments through Salonized Pay terminalsnot Goldie
- Sending appointment reminders to clients by SMSnot Goldie
- Listing salon availability on the Treatwell marketplacenot Goldie
Goldie
- Mobile business managementnot Salonized
- Client bookingnot Salonized
- Payment collectionnot Salonized
- Building clientelenot Salonized
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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
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
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
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 Salonized if
- You need appointment booking.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
- You also want client management.
Choose Goldie if
- You need mobile scheduling.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Ios, Android.
- You also want client database.
Questions people ask
- Is Salonized or Goldie better?
- Neither clearly leads. Salonized starts at $30/month and Goldie at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Salonized or Goldie?
- Goldie has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $30/month for Salonized and Free for Goldie.
- Does Salonized or Goldie run on more platforms?
- Salonized runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Goldie runs on Ios, Android.
- Can I use Goldie for free?
- Yes. Goldie has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Salonized starts at $30/month.
- What is Salonized best used for?
- Salonized is most often used for online appointment booking and calendar management for hair and beauty salons, taking in salon card payments through salonized pay terminals, sending appointment reminders to clients by sms, listing salon availability on the treatwell marketplace. Of those, online appointment booking and calendar management for hair and beauty salons and taking in salon card payments through salonized pay terminals are not what Goldie is typically brought in for.
- What can Salonized do that Goldie cannot?
- Salonized covers Appointment booking, Client management, Staff scheduling, Point of sale. Goldie covers Mobile scheduling, Client database, Online booking link, SMS reminders. Both handle Payment processing, Stripe, Instagram, SSL encryption.