Vagaro alternatives for med spas that want a fuller calendar
Vagaro starts at $23.99 a month for one bookable calendar (an introductory rate for the first six months, then $30) and meters forms, a website, an online cart and texts on top. Below are five platforms med spas weigh against it, and the cases where staying makes more sense.1
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Why med spas look past Vagaro
Each point below is taken from Vagaro’s own pricing page, accessed 18 October 2026.1
The add-ons add up
Digital forms are a $10/mo add-on, the MySite website builder $20/mo and the online cart $10/mo, and texts are bought as credit plans from $20/mo for 1,000. Your monthly bill ends up above the entry price.
The headline price is introductory
$23.99 is the rate for the first six months; the standard rate is $30/mo for one bookable calendar, plus $10/mo for each additional calendar up to seven licenses.
Card processing has two tiers
Under $4,000 a month in volume, in-person cards are 2.6% + 10c; above that, 2.29% + 19c plus a $10/mo merchant fee. Model it at your real monthly volume before comparing.
Deals now cost a share of each booking
Since Get Featured became Vera Fill My Books, Daily Deals carry a per-booking fee: 20% of the cart when a new customer books and 5% for an existing one, taken as a deposit at online booking. Vagaro’s support team says a deal applied to all services puts every new-customer booking under the 20% fee, wherever the client found you.
Vagaro alternatives, side by side
Sources for every price are at the foot of the page. Workee does not publish a rate card: pricing is quoted per clinic, with no contracts. Each card opens the full side-by-side comparison.
Workee
Runs alongside VagaroQuoted per clinic, no contracts
Keep Vagaro and add booking and follow-up on your own website.
Booking on your own website, no client account- Jenny confirms bookings, rebooks after visits and wins back quiet clients by text and email
- Lead forms where Jenny answers questions, qualifies and books new leads
- Deposits, no-show fees and cards on file
Boulevard
Entry price: Essentials - $143/mo billed annually, $159 monthly; one location
A premium front-of-house platform for multi-service spas.
- Your front desk is the bottleneck, not your calendar
- You need ePrescribe in the same system
Mangomint
Entry price: $120/mo per location + $10 per user (single plan since 1 Aug 2026)
A single-plan platform with unusually transparent pricing.
- You want to know the whole bill before you talk to anyone
- You do not want features held back to sell you an upgrade
GlossGenius
Beauty entry: Standard - $28/mo ($24 billed annually)
A beauty-first platform with a separate medspa tier.
- You want charting without an enterprise contract
- You want the card rate on the same page as the plan price
Fresha
Entry price: Independent - $19.95/mo, one bookable team member
A marketplace-led platform that charges commission on new clients.
- You need new clients more than you need better operations
- You are a small team and want the lowest predictable software cost
What Workee looks like
Workee can run alongside Vagaro. These are screens from the Workee app.
Jenny answers and qualifies new enquiries
A lead fills in a form on your website, Jenny asks your qualifying questions in chat and books a time.
Lead forms where Jenny answers questions, qualifies and books new leads- Booking on your own website, no client account
Jenny brings clients back
Welcome messages, rebooking and win-backs show on the Marketing dashboard, and new offer ideas wait in Action Items for your approval.
- Jenny confirms bookings, rebooks after visits and wins back quiet clients by text and email
- Email and SMS campaigns, Google review requests and holiday offers
Deposits and no-show fees on every appointment
Each appointment shows what was paid, and the card on file lets you charge a no-show fee or send a payment link.
- Deposits, no-show fees and cards on file
Stay with Vagaro if these describe you
These are real reasons to keep Vagaro. If two or more describe your practice, it is probably still the right system, and Workee can run alongside it rather than replace it.
You need a full clinical CRM in one system
EMR-style charting, SOAP notes, before-and-after comparison, e-forms and true ePrescribe through ScriptSure, all inside the same platform that books the appointment. Among mainstream salon platforms a real prescribing path is rare, and it makes Vagaro a serious option for injectables and weight-loss practices.
You have a large team in one location
Billing stops at seven paid calendars and every staff member after that is free. A 25-provider location pays the same base as a 7-provider one. Very few competitors do this.
You want one vendor for everything
Payroll, website builder, branded app, shopping cart, check-in kiosk, accounting integrations and a consumer marketplace are all first-party.
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Leaving Vagaro? Export your data first.
Our guide covers what you can export from Vagaro yourself, what needs a support request, and what to confirm in writing before you cancel.
More on Vagaro before you decide
Vagaro review
Every published price, where Vagaro is strong, where it falls short.
Vagaro vs Fresha
The two side by side, from each vendor’s own pricing page.
Vagaro vs GlossGenius
The two side by side, from each vendor’s own pricing page.
Zenoti vs Vagaro
The two side by side, from each vendor’s own pricing page.
Boulevard vs Vagaro
The two side by side, from each vendor’s own pricing page.
Workee vs Vagaro
How Workee runs alongside Vagaro, or replaces it.
Your Vagaro website
What Vagaro’s website builder does, where it stops, and what Workee builds instead.
Vagaro alternatives: common questions
- Does Vagaro charge a fee on Daily Deals?
Yes, since Get Featured became Vera Fill My Books. Vagaro’s help center says Daily Deals and Vera promotions carry a per-booking fee of 20% for a new customer and 5% for an existing one, calculated on the whole cart after discounts and collected as a deposit when the client books online. There is no monthly fee, and no fee when a deal brings no booking. Opting out switches off your Daily Deals and Get Featured. - What is the best Vagaro alternative for a med spa?It depends on what is pushing you away. If the problem is a calendar with gaps, Workee adds booking on your own website and automated follow-up without replacing Vagaro. If you want one published price, Mangomint sells a single plan. If you run a large multi-service floor, Boulevard is built for it. If prescribing in the same system matters most, Vagaro itself is hard to beat, since it offers ePrescribe through ScriptSure.
- Can I keep Vagaro and use Workee as well?Yes. Workee takes bookings on your own website and passes them to the calendar you already run, and Jenny follows up with clients by text and email, so Vagaro keeps handling the rest. If you later move fully, Workee has its own calendar, payments and client records, and imports your client list from a spreadsheet.
- How do I export my data from Vagaro?Our step-by-step guide at workee.ai/migrate/from-vagaro covers what you can export yourself, what needs a support request, and what to confirm in writing before you cancel. Do it while your account is still active.
- Is Workee cheaper than Vagaro?We cannot say from a web page. Workee does not publish a rate card, and pricing is quoted per clinic with no contracts. Vagaro’s entry price is among the lowest on the market while its configured price with forms, website, cart and texts is a different number. Get both quotes for the setup you will run and compare those.
Fifteen minutes, your actual calendar,
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Sources
- Vagaro pricing page. Accessed 18 October 2026.
- Boulevard pricing page. Accessed 18 October 2026.
- Mangomint pricing page. Accessed 18 October 2026.
- GlossGenius pricing page. Accessed 18 October 2026.
- Fresha pricing page. Accessed 18 October 2026.
- Vagaro Support: Changes to Get Featured and Daily Deals. Accessed 20 October 2026.
