Best POS for Beauty & Wellness
Salons and spas sell time, not stock. The calendar is the point of sale, and the system has to manage deposits, no-shows, staff commissions, rebooking and client history before it ever prints a receipt. This is the second industry where a specialist beats the cross-industry platforms, and our weighting reflects it.
Phorest
Phorest is built specifically for salons and spas: online booking, client cards, staff performance, marketing automation and retail in one system. Its focus on rebooking and client retention is why it leads our beauty rankings.
Beauty & Wellness scorecard.
Category scores are editorial, out of 100, and weighted into the overall score shown at right.
| System | Booking & calendar | Client records & marketing | Staff & commissions | Retail & memberships | Cost & contract | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Phorest | 91 | 98 | 99 | 90 | 92 | 95 |
| 2Mangomint | 96 | 94 | 96 | 86 | 95 | 91 |
| 3Boulevard | 84 | 90 | 95 | 84 | 85 | 89 |
| 4Zenoti | 85 | 89 | 90 | 84 | 82 | 87 |
| 5Vagaro | 80 | 87 | 86 | 90 | 78 | 84 |
Our verdict
Phorest leads on the combination of booking, client marketing and staff management built specifically for salons and spas. Mangomint is the cleanest modern alternative and a strong pick for independents. Boulevard and Zenoti serve larger and multi-location operations. AlpacaBOSS is not ranked here; its strengths in inventory and invoicing are not what a salon buys a system for.
How we weight this industry
Share of the editorial score by category
Where the gaps open up.
The two heaviest-weighted categories for this industry, system by system.
Booking & calendar
Category score out of 100
Client records & marketing
Category score out of 100
Rankings by what you actually do.
The weighting shifts again inside the industry. Open your business type for the specific requirements and the ranking that follows.
Salons
Online booking, stylist calendars, commission splits and rebooking rates are the business.
Spas
Room and resource scheduling, packages, gift cards and memberships come before the retail counter.
Med Spas
Consent forms, charting, treatment packages and compliance push clinical features to the front.
Aesthetics Clinics
Consultations, before-and-after records and high-value treatment plans require careful client management.
Barbershops
Fast walk-in flow, simple booking and tips matter more than deep marketing automation.
The rest of the field.
Strong systems that lead in a narrower situation or lose ground on cost, depth or fit.
Mangomint
Salons and spas that want a modern interface with strong automation.
Boulevard
Higher-end and multi-location salons and med spas.
Zenoti
Multi-location chains and franchise groups.
Vagaro
Independents and small studios that want booking plus a marketplace presence.
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