Every Slotora comparison for Canadian salons, in one place
Choosing salon software in Canada usually comes down to five names. We wrote one page for each, set against Slotora point by point, with every fact about the other company taken from its own website and dated. This page is the index, with one line on what each comparison turns on and a few words on how we write them.
Try Slotora for 14 daysFive comparisons, and what each one turns on
Each full page is linked in the list just above.
Fresha
A marketplace first: Fresha's own pricing page names a one-time 20% fee on each new client its marketplace sends you. The comparison is about whether those new clients are worth it to you.
Booksy
A subscription that grows with each staff member up to the fourteenth, printed on its Canadian page without saying which dollar. The comparison is mostly about team size.
Vagaro
The longest trial of the five, thirty days, and extra calendars priced in US dollars. The comparison weighs its included reminders against Slotora's email-only reminders in Canada.
Square Appointments
Priced per location rather than per person, with the staff tools on its top plan and card processing as the business underneath.
Jane
A Canadian practice system for health clinics, priced per practitioner with no free trial. The deciding question there is usually insurance billing.
How every comparison is written
Each fact about the other company comes from that company's own pages, opened on a date we print at the top. We do not quote review sites or price guides, which are often old and seldom say which country they were read from. When a page will not load, or prints a price without its currency, we say that instead of filling the gap.
Each page also has a section on when the other product is the better choice. A salon that wants a marketplace to send it new clients, a clinic that bills insurers, a business in Québec: there are honest reasons to pick someone else, and a comparison that hides them is an advertisement.
Our own figures follow the same rule. Card fees are Stripe's published Canadian rates, because your clients pay into your own Stripe account. Our subscription is shown from the Canadian price list itself, never typed into a page by hand, so it cannot drift from what you would be charged.
What stays the same on our side of every table
Slotora is a monthly subscription in Canadian dollars after a trial, counted per bookable person up to a ceiling. It takes no commission on bookings, deposits, gift cards or passes. Reminders and confirmations go by email, since texts to Canadian numbers are not switched on yet.
It is run by Belavin Limited, a UK company, under the law of England and Wales, and your salon's data is stored in London. It is open to businesses in every province and territory except Québec, where the French version required there is not finished.
What these pages cannot do
A comparison has limits, and these are ours:
- Stay current by themselves
- Prices change without notice. Every comparison carries the day it was checked; after that, the rival's own page is the one that counts.
- Cover every system
- We compare what Canadian salons most often choose between. GlossGenius is left out because its terms limit it to the United States.
- Replace a trial
- None of them shows how a booking page feels on your client's phone. Try the two you are deciding between on the same afternoon.
About the comparisons
Which comparison should I read first?
The one for the system you use today. If you are starting fresh, read the single table of all five first, then the page for the two you are deciding between.
Is Timely compared?
Not yet. When we checked, none of Timely's own pages we could open named a Canadian offer or a price in Canadian dollars, so there was nothing sourced to compare.
Why is there a page about Jane, which is for clinics?
Because massage studios, spas and esthetics clinics in Canada often end up choosing between Jane and salon software, and the deciding points are different from the salon systems.
Are your prices in the comparisons up to date?
Ours are drawn from the Canadian price list each time the page is shown. The other companies' figures carry the date they were read.
Sources
The one-line facts on the cards are from each company's own page, read on the day shown.
- Fresha — Pricing — https://www.fresha.com/pricing · Read on
- Booksy — Pricing (Canada) — https://booksy.com/biz/en-ca/pricing · Read on
- Vagaro — Pricing (Canada) — https://www.vagaro.com/en-ca/pro/pricing · Read on
- Square Appointments — Pricing (Canada) — https://squareup.com/ca/en/appointments/pricing · Read on
- Jane — Pricing (Canadian prices) — https://jane.app/pricing?locale=en-CA · Read on
- GlossGenius — Terms of Service — https://glossgenius.com/terms · Read on
Or skip the reading
Open an account, add a few services and look at your booking page on your own phone. No card is needed, and nothing is taken from your bookings.