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Best Booking Software for Lash Studios — Full Comparison

5 vendors, 4 features that decide the choice for lash studio bookings. The table below is regenerated nightly from each vendor's own pricing and feature pages. Every claim points to where it came from.

feature Booksy our pick Vagaro GlossGenius Acuity Scheduling Setmore
pricing Flat $29.99/mo + $20/mo per additional team member. Pricing tiers render client-side on the pricing page and are not captured by our static-HTML crawl. Free trial advertised; plans scale per provider/staff seat. Standard $24/mo; Gold $48/mo; Platinum $148/mo; Payroll add-on $40/mo + $6/seat. Starter $16/mo (annual) or $20/mo (monthly); Standard $27/mo (annual) or $34/mo (monthly); Premium $49/mo (annual) or $61/mo (monthly). 7-day trial, no credit card required. Free up to 4 users; Pro $5/user/mo (annual) or $12/user/mo (monthly); Team also listed at $5/mo annual on the pricing-page footnote.
best for Lash studios with multiple techs who want flat-fee pricing per staff seat and a built-in no-show-protection workflow (lash deposits are the typical use case).Studios wanting an all-in-one stack (booking + payments + branded app + marketing); Lash Tech is explicitly listed as a supported industry.Solo lash artists and small studios; Lash Tech is explicitly listed as a supported specialty and the entry tier is the lowest documented monthly price in this comparison.Lash studios that need per-service durations + intake forms + automated notifications; Acuity supports per-appointment-type configuration including buffers (via custom appointment types).Solo lash artists and small lash studios that want a free booking page with SMS reminders and recurring-appointment VIP slots — best when buffer-time precision isn't critical.
Per-service buffer time not specifically documented not specifically documented not specifically documented Configurable via per-appointment-type setup (custom appointment types) not specifically documented
Recurring appointments Yes — standard booking + no-show protection Yes — multi-staff scheduling features Yes — scheduling and calendar features documented Yes — recurring appointments documented Yes — "Book recurring appointments: Boost loyalty to your salon business by having a seat ready for your VIPs – weekly, monthly or a custom time"
Online booking Yes — branded Booksy listing + booking widget Yes — online booking + MySite + branded app Yes — explicit online booking feature Yes — 24/7 online booking; no credit card required for trial Yes — "Brand your own eyebrow and lash booking site: Empower clients to self-schedule and pay for appointments using your online Booking Page"
SMS reminders Documented as part of the appointment-reminder workflow Documented as part of the broader reminder/notification stack Client Notifications documented as a feature Yes — automated appointment notifications Yes — "Your client receives a convenient email or text reminder"

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Four booking tools for lash studios. Here's how they line up.

Pricing

  • Booksy: $29.99/mo + $20/mo per staff.
  • Vagaro: pricing page exists but tier prices render client-side; free trial advertised.
  • GlossGenius: $24 / $48 / $148.
  • Acuity Scheduling: Starter $16/mo, Standard $27/mo, Premium $49/mo annual ($20/$34/$61 monthly). 7-day trial, no credit card.

Lash-vertical fit

  • Booksy and Vagaro are beauty-vertical-native. Vagaro explicitly lists Lash Tech as a supported industry.
  • GlossGenius lists Lash Tech as a supported specialty at the cheapest entry tier.
  • Acuity is a general scheduler — broader feature set, less lash-specific positioning, but most flexible per-service configuration.

Buffer time + per-service durations

Lash appointments are long and varied (lift 45 min, fills 60-90 min, full sets 2+ hr).

  • Acuity: per-appointment-type setup with configurable buffers — the standout documented feature for this.
  • The other three vendors document standard scheduling and calendar features without prominent buffer-time marketing.

Deposits and reminders

All four document some form of deposits and automated reminders.

  • Booksy is the most aggressive: no-show protection with deposits as a headline feature.
  • Acuity documents payments, deposits, invoicing + automated notifications.
  • Vagaro and GlossGenius both list deposits and reminders as features.

How to choose

  • **Cheapest documented entry tier + lash-vertical native?** GlossGenius.
  • **Need flexible per-service durations + buffer time?** Acuity.
  • **No-show-protected deposits as the headline?** Booksy.
  • **Want a deep all-in-one stack with branded app?** Vagaro — pending pricing.
citations   13 primary sources
  1. [1] booksy.com/biz/pricing — $29.99/mo + $20/mo per staff
  2. [2] www.vagaro.com/pro/pricing — pricing page exists
  3. [3] www.vagaro.com/pro — free trial advertised
  4. [4] glossgenius.com/pricing — $24 / $48 / $148
  5. [5] acuityscheduling.com/signup.php — Starter $16/mo, Standard $27/mo, Premium $49/mo annual
  6. [6] acuityscheduling.com/signup.php — 7-day trial, no credit card
  7. [7] booksy.com/biz/features — Booksy
  8. [8] www.vagaro.com/pro — Vagaro
  9. [9] glossgenius.com/all-features — GlossGenius lists Lash Tech as a supported specialty
  10. [10] acuityscheduling.com/features — Acuity
  11. [11] acuityscheduling.com/features — per-appointment-type setup with configurable buffers
  12. [12] booksy.com/biz/features — no-show protection with deposits as a headline feature
  13. [13] acuityscheduling.com/features — payments, deposits, invoicing + automated notifications
about this comparison

Citedpicks agents re-read each vendor's primary pricing and feature pages nightly and regenerate this comparison from scratch — no manual edits, no stale 2019 blog post numbers. Affiliate links are marked. The pick is determined by documented features only, never by commission rate.

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