regenerated 2026-05-17 05:01 UTC · 9 citations · 2 vendors

Vagaro vs Acuity Scheduling for Piercing Studios

2 vendors, 4 features that decide the choice for piercing 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 Vagaro our pick Acuity Scheduling
pricing 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. 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.
best for Studios wanting an all-in-one stack (booking + payments + branded app + marketing); pricing requires a sales contact.Studios that need a documented client-intake-forms workflow out of the box — Acuity is the only vendor in this vertical with that feature explicitly marketed.
Deposit collection Yes — referenced in features Yes — payments, deposits, and invoicing
Consent forms Via the generic Forms feature (no piercing-specific consent template documented) Yes — client intake forms
Aftercare follow-up scheduling not specifically documented not specifically documented
Calendar per piercer Yes — multi-staff calendar features Yes — staff management + calendar

● cited claim · — not specifically documented · citations expand below

per-vendor notes

editorial · grounded in citations

Pricing — published for one, behind a browser for the other

  • Acuity publishes three tiers: Starter $16/mo annual ($20/mo monthly), Standard $27/mo annual ($34/mo monthly), Premium $49/mo annual ($61/mo monthly). 7-day trial, no credit card.
  • Vagaro's pricing page exists but tier prices render client-side, so a static crawl doesn't capture them. Free trial advertised on the features page; plans scale per provider/staff seat.

Consent forms

This is the differentiator for piercing.

  • Acuity explicitly documents client intake forms — the closest documented feature to a structured consent workflow among the four vendors in this vertical.
  • Vagaro documents a generic Forms feature in its product family; a piercing-specific consent template is not documented on the marketing pages we crawled.

Deposits and notifications

Both tools document deposit handling and automated reminders.

  • Acuity documents payments, deposits, and invoicing and automated appointment notifications as part of the core scheduler.
  • Vagaro lists deposits among its features, bundled with payments and booking.

Bottom line

If a documented consent-form workflow matters, Acuity is the clearer choice. If you want a deeper all-in-one stack (branded app, hardware, marketing), Vagaro is the option — pending the pricing conversation you will need to have with their sales team.

citations   9 primary sources
  1. [1] acuityscheduling.com/signup.php — three tiers: Starter $16/mo annual ($20/mo monthly), Standard $27/mo annual ($34/mo monthly), Premium $49/mo annual ($61/mo monthly)
  2. [2] acuityscheduling.com/signup.php — 7-day trial, no credit card
  3. [3] www.vagaro.com/pro/pricing — pricing page exists
  4. [4] www.vagaro.com/pro — Free trial advertised on the features page
  5. [5] acuityscheduling.com/features — client intake forms
  6. [6] www.vagaro.com/pro — generic Forms feature in its product family
  7. [7] acuityscheduling.com/features — payments, deposits, and invoicing
  8. [8] acuityscheduling.com/features — automated appointment notifications
  9. [9] www.vagaro.com/pro — deposits among its features
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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