Vagaro Vs. MassageBook Vs. Yottled: Comparison - 2023

Vagaro is offering a booking and scheduling platform for beauty and wellness businesses. It has many other features are add-ons to make the ale-carte. Here are some pros and cons.

Pros

• Starts at $25/mo. per employee (bookable calendar). This rate is lower than other big players in the market.

• Rates reduce as you add more employees.

• The basic plan has attractive options such as a booking page, gift cards, basic SOAP notes, social media integration, and invoices.

• Provides the option to shift payment processing fees to your clients in order to reduce business costs.

Cons

• It makes your customers register and create accounts to book. This step creates a barrier in the booking experience as people don’t like to enter user ids and passwords all the time.

• Too expensive for larger teams.

• Basic features like digital forms and data storage cost $10/mo. each, i.e., $240/year for both combined.

• Automated text messages for notifications and reminders cost an additional $20/month, i.e., $240/year, which you can get free with other platforms.

It is a platform specialized for independent massage therapists and spas. Here are some advantages and disadvantages.

Pros

• Discounted rates for members of AMTA.

• The basic plan includes some attractive features like Google calendar sync, a basic booking page, SOAP notes, storage, and social media integration.

• Includes unlimited employee bookable employees.

• Has interactive and detailed SOAP notes with upgraded plans.

Cons

• Need to upgrade the plan to use some features massage therapists need in day-to-day business such as Automated text messages for notifications and reminders, Email marketing, and invoices.

• Gift cards: One of the most popular amenities is not included in the basic plan and customers are forced to buy the most expensive (Amplify) plan.

• Unlike Vagaro and Yottled, it doesn’t provide an option to pass on the payment processing fees to end customers.

• The end customer needs to sign up before booking an appointment with any massage therapist.

• Need to upgrade the plan to integrate the booking facility into your existing website.

Yottled is providing an all-in-one business management solution to the beauty, wellness, and fitness industries. Here are some pros and cons.

Pros

• Doesn’t charge anything to massage therapists and spas. It charges a small convenience fee to the end users when they book. It’s 100% free to businesses.  

• All features are included with unlimited usage.

• Unlimited employee calendars (bookable calendars) are included.

• No revenue sharing.

• Gives the option to pass on payment processing fees to the final user to reduce business costs.

• Doesn’t force clients to sign up and create an account before they can book, reducing the page abandonment rate.

• Email marketing tool is available for free with pre-built templates and a drag-and-drop facility.

• Some of the attractive features: Digital forms, a booking page with brand logo, and colors, social media integration, SOAP notes, storage (CRM), Google calendar sync, gift cards, and automated text and email notifications.

Cons

• Doesn’t have advanced- interactive SOAP notes.

• No live chat support. Only phone calls, text messages, and email support are available.