Compare Salon and Phorest Salon - Jun 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Jun 22, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Salon or Phorest Salon?

Salon is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Phorest Salon, and Phorest Salon is rated higher (83/100) than Salon (71/100). Phorest Salon offers users more features (3) than Salon (0). There is a clear winner in this case and it is Phorest Salon!

Looking for the right Salon solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Salon Ultimate Vs. Phorest Salon Software

Salon Ultimate: Salon Ultimate, founded in 2012, is a rapidly expanding international technology enterprise. Our team consists of a diverse group of intelligent, skilled, dedicated, and enthusiastic individuals who have propelled Salon Ultimate to become the all-in-one solution that exceeds the expectations of any salon or spa.

Phorest Salon Software: In Phorest we are focused on helping salon owners to continually achieve the two most important areas of salon growth. Getting clients back more often and increasing average spend. We do this by providing salon owners with the technology and marketing tools to make life easier such as the ability to manage appointments, scan products and make sales...

Who is more expensive? Salon Ultimate or Phorest Salon Software?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Salon software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Salon Ultimate and Phorest Salon Software.

Salon Ultimate price starts at $176 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 Salon Ultimate is rated 8, which is higher than the average cost of Salon software. Phorest Salon Software price starts at $99 per month , When comparing Phorest Salon Software to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Salon software cost.

Bottom line: Salon Ultimate is more expensive than Phorest Salon Software.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Salon Vs. Phorest Salon based on some of the most important and required Salon features.

Salon Ultimate: We are still working to collect the list of features for Salon Ultimate.

Phorest Salon Software: Employee Management, Inventory Management, Point of sale.

Target customer size

Salon Ultimate's typical customers include: SMBs, and Phorest Salon Software's target customer size include: Small, medium and large size businesses.

Salon Ultimate

ITQlick rating
(4.8/5)

starts at $176 per license

Salon Ultimate is a retail POS system designed for salons. This software helps users to take control, organize, and manage appointments with their clients.

Categories: Recurring invoicing, Employee Engagement, Payroll, Inventory Management.

Phorest Salon

ITQlick rating
(4.9/5)

starts at $99 per month

Phorest Salon Software is a growing cloud-based Retail-POS software, it is designed to support small, medium and large size business. Phorest Salon Software received a rating of 4.9 from ITQlick team. The softw...

Categories: Employee Engagement, Inventory Management, iPad POS, Merchandising POS, Mobile POS Systems.

Compare specifications

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Salon Ultimate: 0 Features

We are working to collect the list of features

Phorest Salon Software: 3 Features

Employee Management
Inventory Management
Point of sale
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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Salon
ITQlick rating
4.8/5
Score
71/100
Pricing
8/10
License pricing
$176 per license
Functionality
7
Review
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Phorest ...
ITQlick rating
4.9/5
Score
83/100
Pricing
2.8/10
License pricing
$99 per month
Functionality
15
Salon Ul...
ITQlick rating
5/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
7.2/10
License pricing
$175.99 per license
Functionality
10
Insight ...
ITQlick rating
5/5
Score
88/100
Pricing
6.6/10
License pricing
$35 per feature/month
Functionality
5
Booksy
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
81/100
Pricing
5.4/10
License pricing
$29.99 per month
Functionality
5
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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.