Best Salon Booking Software for a Nail Salon

How this list is ordered

There is no 1-to-10 ranking. A nail salon hires software for a job: fill the chair from a marketplace, run the register, or put gel, dip, fill, and acrylic on a page guests can book. The best fit is the row that matches that job. Bukkii Calendar is one row. It is the right row when you want unlimited staff and Google Reserve at a flat $20/month. It is the wrong row when you want Booksy or Fresha discovery, or Mangomint’s or Vagaro’s full platform.

This listicle comes after the alternative pages on purpose. Read Setmore, Mangomint, Vagaro, Booksy, and Fresha if you already have a vendor in mind. The pricing hub for the seat pattern is nail salon booking software pricing.

Prices we can quote today

Option	Job it is built for	Price fetched September 22, 2026	Answers the phone?
Bukkii Calendar	Booking website and Google Reserve, no per-staff fee	$20/month. Unlimited staff. Unlimited customers.	No
Bukkii AIVA	Inbound shop line. Not the calendar.	$200 one-time. No monthly plan fee.	Yes
Setmore	Service booking page and staff users	Free $0 per user / month, up to 4 users. Pro card $12 and $5 per user / month.	Live Receptionist is a separate plan. No dollar on that row.
Mangomint	Salon platform: book, POS, and add-ons	$120/mo base + $10 per user. Phone add-on $70/mo per line.	Not the base plan. Phone is the add-on.
Vagaro	Salon platform and bookable calendar licenses	Slider showed $30.00 and $23.99/mo for the first 6 months beside Just Me. FAQ: $10 per bookable calendar license, up to seven, then more employees at no extra cost.	Not claimed from this fetch.
Booksy	Salon software plus marketplace	$29.99/month plus $20/month per additional team member, plus tax. Boost is 30% of a new Boost client’s first visit.	Not the subscription we fetched.
Fresha	Salon software plus marketplace	Independent $19.95/month. Team $14.95 per bookable team member. Marketplace new clients: 20% once, $6 minimum.	AI Concierge is a separate add-on at $99.95 per location per month.
Calendly	Meetings, not a nail menu	Standard $12/$10 per seat monthly/annual. Teams $20/$16 per seat. Enterprise from $15,000/yr.	No

Sources, fetched September 22, 2026: setmore.com/pricing, mangomint.com/pricing, vagaro.com/pro/pricing, biz.booksy.com/en-us/pricing, fresha.com/pricing, calendly.com/pricing, and bukkii.ai/pricing. If a vendor changes a toggle after this fetch, trust their live page. We do not multiply per-user rates into a shop total.

Bukkii Calendar, stated fairly

Calendar is the row for a nail salon that wants the public book and the Book Online button on Google, without a fee that steps up per tech or per bookable member. $20/month. Unlimited staff. Unlimited customers. Email reminders. Bukkii submits Google Reserve during onboarding. Google’s review is typically 7 to 14 business days. Get Calendar — $20/mo.

Fair limits: Calendar does not answer the phone. It does not include a consumer marketplace, Boost, or a 20% new-client commission — and it also does not bring you those strangers. It does not claim Mangomint’s or Vagaro’s register, payroll, or inventory. It does not claim two-way sync into the book you already run. If those are the job, Calendar is not the best software on this list. The product page is online booking. The seat essay is unlimited-staff booking calendar.

Setmore, when four calendars is enough

Setmore is a direct booking product. Free really is $0 per user up to 4 users, and each staff calendar counts. Pro removes the cap and keeps the per-user price. Their page lists Reserve with Google in the brand comparison. Choose Setmore when the team fits the card and the techs already use it. The dedicated pages are pricing, the free plan, reviews, and Setmore vs Bukkii Calendar.

Mangomint and Vagaro, when you want the platform

Mangomint’s $120 base plus $10 per profile is the price of a broad salon system, not of a link. Keep it when you want POS and the add-ons you read on Mangomint pricing. Their pricing page does not print Google Reserve, so this list does not award or deny them that checkmark.

Vagaro’s page is a platform with a license slider. We only quote the Just Me display ($30.00 and $23.99/mo for the first 6 months, exclusions apply) and the FAQ’s $10 bookable calendar license up to seven. Stay when you want that system. The alternative writeup is Vagaro alternatives. Either platform can stay in the shop while AIVA covers the phone: keep your nail salon POS.

Booksy and Fresha, when discovery is the product

Booksy at $29.99 plus $20 per extra team member is also a marketplace. Boost’s 30% first-visit fee is optional and is the price of that channel. Fresha’s subscription is lower on the Independent card and per bookable member on Team, and new marketplace clients are 20% once with a $6 minimum. Choose them when new guests find you there. Do not “replace” that with Calendar and expect the same strangers. See Booksy and Fresha.

Calendly is usually the wrong row

Calendly’s seats are for people who host meetings. A nail tech’s calendar is a service book. The comparison is Setmore vs Calendly. Use Calendly for a consult. Do not use it as the best salon booking software for a Saturday dip book.

The phone is a second hire

None of the booking rows above is AIVA, except the AIVA row. She answers the shop number, books the service, and texts the appointment. $200 one-time. No monthly plan fee. No free trial. Get AIVA — $200. Fresha’s AI Concierge at $99.95 per location per month and Mangomint’s Phone at $70 per line are their add-ons, not this offer.

Nail-first starting points: best nail salon software, nail salon booking software, and nail salon online booking. Wider labels: booking software for salons and salon online booking.

Related guides

Two offers: AIVA on the phone, Calendar on the book

The calendar and the receptionist solve different leaks. Buy the one you are missing, or buy both. Neither is a footnote. Calendar does not answer the phone.

AIVA — the phone layer — $200 one-time

AIVA is the AI receptionist for inbound calls. She answers the shop number, books the service, and texts the appointment. $200 one-time. No monthly plan fee. No free trial. Get AIVA — $200. Hear her at (215) 791-6766.

Calendar — the booking layer — $20/month

Calendar is the booking website plus Google Reserve — the Book Online button on Google Maps. $20/month. Unlimited staff. Unlimited customers. It does not answer the phone. Choose it when the public book and Google are what you need, and you are keeping the checkout you already have. Get Calendar — $20/mo. Both cards are on pricing.

FAQ

What is the best salon booking software for a nail salon?

The one that matches the job. Marketplace discovery points at Booksy or Fresha. A full POS platform points at Mangomint or Vagaro. A per-user booking page points at Setmore, including a real free plan up to 4 users. A flat booking website with Google Reserve points at Bukkii Calendar at $20 per month. There is no single score on this page.

Where does Bukkii Calendar fit?

Calendar is $20 per month with unlimited staff, unlimited customers, and Google Reserve. It is a fair fit when the public book and the Maps button are the job. It is a poor fit when you need a marketplace, a full register, or a phone that answers. Calendar does not answer the phone.

Are the competitor prices on this list current?

They were copied from each vendor’s public pricing page on September 22, 2026. Setmore, Mangomint, Vagaro, Booksy, Fresha, and Calendly are quoted only from those pages. We do not multiply a per-seat rate into a shop total.

Does the best booking software answer calls?

No. The booking rows do not answer the shop line. AIVA is the separate phone offer at $200 one-time, with no monthly plan fee and no free trial. Fresha and Mangomint publish their own phone add-on prices; those are theirs.

Should a nail salon switch everything at once?

No. Keep the POS or marketplace that is already filling chairs. Add Calendar when you want a flat book and Google Reserve. Add AIVA when the leak is the phone. We do not claim native two-way sync into Setmore, Mangomint, Vagaro, Booksy, or Fresha.