How to read this pricing table
A nail salon shopping for nail salon booking software is comparing two meters: a per-person subscription, or a flat book. This page is that hub. It is not a generic salon roundup, not a POS shootout, and not the phone shootout.
- Seat and price cells are copied from the vendor’s public pricing page on September 22, 2026.
- If a dollar or a seat cap was not on that page, it is not in the table. Other products stay at “per published pricing.”
- We do not multiply a per-user rate by a chair count and call the result their price.
- Bukkii has two offers. Calendar is the booking website. AIVA is the phone. Calendar does not answer calls.
Seat limits and published prices
| Product | Staff / seat rule on the live page | Price we can quote | Answers the phone? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setmore Free | Up to 4 users. A user is each staff member with their own profile. Each staff calendar counts, even without login. | $0 per user / month | No. The booking page is not the shop line. Live Receptionist is listed as a separate plan, with no dollar on that row. |
| Setmore Pro | The card says unlimited users, and the price is still per user. | Nav prints $5* per user / month with an annual-pricing mark. The Pro card also prints $12 and $5 per user / month. Helper copy on the same page says pro plan $5 per month under annual billing. We do not invent a cleaner monthly-vs-annual split than that. | Same as Free. Not the phone. |
| Mangomint | Anyone with a profile counts as a user, including service providers and front desk. | $120/mo base + $10 per user. Extra locations: $120/mo each. | Not the booking plan. Their Phone add-on is $70/mo per line for in-app calls and texting. That is not AIVA. |
| Bukkii Calendar | Unlimited staff. Unlimited customers. No per-seat meter. | $20/month. Google Reserve included. | No. Calendar does not answer the phone. |
| Bukkii AIVA | Unlimited staff on the phone plan. This row is the phone, not the calendar. | $200 one-time. No monthly plan fee. | Yes. Inbound shop line. |
| Vagaro, Booksy, and other books | Per published pricing. Seat caps are not quoted here. | Per published pricing. No dollar is printed on this page. | Not claimed here. |
Sources, fetched September 22, 2026: setmore.com/pricing and mangomint.com/pricing. Bukkii rows are from bukkii.ai/pricing the same day: Calendar $20/month, AI Receptionist $200 one-time. If a vendor changes a toggle or a screenshot after this fetch, trust their live page.
Appointment scheduling software, on this page only
Appointment scheduling software is the same search with a wider label: a page where a guest picks a service and a time. For this site the buyer is a nail salon, so the head term stays here. There is no separate appointment-scheduling URL. The chair is still gel, dip, acrylic, a fill, or a pedi, and the bill still turns on how many staff calendars the software counts.
Setmore pricing and Mangomint pricing are not their own posts. The full seat writeups sit inside Setmore vs Bukkii Calendar and Mangomint vs Bukkii Calendar. This hub is the comparison table those sections point back to.
Setmore: four users on Free, then a per-user Pro
Setmore’s pricing page is a booking product. Free is labeled “Up to 4 users” at $0 per user per month. Pro is labeled “Unlimited users” and still shows a per-user price. Their FAQ is plain: Setmore charges per user, meaning each staff member with their own profile, and each staff calendar counts even when that person cannot log in.
The same comparison table marks Reserve with Google yes in both plan columns. We quote that checkmark. We do not describe how their Google listing is reviewed, and we do not treat it as the same onboarding as Bukkii.
A row named Live Receptionist says calls can be answered by real people on a separate plan, US only. No price sits on that row. We do not invent one. That product is also not this article. The phone compare — keep Setmore, add a line that books — is Setmore vs an AI phone receptionist. The calendar compare is Setmore vs Bukkii Calendar.
Mangomint: a base fee plus $10 per profile
Mangomint’s pricing page prints one user line: $120/mo base + $10 per user. The FAQ on that page says anyone with a profile counts, including service providers and front desk employees. Locations are $120/mo each. Phone is an optional add-on at $70/mo per line, described as in-app calls and texting. Payroll is $50/mo + $8 per worker. Marketing starts at $30/mo. Those add-on dollars are on the page, so they are in this paragraph. They are not the seat comparison.
The pricing page we fetched does not print a Google Reserve or Book Online line. We do not claim Mangomint includes it, and we do not claim they lack it. The calendar seat compare is Mangomint vs Bukkii Calendar. The phone compare is Mangomint vs an AI phone receptionist.
Mangomint is a broader salon platform than a booking page. This hub does not claim feature parity with their register, payroll, or marketing. The number in the table is the published seat meter.
Calendar — $20/month — unlimited staff, and it does not answer the phone
Bukkii Calendar is $20/month. Unlimited staff. Unlimited customers. The plan includes a booking website, email reminders, and Google Reserve — the Book Online button on Google Maps. Bukkii submits the listing during onboarding. Google’s review is typically 7–14 business days. There is no per-tech fee when you add a Saturday tech or a front desk profile.
Calendar has no voice minutes, because this plan does not answer the phone. If the hole is “guests cannot book us on Google,” Get Calendar — $20/mo is the button. The longer booking-calendar guide is nail salon online booking calendar. The Maps path is Google Reserve for nail salons. Why the seat meter exists at all is on unlimited-staff booking calendar.
Checkout you already run can stay. We do not claim native two-way sync into Setmore, Mangomint, Vagaro, or Booksy. See keep your nail salon POS.
The phone is a different offer
A booking calendar waits for a tap. It does not pick up the Google number mid-fill. That job is AIVA, the AI receptionist: $200 one-time, no monthly plan fee, no free trial. She answers the shop line, books the service, and texts the appointment. Get AIVA — $200. Hear her at (215) 791-6766.
Do not read the Setmore or Mangomint phone articles as a second copy of this table. Those pages keep the other calendar and add a phone. This page is the book: seats, published prices, and a $20 calendar that does not charge per staff.
Related guides
- Setmore vs Bukkii Calendar — staff seats vs $20 unlimited.
- Mangomint vs Bukkii Calendar — base plus per user vs $20 unlimited.
- Unlimited-staff booking calendar — a book that does not charge per seat.
- Google Reserve for nail salons
- Nail salon online booking calendar
- Setmore vs an AI phone receptionist — phone, not this calendar compare.
- Mangomint vs an AI phone receptionist — phone, not this calendar compare.
- Pricing — Calendar $20/mo and AIVA $200
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
How much does nail salon booking software cost?
It depends on the seat rule on the vendor’s public pricing page. Fetched September 22, 2026: Setmore Free is $0 per user per month, up to 4 users. Setmore Pro is shown as $5 per user per month with an annual-pricing mark, and the Pro card also prints $12 and $5 per user per month. Mangomint is $120 per month base plus $10 per user. Bukkii Calendar is $20 per month with unlimited staff and unlimited customers. Other products are per published pricing — this page does not invent their dollars.
Does Setmore charge per staff seat?
Yes, on the page we fetched. Setmore says it charges per user, and a user is each staff member with their own profile. Each staff calendar counts even if that person has no login. Free is up to 4 users. Pro says unlimited users and still prices per user.
Does Mangomint charge per user?
Yes. The Mangomint pricing page fetched September 22, 2026 prints Users as $120 per month base plus $10 per user. Their FAQ says anyone with a profile counts, including service providers and front desk employees. Extra locations are $120 per month each on that same page.
What is Bukkii Calendar pricing?
Calendar is $20 per month. Unlimited staff. Unlimited customers. Google Reserve is included. It does not answer the phone. The button is Get Calendar — $20/mo.
Does the booking calendar answer salon calls?
No. Bukkii Calendar does not answer the phone. AIVA is the separate phone offer at $200 one-time, with no monthly plan fee and no free trial. The phone compares are Setmore vs an AI receptionist and Mangomint vs an AI receptionist.
Is appointment scheduling software a different page?
No. For a nail salon, appointment scheduling software is this hub: the public book for gel, dip, fill, acrylic, and pedi, priced by staff seat. There is no separate appointment-scheduling URL. Setmore pricing and Mangomint pricing live inside the calendar compare pages, not as their own thin posts.