Salon POS System — Flat $19/mo, No Booking Fees

A Salon POS System With Every Feature Included — No Add-Ons to Buy

Ring up services and retail products on one ticket, take card or cash, and close the day with a cash-drawer tally that actually matches. No booking fee, no commission, and no paid add-ons to unlock features other salon POS systems charge extra for.

Services + Retail Products in One Bill

Flat $19/mo — No Booking Fee, No Commission

Works on Any iPad, Tablet or Phone

Daily Cash Close & Shift Handover

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What Is a Salon POS System?

A salon POS system is the point-of-sale software that runs your front desk: it rings up services and retail products on a single bill, takes payment by card or cash, sends a digital receipt, and reconciles the cash drawer at close of day. It differs from a retail POS in that it is built around people, not just products — every line item is attributed to the stylist who performed it, so commission, attendance and staff revenue are captured at checkout rather than reconstructed later from a register. A salon POS also has to handle things retail never sees: prepaid packages being redeemed a session at a time, membership discounts applying automatically, tips split across staff, and a walk-in queue running alongside booked appointments. SalonBoost is a cloud salon POS system — no terminal to buy, no booking fee, and no per-transaction cut, because it runs on the iPad, Android tablet or phone you already have. Part of the SalonBoost salon management platform from $19/month. No setup fee, every feature included at every tier.

Last updated: September 2026

How Does SalonBoost Price Against Other Salon POS Systems?

A sourced price, fee and add-on comparison against four of the most-searched salon software options in the US — Vagaro, Booksy, GlossGenius and TimeTailor.

Feature	SalonBoost	Vagaro	Booksy	GlossGenius	TimeTailor
Entry price/mo	$19	$30	$29.99	$24	“Free”
Booking / commission fee	$0 — none	$0 base	$0 standard; 30% if Boost marketing is on	$0	3.9% on every online booking
How the full feature set is priced	Included at $19	14 separate paid add-ons (text, branded app, payroll, etc.)	+$20/mo per extra staff member	Jumps to $148/mo (Platinum) for advanced features	Booking fee funds the “free” plan
Real-world cost, feature-comparable setup	$19–$29 flat	$100–$250+/mo after add-ons	$29.99 + per-txn processing	$24–$148/mo	3.9% of every booking, indefinitely

Entry prices and fees sourced from each vendor's public pricing page as of August 2026. See SalonBoost's full pricing — $19/mo Essential, $29/mo AI Growth, every feature included.

🧾 Complete Salon Point of Sale

Everything a Salon Counter Actually Needs

Retail POS software was built for shops. SalonBoost's POS is built for a counter where services, products, staff commission and appointments all meet.

Services + Retail on One Bill

Add a haircut, a color service and the shampoo bottle the client is taking home to the same ticket. Product lines pull live stock and deduct from inventory the moment the bill closes.

Single Ticket

No POS Terminal to Buy

Runs in a browser and as an Android/iOS app. Use an iPad at the desk, your own phone during a rush, or a desktop — same account, same data, no locked-in hardware contract.

Zero Hardware Lock-In

Receipt Printer & Barcode Scanner

Pair any standard 58mm/80mm Bluetooth or USB receipt printer for counter tickets, and a USB barcode scanner for retail SKUs. Or skip paper entirely and send the receipt by text or email.

Hardware Optional

Day Close & Cash Reconciliation

End-of-day summary splits collections by card and cash, shows expected cash in drawer versus counted, and logs the variance against the staff member who closed the shift.

Drawer Tallies

Multi-Counter & Multi-Outlet

Run two billing counters during peak hours without double-billing the same appointment. Multi-location owners get per-outlet collections and a consolidated view in one login.

Built for Chains

Packages, Memberships & Tips

Prepaid packages auto-deduct one session per visit, membership rates apply without the front desk remembering them, and tips are recorded per stylist so payroll picks them up.

Salon-Specific

The Checkout Screen Your Front Desk Will Live In

Pull up the appointment or start a walk-in, add services and products, assign staff, take payment — the whole counter interaction in one screen.

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SalonBoost salon POS system checkout screen showing service selection, retail product add-on, staff assignment and payment

👉 Booked clients arrive at the counter with their services pre-loaded from Appointment Management — the front desk just confirms and takes payment.

How the SalonBoost POS Runs a Shift

Three steps from the client walking up to the counter to the drawer being tallied.

Ring up the ticket

Pull the booked appointment or start a walk-in, add services and any retail products, and assign the stylist to each line so commission is captured at source.

Take payment & send the receipt

Card, cash, or a split across both. Print on a receipt printer at the counter, or send the receipt straight to the client's phone by text or email.

Close the shift

Day close tallies drawer cash against expected, flags variance, updates retail stock, and posts staff revenue to payroll. Nothing gets re-entered later.

Retail Stock That Updates Itself at Checkout

Every product sold at the POS deducts from inventory instantly. Low-stock alerts fire before you run out of the shampoo everyone buys.

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SalonBoost inventory dashboard showing retail product stock levels auto-deducted from salon POS sales with low-stock alerts

👉 Back-bar consumption is tracked too — see Inventory Management for auto-deduction on services, not just retail sales.

Why a Retail POS Doesn't Work in a Salon

Plenty of salons start on a generic retail POS like Square or Clover. It works until you need to know which stylist earned what, or why a package client is being charged full price.

Services and retail products on the same ticketStylist attribution on every line — commission captured at checkoutPrepaid packages and memberships auto-appliedCard, cash and split paymentsDay close with cash-drawer variance trackingRuns on the tablet or phone you already own

At the counter	Generic Retail POS	SalonBoost Salon POS
Stylist attribution per line	❌ Not a concept	✅ Every service tagged to staff
Prepaid package redemption	Manual tracking in a register	✅ Auto-deducts one session
Membership pricing	Front desk must remember	✅ Applied automatically
Appointment → checkout	❌ Re-enter everything	✅ Services pre-loaded from calendar
Retail stock deduction	✅ Products only	✅ Products + back-bar consumption
Tip handling	Cash on the side	✅ Recorded per stylist, flows to payroll
Full feature set	Behind paid add-ons/tiers	✅ Included at $19/mo, no add-ons
Receipt delivery	Printed slip only	✅ Print, text or email

Close the Day in Two Minutes, Not Twenty

Collections split by card and cash, expected versus counted cash, staff-wise revenue for the shift — generated the moment the last bill is done.

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SalonBoost salon POS day close report showing card and cash split, expected cash in drawer, and staff-wise shift revenue

👉 The same numbers roll into Analytics & Reports for weekly trends, and into Payroll for commission at month-end.

⭐ From Real Salon Owners Running SalonBoost at the Counter

500+ Salons Worldwide Run Their Front Desk on SalonBoost

Owners who replaced a generic retail POS or a paper register with SalonBoost's salon point of sale.

“SalonBoost is an amazing, straightforward software. My staff loves how easy it makes billing, inventory, and product management. Plus, their support team is always just a call away!”

✓Retail stock now reconciles without a manual count

Subha

Eden Roses Salon

“One of the best features of SalonBoost is the automatic digital invoice with a review link. It's so easy for clients to leave reviews and for us to track how they find us!”

✓Digital receipts go out automatically — no printer at the desk

Rachna

XING Premium Salon

“I like the quick sale in SalonBoost — billing is done in seconds and any staff can use it. It's not complicated at all.”

✓Second counter opens during peak hours with no training

Saching

Express Cuts Premium Salon

Salon POS designed by Swetha Kumar, SalonBoost founder — built from direct feedback from 500+ salon owners.

Flat Pricing. Every Feature Included.

No booking fees, no commission, no paid add-ons to unlock the POS features you actually need.

Essential

$19/mo

Appointments, POS, billing, inventory and staff management.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything salon owners ask about salon POS systems.

No. SalonBoost runs in any browser and as an Android/iOS app, so the iPad, tablet or phone you already have becomes the POS. Hardware is entirely optional — if you want a printed slip at the counter, pair any standard 58mm or 80mm Bluetooth/USB receipt printer, and a USB barcode scanner if you sell a lot of retail. Most salons start with zero extra hardware and send receipts by text or email instead.

Yes, and this is the main reason salons move off a services-only tool. A single ticket can carry the haircut, the color service and the take-home shampoo. Service lines get attributed to the stylist for commission; product lines deduct from retail inventory the moment the bill closes, so stock counts stay accurate without a manual reconciliation.

Both are applied automatically at checkout. If a client has a 10-session package, the POS deducts one session and shows the remaining balance on the receipt. If they hold a membership, the member rate applies without the front desk having to look it up or remember the discount. That removes the two most common billing errors in salons — charging a package client full price, and applying a member discount to the wrong person.

SalonBoost is a cloud POS, so a live connection is needed for a bill to sync. In practice most salons run it on a tablet with a mobile hotspot as backup, which covers the short broadband outages every location deals with occasionally. If you're somewhere with genuinely unreliable connectivity, mention it during the demo and we'll walk you through how other salons in similar spots have set it up.

Yes. Multiple staff can be logged into the POS simultaneously on different devices, which is how salons handle a Saturday rush. The system prevents the same appointment being billed twice, and each bill records which staff member and which counter created it. Multi-location owners get per-branch collections plus a consolidated view under one owner login.

Total collections split by card and cash; expected cash in the drawer versus what was actually counted, with the variance flagged; staff-wise revenue for the shift; and retail units sold. It's generated the moment the last bill of the day is closed, so the person locking up isn't reconciling a register by hand at 9pm.

SalonBoost is $19/mo flat (Essential) or $29/mo (AI Growth), with every feature included and no booking fee or commission. Vagaro's base plan is $30/mo but the comparable feature set is sold as separate paid add-ons — text marketing, a branded app, payroll — that commonly push the real cost to $100–250+/mo. Booksy is $29.99/mo with a 30% one-time fee if you turn on its Boost marketing feature. GlossGenius starts at $24/mo but its advanced tier jumps to $148/mo. TimeTailor advertises free, but charges a 3.9% fee on every online booking, paid by the client. SalonBoost doesn't charge a booking fee or gate features behind a higher tier.

It depends on how many features you need and whether the vendor charges per-booking or add-on fees on top of the sticker price. A feature-comparable setup on Vagaro can run $100–250+/mo once add-ons are included; GlossGenius's advanced tier is $148/mo; Mangomint starts at $120/mo. SalonBoost includes the full feature set — POS, appointments, inventory, staff payroll — at a flat $19/mo (Essential) or $29/mo (AI Growth), with no booking fee and no setup fee. There's a free trial.