Salon booking software made flexible

Ideally for salons, the best booking software will simplify booking for your guests no matter how they prefer to contact you. A complete software platform will also send automatic appointment reminders and optimize your schedule on slow days. Look for features your front desk team will appreciate; like a drag-and-drop interface and a flexible layout (column widths, zoom, multiple time increments) so they can have an experience that suits the way they work.  

A robust booking system will provide accurate insights into your waitlist and inform the team about no-shows and cancellations in real time. It should also help you reduce future no-shows with multichannel (SMS and email) automated or manual appointment reminders and confirmations.  

Look for a salon booking system that will book services in the right order (e.g., cut, color, blowout) to optimize service duration—and even split segments across different providers/stylists to optimize their schedules. Your software should also offer easy-to-access data insights and reports on past bookings.

Finally, if your brand has multiple locations, you’ll want a system that creates a uniform experience across all those locations.

All new technology requires some onboarding. That said, salon booking software should be user friendly and intuitive, since its job is to make life easier for your team and guests. Once implemented, your software should reduce administrative hassles and make every touch point frictionless. Get a software demo and ask questions to get a better picture of the onboarding process and overall ease of use.

Price always varies by vendor and the number of features/licenses you will need. To avoid paying for features you don’t want, choose a vendor that is an insider to the beauty and wellness industry. A true insider can show you how to drive higher revenue, reduce costs, and automate time-consuming administrative tasks with your new booking software. For salons with multiple locations, ask your preferred vendor how your software will help unify and streamline operations across those locations. Worried about hidden costs? Ask the hard questions. A reputable vendor will have the answers.

Zenoti Mobile applications will run on Apple devices (iPhone 7 and later, iPod Touch 7^th generation, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5^th generation and later, iPad Mini 4 and later, iPad Pro 2^nd generation and later, with iOS 13 and later) and Android 10 and later devices (all smartphones and tablets of 8 inches and above and a 4GB RAM + 32 GB ROM and above). We recommend Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+, Samsung Galaxy Tab A8, Samsung Galaxy Tab S8, and Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+. Please note that Amazon Fire tablets are not currently supported.

In terms of browser compatibility, Zenoti currently supports Google Chrome (version 92 or later), Mozilla Firefox (version 90 or later), Safari for Mac (version 13 or later), and Microsoft Edge (version 95 or later). If you set up credit card processing integrations with any provider other than Zenoti Payments, we recommend disabling any auto-update features for that browser and any dependent technology (like Java). We do not recommend using either Internet Explorer or Opera.

Please use Windows 10 (or above) operating systems with the latest Windows updates. For Mac systems, please use Mac 0S 10.6 or later.

Zenoti will work optimally with Windows machines using Intel i3, i5, and i7 processors. If your center deals with 100+ appointments a day, we recommend an i3 machine or higher for smooth operations.

For optimal performance, we recommend a system with the following memory:

• 6 GB RAM for centers that manage 100+ appointments per day
• 8 - 16 GB RAM for centers that manage 200+ appointments a day.