Schedulicity Is Now Vagaro: 9 Best Alternatives
Schedulicity no longer exists as a standalone product. Visiting schedulicity.com now lands on a Vagaro page headed “Schedulicity is now Vagaro,” and the pricing URL redirects into Vagaro’s site as well. Vagaro is offering to handle the migration for existing customers.
If you were a Schedulicity customer, that is a forced decision rather than an upgrade. Vagaro is a considerably larger platform, priced per bookable calendar from $30 per month, with payroll, inventory, memberships, and a consumer marketplace attached. For a solo stylist or a two-room massage practice that was paying for a simple calendar, that can be more system than the business needs.
Here are 9 Schedulicity alternatives, including staying put.
1. Vagaro (staying with the migration)
The default, and genuinely good software. Booking, point of sale, payroll, inventory, memberships, marketing, and a marketplace that sends new clients to you. If you were already growing out of Schedulicity, the merger has done you a favour.
Best for: Salons and studios who want full business management and marketplace discovery.
Pricing: From $30/month for one bookable calendar
2. Square Appointments
The strongest free option, and the closest thing to a soft landing for a solo operator. Booking, calendar, and a real point of sale, free for a single location, with card hardware available. Payment processing fees are the business model.
Best for: Solo professionals who take payment in person and want to stop paying a subscription.
Pricing: Free for individuals; paid plans from $29/month per location
3. Acuity Scheduling
Deeper appointment logic than Schedulicity had, covering intake forms, packages, memberships, classes, and multiple locations. A good fit for wellness practices with real scheduling rules.
Best for: Practices with complex service types and intake requirements.
Pricing: From $20/month
4. Fresha
Salon and spa platform with a large consumer marketplace, which is the feature Schedulicity never had. Sold as a monthly subscription with a 7-day trial for teams.
Best for: Beauty and wellness businesses who want to be discovered by new clients.
Pricing: Monthly subscription; 7-day free trial for teams
5. Booksy
Marketplace-first booking aimed at barbers, stylists, and independent beauty professionals. Strong mobile apps and client-facing discovery, which matters more than feature depth for a chair-renter.
Best for: Barbers and independent stylists building a client base.
Pricing: Paid plans, priced per staff member
6. SimplyBook.me
Booking website rather than a booking page, with features switched on modularly. Free tier covers 50 bookings and one provider. Paid tiers scale by booking volume, which suits a solo practitioner with a full book.
Best for: Independent practitioners who want a full booking site cheaply.
Pricing: Free tier; Basic $11.90/month, Standard $24.90/month
7. GlossGenius
Built specifically for independent beauty professionals, with flat-rate payment processing and a deliberately simple interface. Popular with people who found bigger platforms overwhelming.
Best for: Solo beauty professionals who want simplicity and predictable payment fees.
Pricing: Paid plans, from around $24/month
8. Picktime
Free for a lot, including multiple staff, classes, and room or equipment booking. The interface shows its age, but for a small practice watching costs it does the job.
Best for: Small practices who need to eliminate the subscription entirely.
Pricing: Free tier; paid plans from $3/month per user
9. Carly
Only relevant if what you booked was consultations rather than services. Carly has no point of sale, no inventory, and no staff rostering, so it is not a Schedulicity replacement for a salon.
For coaches, therapists doing intake calls, and consultants who used Schedulicity as a calendar and nothing more, it covers unlimited booking pages, group scheduling, and scheduling requests that arrive by email rather than through a link.
Best for: Coaches and consultants, not service businesses with a front desk.
Pricing: Free Zapier-style workflows and scheduling; AI agents from $35/month
Schedulicity Alternatives Compared
| Tool | Free tier | Point of sale | Marketplace | Classes | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vagaro | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Full studio management |
| Square Appointments | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Solo with payments |
| Acuity | No | Via payments | No | Yes | Complex booking rules |
| Fresha | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Beauty and wellness |
| Booksy | No | Yes | Yes | Limited | Barbers and stylists |
| SimplyBook.me | Yes | Add-on | No | Yes | Booking website |
| GlossGenius | No | Yes | Limited | Limited | Solo beauty pros |
| Picktime | Yes | Limited | No | Yes | Cost-constrained |
| Carly | Yes | No | No | No | Consultations only |
Before you accept the migration
Two things are worth doing while Schedulicity’s systems are still reachable. Export your client list and appointment history, because a migration handled by the acquiring vendor is convenient but not something you should be the only copy of. And check what Vagaro will actually cost at your staff count, since per-calendar pricing scales differently from what Schedulicity charged.
The merger is also a reasonable moment to ask whether you need a full studio platform at all. A solo practitioner taking payment through Square and handing out a booking link is running a much cheaper stack than either Schedulicity or Vagaro.
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