Mangomint vs Vagaro (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Mangomint if

• Fits if you run a salon or spa with several providers and a front desk and want month-to-month billing
• Works for medspas that need forms and charting beside the booking calendar

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you have a big team, as every person with a profile, front desk and booth renters too, adds $10 a month
• Pricey if you send campaigns or run payroll: marketing credits are $30 to $300 a month, payroll $50 plus $8 a worker
• Watch out: Express Booking, self checkout, cards on file and deposits need Mangomint's own processing, at 2.45% + 15¢ in person
• Tight if you want a business phone line for calls and texts, at $70 a month per line
• Watch out: the trial's length isn't stated, and there's no free plan to fall back on

Pick Vagaro if

• Fits if you run a salon, spa or barbershop on one to seven bookable calendars
• Works for studios that run classes alongside appointments in one calendar

Look elsewhere if

• Watch out: $23.99 a month lasts 6 months, then one calendar is $30 and each added calendar $10, up to seven
• Pricey if you want text marketing, a branded app or a MySite website, as the page sells them à la carte with no price
• Watch out: the free card reader needs Vagaro Merchant Services, whose rates are advertised from 2.2%
• Skip it if you have several locations and want a price up front, as multi-location plans are quoted by sales

Mangomint

• Every person with a profile counts as a $10 user, including front desk staff and booth renters.
• Marketing campaigns need credits: $30 a month for 3,500, rising to $300 for 60,000. Payroll is $50 a month plus $8 per worker.
• Card fees are 2.45% + 15¢ in person and 2.90% + 30¢ for virtual payments; large businesses may qualify for custom rates.
• An outside card processor can be used, but Express Booking, self checkout, cards on file and deposits need Mangomint's own processing.

Vagaro

• The $23.99 price lasts 6 months; after that one calendar costs $30 a month and each added calendar $10, up to seven.
• The pricing page calls its model à la carte but gives no prices for extras such as text marketing, a branded app or a MySite website.
• The free card reader requires signing up for Vagaro Merchant Services, which advertises processing rates from 2.2%.
• Multi-location pricing is quoted by sales, with each location priced by the features chosen for it.

Mangomint

Calendar and online booking

Online booking sits on your own website with no fee per appointment, and Express Booking lets clients book and save a card in a few steps.

Payments and point of sale

Take cards in person or online, with cards on file, deposits and self checkout; these need Mangomint's own processing rather than an outside processor.

Forms, charting and memberships

Client forms and charting for spas and medspas, plus memberships, packages, gift cards and a virtual waiting room.

Automated flows and campaigns

Marketing credits pay for targeted campaigns and automated flows; appointment confirmations and reminders by text and email are free and unlimited.

Phone add-on

Call and text clients from one business number on any device for $70 a month per line.

Payroll and multi-location

Payroll pays staff, syncs with QuickBooks and files taxes per location, and multi-location tools share clients and reports across sites.

Vagaro

Online booking and calendar

Clients book through Vagaro's marketplace, a website widget, Google, Apple Maps, Instagram, Facebook or Alexa, with waitlists, classes and resource scheduling.

Checkout and card readers

Take Apple Pay, Google Pay and cards on Vagaro's own readers and terminals, offer Affirm pay-later plans, and sell memberships, packages and gift certificates.

Forms and SOAP notes

Intake forms and SOAP notes sit on each client profile, which also tracks history, retention and loyalty points.

Vera AI assistant

Vera helps write marketing and service descriptions, answers client messages, and its Fill My Books feature promotes open slots to Vagaro's customer network.

Payroll and team access

Vagaro Payroll pays staff and booth renters, tracks hours and time off, and access levels set what each employee can see at each location.

Multi-location tools

Sync services, clients, classes, products and pricing across locations, with SSO and SCIM, APIs and webhooks, and exports to Power BI, Salesforce and other tools.

Mangomint

• Mangomint$120

  per location / month, plus $10 per user

  Every core feature, free onboarding and data transfer, and no contract. Every staff member, front desk worker or booth renter counts as a user.

Vagaro

• One location$30

  per month for 1 calendar, plus $10 per added calendar

  Advertised at $23.99 a month for the first 6 months. Calendars beyond seven cost nothing extra; 1,000 emails a month and a marketplace listing are included.

• Multiple locationsCustom

  Features chosen per location, with SSO, data lake exports, a dedicated success manager and data migration, through sales.

Mangomint

No public discounts listed.

Vagaro

• Other savings

  $23.99 a month for the first 6 months

  Vagaro's pricing page shows a one-calendar account at $23.99 a month for the first 6 months, against the regular $30.