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

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

Pick Yocale if

• Fits if you are a solo practitioner with one calendar
• Works for clinics that want built-in card payments

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a free plan, as only a 14-day trial exists
• Tight if you text a lot, as plans include 100, 500 or 2,500 texts
• Pricey if you need clinical charting, which sits on plans from $84
• Watch out: card processing is 2.59% plus 20 cents, and instant payouts cost 1%

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.

Yocale

• Card processing is 2.59% + 20 cents; instant payouts cost 1% after 60 days with Yocale.
• Two-way texting is a separate add-on, and each plan caps included texts at 100, 500 or 2,500.
• Clinical charting needs the Clinical plans, which cost more than the matching standard plans.
• Prices differ by billing: the yearly rate is shown as 15% off the monthly one.

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.

Yocale

Online booking

Clients book 24/7 from a website, and bookings can come in through Google Search and Maps via Reserve with Google.

Built-in card payments

Every plan has one card rate (2.59% + 20 cents in person or online), with a card reader discount on Pro and Ultimate.

Reminders and texts

Confirmations and reminders by email and text. Plans include 100, 500 or 2,500 texts; two-way texting is a separate add-on.

Client records and forms

Client profiles with notes, history, alerts and custom fields, plus digital forms. Clinical notes and charting sit in the clinical plans.

Team and reports

Staff schedules, roles, payroll tracking, inventory with barcode scanning, and sales and booking reports.

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.

Yocale

• Grow$25

  per month for 1 calendar, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly)

  Booking, card payments and client records for one provider. 100 texts a month.

• Pro$42

  per month for 2 to 9 calendars, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly)

  Everything in Grow, plus AI tools, waitlist and rebooking reminders. 500 texts a month.

• Ultimate$84

  per month for 10+ calendars, billed yearly ($99 billed monthly)

  Everything in Pro, plus five times the texts, a team scorecard and Google Analytics.

• Clinical Pro$84

  per month for 1 to 9 calendars, billed yearly ($99 billed monthly)

  Med spa and clinical tab: SOAP notes, photo markup, e-signature forms, a HIPAA agreement and AI tools.

• Clinical Ultimate$127

  per month for 10+ calendars, billed yearly ($149 billed monthly)

  Everything in Clinical Pro, plus five times the texts, a team scorecard and Google Analytics.

• EnterpriseCustom

  For several locations or a large team; priced through a demo.

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.

Yocale

• Annual discount

  15% off with yearly billing

  The pricing page shows yearly billing as a 15% saving; Grow is $296 a year against $29 a month.