# EnvisionNow (Envision Salon Software) review (2026): is it worth it? > Salon, spa and barber booking software now sold as EnvisionNow Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Envision Salon Software now trades as EnvisionNow, part of PatientNow, and covers salons, spas, barbershops, beauty schools, pet groomers and tattoo studios. It includes online booking with deposits, a waitlist, client notes and photos, integrated payments, inventory, SMS and email marketing, and a branded mobile app for clients. - **Category:** Salon, Spa & Studio Booking - **Made by:** PatientNow - **Website:** https://envisionnow.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want to compare prices, as none are shown. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing EnvisionNow (Envision Salon Software)'s current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Online booking and waitlist:** Branded 24/7 booking with required deposits, tiered pricing by stylist, and a waitlist that fills cancelled slots. - **Calendar sync:** The calendar syncs with Google, Outlook or iPhone calendars and tracks team availability and resources. - **Marketing and reviews:** Automated SMS and email campaigns with templates and AI assistance, review requests and Canva for before-and-after photos. - **Client notes and payments:** Client preferences, formulas and photos are stored with each client, with integrated payments, Tippy tipping and QuickBooks. - **Mobile apps:** A custom client app for Android and iOS handles booking, loyalty and push notifications, and there is an employee app. - **Plans by size:** Standard, Amplify and Ultimate allow 1, 25 and unlimited users, with SMS and campaign email allowances that rise by tier. ## Good for - Salons and spas that want a branded client booking app - Beauty schools, pet groomers and tattoo studios as well as salons - Growing multi-user teams that need user limits to scale ## Worth knowing - The pricing page cards say "Pricing tailored to your practice" with no figures, so no plan prices are recorded here. - Standard includes 1 user and charges $20 for each added user up to 5 seats. - Included allowances: 500, 5,000 and 10,000 SMS notifications a month on Standard, Amplify and Ultimate. - The envisionsalon.com address now redirects to envisionnow.com, a PatientNow brand. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. EnvisionNow, formerly Envision Salon Software, covers booking, a waitlist, reviews and payments for salons, spas and barbershops, with iOS and Android apps. But its pricing cards show no figures, extra users cost $20 each, and the old envisionsalon.com address now redirects to a PatientNow brand. - **Value for money: C.** No plan price is shown, only "pricing tailored to your practice". Standard includes 1 user and charges $20 for each extra up to 5. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial shown on the listing, so nothing here is free. - **Features: B.** Online booking, waitlist, calendar sync, client notes, payments, reviews and marketing. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and tiers by size mean choosing and setting up. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web plus iOS and Android, with QuickBooks, Google Calendar, Outlook, WooCommerce and Canva links. No computer app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from EnvisionNow's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among salon, spa and studio booking apps - EnvisionNow (Envision Salon Software)'s GPA of 2.0 is higher than 32 of the 85 other salon, spa and studio booking apps we grade, and level with 15. - It stands best on features (B, above 42 of 85) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/service-booking ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace EnvisionNow (Envision Salon Software) you would be making texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. - You could make: Appointment booking, inventory, review collection and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. - You could not: Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Canva, Vish and SalonInteractive among them. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Canva, Vish, SalonInteractive, QuickBooks, WooCommerce, Tippy, Google Calendar, Outlook **Tags:** Appointment booking, SMS marketing, Email campaigns, Inventory, Review collection, Reports, AI features ## Alternatives - [SalonBiz](https://toolgpa.com/tools/salonbiz): Salon software for commission-based teams, with Aveda integration. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/envision-salon-software-vs-salonbiz) - [Meevo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/meevo): Salon, spa and med spa software with booking, POS and marketing. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/envision-salon-software-vs-meevo) - [Zenoti](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zenoti): Booking, POS and operations software for salons, spas and gyms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/envision-salon-software-vs-zenoti) - [Phorest](https://toolgpa.com/tools/phorest): Salon and medspa software for booking, POS and marketing. 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