# Pabau review (2026): is it worth it? > Practice management software for clinics and aesthetic practices Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Pabau is practice management software for medical, aesthetic and wellness clinics. It covers scheduling and online booking, patient records, forms and photos, payments and invoicing, memberships, marketing and reporting. Every plan has the same features and is sized by the number of users, from Solo to Enterprise, with optional add-ons on top. - **Category:** Salon, Spa & Studio Booking - **Made by:** Pabau - **Website:** https://pabau.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want to see prices up front, as only Solo has one and larger teams book a demo. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing Pabau's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Calendar and online booking:** A calendar for appointments, staff and rooms, self-service online booking, a client portal, group classes and a waitlist. - **Patient records and forms:** Electronic records, custom clinical forms, before-and-after photos, letters and prescriptions, with telehealth built in. - **Payments and billing:** Pabau Pay processing, invoices and point of sale, quotes, packages and memberships, and insurance claims. - **Marketing and leads:** Email and SMS campaigns, automations, lead management, loyalty, gift vouchers and Google review requests. - **Add-ons and AI:** Optional Marketing Plus, Care Plus, Insight Plus and Engage Plus; Engage adds WhatsApp, a phone system and AI agents. - **Pabau GO app:** A mobile app for running part of the clinic from an iPhone or iPad. ## Good for - Aesthetic and medical clinics that keep patient records and book in one system - Practices that want all features in every plan, sized only by user count - Multi-location groups on the Enterprise tier ## Worth knowing - Prices are not readable on the page as served: they vary by region and user count, so pricing is marked unverified. - Plans are sized by users: Solo is 1, Team 2-3, Medium 4-5, Group 6-15 and Enterprise 16 or more, and pricing applies per location. - Only the Solo plan has a published price according to the page's FAQ; larger teams book a demo. - Engage Plus is priced per location, and its messages and AI call minutes use pay-as-you-go credits. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Pabau is booking and records software for aesthetics and wellness clinics, with patient forms, payments and marketing. Its prices are not readable on the page, only the Solo plan has one, and messages and AI calls are billed as extra credits. - **Value for money: C.** Prices vary by region and user count and are not readable on the page, so nothing sits against the $49.90 middle of the category. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial on record, so you pay before you use it. - **Features: C.** Calendar, online booking, patient records and forms, payments and marketing. Engage Plus and AI call minutes are pay-as-you-go extras, which is a gap in the base job. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Clinics set up treatments, forms and users first. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web plus an iPhone app, Pabau GO. No Android app or integrations list is shown. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Pabau's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among salon, spa and studio booking apps - Pabau's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 7 of the 33 other salon, spa and studio booking apps we grade, and level with 7. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 9 of 33) 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 Pabau you would be making insurance claims sent to payers through a clearinghouse. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 19 of the 33 other salon, spa and studio booking apps grade higher. - You could make: Appointment booking, clinical notes and forms: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Insurance claims sent to payers through a clearinghouse. - You could not: Video sessions that meet health privacy rules. - You could not: A real app for iOS. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Appointment booking, Clinical notes, Insurance billing, Telehealth, Forms, AI features ## Alternatives - [Mindbody](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mindbody): Studio, gym, spa and salon software with a consumer booking app. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mindbody-vs-pabau) - [Zenoti](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zenoti): Booking, POS and operations software for salons, spas and gyms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pabau-vs-zenoti) - [Boulevard](https://toolgpa.com/tools/boulevard): Booking, checkout and marketing for salons, spas and medspas. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/boulevard-vs-pabau) - [Mangomint](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mangomint): Salon, spa and medspa software priced per location and user. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mangomint-vs-pabau) - [Vagaro](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vagaro): Booking, payments and marketing for salons, spas and studios. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pabau-vs-vagaro) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://pabau.com/pricing/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/pabau Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).