Salon & barbershop software, compared

The Honest Comparison.Every Claim You Can Check.

How Amplify stacks up against the categories operators switch off of — enterprise salon suites, barbershop-native tools, and booking marketplaces. No spin, no rows we can't back.

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Where each category fits

What a Brand-Builder Needs — And Who Has It.

The categories aren't named because it doesn't matter which logo is on the box — the trade-offs are the same across each type. Every row is one a technical buyer can verify.

What a brand-builder needsEnterprise suitesBarbershop-nativeBooking marketplacesAmplify
Price you can see without a sales call Demo-gated Public Public Published
Flat platform price — the basics never cost extra Priced by the piece Climbs with use Commission Flat $350
No marketplace commission on your bookings Varies Usually Takes a cut None, ever
Reservations + walk-ins in one flow Booking-led Booking-led Booking-led Both
Franchisor-grade multi-location control Yes Maturing No Core
You own your data — clean export any time Unstated Unstated They hold it Yours, clean export
A fast, done-for-you migration Months Weeks Days Done for you
Who runs it Acquired VC-backed VC-backed Operator-run

Deliberately left off: support quality and uptime. Both matter enormously — and both are earned, not asserted. We won't claim a checkmark we can't prove against the next company.

The three that decide it

Most Switches Come Down to The Same Three.

Price

One Number, Published

$350 a location — nothing essential costs more, no per-seat or per-client fees, no marketplace commission, and no surprise line at renewal.

The exit

Never Held Hostage

We run on a contract like everyone — but your data leaves clean whenever you want, and no payout is held as leverage to keep you.

The switch

We Move You

Migration is on us — history brought over, migrated for you, training in about two hours. The part everyone dreads, off your plate.

See it for yourself

Don't Take the Chart's Word for It.

The pricing, the product, and the data commitments are all right here — read them straight.

Product

See the Platform →

The control tower, the live walk-in queue, and everything Amplify runs across a brand.
Pricing

$350 a Location →

The whole platform, one published price — plus texting at cost and optional modules.
Switching

What Switching Looks Like →

What moves over, what it costs, and exactly how the switch goes.
FAQ

How Amplify Compares: FAQ

Is this comparison biased?
Amplify built this comparison, so read it with that in mind. That's exactly why every row is something a technical buyer can verify for themselves: our pricing is published, reservations plus walk-ins is a product fact, and data ownership and the clean-export commitment are in writing. We only put a row on the chart if we can back it up, and we'd rather leave a claim off than ask you to take it on faith.
What about support and reliability — why aren't those on the chart?
Support and uptime are left off on purpose. Great support and reliability are earned, not claimed, and every platform has bad days, Amplify included. We won't put a checkmark next to something we can't prove is better than the next company's. Instead of taking our word for it, ask us for references and hear directly what support and reliability look like day to day.
How is Amplify actually different on price?
Amplify charges one number: $350 per location per month for the platform. There's no setup fee, no per-user seats, no per-client fees, and no marketplace commission of any kind. The only thing that scales with use is texting, billed at $0.03 a message, and optional modules are added only when you ask for them. You can read the full price without a sales call.
If I sign and it does not work out, am I stuck?
Not with your data. Amplify runs on a contract like every serious platform, but your data is never held hostage. If you decide to leave, we export it cleanly and you take it wherever you want, with your client history intact. No payout is held as leverage and no one charges a ransom for your own client list. You stay because it works, not because leaving would cost you your business.
See it live

Put It Side by Side With What You Run.
One Operator to Another.

A 30-minute walkthrough on your numbers — where Amplify wins for your shops, and where it honestly doesn't.

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