GlossGenius

GlossGenius is a business management system for beauty, wellness, medspa, health, and fitness businesses, available on Android, iOS, and the web. Its 24/7 online booking lets clients reserve appointments without downloading an app or logging in. Businesses can manage schedules, client profiles, inventory and retail, staff, time tracking, and reports. Marketing features include email and text campaigns and automated review prompts; listed integrations include Google Booking and Reviews, Google Marketing Analytics, and two-way calendar sync with Google, iCal, and Outlook. Medspa tools include HIPAA compliance, charting, photo markup, medical director sign-off, and automatic sorting of client photos. Payment processing is listed at 2.6%, with no added fees for Tap to Pay, card-on-file, or manual-entry transactions. Standard is $28 a month; Gold is $56 a month; Platinum and Practice Essentials are each $168 a month; Practice Advanced is $298 a month. There is no free plan, but a 14-day trial is available.

GlossGenius brings appointment booking, operations, marketing, and payment features together for the listed business categories. Review plan pricing, staff limits, and payment fees before deciding whether it fits your business.

GlossGenius suits beauty, wellness, medspa, health, and fitness businesses that need booking and business management tools. Its staff limits and medspa features may help teams compare plans against their needs.

GlossGenius is a business management platform for beauty, wellness, medspa, health, and fitness businesses. It suits owners who want booking, payments, scheduling, and marketing in one system, especially practices that need medspa tools. Its broad feature set is compelling, but plan pricing and staff thresholds deserve close attention before committing.

Overview

Clients can book online around the clock without downloading an app or signing in, removing friction at the point of appointment booking. GlossGenius also combines payment collection with day-to-day operations, marketing, and reporting. That breadth can simplify a business’s software stack, though the range of plans and separate payroll add-on mean the total cost depends on the team and practice type.

Key features

Scheduling, client profiles, inventory and retail management, staff management, time tracking, and business reports cover core business operations. Email and text marketing, Google Review integration, and automated review prompts add ways to reach clients and encourage feedback. Two-way calendar sync works with Google, iCal, and Outlook; Google Booking and Reviews and Google Marketing Analytics are also identified integrations.

Payments are collected through the platform at a flat 2.6% processing rate. Tap to Pay, card-on-file, and manually entered transactions carry no additional fees. Same-day payouts Monday through Thursday are free; instant payouts are available anytime for an extra 1.8%, a meaningful cost for businesses that need faster access to funds.

Medspa features include HIPAA compliance, charting, photo markup, medical director sign-off, and automatic sorting of client photos. These tools make GlossGenius more relevant to practices handling clinical records and treatment imagery than a booking-only system. A help center covers setup, payments, teams, payroll, marketing, and account security.

Pricing

GlossGenius is paid software with a 14-day free trial and no free plan. The pricing note advertises plans from $24/mo (annual), while the listed plan prices below are monthly; compare the terms carefully before choosing.

• Standard — $28 a month, billed monthly: Includes a custom booking website, unlimited client notifications, email and text marketing, inventory and retail management, and packages and memberships. It is the clearest fit for a smaller business that needs those client-facing and retail tools, but the listed plan details do not establish staff capacity.
• Gold — $56 a month, billed monthly: For businesses with up to 9 staff. This provides a defined team ceiling; businesses expecting to exceed it should compare Platinum rather than assume Gold will scale.
• Platinum — $168 a month, billed monthly: Aimed at teams of 10 or more, making it the relevant listed tier for larger staff groups.
• Practice Essentials — $168 a month, billed monthly: Includes essential EMR tools, online booking, payments and point of sale, and client management. It is tailored to practices that need medical-record functionality alongside transactions and scheduling.
• Practice Advanced — $298 a month, billed monthly: Includes unlimited providers, which may suit a larger practice that would outgrow a provider-limited option.
• Payroll add-on — $40 a month, billed $40/month + $6/seat: Adds built-in payroll, but its per-seat charge makes team size part of the ongoing cost.

Each additional location is charged the plan price with a 15% discount. Payment processing and optional instant payout fees also affect operating cost beyond the monthly subscription.

Platforms

GlossGenius is available on Android, iOS, and the web. That mix accommodates mobile access as well as browser-based work.

Who it's for

GlossGenius is best suited to beauty, wellness, medspa, health, and fitness businesses that want booking and payments joined to client management, marketing, and operations. Medspa practices have a specific reason to consider it in the charting, photo, and medical director tools. Businesses with larger teams should match their headcount to the Gold and Platinum thresholds, while multi-location operators should account for each location’s discounted plan charge.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Clients can book without an app or login, reducing steps between finding an appointment and reserving it.
• Pro: Operations, marketing, calendar sync, and payment collection sit alongside booking, reducing the need to assemble separate tools for those jobs.
• Pro: Medspa-specific charting and photo features give clinical practices more targeted functionality than basic appointment scheduling.
• Con: There is no free plan, so businesses need to pay after the 14-day trial.
• Con: Gold caps at 9 staff, and the next listed team plan is Platinum at $168 a month; growing teams should budget for that step-up.
• Con: Instant payouts add a 1.8% fee, so the anytime option costs more than waiting for free same-day payouts Monday through Thursday.

Alternatives

For a free starting point, Salonist offers a free plan with 50 appointments per month, online booking, calendar and scheduling, and staff shift management; its listed Essential plan is $59 a month. DaySmart Salon is another paid option, with a $29 a month Basic plan for one user that includes online booking, appointment confirmations, and Instagram and Facebook booking.

Kitomba is a paid alternative with Lite and Grow plans. Meevo is a paid alternative with salon and spa plans. Phorest is a paid alternative with Starter and Grow plans. Wellyx Salon POS is a paid option with Excel at $99 a month and Exceed at $199 a month. Boulevard is a paid med-spa software alternative. Easy Salon is a paid alternative with plans priced in BRL.

Browse Salon POS Software, Esthetician Software, Salon Membership Software, Salon Software, Salon CRM Software, and Salon Appointment Scheduling Software for more category options.

Verdict

Choose GlossGenius if your beauty, wellness, or medspa business wants client booking, payment collection, marketing, and operations in one platform, with especially useful tools for medspa workflows. Look elsewhere if you need a free ongoing plan, have a team that cannot fit the Gold-to-Platinum price step, or rely on instant payouts and want to avoid their added fee.