How We Get Our Data
Where Does This Data Come From?
Every fact comes from the vendor's own website, read on the date shown, with the link on each product page. We last checked all 24 products on November 16, 2026. We do not test products hands-on, take payment for placement, or publish ratings, so treat vendor claims as claims.
What Gets Listed
- A real product with a working official website, sold to US businesses.
- Software built for salons, spas, barbershops, med spas or beauty pros, or a general tool such as a scheduler or client-management app that independent beauty pros commonly use.
- No vendor pays to be listed or to change its position.
What We Record
- Lowest published price: the cheapest paid plan at monthly billing in US dollars, with its unit (per month, per location, per staff member), plus notes on yearly billing and promotions.
- Fees: card processing rates, marketplace new-client fees and payroll add-ons, only where the vendor publishes them.
- Free option: free plan, free trial or none stated.
- Stated features and integrations: what the vendor says, reworded and shortened.
- Sources and date: the exact pages we read.
How We Handle Gaps
If a page shows no price, says to request a quote, or shows us prices in another currency, we say so and show no US price. Those product pages stay available for visitors but are kept out of search engines until a verified price exists. We never fill gaps from third-party review sites or estimates. "None stated" means the page we read did not mention it, not that it does not exist.
What We Do Not Do
- No star ratings, user counts or "best" badges, because we have no independent test data behind them.
- No invented reviews.
- No hands-on testing claims.
How Reading Was Done
Pages were downloaded or opened in a browser and read by hand into a structured list, which a script checks for missing fields and sources before every build. Mistakes are possible, and prices and promotions change often, so check the official page before you buy, and tell us if something is wrong.
Order
Lists are alphabetical. On product pages, alternatives are chosen by shared job. Advertising and any future affiliate links never affect this; see our disclosure.
Refresh
We re-read every source each quarter and when a reader or vendor reports a change. Download the current table on the pricing data page.