Vagaro alternative for beauty pros
A Vagaro Alternative That Brings You the Clients
Vagaro gives beauty, wellness and fitness businesses booking software and a free marketplace listing. Slad is built around one result: new clients in your chair, booked while you work.
What Vagaro is
Vagaro describes itself as software and an app for beauty, wellness and fitness, from independent providers to multi-location businesses. Every plan comes with a free listing on the Vagaro Marketplace. You set up services, deposits and cancellation fees, and you can run Fill My Books, an optional paid promotion across Vagaro's marketplace, deals, email and app notifications. Vera, its AI chatbot, replies to messages with booking links.
How new clients reach you
| Vagaro | Slad | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Booking software and a marketplace listing you set up and run | New clients, booked into your chair |
| Where new clients come from | The Vagaro Marketplace, its optional paid promotions, and your own marketing | Slad brings them to you |
| A new client costs you | With Fill My Books or Daily Deals on, Vagaro charges a booking fee, higher for brand-new clients | Your plan; 3 new clients in your first month, or your money back |
| Your time | Running your listing, promotions and calendar | 15 minutes to start |
Which one fits you
If you want an all-in-one system for a beauty, wellness or fitness business, with a marketplace behind it, Vagaro is built for that. If you want new clients booked into your chair without running another system, that is what Slad is for.
The Slad promise
Slad brings new clients to your chair and books them in while you work, with deposits paid straight to your account. All we need from you is 15 minutes, and if you do not get 3 new clients in your first month, you get your money back.
3 new clients in your first month, or your money back. All we need is 15 minutes.
Book 15 minutesQuestions beauty pros ask
Is Slad a Vagaro alternative?
Yes, for beauty pros whose goal is more clients. Vagaro is booking software with a marketplace; Slad brings new clients to your chair and books them in, with 3 new clients in your first month or your money back.
Does Vagaro charge for new clients?
Only if you use its optional promotions. Vagaro says Fill My Books and Daily Deals carry a per-booking fee, higher for brand-new clients, and that without them there are no booking fees.
How long does it take to start with Slad?
All we need from you is 15 minutes, on a video call with Yann Youbi, Slad's founder.
Sources: Vagaro for business (checked Oct 31, 2026) · Vagaro Fill My Books (released Jul 1, 2026) · Vagaro Vera Receptionist (released Aug 24, 2026)