Salon Appointment Software: Book, Remind, and Move the Slot
Salon appointment software is the life of one visit. Booked from the page or from Google. Reminded. Moved when she texts that she is late, or left on the book when she is not. On a nail floor that visit is a fill, a set, or a pedicure. The same record works for a lash fill or a cut. Calendar is free for up to 3 staff. $20/month unlocks unlimited staff and customers, plus Reserve with Google. It does not answer the phone.
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An appointment is a record, not a software suite
Salon appointment software is a wide phrase. The useful part is small. A client asked for a gel fill with Mai on Tuesday at 11. The book shows that. An email reminder goes out. If she has to move it, the old hole opens and the new one is real. That is the appointment.
The nail-only version is nail salon appointment software. This page is the same record once the floor also sells other beauty services. The grid those records sit on is salon calendar software.
What happens to the visit on Calendar
- Booked. From the booking website or from Google Reserve. Service, duration, and tech are the ones you published.
- Reminded. Calendar is free for up to 3 staff. $20/month unlocks unlimited staff and customers, plus Reserve with Google.
- Moved. The book has to release the old time. A ghost hold is how the afternoon double-books.
- Not taken by phone. Calendar does not answer the shop line. A change that arrives as a phone call needs AIVA, or a person.
Calendar is free for up to 3 staff. $20/month unlocks unlimited staff and customers, plus Reserve with Google. Start Calendar free.
Nail visit first, then the visits beside it
Name the appointment the way the floor does. “Gel fill, Mai, 45 minutes” is an appointment. “Beauty service” is not. When the shop adds a lash fill or a cut, those are new appointment types with their own times, on the software described in beauty salon booking software. Do not reuse the nail duration for a service that runs twice as long.
No-shows, texts, and deposits sit mostly on the phone plan
An email reminder reduces some forgetfulness. It does not collect a card, and it does not talk to the client who calls to cancel five minutes out. How shops think about empty chairs is on prevent salon no-shows. Whether the phone plan should ask for a deposit is nail salon deposit booking. On the pricing compare table, no-show and AI deposit sit on AI Receptionist, not on Calendar. AIVA is $200 one-time. No free trial.
A link that books without a conversation is a different article: AI appointment booking. If your hole is the conversation, buy the phone. Get AIVA — $200.
Two offers: AIVA on the phone, Calendar on the book
An appointment on the book and an appointment taken on a live call are created by different products. Prices below are from bukkii.ai/pricing on September 22, 2026. This page does not quote competitor prices.
AIVA — the phone layer — $200 one-time
AIVA is the AI receptionist for inbound calls. She answers the shop number, books the service, and texts the appointment. $200 one-time. No monthly plan fee. No free trial. The payment covers a dedicated number, training on your menu, calendar setup for that phone layer, and forwarding, plus 100 voice minutes and 1,500 SMS. Get AIVA — $200. Hear her at (215) 791-6766.
Calendar — the booking layer
Calendar is free for up to 3 staff. $20/month unlocks unlimited staff and customers, plus Reserve with Google. It does not answer the phone. Start Calendar free.
FAQ
What does salon appointment software track?
The visit: which service, which tech, what time, and the email reminder. Calendar is free for up to 3 staff. $20/month unlocks unlimited staff and customers, plus Reserve with Google. It does not answer the phone.
How is this different from salon calendar software?
The calendar is the grid of columns. Appointment software is one row on that grid and what happens to it after it is booked. Both are on the Calendar plan. Creating that row from a phone call is AIVA at $200 one-time.
Can the appointment be a nail service or another beauty service?
Yes. Put the nail services on first with real durations, then add lashes, brows, wax, or hair as their own services. A fill and a color should not share one appointment type.
Does Calendar text a confirmation or take a deposit?
Email reminders come with the $20 plan. It does not answer the phone and it does not include the AI deposit tools. Those sit on the AI Receptionist plan. AIVA is $200 one-time. No free trial.
What should I do about no-shows?
A reminder is not a deposit policy. Read the no-show notes, and the nail deposit page if you are deciding whether the phone plan should ask for a card. Calendar itself does not answer the call and does not run that deposit flow.
