Honest comparison

Salonomy vs Slick

Both are UK-built salon platforms. Here is an honest, capability-by-capability comparison so you can decide — no disparagement, just the facts as we understand them in June 2026.

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Fair play

Slick is a capable, UK-focused platform with a large installed base, a marketplace presence and a mature feature set. If you are already happy on Slick, this page is not here to talk you out of it — it exists so you can compare honestly.

Why Salonomy

What Salonomy leads with

A real native app

iPhone and Android from day one — run the whole salon from your pocket, not just the iPad by the till. Works offline and syncs when the Wi-Fi comes back.

A live walk-in queue

Cancellations and gaps become a live queue clients join from their phone — a link, not an app-store download. They watch their place and ETA, and you keep the chair warm.

Honest comms

Unlimited email and push. SMS and WhatsApp are included with a monthly allowance and a cap you set — at the cap we pause and ask. We never auto-spend your balance.

No contracts, ever

Monthly rolling. A discount doesn't tie you in. Cancel in one click, in settings, without a phone call or a retention team.

Sealed per-renter books

Shared salon book, sealed books per chair renter, or a mix — chosen at setup and per renter after. When a book is sealed it is sealed by architecture, not a role setting.

Published pricing maths

The price on the page is the price on your invoice. Card payments are 1.9% + 5p in person; we publish that interchange and scheme fees cost us ~1.2% and we keep ~0.7%. No per-booking commission on your own clients.

Feature by feature

Salonomy and Slick, side by side

A factual capability matrix. Where we mark a competitor “partial” it means “available, but check the detail for your workflow” — not a criticism. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.

Capability comparison between Salonomy and Slick
CapabilitySalonomySlick
Native mobile app for the business
iPhone + Android; full diary, queue, takings and client books from your pocket.
Mobile apps exist; check current iOS/Android feature parity for your workflow.
Live walk-in queue (public ticket page)
salonomy.com/q/<salon> — clients join from a link, watch place + ETA live.
No equivalent live walk-in queue surface.
No fixed-term contract
Monthly rolling; one-click cancel in settings. A discount never ties you in.
Confirm current terms and any minimum-term or notice clauses before signing.
Published payment-cost breakdown
1.9% + 5p in person; we publish ~1.2% interchange + ~0.7% kept.
Card rates are quoted; the underlying interchange/margin split is not published.
Comms billing model
Unlimited email/push; SMS + WhatsApp allowance with a cap you set — we pause, never auto-spend.
SMS is typically bundled/topped-up; review how overage is charged for your volume.
Sealed per-renter client books
Sealed by architecture (row-level isolation), not a role toggle; renters export in one tap.
Permission-based separation; verify whether books are truly isolated per renter.
Online booking with real URLs
Server-rendered booking pages on real paths, indexable by search engines.
Online booking is offered; URL/SEO structure differs.
Public roadmap & changelog
Published from day one — "you voted, we shipped".
No public, versioned roadmap/changelog.
Privacy-respecting analytics on the marketing site
A single optional, cookieless analytics snippet — no ad-tech tracker stack.
Typical marketing-site tracker stack; not a product capability either way.

Which is the better fit?

Choose Salonomy when…
You want to run the salon from a phone, not be tied to the front-desk iPad.
Walk-ins and last-minute gaps are a big part of your day and you want a live queue.
You rent chairs and want genuinely sealed books per renter.
You are wary of contracts and want pricing maths you can actually see.
Slick may suit you when…
You are already embedded in Slick and your team is happy with it.
A specific Slick integration or marketplace feature is core to how you work.
You prefer a larger, longer-established installed base today.

Try Salonomy free — and decide for yourself.

No contracts, ever. One-click cancel in settings. 30 days free, no card needed.

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