What Vagaro charges
Vagaro runs $30 a month. Below: what that comes to over a year at three volumes, what is not in that number, and what the same job costs when you own it instead of renting it.
What Vagaro publishes
Vagaro Pro $30/mo (intro $23.99/mo first 6 months), +$10/mo per additional calendar (up to 7). Processing not on pricing page; vendor support snippets (article 403) conflict: small merchant 2.6%+$0.10 or older 2.75%; large $10/mo + 2.2%+$0.19 - unverified.
Those are Vagaro's own published numbers, read on 21 September 2026. Vendors change pricing without announcing it, so check the live page before you sign anything — and check your own last invoice, which is the only number that is definitely yours.
A year of Vagaro fees, at three volumes
Worked straight off the published rate. Card processing is left out of every column, because it is charged whoever takes the money.
| A year of | Vagaro | Built and owned | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| 300 bookings at $120$30 × 12 months | $360a year | $36a tenth of what you pay them | $32490% of the bill |
| 1,200 bookings at $120$30 × 12 months | $360a year | $36a tenth of what you pay them | $32490% of the bill |
| 5,000 bookings at $120$30 × 12 months | $360a year | $36a tenth of what you pay them | $32490% of the bill |
We do not publish a price of our own, because it is worked out against yours: a tenth of what the platform costs you, with hosting, fixes and changes included. The volumes are illustrations at a stated price per booking, not a promise about your business — send your own bill and the figure is exact.
What you would own instead
- The part you actually useMost of a platform like Vagaro goes unused. We rebuild the parts your business runs on and leave the rest out.
- The code and the dataYours, in your own account, exportable on any day for any reason.
- A price that does not scale with your takingsa tenth of what you pay now — hosting and changes included, and it does not grow with your takings.
When to stay put
- You use nearly all of itIf your team lives in every corner of Vagaro and the bill is small, replacing it is work for no gain.
- The fee is tiny against your marginRun the numbers above on your real volume first. If it is noise, leave it.
- It is the only place your customers can find youA marketplace that brings you buyers is selling you demand, not only software. That is worth paying for.
Vagaro pricing, asked and answered
What does Vagaro cost?
Vagaro runs $30 a month. Vagaro Pro $30/mo (intro $23.99/mo first 6 months), +$10/mo per additional calendar (up to 7). Processing not on pricing page; vendor support snippets (article 403) conflict: small merchant 2.6%+$0.10 or older 2.75%; large $10/mo + 2.2%+$0.19 - unverified.
What would Vagaro cost me over a year?
On 1,200 bookings at $120, Vagaro's published fees come to about $360 a year ($30 × 12 months). Built and owned, that year is about $36 — a tenth of what you pay now — and you keep the $324 difference.
Who pays Vagaro's fee — me or my customer?
Vagaro does not say in its published material, which usually means it is settled in the contract.
Is card processing included?
No. Taking the money is a separate cost, normally around 2.9% + $0.30 an order, and it is charged whoever you use. The figures on this page leave processing out on both sides so the comparison is like for like.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Vagaro?
That depends on what you actually use it for. Most businesses use a small part of a platform like this — take the money, hold the record, send the confirmation, show the list. That part can be built once and owned, and we price it against your own bill: a tenth of what you pay now, instead of a share of every booking forever. You keep the code and the data, and the old system keeps running beside it until the new one is proven.
What the others charge
Same category, same treatment — each one read from the vendor's own pricing page.
- What Xola chargesXola charges 2.39% + $0.30 on every paid booking, plus card processing on top.
- What Checkfront chargesCheckfront runs $99 a month plus 3% of every booking.
- What Wix Bookings chargesWix Bookings charges 2.9% + $0.30 on every paid booking, plus card processing on top.
- What Rezdy chargesRezdy runs $99 a month plus 3% of every booking.
- What Bookeo chargesBookeo runs $14.95 a month.
- What Acuity Scheduling chargesAcuity Scheduling runs $20 a month.
Reading on the same subject
- Percent-of-revenue software pricing, explainedSeptember 25, 2026 · How percent-of-revenue software pricing works, why the fee grows with your prices and volume, and how to turn the share into a yearly figure.
- Is it cheaper to build or buy software for a small business?September 21, 2026 · Build or buy depends on how the rent scales and how much of the product you use. How to compare over three years, and the costs both sides forget.
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Tell us what Vagaro costs you
Send your last invoice or just the rate you are on, and we will tell you what the same work costs built and owned — and say so plainly if you are better off where you are.
Hiro costs about a tenth of what you pay now, quoted against your own bill. Hosting, fixes and changes included, and no per-seat fees.