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    Phorest

    Score7 out of 10
    N/APhorest is a salon management software platform from, from Phorest Salon Software in Ireland. The software focuses on appointments and online bookings and document management and elimination, as well as review collection, reputation management, staff performance reports, and client remarketing.N/A

    Shortcuts

    Score3.6 out of 10
    N/AShortcuts Software offers their self-named Shortcuts software to spas and salons looking for an end-to-end business management platform catering to their particular needs, emphasizing appointments and bookings management, and featuring mobile guest and member self-service application, SMS appointment confirmation, and cash flow tracking with reporting, scalable to meet the needs to single or multi-site operations.N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Phorest Salon Software
    Chose Phorest
    Phorest is a more modern software, although it can still be more intuitive to use its much better than other options out there. I feel it works great for someone who has been using salon software for many years and wants to upgrade to something more modern, or for someone who …
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    User Ratings
    PhorestShortcuts
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    Phorest Salon Software
    It's well suited if you own a salon and are looking for a software to manage all of your needs - stock/inventory, staff schedules, client bookings and rebookings. It's more salon focused than clinic focused (e.g. if you have a wellness center it's not ideal for consent forms for example). Changing staff price offering is a bit time consuming.
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    Jonas Software
    It can actually handle the dynamic slotting, being an organization which is extremely operations-heavy, it becomes essential to manage inventory at out hand to increase efficiency and cut-down unnecessary cost to bring-in profitability; and Shortcuts solves perfectly for that
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    Pros
    Phorest Salon Software
    • Appointment scheduling
    • SMS Reminders
    • Rebooking SMS
    • Support
    • Managing Clients
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    Jonas Software
    • Optimize Operations
    • Reduce No-shows
    • Plan Inventory and Staff
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    Cons
    Phorest Salon Software
    • Better UI/UX - more intuitive to use
    • Better customer service support
    • Would prefer more hand holding during onboarding experience
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    Jonas Software
    • Shortcuts currently only provides expertise in salon and spa business, they can bring in expertise for different industries at hand
    • The flexibility for rescheduling and cancelling the pre-booked slots can be relooked at
    • Can offer additional features to the clients for a user-friendly UX
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    Phorest Salon Software
    Phorest is a more modern software, although it can still be more intuitive to use its much better than other options out there. I feel it works great for someone who has been using salon software for many years and wants to upgrade to something more modern, or for someone who is switching over from pen and paper to manage their appointments
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    Jonas Software
    While Shortcuts has a more friendly UI, there are other vendors in the market that have developed their products in a way that suits user requirements from any industry. Shortcuts, in my opinion should look at expanding their use case to make it compatible for other industries as well
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    Return on Investment
    Phorest Salon Software
    • More organization
    • Helped with business processes
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    Jonas Software
    • Increased Margin
    • Reduced Costs
    • Increase in Efficiency
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