Get booked
| Capability | Radarrr Lite | Acuity | Booksy | GlossGenius | Square | Vagaro |
|---|
| Booking page + embeddable widget | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Link-in-bio page + QR kit, your brand | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ |
| Branding editor with live preview | ✅ | ⚠️ themes | ⚠️ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ |
| Deposits at booking | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Real-time availability | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Defend the calendar — the fight nobody else shows up to
| Capability | Radarrr Lite | Acuity | Booksy | GlossGenius | Square | Vagaro |
|---|
| Reminders that take replies (C confirms · R offers 3 real slots · R2 rebooks) | ✅ | ⚠️ one-way | ⚠️ one-way | ⚠️ one-way | ⚠️ one-way | ⚠️ one-way |
| Waitlist auto-refill: cancellation → waitlist texted, first yes wins | ✅ seconds | ❌ | ⚠️ list only | ⚠️ list only | ⚠️ list only | ⚠️ list only |
| Clients join the waitlist by texting WAITLIST | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| No-show recovery: automatic rebook offer with real slots | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Deposit carry-over on no-show rebook | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Abandoned-booking rescue (picked a slot, never finished → nudge) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ⚠️ store carts | ❌ |
| No-show risk % on every client card | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Appointments complete themselves — staff mark exceptions only | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ |
| Cancellation / no-show fee policies | ✅ deposits | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Keep them coming back
| Capability | Radarrr Lite | Acuity | Booksy | GlossGenius | Square | Vagaro |
|---|
| Post-visit survey, auto-sent at the right moment | ✅ | ❌ | ⚠️ marketplace | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ |
| Survey builder — your questions, live preview | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ⚠️ forms |
| Win-back radar ranked by ticket, one tap to text | ✅ | ❌ | ⚠️ blasts | ⚠️ blasts | ⚠️ blasts | ⚠️ blasts |
| Weekly digest text: "Radarrr booked $X for you this week" | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Client history, notes, visit cadence | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Own your reputation
| Capability | Radarrr Lite | Acuity | Booksy | GlossGenius | Square | Vagaro |
|---|
| Review routing gated by the survey: happy → your Google link | ✅ | ❌ | ⚠️ own marketplace | ⚠️ | ❌ | ⚠️ own marketplace |
| Unhappy client → private feedback to you first | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
✅ native/automatic · ⚠️ partial, manual, or paid add-on · ❌ not offered · pricing ≈ published list, verified quarterly
where they win — we’ll say it
Acuity is cheaper at entry with deeper scheduling rules, intake forms, packages and class scheduling. Booksy and Vagaro bring marketplace foot traffic we don’t have. GlossGenius and Square own card hardware and polished POS. Vagaro’s membership and forms suite is mature.
where Radarrr wins
Their apps take bookings. Ours defends them — the cancellation refills itself from your waitlist, the no-show gets rebooked with their deposit intact, the half-finished booking gets a nudge, the happy client gets walked to Google. At $49, nobody else recovers a single dollar.
“Their apps take bookings. Ours defends them — the cancellation refills itself from your waitlist, the no-show gets rebooked with their deposit intact, the half-finished booking gets a nudge, the happy client gets walked to Google. At $49, nobody else recovers a single dollar.”
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