GlossGenius
GlossGenius is an all-in-one business management system for beauty, wellness, medspa, health, and fitness businesses.
What GlossGenius is
GlossGenius is an all-in-one business management system for beauty, wellness, medspa, health, and fitness businesses. Its 24/7 online booking lets clients make appointments without downloading an app or logging in. Businesses can manage schedules, client profiles, inventory and retail, staff, time tracking, and reports. The platform also offers email and text marketing, automated review prompts, Google Booking and Reviews, Google Marketing Analytics, and two-way calendar sync with Google, iCal, and Outlook. Medspa tools listed include HIPAA compliance, charting, photo markup, medical director sign-off, and automatic sorting of client photos. Payment processing is listed at a flat 2.6%, with no added fee for Tap to Pay, card-on-file, or manual-entry transactions. Same-day payouts Monday through Thursday are free; instant payouts cost an additional 1.8%. Monthly plans include Standard at $28 a month, Gold at $56 a month, Platinum at $168 a month, Practice Essentials at $168 a month, and Practice Advanced at $298 a month. A 14-day trial is available, but there is no free plan.
Good
- Clients can book without an app or login.
- Calendar sync works in two directions.
- Includes inventory, retail, staff, and time management.
- Same-day payouts Monday through Thursday are free.
Watch out
- There is no free plan.
- Instant payouts add a 1.8% fee.
- Gold is described for businesses with up to 9 staff.
- Each additional location is charged the plan price with a 15% discount.
Who it suits
It suits beauty, wellness, medspa, health, and fitness businesses that need booking, client management, and business operations in one system. The listed plans distinguish businesses with up to 9 staff from teams of 10 or more.
Verdict
GlossGenius brings appointment booking, business operations, marketing, and payment tools together for service businesses. Its plan prices and staff limits are worth reviewing alongside its trial and payment fees.
Plans and prices
From GlossGenius's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | $28 a month | custom booking website · unlimited client notifications · email and text marketing · inventory and retail management · packages and memberships · $28 monthly or $24/month billed annually |
| Payroll add-on | $40 a month | built-in team payroll · $40/month plus $6/seat |
| Reception by GlossGenius | $50 a month | 24/7 call and text answering · appointment booking into the calendar · $50/month |
| Gold | $56 a month | everything in Standard · forms and waivers · Google Booking and Reviews · automated waitlist · time tracking · room and resource management · up to 9 staff · $56 monthly or $48/month billed annually |
| Platinum | $168 a month | everything in Gold and Standard · team goal setting and analytics · customizable commissions · Google Marketing Analytics · teams of 10+ · $168 monthly or $148/month billed annually |
| Practice Essentials | $168 a month | essential EMR tools · HIPAA-oriented workflows · $168 monthly or $148/month billed annually |
| Practice Advanced | $298 a month | unlimited providers · full AI clinical suite · $298 monthly or $248/month billed annually |
The facts
Each one read from GlossGenius's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API and SDKs
- The official navigation and help resources reviewed provide product documentation and support articles but do not list a public REST API, SDK or developer portal.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Automated reminders
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Booking
- Its 24/7 online booking lets clients book without downloading an app or logging in.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Booking and scheduling
- The platform provides 24/7 login-free online booking, calendars, deposits, cancellation and no-show policies, waitlists, resource management and two-way calendar synchronization.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Booking pages
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Booking payments
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Calendar sync
- two-waychecked 20 Sep 2026
- Client management
- Client features include profiles, notes, SOAP notes, before-and-after photo reminders, client history, purchase history, appointment reminders, waitlist notifications and rebooking reminders.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data migration
- GlossGenius offers free transfer of appointments, client information, services, inventory and related data from another system.checked 15 Oct 2026
- EMR and HIPAA
- The product advertises HIPAA-configured workflows including forms, charting, SOAP notes, photo markup and medical-director sign-off; its terms require a Business Associate Agreement and the HIPAA-configured service before PHI is used.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Funding news
- TechCrunch reported a $28 million Series C in July 2023, bringing publicly reported total funding to about $70 million and valuing the company at $510 million.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Google Play availability
- The Android app listing reports 100K+ downloads and identifies the developer as Glossgenius, Inc.; the page does not display a star rating in the fetched content.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker’s pages identify Google Booking and Reviews, Google Marketing Analytics, and two-way calendar sync with Google, iCal, and Outlook.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Inventory and reporting
- Inventory tools include categorization, barcode scanning, inventory reports and low-stock alerts; reporting includes sales, tax, appointment, retail, inventory, commissions, retention and staff-performance reports.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The terms grant only a revocable, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive license to use the service and state that GlossGenius or its licensors retain ownership of the code and service.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: feature gaps
- App Store reviewers mention card-deposit booking failures, inability to book multiple appointments in one flow and long waits for requested features.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: missing customization
- Capterra reviewers report limited website customization, preset templates, limited desktop functionality and missing options such as video uploads or flyer editing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: outages and instability
- Capterra reviews include complaints that the system was frequently unavailable and that updates sometimes disrupted access or workflows.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- The company’s about page says it was founded by business partners and twins Danielle and Leah Cohen-Shohet.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Company headquarters
- The Google Play developer record lists 169 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016-5101, United States.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- The terms identify the provider as GlossGenius, Inc.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- G2 lists GlossGenius as serving customers since 2016.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- New York, New York, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
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