SalonScale
SalonScale tracks the actual cost of salon color formulas to help teams manage backbar expenses and profitability.
What SalonScale is
SalonScale tracks the actual cost of salon color formulas to help teams manage backbar expenses and profitability. It calculates each formula’s cost as products are mixed, provides waste insights about leftover product and overmixing, and adjusts inventory during mixing. Inventory features include low-stock alerts, counts, smart ordering, and multi-location inventory. Plans include backbar, color-line, client, service, and waste reports, plus digital formula storage, a remix calculator, developer ratio tool, and processing timer. Direct integrations are listed for Square, Phorest, and Meevo; the service can also work with any booking or POS system without an integration. Connected systems can sync client profiles and appointments and send product totals and formulas to appointment notes. A Bluetooth scale is optional, and costs can be tracked manually or with an existing scale. SalonScale runs on Android, iOS, and web, offers live support and Academy access, and has plans from $49 a month.
Good
- Real-time formula cost calculation
- Waste insights for leftover product
- Inventory alerts and smart ordering
- Multi-location inventory
- Android, iOS, and web access
Watch out
- Paid plans start at $49.00 USD monthly
- No free plan
- Bluetooth scale is optional, not included
- Some uploads are supported but fresh formulas are recommended
Who it suits
It suits commission, hybrid, booth-rental, and independent salon owners and their teams tracking color costs, waste, and inventory.
Verdict
SalonScale combines formula costing, waste tracking, inventory, reports, and salon-system integrations. Its tiered plans and optional scale support different salon workflows, while the lack of a free plan is a direct purchasing consideration.
Plans and prices
From SalonScale's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Solo | $49 a month | 1 Stylist · USD/month |
| Essentials | $99 a month | 2 - 3 Stylists · USD/month |
| Signature | $149 a month | 4 - 7 Stylists · USD/month |
| Luxe | $199 a month | Unlimited Stylists · USD/month |
| Transform | $199, paid once | Customized setup plan · Fully guided team rollout · Team launch support · Check-ins for 30 days · one time payment |
The facts
Each one read from SalonScale's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Money
- Color costs
- The product calculates the cost of each color formula in real time.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Trial
- SalonScale's official Priced for Profit page says it offers a 14-day trial.checked 8 Oct 2001
What it does
- Formula tools
- Plans include digital formula storage, a remix calculator, a developer ratio tool, and a processing timer.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Import limit
- The pricing FAQ says certain uploads are supported, including client lists, but recommends starting fresh for formulas and session data.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Integration behavior
- Direct integrations can sync client profiles and appointment details to a POS and send calculated product totals and client formulas to appointment notes.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Integrations
- SalonScale names Square, Phorest, and Meevo as direct integrations, while stating that the product can also be used with any booking or POS system without an integration.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Inventory
- Inventory adjusts as products are mixed, and the system supports stock alerts, inventory counts, and smart ordering.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Product
- SalonScale tracks the actual product cost of salon color formulas to help salons manage backbar expenses and profitability.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Reports
- Plan features include backbar, color line, client, service, and waste reports.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Scale
- A Bluetooth scale is optional, and SalonScale says users can use an existing scale or manually track color costs.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Security
- The opened official product and trust pages did not state a security certification or compliance standard.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Support
- Plans include self-guided setup, access to SalonScale Academy, and live support.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Waste tracking
- SalonScale provides waste insights to help teams reduce leftover product and overmixing.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Who it serves
- SalonScale says it supports commission, hybrid, booth-rental, and independent salon owners and their teams.checked 8 Oct 2001
The company
- Founded
- 2018checked 28 Sep 2001
