Phorest vs Ovatu

We won’t pit you against other salons in a marketplace or directory

Phorest doesn’t run a salon marketplace or directory, like Ovato does with 'Ovatu You'. Marketplaces pit you against other salons in your area, appealing to customers shopping around for the lowest price. With Phorest that won’t happen to you. All of our marketing tools are designed to help you get your clients back in, spending more and generating referrals.

Multiple no-show alerts

Unreliable clients can leave you with empty timeslots and cost valuable revenue. Phorest automatically adds a note to client records when a client doesn’t show for an appointment, and you’ll get a ‘multiple no-show’ alert when they try to book with you over the phone. This allows you to turn them away, or request they book online with a deposit, allowing you to capture their payment details and charge a no-show fee should it happen again.

Your own booking app in the app store

Give your customers a professional experience and a simple way to book with you on their own time, with your own salon booking app they can download from the Apple or Android app stores.

Free SMS to clients overdue to rebook

Machine learning in Phorest recognises when your clients are overdue to rebook their usual services, and you can send an SMS to them, free of charge, to remind them to make that booking asap.

Video consultations

Protect your staff and your clients by minimising close contact, but keep revenue coming into your salon with video consultations. Confirmations, reminders and video links are automatically created and sent to clients and staff. Just login and chat!

Put your own stamp on your marketing emails

The Phorest marketing email editor includes a library of stock photos that are free to use, and an image editor tool to make them your own.

Fallback SMS

Most salons only have email addresses for 30% of their clients. Don’t put all that effort into beautiful marketing promotions, only to miss 70% of your clients! Phorest is the only salon software with a Fallback SMS feature that lets you send a link to your promotion, via SMS, to clients that do not have a valid email address on their client card.

See marketing ROI right to the register

Because our marketing, management and reporting tools are integrated, you can see the impact of your marketing spend all the way to the register - see how much revenue your campaigns brought in, and even what services and products your clients were prompted to buy.

Online reputation manager

No other salon software has a built-in online reputation manager, helping you get hundreds of 5 star reviews on Google, Facebook and Yelp by prompting your best reviewers to share their comments online in one click. Let your online reputation generate referrals for you while you sleep.

Set different commission for product lines/brands for promos

Phorest lets you set different commission rates on specific brands or product lines. Motivate your staff to sell the products you want to move.

Make money while you are closed

Sell gift cards or retail product online at any time of the day or night and make money while your salon is closed! Phorest Online Gift Cards can be switched on with just one click and is available to all clients, while your Integrated Online Store requires no web adjustment or dev time - just select which products you want to sell online.

Stock take app

Take the chore out of stock takes with our iPhone and Android app – just scan the barcode with your phone’s camera, enter your stock count, and you’re done!

Multi-location compatible

Manage multiple branches from the same software. Link your staff, stock, rooms, services and equipment to their relevant location(s), and easily roster staff across branches. View your reports by location or compare all your branches in one view.

Renowned support team

We offer local phone support in Australia Monday-Saturday on all packages, and our clients can’t say enough good things about our excellent support team. 'Seirbhís go hiontach' (excellence in service) is a driving mantra here at Phorest. Just check out what they’re saying about us below.

Free training for life

You and your team will get comprehensive onboarding training when you switch to Phorest, but we don’t stop there. You can book additional free online training sessions with us for as long as you like, for old staff and new alike.

Dedicated Business Advisor to help you increase salon revenue

With many other salon software providers you’ll get an account manager to help you get set up, but once you’re up and running you won’t hear from them again. With Phorest you’ll be assigned a Business Advisor to make sure you’re getting the most from your software, supporting you to keep growing your business and increasing your revenue.