Phorest vs Aura Salonware

Market to your clients directly through your software

With Phorest you can send marketing email directly through the software. We provide you with tried & tested email templates to work with, as well as a library of stock photos that are free to use, and an image editor tool to make them your own.

Fallback SMS

Most salons and spas 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.

Online Reputation Manager

Phorest 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, while negative feedback can be dealt with in private. Let your online reputation generate referrals for you while you sleep.

Facebook & Instagram Ads Manager

Phorest Ads Manager is the industry’s only integrated social media advertising tool. Create social media ads from scratch or using our range of templates, launch them seamlessly, and effortlessly track your results, tweaking campaigns depending on your business goals. It's the simplified solution for social media advertising.

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.

Premium consultation features

Ready to level up your client consultation experience? Phorest’s premium consultation features include face-mapping, markups, data-locking functionalities and timestamps, helping you conduct safe and reliable consultations every time.

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!

Before & after image portfolio

Store your before and after pictures, safe in the cloud, attached to the relevant client card, and easily search and share pictures straight to social media from the app.

Migration/import of your client info, services and products included

Many other software suppliers, like Aura Salonware, tend to leave you to sort out the switch from your previous provider by yourself, or charge fees for them to help you. At Phorest we have a dedicated onboarding and migration team to take the heavy-lifting from you. As standard, our team will help you import your client information, services, products and more, so you can make the switch with zero downtime at your salon or spa.

Renowned support team

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.

Dedicated Salon Success Manager to help you increase salon revenue

With many other salon software providers you’ll get an account manager to help you get set up, or maybe answer some support questions. With Phorest you’ll be assigned a Salon Success Manager to make sure you’re getting the most from your software, assisting with marketing campaigns, and supporting you to keep growing your business and increasing your revenue.