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How KaloDesk comparesFastBoy sells the salon in pieces — Go POS, Go Check‑In and Go Booking are three subscriptions with three setup fees. NailSoft and NailSolution bundle, then price by phone. KaloDesk publishes one price, includes every row on this page, and every competitor cell below links to the vendor's own page.
Before the feature grid — these are the four structural differences, and they're the ones you can't renegotiate later once you've picked a system.
POS, check‑in kiosk, online booking, text marketing, gift cards, payroll — all in one login. No separate modules to subscribe to and stitch together.
Bring your own card processing. You're not locked into one company's merchant account or forced to switch to "unlock" your software.
Real 10DLC business texting on your own number — not text credits you buy back in packages every month.
Run it in our cloud, or self‑host the Local edition on your own machine at the salon. Your customer list stays yours.
The same capabilities the big nail systems advertise, plus the ones they don't. Every competitor cell was read off that vendor's own product, pricing or app-store page — as of August 2026. Where a vendor documents a feature, we say so.
| KaloDeskall included | FastBoy | NailSoft | NailSolution | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front desk & booking | ||||
| Online booking (web, Google, Facebook) | Included | Go Booking$20–99/mo + $100 setup | Included | With website add‑on |
| Walk‑in check‑in kiosk | Included | Go Check‑In$59–199/mo + $100 setup | Included | Free with their processing |
| Appointment calendar | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Walk‑in turn / rotation queue | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Two‑way text — client replies YES or NOcalendar updates itself; owner gets an alert text | Included | Go Bookingconfirm or cancel from the text · $20–99/mo + $100 setup | Not listed | Not listed |
| Client reschedules themselves — no login, no appfrom the link in their reminder: confirm, reschedule, change services, cancel | Included | Cancel onlyreschedule from the text not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Point of sale & payments | ||||
| POS / checkout | Included | Go POS$50–149/mo + $200 setup | Included | Included |
| Bring your own card processor | Included | Their processing | Their processing | Must use theirs |
| Gift cards | Included | Separate service | Included | Included |
| Receipt & label printing | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Customer‑facing tablet — they pick their own tipcash vs card with the savings shown, itemized total, sign on glass | Included | Tip & signature at the terminalPAX or Clover; customer tip screen not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Combined checkout — one payment for the whole groupmom, two daughters and a friend on one ticket | Included | Not listed | Included“group check‑out” | Not listed |
| Staff, payroll & scale | ||||
| Payroll & commission tracking | Included | Go POS, higher tiers | Included | Included |
| Time clock | Included | Included | Not listed | Included |
| Unlimited staff (no per‑seat tier) | Included | 5 / 20 / unlimited tiers | “Under 20 techs” tier | Not listed |
| Unlimited devices / stations | Included | +$25/mo each | Not listed | Not listed |
| Tech portal on their own phoneyour name and PIN — schedule, take‑home pay, edit their own ticket, hand off, “Ready for checkout” | Included | View onlytechnician app: own income, payroll, schedule | View onlystaff app: their job and earnings, with your authorization | Separate free appNailsBook — own earnings, not the salon ticket |
| Marketing & retention | ||||
| Text (SMS) marketing | Your own number | Metered packagese.g. 5,000 texts / $100 | Unlimited**campaigns excluded | Basic |
| Automated win‑back campaigns | Included | Check‑In Std / Adv | Included | Not listed |
| Review / reputation boost (Google, Yelp, FB) | Included | Check‑In Std+ | Not listed | Included |
| Loyalty / points | Included | Go Check‑In | Included | Not listed |
| Evidence log for reviews Google deletesfull saved text, reviewer, rating and date, plus case notes — your paperwork for the complaint | Included | Not listedReview Assistant replies to reviews; removals not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reliability & your data | ||||
| Automatic SMS carrier failovera failed text is retried on the second carrier automatically | Two carriers | Not listedtexts sold in metered packages | Not listed | Not listed |
| Encrypted database backup you can downloadAES‑256, downloaded or emailed to you — password never travels with it | Included | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Ownership & pricing model | ||||
| Everything in one price (no per‑module subs) | Yes | Module per feature | Bundled | Bundled |
| No setup / activation fees | Yes | $100–200 per module | Not listed | Not listed |
| Self‑hosted option (own your data) | Local edition | Cloud only | Cloud only | Cloud only |
| Transparent pricing (no sales call) | Yes | Public | Call for pricing | Call for pricing |
Included · amber = costs extra or is a separate module · ✕ = not offered · “Not listed” = not detailed on the vendor's public pages.
To get the front desk, POS, online booking and marketing that come standard in KaloDesk, a salon subscribes to several FastBoy modules at once — each with its own monthly fee and one‑time setup charge:
Comparison compiled from each vendor's own publicly available product, pricing and app‑store pages, read on 26 August 2026. “Not listed” means the vendor does not document the capability on those pages — not that it is impossible. Plans, prices and features change, so confirm current terms directly with each provider. FastBoy, NailSoft and NailSolution are trademarks of their respective owners and are not affiliated with or endorsed by KaloDesk.
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