Design + Firefly AIFree tier
Adobe Express
Adobe's quick-design app with Firefly generative AI built in. Templates for social, flyers and short videos.
Price: Free; Premium $9.99/mo.
AI tools for Beauty & Salons
Hair, nails, barbers, lashes, spas. Booking that fills your chair, reminders that kill no-shows, and content that shows off your work.
15 tools10 with a free tier
Booking app for barbers & salonsPaid only
Booksy
Booking app and marketplace with reminders, no-show protection and a client-facing app.
Price: $29.99/mo + tax for 1 staff, +$20/mo per extra staff; free trial. Boost: 30% of first-visit value (capped at $100).
Email, SMS & WhatsApp marketingFree tier
Brevo
Email, SMS and WhatsApp campaigns plus a simple CRM. Priced by emails sent, not contacts.
Price: Free (300 emails/day); Starter from $9/mo; Standard from $18/mo.
Design + AI (Magic Studio)Free tier
Canva
Menus, flyers, posts, thumbnails and videos from templates, with Magic Studio AI and one-click background removal.
Price: Free; Canva Pro $144/yr for one person (US price).
Video editor with AIFree tier
CapCut
The go-to editor for TikTok and Reels: auto captions, templates, background removal and AI effects.
Price: Free; Pro $19.99/mo (cheaper billed yearly).
AI assistantFree tier
ChatGPT
The all-rounder: emails, menus, quotes, captions, spreadsheets, brainstorms. Start here if you use one AI tool.
Price: Free; Go $8/mo; Plus $20/mo; Pro from $100/mo.
Salon booking & paymentsPaid only
Fresha
Booking, calendar, payments and a marketplace that sends you new clients. Popular with salons in the UK and beyond.
Price: US: Independent $19.95/mo (1 bookable member); Team $14.95 per bookable member/mo. 7-day trial.
Salon booking & paymentsPaid only
GlossGenius
Clean booking site, payments and marketing tools for beauty pros, in one app.
Price: Standard $24/mo, Gold $48/mo, Platinum $148/mo billed yearly ($28/$56/$168 monthly). Card fees 2.4% + $0.15 in person, 2.9% + $0.30 online. Free trial.
Instagram & TikTok schedulingPaid only
Later
Visual planner for Instagram, TikTok and more, with link-in-bio, best-time-to-post and AI captions.
Price: Starter $18.75/mo, Growth $37.50/mo, Scale $82.50/mo (billed yearly). 14-day free trial.
Social scheduling & analyticsFree tier
Metricool
Plan, schedule and analyse posts across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and more, with AI copy help.
Price: Free; Starter from $20/mo yearly ($25 monthly); Advanced from $53/mo yearly ($67 monthly).
AI product photosFree tier
Photoroom
Snap a product on your counter, get a clean studio-style shot with AI backgrounds and shadows. Batch-edit a whole catalogue.
Price: Free plan (personal use); Pro $12.99/mo or $7.50/mo billed yearly; Max $34.99/mo; Ultra from $99/mo.
AI receptionist with human backupFree tier
Smith.ai
AI answers your business line 24/7, qualifies leads and books appointments, and can hand off to a live North America-based receptionist.
Price: Free: 25 calls/mo ($3 per extra call); Pro $150/mo for 75 calls; Enterprise from $500/mo. Month-to-month.
Live chat + AI support agentFree tier
Tidio
Website chat, email, Instagram and WhatsApp in one inbox, with the Lyro AI agent answering the repeat questions.
Price: Free (50 conversations/mo); Starter $29/mo ($24.17 billed yearly); Growth from $59/mo; Lyro AI from $39/mo for 50 AI conversations.
Salon, spa & fitness softwarePaid only
Vagaro
All-in-one booking, POS, marketing and payroll-ish features for salons, spas and studios, with a consumer marketplace.
Price: US: $30/mo for 1 bookable calendar (intro rates often lower, e.g. $23.99), +$10/mo per extra calendar.
Website builder with AIFree tier
Wix
Website builder whose AI drafts your whole site from a chat, plus bookings, online ordering and stores.
Price: Free (Wix branding); Light $17/mo, Core $29/mo, Business $39/mo billed yearly (US).
Newsletter
One AI move a week. Tested, priced, no fluff.
A short email with one tool that saved a real owner time or money, plus price changes worth knowing about.
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