VagaroReviews of vagaro.com

If I could give Vagaro "0 Stars" I would. There are several issues that I find basic such as the calendar is NOT in "real time" or "live time." So, you'll need to click onto the button to "Start The Class." Why do I mention this, because if you don't STC, the nightmare to add an attendee or check someone out resulted in me being on the phone with tech support sometimes for 48 minutes at a time! Going backwards, the price you are quoted IS NOT accurate bc everything is an "add-on" with a cost such as the "merchant service account." How do you have clients pay online w/o a merchant service account. The shopping cart is the ONLY system that is NOT visually friendly or intuitive and is NOT like any other point of payment system. WHY? WE all use online shopping carts all the time. If someone hasn't paid for a class, the "Invoice The Attendee" option is hidden. WHY hide an important feature? If you have Live Streamed Classes and you didn't Start The Class, you cannot sign people into the class or add an attendee. The color of the class even hours later will not change (meaning it ended) until everyone has paid. Well, what if that is 1 persona nd they don't pay for 1-2 weeks? How then do I adjust the payroll? Why not a ft that allows for that client to pay prior to enrolling in another class? Getting our customers to sign-in online has been a nightmare. They are so used to coming in and attending a class. Simple and customer friendly right? (Come in, we can handle payment after the class!!) NOPE, not with Vagaro. It's a nightmare bc the "class ended." I cannot add an attendee. What about clients who have signed into the wrong day? NO, you cannot delete them or assign them into a different class or day. Why not? It's a simple feature. The day-to-day functioning of classes and customer servicing has been nothing short of calls to tech AND, I've only had Vagaro for 6 weeks. I think I've called tech 8 time and have been on the phone minimally for 30 minutes to unravel things and find the back-end-techniques and work-arounds. NOPE, there aren't any. I could go on with 5-8 more things that do not make senses with Vagaro but, I won't; just know the system is not intuitive, not user friendly and has NO work-arounds on simple every day things.

Vagaro over charged my account after I discontinued a service. The app kept crashing while I was repeatedly trying to cancel the service. Finally it gave me the correct total and then charged my account anyway. I called and they said we know it says that but we are still going to charge you and offered no refund or any compensation for the lies and false advertising.

I used to use Schedulicity for all of my billing and customer needs and was forced to transfer to this company. Since then, I found the site to be combersome, slow and hard to navigate. When trying to cancel my account, I couldn't do it online. They made me call them which again was cumbersome. Asking for a bunch of information and then stating that because I ordered a CC reader that I had to stay with them for 1 year or pay $100 for the reader (which I never used). Even when stating it was unused and I could send back they refused and pushed the $100. I paid it just so I could get the hell out of this site.

Poor service and scammy - doa hardware won’t replace or refund.

Complaint Regarding Vagaro Merchant Services Vagaro removed my business from their platform after processing a legitimate $7,500 transaction for a holistic wellness device. The client’s bank approved the charge and placed an authorization hold on the funds. After the transaction was approved, Vagaro froze the payment for review and then removed my business from their platform entirely — effectively locking me out of my account and disconnecting all of my clients and bookings. This action caused serious harm to my business and reputation. The transaction was legitimate, the client was verified, and there was no fraud or misrepresentation involved. Vagaro provided no clear explanation, no defined timeline, and no opportunity to resolve the issue before removing my business. As a result: • My client’s funds remain on hold • My business was removed from their platform • My client relationships and scheduling system were disrupted • My reputation with my customer was damaged

Vagaro is Un educated with there own software. Merchant services is slow in delivering your funds & is expensive. Vagaro is quick to take your funds when the federal reserve is closed over holidays.

Last year, Vagaro acquired Schedulicity, a platform I'd reliably used for 9 years without issue. During the migration, my account was incorrectly merged with my work roommate's separate business (due to prior calendar sharing on Schedulicity). This left me unable to access or use my own account properly. I spent hours with multiple customer service representatives trying to resolve this. Despite explaining the problem repeatedly and the reps even acknowledging the merge error, no one could fix it effectively. Roadblocks piled up, and solutions fell through time and again. In one attempt to "help," a rep set up a second calendar—which added a $10/month extra charge—even though I couldn't use the platform at all. Billing notifications for this overcharge went to the wrong (merged) email, so I didn't notice for three months. When I finally discovered the charges and requested a simple $30 refund—pointing out that Vagaro's own system showed zero usage—a rep denied it outright. I asked to talk to a manager, but was told none was available to speak with me. I never felt listened to; my explanations were brushed aside, and no one seemed to care about the real impact on my small business. Their suggested fix? Migrate my entire account to a new portal. After all the prior mistakes and fruitless hours invested, I no longer trusted them to handle it without creating more problems. Additional frustrations: I couldn't run basic reports without "checking out" each client individually, and even that feature blocked me. As a small business owner, if a client paid for a service they couldn't access—and I could see clear proof of non-use—I would refund them immediately, apologize sincerely, and work hard to make it right. I'd recognize their time and money are valuable. Vagaro did none of that. I felt invisible, unheard, and like my time and hard-earned money meant nothing to them. If you're considering Vagaro set very low expectations for customer support. They may have tools, but when things go wrong, you're on your own.

Online program is very slow (line ups at front desk due to waiting on software pages to load. nothing to do with computer or internet speeds). Also crashed multiple times, especially when creating new appointments and changing pricing or service times. Beware... we had to get their free card reader for salon staff to clock in and out. We only subscribed to the program for 1 month. Upon cancelling our subscription we were charged and additional $140 (free card reader fee) I was told due to an early cancellation. Funny, I thought we could quit anytime. Apperantly we found out we had to be with them for 1 year before you keep the card reader. They would not accept the reader and refund the fee if we returned it. The card reader is only listed as $69 new on shopify. Also, You can't see a report with the receipt total from a clients service. It can only be viewed as individual transactions. There are so many other problems to list. We switched to Mangomint only after using Vagaro for 1 month. Previous to this we've used Daysmart for the past 13 years and would have stayed however we needed a better platform for online booking. I would advise staying away from Vagaro. Mangomint has been spectacular.