Free to start · paid plan from £9.99/mo billed yearly
Alternatives

A Vagaro alternative for a business of one

Looking at alternatives to Vagaro? Soopaspace is built for the self-employed: the booking page, the money and the admin for one person, at one flat price.

Free to start with your booking page, bookings and clients. Everything else is one paid plan: £9.99/month billed yearly, or £12.99 monthly.

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Today

  • 09:30Classic lash set · Amira K.Home studio, 2 hr
  • 12:30Lash infill · Beth O.At her home, Didsbury
  • 15:00Lash lift · Grace T.Home studio, 1 hr

Quick answer

Looking at Vagaro alternatives? Soopaspace is built for a business of one: booking page, payments, invoices and expenses at a flat UK price.

Shaped around a business of one

Looking at alternatives to Vagaro? Here is what Soopaspace is. It is built for the self-employed: one booking page, one client list and one record of income and expenses, run by you.

What you get with Soopaspace

  • A flat UK price, built for one person running the business
  • Your own booking page and client list, with only your business on the page
  • Built for any trade, from salons to tutors
  • Bookings, payments, invoices and expenses in one, in pounds

1Your day

One diary, shaped around you

Your page shows only the hours you choose and only the times you are free. Each service has its own length, price and buffer, so a two-hour set blocks out its full length and the time to reset afterwards stays clear.

  • Only the hours you choose are bookable
  • Each service with its own length, price and buffer
  • A slot closes the moment it is booked
  • Bookings sent to your Google or Outlook calendar
Find out moreStop double bookings before they happen
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Your booking page: clients pick a day, see only the times you are free, and book in a couple of taps.

2Where you work

At home, at theirs, or online

Work from your own place, or travel to people: set the areas you cover and a do-we-come-to-you checker appears on your page, so clients see straight away whether you come to them. Online sessions can run alongside either.

  • Your own place of work, shown on your page
  • The areas you cover, with a do-we-come-to-you check
  • Online sessions alongside in-person ones
  • Ask for the client’s address and postcode when they book
Find out moreBookings for when you go to the client
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LRLash Room by Amira

Do we come to you?

Pop in your postcode and we’ll check you’re in our area.

M20 2Check

Yes, we cover Didsbury and Withington. Choose a service below to book.

Clients pop in their postcode and see straight away whether you come to them.

3Getting paid

A deposit to hold the slot, and the rest your way

Set a fixed deposit on any service and it is taken by card at booking, into your own Stripe account, with the balance shown as due on the day. Cash and bank transfer sit alongside, chosen for each kind of thing you sell.

  • A fixed deposit per service, taken by card at booking
  • Card payments straight to your own Stripe account
  • Cash and bank transfer, marked paid in one tap
  • Paid, due and overdue at a glance
Find out moreTake a deposit before a booking, and help cut no-shows
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Appointment, 90 min£60.00

A £15.00 deposit is taken now by card. The remaining £45.00 is paid on the day.

Pay £15.00 deposit
Deposits at booking: the client pays the deposit by card to secure the slot, and the rest on the day.

4Your clients

One client list, with your notes on everyone

Each client has their own page with every visit, what it cost and the answers they gave when booking. Your private notes sit beside them, so the curl, the length or the patch test date is there before they arrive.

  • Every visit and what it cost, in date order
  • Answers from booking, kept with the client
  • Private notes on every client, only you see them
  • A reminder email before every appointment
Find out moreA simple CRM for the self-employed: every client, remembered
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Sam R.

Client for 2 years · 31 visits

£1,240
  1. Booked and paid · £406 weeks ago
  2. Note: prefers mornings7 weeks ago
Every client on one page: visits, notes and spend, with the history in date order.

5The books

Income and expenses for one person, in pounds

Income from your bookings and payments is counted for you. Take a photo of a receipt and the expense fills itself in, add mileage as you go, and download the tax-year summary of your income and expenses for you or your accountant.

  • Income counted from your bookings and payments
  • Expenses from a photo of the receipt
  • Mileage, kept alongside your expenses
  • A tax-year summary that downloads as a file
Find out moreYour records in one place for Self Assessment
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Receipt photo

SupplierPet Supplies Co

Amount£38.50

CategoryStock and materials

Save expense
Snap a receipt and the expense fills itself in, ready to check and save.

Try it on your own business

One app for everything, from £9.99 a month billed yearly. Cancel anytime. Free plan available.

What it could mean for you

What changes when it is built for one

Nothing to manage that you do not have

One diary, one page and one client list, set up around the way you work on your own.

Your page, nobody else’s

Clients land on a booking page with only your business on it.

Work wherever you work

Your own place or clients’ homes within the areas you set, with online sessions alongside either.

The year in one place

Income, expenses and mileage sit together, with a tax-year summary to download when you need it.

Common questions

Is Soopaspace suitable if I am a sole trader, not a salon?
Soopaspace is built for the self-employed and the very small business: one booking page, one client list and one record of income and expenses, run by you.

Not ready yet? Stay in the loop

Practical tips for running a small business, and news when Soopaspace adds something new.

One paid plan, one price

One app for the whole of it

£9.99/month, billed yearly

or £12.99 a month. Cancel any time.

  • A booking page you edit on the page itself
  • Fixed-price appointments, quoted jobs, or both
  • Group events, courses & waiting lists
  • Bundles, offers, discount codes & gift vouchers
  • On-demand services: paid now, delivered later
  • Reminders, two-way calendar sync & self-service rescheduling
  • Quotes & invoices, with overdue ones chased politely for you
  • Money, P&L, expenses & mileage

Free plan: your booking page with up to 2 types of appointment, bookings and clients, with no card and no time limit.