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Phorest

Score7 out of 10

2 Reviews and Ratings

What is Phorest?

Phorest is a salon management software platform from, from Phorest Salon Software in Ireland. The software focuses on appointments and online bookings and document management and elimination, as well as review collection, reputation management, staff performance reports, and client remarketing.

Categories & Use Cases

Decent option - Would recommend against other appointment software

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Phorest is great for appointment bookings, managing my schedule, storing client notes and contact details. It's a modern software that lives at the heart of your business. It's modern, easy to use. Feels like they are really trying to help business owners and offering things like automated review requests from clients. Would recommend it.

Pros

  • Appointment scheduling
  • SMS Reminders
  • Rebooking SMS
  • Support
  • Managing Clients

Cons

  • Better UI/UX - more intuitive to use
  • Better customer service support
  • Would prefer more hand holding during onboarding experience

Most Important Features

  • Client rebooking SMS
  • Client Online Booking
  • Stock

Return on Investment

  • More organization
  • Helped with business processes

Alternatives Considered

Shortcuts, Vagaro and Timely

Other Software Used

Calendly, Dialpad Talk, Harvest