A free Mangomint alternative, compared fairly.
Mangomint is a polished salon and spa platform with one plan and paid add-ons. If the monthly bill is what you’d like to drop, here’s an honest side-by-side using the numbers on its own pricing page.
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Free means all of it
Free software
Clients, appointments, checkout and reporting, for $0 a month.
Free booking
A 24/7 booking page with text confirmations and reminders.
Free accounting
A real double-entry ledger built in, so you can drop QuickBooks.
AI receptionist, with the phone system
Part of the $79/month* phone system: answers your calls 24/7, answers questions, books appointments into real openings, takes messages, and transfers to you.
Unlimited users
Every stylist, tech, trainer and front-desk person, $0 each.
The honest part
Card payments you take cost 3.9% + 30¢, and optional bill pay from your accounting is $39 a month per office.
What Mangomint lists today
| Mangomint (its pricing page) | TotalPro360 | |
|---|---|---|
| Software | $120 per location per month, plus $10 per user per month | $0 a month, unlimited staff |
| Marketing | Add-on from $30 a month (3,500 credits) | Email campaigns, review requests and automatic rebook, win-back and birthday emails included (off until you switch them on) |
| Phone | Add-on, $70 a month per line | $79/month* phone system: one business number with calls and texting, the AI receptionist, after-hours on-call dispatch and Compendium Capture |
| AI receptionist | Not listed on its pricing page | Part of the $79/month* phone system: answers calls and books appointments |
| Payroll | Add-on, $50 a month plus $8 per worker | Coming December 2026. Paid add-on: $39/month + $6 per employee |
| Card processing | 2.45% + 15¢ in person, 2.90% + 30¢ online | 3.9% + 30¢ |
| Contract | No contracts; free trial | No contract; free, no trial needed |
Source: mangomint.com/pricing, checked October 2026. Prices change; check their page.
Being fair about it: Mangomint’s in-person card rate is lower than ours, it already offers payroll and automated marketing as paid add-ons, and it’s a mature product. TotalPro360 wins on monthly cost, especially as your team grows.
What TotalPro360 costs
- Software: $0 a month. Unlimited users. No contract, no setup fee, no card to sign up.
- Card payments you collect: 3.9% + 30¢.
- ACH bank payments: up to 1.8% (never more than $10).
- Online bill pay to your vendors (optional, from your accounting): $39 a month per office, only in months you pay bills through it, unlimited users, plus Stripe's cost at cost (bank debit 0.8% capped at $5, 0.25% + 25¢ per vendor payout, $2 per active vendor per month).
The math for a five-person salon
On Mangomint’s published pricing, one location with five users is $120 + 5 × $10 = $170 a month before add-ons and processing; adding the phone line and the smallest marketing tier makes it $270. On TotalPro360 the software is $0 for five people or fifteen, and you pay 3.9% + 30¢ per card payment on the card payments you take.
What TotalPro360 includes, free
Online booking, 24/7
Clients book real openings by service and provider, with add-ons, and prices can vary by provider level.
Text confirmations and reminders
Clients get a confirmation when they book and a reminder the day before, so fewer chairs sit empty.
Deposits and no-show fees
Take deposits, and set no-show and late-cancel fees. Saving a card at booking is coming soon.
Waitlist
Clients join online or your front desk adds them, so cancellations get filled.
Intake and consent forms
Forms with e-signature, filled in before the visit and kept on the client record.
Client records
Formulas, notes and private before-and-after photos on every client.
Processing time
A color or treatment that needs time to process frees the provider for another client.
Packages and memberships
Packages and series that count down, and memberships with included visits, member discounts and autopay from a card the client saves.
Gift cards
Sell gift cards in store and online, with a balance check.
Retail at checkout
Retail with stock tracking and barcode scanning, plus tips to a named provider.
Commissions and performance
Staff commissions and performance reports, and a rebooking prompt at checkout.
AI receptionist that books
With the $79/month* phone system: answers calls 24/7, answers questions and books appointments into real openings.
Not live yet: saving a client’s card at booking (coming soon), payroll (coming December 2026; paid add-on: $39/month + $6 per employee), group classes and multiple locations. Automatic rebook, win-back and birthday emails are live, off until you switch them on.
Free software for your kind of business
Pick your business type and you'll start with a service menu built for it.
“I’ve got a person for you.” Get paid for it.
Your clients ask you for recommendations all the time. On the TotalPro360 network, when your stylist sends a client to a massage therapist on the network and that appointment is booked and paid, your business earns a share of the network fee. The business that receives the referral pays nothing for the lead itself, only a network fee after the job is booked and paid. How the referral network works · Our sister network for home services.
Questions people ask
Is it really free forever?
Yes. The software is free forever: online booking and reminders, client records, checkout, invoicing, accounting, your website and the apps, for unlimited staff. It isn’t a trial, and there’s no credit card to start and no contract. Card payments cost 3.9% + 30¢, and ACH bank payments cost up to 1.8% (never more than $10). Paid add-ons are optional: the phone system is $79/month* (one business number with calls and texting, the AI receptionist, after-hours on-call dispatch and Compendium Capture), and payroll (coming December 2026) is $39/month + $6 per employee. Read the free-forever promise.
How much does Mangomint cost?
Its pricing page (checked October 2026) lists $120 per location per month plus $10 per user per month, with add-ons for marketing (from $30 a month), phone ($70 a month per line) and payroll ($50 a month plus $8 per worker).
Does TotalPro360 have an AI receptionist?
Yes. It comes with the phone system ($79/month*) and answers calls 24/7, answers questions from your services and hours, and books appointments into real openings.
What does TotalPro360 cost?
The software is $0 a month with unlimited users and no contract. Card payments you collect cost 3.9% + 30¢. ACH bank payments cost up to 1.8% (never more than $10). Optional online bill pay to your vendors, from your accounting, is $39 a month per office, only in months you pay bills through it, unlimited users, plus Stripe's cost at cost (bank debit 0.8% capped at $5, 0.25% + 25¢ per vendor payout, $2 per active vendor per month).
Set up your account in about two minutes.
No card, no contract, no sales call. Pick your business type, and you'll land in your dashboard with a starter service menu and a short setup checklist.
Get started free*Included minutes and texts cover typical use. Usage above the included amounts is billed as overage, and larger or high-volume companies may be quoted higher phone and texting rates. See our Terms.