Why salons look for a Phorest alternative
Phorest is used by many salons, especially in the UK and Ireland, and is known for client marketing and retention tools. The reasons owners compare tend to be two: pricing is given on request rather than published, and the accounts still have to be kept somewhere else. Check Phorest's own site for their current plans.
1. A price you can see
TressyPOS is one flat subscription: $49 a month, $249 for six months, or $399 for a year, shown in your local currency. Every feature is included, with no per-staff fee, no setup fee and no commission on your bookings or card payments. See pricing — no sales call needed.
2. Real accounting in the same system
TressyPOS runs a double-entry ledger underneath the till. Sales, expenses, salaries, VAT or sales tax and bank transfers post balanced entries to your own Chart of Accounts, so a Trial Balance, Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet are always current. Tax collected on bills is held as a liability, not counted as income. See the accounting suite and salon software for the UK.
3. Payroll worked out for you
Attendance, basic pay, commission on each stylist's own services, tips, advances and loans feed one payslip per person. See salon payroll software.
4. Billing that survives an outage
If the internet drops, TressyPOS keeps billing locally and syncs when the connection returns.
Where Phorest may suit you better
Being straight about it: Phorest has a long track record and a deep set of client-marketing features. If automated marketing campaigns are the main thing you are buying, compare those closely. TressyPOS has WhatsApp reminders and campaigns, but its strength is running the business and the books in one place.
Try it side by side
Thirty days, full feature access, no credit card. Import your clients and services from a spreadsheet and compare month-end on both.