SalonIQ and Daviana are both UK salon software where clients book through your own website and social media, and both now answer the phone with AI. The honest comparison is SalonIQ's marketing tools, larger customer base and lower solo price against a free diary, colour costing built in, and one shared record for the diary, the till, the colour bowl and the phone.
You want automated SMS and email marketing in the plan, the reassurance of a system thousands of UK salons already use, or the lowest price for a solo stylist, and you are comfortable with its contract terms.
You want a free diary you can stop using any month, colour weighed and costed without a second supplier, and an AI receptionist with a published price, all on the same client record.
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| Daviana | SalonIQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | Free for the diary and till at any team size. Extras are optional, inc VAT: texts 6p each, AI Receptionist £60 a month, ColorLab £80 a month. | From £47 a month for a solo stylist, every plan with the full booking, management and marketing system.1 |
| Setup | We set your salon up with you and move your clients and prices across. | One-time setup fee from £175 plus VAT: installation, online training and data migration.1 |
| Minimum term | None. You can stop any month. | Terms: an initial term of 12 months, then 90 days' written notice.2 Its pricing page says no long-term contracts, cancel with 60 days' notice,1 and its UK page says "no long contracts".3 Ask which applies to you. |
| AI receptionist | Aria, £60 a month including VAT. Books into the Daviana diary. | IQ Connect, powered by Callpad.ai, books into the live SalonIQ diary. Price not published.4 |
| Colour weighed and costed | ColorLab, built in, £80 a month including VAT. | Through an integration with Vish, a separate system with its own scale and subscription.5 |
| Marketing campaigns | No bulk SMS or email campaigns today. | Automated SMS and email campaigns in every plan.1 |
| Salon groups | Built for a group: each salon on its own or the whole group together. | Group dashboards and shared client data; used by 180+ UK salon groups.3 |
| Upgrades | Bar and Performance included with the diary. | Two-way SMS, a branded client app, online deposits and payments, an e-shop and integrated card payments listed as upgrades.1 |
Ask SalonIQ for a quote for your team size with the upgrades you would actually use, such as online deposits and card payments, and add the setup fee. Because its terms set a 12-month initial term (its pricing page says no long-term contracts, so ask which applies), compare a full year: 12 months of SalonIQ plus setup, against 12 months of Daviana (the diary is free at any team size), plus £60 a month including VAT for the AI Receptionist or £80 for ColorLab if you want them. If the phone or colour is part of the decision, the missed call calculator and the colour cost calculator show whether either would pay for itself. For the wider market, see our UK salon software comparison.
SalonIQ's pricing page says it starts at £47 a month for a solo stylist, with every plan including the complete booking, management and marketing system, plus a one-time setup fee from £175 plus VAT covering installation, training and data migration. Onsite training, two-way SMS, a branded consumer app, online booking deposits and payments, an e-shop and integrated card payments are listed as upgrade options. Daviana's diary and till are free for any team size, with optional extras priced including VAT: texts 6p each, the AI Receptionist £60 a month and ColorLab £80 a month.
Check before you sign. SalonIQ's UK page says there are no long contracts and its pricing page says you can cancel with 60 days' notice, but its published terms and conditions define an initial term of 12 months, after which the contract continues until you give at least 90 days' written notice. Ask SalonIQ which applies to your plan. Daviana has no minimum term: you can stop any month.
Yes. SalonIQ's IQ Connect, powered by Callpad.ai, picks up the calls the team cannot take, checks the live SalonIQ diary and books appointments into it. SalonIQ does not publish its price. Daviana's AI Receptionist, Aria, does the same for the Daviana diary at £60 a month including VAT.
Through an integration. SalonIQ's help centre describes its integration with Vish, a separate colour management system with its own scale and subscription. Daviana's ColorLab is built in, weighs every bowl on a Bluetooth scale and can post the colour charge to the client's bill.
Usually, but what moves depends on what you can export. SalonIQ's terms say it deletes or archives customer data 120 days after the contract ends, so export before then. The Daviana team moves your clients and prices across for you.
Thirty minutes, your diary and your colour spend. We will tell you if it is not a fit. Or start on your own today: the diary is free for any team size, with no card.
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