# Best tanning salon software (2026).

Source: https://meetscarlet.com/guides/best-tanning-salon-software/
Updated: 2026-11-10

We compared 6 tanning salon platforms on price, an app with your salon's name, bed levels and plans, from each vendor's own pages read November 1, 2026. Our pick for a tanning salon whose regulars book beds on a plan is MeetScarlet: an app with your salon's name in every plan, with bed levels per plan, unlimited plans and minute packs, $349 a month plus $999 setup on monthly billing, set up by our team. We make MeetScarlet.

- Our pick: MeetScarlet, for a salon of regulars: an app with your salon's name in every plan, bed levels per plan, unlimited plans and minute packs, from $349 a month ($999 setup on monthly billing, free on yearly)

- Options: Six tanning salon software options, our pick first

- Lowest starting price: Fresha, $19.95 a month on its Independent plan; GlossGenius from $24 a month billed yearly; Vagaro $30 a month ($23.99 for the first 6 months)

- Bed and timer control: Tan-Link lists direct T-Max bed and timer control; SunLync lists automated session control without saying what it connects to

- Branded client app: MeetScarlet (with your salon's name, every plan) and Vagaro (your logo and colors, price not shown)

- Written by: The MeetScarlet team, which makes one of the options; checked November 1, 2026

## Tanning-only software or general salon software

Tanning salon software comes in two kinds. Tanning-first systems, like Tan-Link and SunLync, are built around tanning sessions, packages and memberships, and Tan-Link lists direct control of T-Max beds and timers. General beauty software, like Fresha, GlossGenius and Vagaro, adds a tanning page to a booking system made for many kinds of salon, often with a marketplace. A third question cuts across both: do clients book in the vendor's app, on a website, or in an app with your salon's name? This guide says which each option is.

## How we compared these options

We read each vendor's own pricing, feature and tanning pages on November 1, 2026 and checked four things:

- The published price, and whether it is per salon, per calendar or per team member
- Booking by bed or booth, and control of bed timers
- Unlimited plans, minute or session packs, and skin-type and consent records
- Whether clients get an app with the salon's own name

Prices are from the vendors' US pages, in US dollars. We did not install or test the rival software, used no third-party prices, and left out card processing and marketplace charges. We left out Mindbody, whose pages we read do not mention tanning, and could not read the sites of TanPro, TanTrack or Sunshine. MeetScarlet's facts come from our own pricing and from MeetScarlet's code. We did not check which plan includes each rival feature unless we say so. Where a page did not say something, we say we did not find it. MeetScarlet is listed first as our pick (we make it); the others follow alphabetically.

## The tanning salon software compared

### MeetScarlet: our pick for salons with regulars who want them booking beds in an app with the salon's name

MeetScarlet is a white-label booking app from the team writing this guide, and our pick for a salon whose regulars tan on a plan. Your clients install an app with your salon's name and icon, book a bed or booth by the time slot, see which bed levels their plan covers before they pick one, and check in at the desk with a pass in the app. Unlimited plans and minute packs come ready, with the balance shown in the app, and clients see your own notice, such as skin-type guidance, before they book, and you can require a waiver, signed at the desk, before check-in. Staff keep notes and tags on each client. The app comes in every plan, and our team sets it up and publishes it to your own Apple and Google store accounts, so your salon is the publisher. See [MeetScarlet for tanning salons](https://meetscarlet.com/industries/tanning-salons/).

**Price:** $349 a month, or $499 on MeetScarlet Pro (20 staff logins, text reminders for appointments, coming soon, to clients who opt in); $999 setup fee on monthly billing, waived on yearly. **Branded client app:** Included in every plan, under your own Apple and Google developer accounts ($99 a year to Apple, $25 once to Google). **Beds, plans and records:** Bed and booth booking by the slot; bed levels per plan; unlimited plans and minute packs; your own notice before a bed booking. [MeetScarlet's pricing](https://meetscarlet.com/#pricing)

- MeetScarlet runs booking, plans and check-in, not the beds or the till: no bed timer or lamp control, no point of sale for lotions, no dedicated skin-type field and no digital waiver form.
- A higher starting price than the others here, with your own app included: $349 a month plus $999 setup on monthly billing (free on yearly), with 5 staff logins, or 20 on MeetScarlet Pro at $499 a month.

### Fresha: best for salons that want a low monthly price, booking by bed and a marketplace listing

Fresha is booking software for beauty and wellness with a tanning studio page and a consumer marketplace. That page says you can manage bookings for stand-up or lay-down beds, track session limits and offer timed packages, sell tanning packages, unlimited memberships or drop-in sessions, and track each client's skin type and past sessions. It also sells bronzers and aftercare products online or in the salon, with inventory and point-of-sale tools.

**Price:** $19.95 a month (Independent), or $14.95 per team member a month (Team); 7-day trial. **Branded client app:** None found on its pricing, tanning-studio, home or for-business pages; clients book in Fresha's own app. **Beds, plans and records:** Stand-up and lay-down bed booking with session limits and timed packages; unlimited memberships; skin types on the client record. [Fresha's page](https://www.fresha.com/for-business/tanning-studio); see also [MeetScarlet vs Fresha](https://meetscarlet.com/compare/fresha/)

- We found no app with your salon's own name on its pricing, tanning-studio, home or for-business pages.
- The Team plan is priced per team member, so the cost grows with your team.

### GlossGenius: best for studios whose clients would rather book on a website than download an app

GlossGenius is booking and payments software for beauty and wellness, with a tanning salon page. Clients book on a booking website with no login or app download. Its tanning page lists digital forms and waivers, including consent forms clients fill in on their phone before they arrive, and inventory tracking for the lotions, eyewear and other products you sell.

**Price:** $28, $56 or $168 a month (Standard, Gold, Platinum), or $24, $48 or $148 billed yearly. **Branded client app:** No client app: clients book on a website, with no app download. **Beds, plans and records:** Digital forms, waivers and consent forms, and room and resource management, on its Gold plan; packages and memberships from Standard; booking by bed not described on its tanning page. [GlossGenius's page](https://www.glossgenius.com/customers/tanning-salon-software); see also [MeetScarlet vs GlossGenius](https://meetscarlet.com/compare/glossgenius/)

- Clients book on a website, not in an app, so there is no app with your salon's name.
- Forms and waivers come on Gold, not on the cheapest plan.
- We did not find booking by bed, or unlimited and minute plans, on its tanning or pricing page.

### SunLync: best for established salons that want tanning and wellness software with session control and EFT plans

SunLync is salon software built around tanning and wellness sessions. Its features page lists online booking for equipment sessions or for services with specific staff, automated session control, memberships, packages and custom service types, EFT plans, a point of sale for products and sessions, and inventory across locations. Clients can manage their profiles, payments and services through portals or apps built on SunLync's open web services API.

**Price:** Starting at $150 for a single location (billing period not stated); no plan tiers published. **Branded client app:** None found on its home, features, about or support pages; its features page describes custom-built portals or apps powered by its open web services API. **Beds, plans and records:** Online booking for equipment sessions, tied to the point of sale; automated session control; memberships, packages and EFT plans. [SunLync's page](https://www.sunlync.com/features); see also [MeetScarlet vs SunLync](https://meetscarlet.com/compare/sunlync/)

- We found no client app from SunLync itself on its pages; its features page describes custom-built portals or apps on its API.
- Only a starting price is published; it says pricing grows with your business.

### Tan-Link: best for uV-bed salons that want a tanning-only system with bed control and skin typing

Tan-Link is tanning salon software. Its pricing page lists direct T-Max bed and timer control and a Fitzpatrick skin-type assessment stored on each client's profile, and its feature pages cover online booking where clients pick specific equipment, digital waivers per package or service, memberships and packages, and a point of sale with inventory. Clients use Tan-Link's Customer Portal (TL App) and can check in to their bed from their car or outside the salon.

**Price:** $129 (Essential) or $179 (Ultimate) a month billed monthly; Pro Salon $199 a month, or $179 a month billed annually; no contracts to start. **Branded client app:** Its own Customer Portal (TL App); no app with your salon's name found on its home, pricing or customer-portal pages. **Beds, plans and records:** Online booking by equipment; direct T-Max bed and timer control; Fitzpatrick skin typing on the profile; digital waivers per package; memberships and packages. [Tan-Link's page](https://tan-link.com/pricing/); see also [MeetScarlet vs Tan-Link](https://meetscarlet.com/compare/tan-link/)

- We found no app with your salon's own name on its home, pricing or customer-portal pages; clients use its TL App.
- It recommends hardware but does not sell it or lock you to it, so the hardware is bought separately.

### Vagaro: best for salons that want a branded app and a marketplace listing from one vendor

Vagaro is booking software for beauty, wellness and fitness with a tanning salon page and a free Vagaro Marketplace listing on every plan. Its tanning page lists digital forms and waivers, client notes that cover skin types, memberships to turn seasonal tanners into monthly members, and a point of sale. Its branded-app page says clients get an app with your logo, colors and images, where they can also shop your products.

**Price:** $30 a month for one calendar ($23.99 a month for the first 6 months, per its pricing and tanning pages), plus $10 for each extra calendar up to seven. **Branded client app:** A Vagaro Branded App with your logo, colors and business details, published to the App Store and Google Play, with developer account fees not included; the app's price is not shown on the pages we read. **Beds, plans and records:** Calendar and resource management; memberships, packages and gift certificates; digital forms and waivers; skin types in client notes. [Vagaro's page](https://www.vagaro.com/pro/tanning-salon-software)

- The branded app's price is not on its pricing or branded-app page.
- We did not find booking by bed level, or unlimited and minute plans, on its tanning, pricing or calendar page.

## Side by side

| Software | Price | Branded client app | Beds, plans and records | Best for |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [MeetScarlet (we make it)](#scarlet) | $349 a month, or $499 on MeetScarlet Pro (20 staff logins, text reminders for appointments, coming soon, to clients who opt in); $999 setup fee on monthly billing, waived on yearly | Included in every plan, under your own Apple and Google developer accounts ($99 a year to Apple, $25 once to Google) | Bed and booth booking by the slot; bed levels per plan; unlimited plans and minute packs; your own notice before a bed booking | Our pick for salons with regulars who want them booking beds in an app with the salon's name |
| [Fresha](#fresha) | $19.95 a month (Independent), or $14.95 per team member a month (Team); 7-day trial | None found on its pricing, tanning-studio, home or for-business pages; clients book in Fresha's own app | Stand-up and lay-down bed booking with session limits and timed packages; unlimited memberships; skin types on the client record | Salons that want a low monthly price, booking by bed and a marketplace listing |
| [GlossGenius](#glossgenius) | $28, $56 or $168 a month (Standard, Gold, Platinum), or $24, $48 or $148 billed yearly | No client app: clients book on a website, with no app download | Digital forms, waivers and consent forms, and room and resource management, on its Gold plan; packages and memberships from Standard; booking by bed not described on its tanning page | Studios whose clients would rather book on a website than download an app |
| [SunLync](#sunlync) | Starting at $150 for a single location (billing period not stated); no plan tiers published | None found on its home, features, about or support pages; its features page describes custom-built portals or apps powered by its open web services API | Online booking for equipment sessions, tied to the point of sale; automated session control; memberships, packages and EFT plans | Established salons that want tanning and wellness software with session control and EFT plans |
| [Tan-Link](#tan-link) | $129 (Essential) or $179 (Ultimate) a month billed monthly; Pro Salon $199 a month, or $179 a month billed annually; no contracts to start | Its own Customer Portal (TL App); no app with your salon's name found on its home, pricing or customer-portal pages | Online booking by equipment; direct T-Max bed and timer control; Fitzpatrick skin typing on the profile; digital waivers per package; memberships and packages | UV-bed salons that want a tanning-only system with bed control and skin typing |
| [Vagaro](#vagaro) | $30 a month for one calendar ($23.99 a month for the first 6 months, per its pricing and tanning pages), plus $10 for each extra calendar up to seven | A Vagaro Branded App with your logo, colors and business details, published to the App Store and Google Play, with developer account fees not included; the app's price is not shown on the pages we read | Calendar and resource management; memberships, packages and gift certificates; digital forms and waivers; skin types in client notes | Salons that want a branded app and a marketplace listing from one vendor |

From each vendor's own pages, read November 1, 2026. Prices and plans change; check the vendor's page before you decide.

## Which one fits your salon

| If you are | Look at | Why |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A salon that wants its own app | MeetScarlet, Vagaro | Each offers a branded app; MeetScarlet's carries your salon's name and icon, comes in every plan and is published under your own store accounts |
| A salon of regulars on unlimited or minute plans | MeetScarlet, Fresha | Unlimited plans and minute packs, with the balance shown in your app (MeetScarlet), or unlimited memberships and timed packages (Fresha) |
| A salon that prices plans by bed level | MeetScarlet | Each plan says which bed levels it covers, and clients see that before they pick a bed |
| A UV salon that wants tanning-first software | Tan-Link, SunLync | Direct T-Max bed and timer control (Tan-Link) or automated session control and EFT plans (SunLync) |
| A salon that skin-types every new client | Tan-Link, Fresha, Vagaro | A Fitzpatrick assessment on the profile (Tan-Link) or skin types in the client record (Fresha, Vagaro) |
| A new salon watching every dollar | Fresha, GlossGenius, Vagaro | The lowest starting prices here, and a marketplace listing on Fresha and Vagaro |
| A studio whose clients won't download an app | GlossGenius | Clients book on a website, with consent forms on their phone on the Gold plan |

Want to see your salon's own app? [Type your salon's name on the homepage](https://meetscarlet.com/#top) or [see MeetScarlet for tanning salons](https://meetscarlet.com/industries/tanning-salons/).

## Questions

Straight answers. Anything else, ask us on a demo.

### What is the best software for a tanning salon?

For a salon whose regulars tan on a plan, our pick is MeetScarlet: an app with your salon's name in every plan, with bed levels per plan, unlimited plans and minute packs, from $349 a month ($999 setup on monthly billing, free on yearly). For tanning-first software with bed control, look at Tan-Link (T-Max beds and timers) or SunLync; for a low price, Fresha, GlossGenius or Vagaro. We make MeetScarlet.

### Which tanning salon software controls the beds?

Tan-Link's pricing page lists direct T-Max bed and timer control, and SunLync's features page lists automated session control. SunLync's page does not say which equipment it connects to. We did not find bed-timer control on the Fresha, GlossGenius or Vagaro pages listed in this guide, and MeetScarlet does not have it.

### Can I sell unlimited tanning and minute packages?

MeetScarlet has unlimited plans and minute packs built in, and Fresha's tanning page lists unlimited memberships and timed packages. Tan-Link, SunLync, GlossGenius and Vagaro list memberships and packages; we did not find minute packs on the pages listed in this guide.

### Which tanning software gives my salon its own app?

Of the six here, MeetScarlet includes an app with your salon's name in every plan, and Vagaro sells a branded app with your logo and colors without showing its price. Tan-Link's clients use its TL App, SunLync offers an API for a portal you build, Fresha uses its own app, and GlossGenius books on a website.

### Which software keeps skin types and waivers?

Tan-Link stores a Fitzpatrick skin-type assessment on each profile and has digital waivers; Fresha and Vagaro keep skin types in the client record, and Vagaro and GlossGenius have digital forms and waivers. MeetScarlet shows your own notice, such as skin-type guidance, before each bed booking and can require a waiver signed at the desk before check-in, but has no dedicated skin-type field or digital waiver form.

### Is this guide independent?

No. We make MeetScarlet and list it first as our pick of the six tanning salon options here. Every rival fact comes from that vendor's own pages, and every option, MeetScarlet included, lists its limits.

## Keep reading

- [Tanning salons A tanning salon app under your own name: clients book beds, see which bed levels their plan covers, and use unlimited or minute packs. Set up for you.](https://meetscarlet.com/industries/tanning-salons/)
- [Memberships and class packs MeetScarlet is a membership app for studios, gyms and salons: sell memberships, class packs, credits and minute packs in your own branded app. From $349 a month.](https://meetscarlet.com/features/memberships/)
- [MeetScarlet vs Fresha MeetScarlet gives your salon an app under its own name, with no other salons in it. Fresha costs less, from $19.95 a month, but clients book in Fresha's app.](https://meetscarlet.com/compare/fresha/)