Comparing Simple Salon? Try a focused workspace for your own booking link and small team’s calendar. Invited BeautiDesk merchants can also ask ChatGPT to check appointments, move a booking or update a price.
BeautiDesk Starter: AUD $49.99/month. 1 studio, up to 3 staff, 300 bookings/month and 50 SMS credits/month for Australian mobile numbers.
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Run the day. Ask in ChatGPT.
With the BeautiDesk Business pilot, authorised owners can ask to see appointments, move a booking while keeping its ID, or update a service price. Use your own ChatGPT account, connected to your own shop.
“Show tomorrow’s appointments.”
“Move this haircut appointment to 11:30 am.”
“Change the blow-wave price to $50.”
Invitation-only pilot; a subscription does not automatically include access. Your ChatGPT plan and usage limits apply separately. The demo below uses preset examples, not a live ChatGPT connection.
Same scenario: Australia · 1 shop · 3 bookable staff · 300 appointments per month · 50 standard Australian reminder SMS. A long message can consume more than one credit. This is a monthly subscription comparison, not a total operating-cost or savings claim.
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Australian monthly scenario · source checks: 28 September 2026
Your decision
BeautiDesk Starter
Simple Salon
Monthly subscription
Starter: AUD $49.99/month. 1 studio, up to 3 staff. Plan details.
Per-operator Starter / Pro / Max; billing capped at 7 operators. The retrieved default was USD. Current AUD quote needs confirmation for 3 operators on monthly billing. [1].
Staff & appointment volume
3 staff and 300 monthly bookings fit the Starter limits exactly; allow for growth.
Calendar, bookings and staff rostering. Confirm the monthly appointment allowance for your selected plan. [2].
50 reminder SMS
50 Australian SMS credits included monthly; additional usage requires a suitable plan or credit purchase. Confirm current extra-credit rates.
Starter uses pay-as-you-go SMS; other plans pool included credits. Ask for the AUD cost of 50 SMS. [1].
Payments & POS
Keep your existing payment process. This comparison does not promise an integrated card terminal, full retail POS or payment-data migration.
Lists POS and stock management. Hardware and payment rates require a separate quote. [2].
Day-to-day management
Services, staff calendars, customer records and appointment management. The invitation-only ChatGPT pilot supports the tasks above.
14 days, no card required. The isolated demo needs no signup or ChatGPT connection.
14-day free trial; confirm current signup conditions. [1].
Switching
Menu images or screenshots can help prepare services through the pilot. Full client and historical appointment migration is not a verified automatic service.
Data-transfer assistance and exports offered; agree record coverage with Simple Salon. [1].
Tax & extra costs
AUD monthly base price shown. GST treatment needs confirmation before purchase. Payment-provider charges and extra SMS are not included in this comparison.
GST, AUD subscription, SMS and payment fees: confirm in a current AU quote. No total is calculated from the USD default.
When to try BeautiDesk
Start here when the main job is taking bookings, organising a small team's day and keeping client details together. During the trial, compare how easily a customer finds a service and how clearly the team sees its appointments.
If your decision depends on retail stock, POS integration or multi-site reporting, include those requirements in your shortlist. Simple Salon describes tools in these areas. Do not replace a working system until the workflows your salon depends on are covered. [2]
Explore conversation-based management
Invited merchants can use BeautiDesk Business in their own ChatGPT account to request supported, permission-scoped changes and read the saved results. Pilot access is invitation-only, not automatically included with a subscription.
Keep a copy of your existing export. Before changing your public booking link, confirm the services, staff and records that can be brought over. Historical prices, customer preferences and payment records need explicit coverage; a new appointment is not a substitute for an imported historical record.
Not necessarily. BeautiDesk Starter is AUD $49.99 per month for 1 studio, up to 3 staff, 300 bookings and 50 SMS credits per month for Australian mobile numbers. Compare your actual operator count, SMS usage, region and billing period with a current Simple Salon quote; these are not identical packages.
Does BeautiDesk include automatic migration from Simple Salon?
Do not assume complete automatic migration is included. Confirm which exported records can be imported before switching, and keep the original export and existing system until the agreed records have been checked.
Is ChatGPT access included with a BeautiDesk subscription?
No. BeautiDesk Business for ChatGPT is an invitation-only pilot. Invited merchants use their own ChatGPT account, with separate ChatGPT plan and usage limits. The normal booking page and merchant workspace remain available without the pilot.
