GlossGenius alternative for walk-in shops
Looking for a GlossGenius alternative for a walk-in shop? Here's how NextUp Walk-in compares on price, texts and what's included, and when GlossGenius might suit you better.
| Feature | NextUp Walk-in | GlossGenius |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Walk-in: $29/month for your first location, $19 for each additional one. Pro, with appointments: $59 and $39. 3 team members included per location, then $10/month each | $28/month (Standard), or $24/month billed annually |
| Free plan or trial | No free plan: a 14-day free trial with every Pro feature | No: a 14-day free trial, with no card |
| Texts | We pay for your first 500 a month, plus 250 for each extra location; then $0.03 each (texting switches on soon) | Marketing text credits by plan, from 2,500 on Platinum |
| Online payments | Card payments are coming soon (Early Access). Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢ online, plus NextUp Walk-in's 0.5% card fee (at most $1 a payment, never on tips). Your clients pay no booking fee | 2.9% + 30¢ on online invoices, 1.8% extra for instant payouts; in-person and card-on-file rates not shown on its pricing page (checked October 2026) |
| Built for | Shops that take walk-ins and bookings: barbershops, salons, tattoo, auto service, repair, grooming | Beauty and wellness businesses, and medspa and aesthetics practices |
GlossGenius figures are from GlossGenius's pricing page, checked October 2026. Prices change, so check theirs for today's. GlossGenius is a trademark of its owner; NextUp Walk-in isn't affiliated with it.
What you get with NextUp Walk-in
- Customers join from a QR code or your link on their phone: no app, no account
- Their place and wait, live on their phone (opt-in text alerts coming soon)
- A now-serving TV display for your waiting area
- A door tablet for walk-ins without a phone
- A staff screen to call, start and finish visits
- A best time to come today, each person’s own wait, and family tickets for a parent and kids
- Customer screens in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Portuguese, Haitian Creole and Chinese
- On Pro: online booking and a team calendar, with email reminders and deposits (deposits coming soon)
- Checkout in cash (pay links, saved cards and Stripe card readers coming soon)
- Your services and prices, and who each customer asks for
- Your trade's own words, your logo and colors
- Insights: busiest days and hours, waits, top services
- Coming soon (Early Access). Online tips straight to each person's bank, and on Pro, booth rent and suite rental collected for you
- A read-only link so ChatGPT, Claude and other AI assistants can look up your live wait and hours
- Passkey sign-in: Face ID, fingerprint or device PIN
- Runs in any browser on a phone, tablet, computer or streaming stick, or in the NextUp Walk-in app for Apple TV, Roku and Fire TV
Moving from GlossGenius
Online booking, a team calendar, email reminders (texts coming soon), deposits (coming soon, Early Access) and a client list are in NextUp Walk-in’s Pro plan, with three team members included per location. Walk-ins get a real line beside the book: a QR code at the door, a live wait on their phone and a TV that shows who is up next.
NextUp Walk-in’s Pro plan runs the walk-in line and the appointment book together, with checkout, your client list and email campaigns, priced per location.
Compare other waitlist appsWhat taking payments really costs
The card rate is one line of the bill. The rest is the subscription, fees for each person on your team, and anything added on top of each payment. NextUp Walk-in is priced per location with 3 team members included at each, then $10 a month for each one after. Card payments are coming soon (Early Access); once they’re live, it takes tips, bills, deposits, no-show fees, packages and memberships through Stripe, with Stripe's own fee and NextUp Walk-in's capped 0.5% card fee on top, never on tips.
Once NextUp Walk-in’s card payments switch on (coming soon, Early Access): GlossGenius’s invoice rate is 2.9% + 30¢, the same Stripe rate NextUp Walk-in passes through, and NextUp Walk-in adds its 0.5% card fee (at most $1 a payment, never on tips). Its other rates aren’t on its pricing page, so we can’t compare them.
- Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢ for a card payment online or 2.7% + 5¢ on a card reader, 0.8% by bank (at most $5)
- NextUp Walk-in's card fee: 0.5% of a card payment, at most $1, and never on tips or rent
- No booking or convenience fee for your clients: they pay the price on your menu
- Pay your team through NextUp Walk-in for Stripe's own payout fees: $2 a month per person paid, plus 0.25% + 25¢ per deposit, and you choose who pays them
- Instant payouts to a debit card for Stripe's 1%
Questions about GlossGenius
How does GlossGenius pricing compare to NextUp Walk-in?
GlossGenius Standard is $28 a month ($24 billed annually); Gold is $56 for up to 9 staff, and Platinum $168 for 10 or more. NextUp Walk-in’s Walk-in plan is $29 a month and its Pro plan, with online booking, is $59, with 3 team members included per location and $10 a month for each one after.
Does GlossGenius run a walk-in line?
GlossGenius is built around booked appointments. NextUp Walk-in is built around the walk-in line: customers join from a QR code or a door tablet, see a live wait, and a TV shows who is up next. On the Pro plan, appointments sit beside the line.
Try it on a Saturday
14 days free, with every Pro feature. Set up a location in about two minutes.