Kwickly Answers vs. GlossGenius: Booking and Phone Answering for Beauty Businesses

What GlossGenius does, and what Kwickly Answers adds

GlossGenius's pricing page (read 1 Oct 2026) lists a Standard plan at $28 a month on monthly billing, or $24 a month billed annually, Gold at $56 for businesses up to 9 staff and Platinum at $168 for teams of 10 or more. It lists a flat 2.6 percent card-processing rate as included in every plan, deposits, card on file, packages and memberships from Standard up, and a Reception add-on at $50 a month.

Kwickly Answers covers the booking and phone side of that list. The Online booking plan is a booking page, a calendar and a customer list at $14.99, $24.99 or $44.99 a month for 100, 300 or 1,000 bookings, with a confirmation email, a reminder email the day before, and a booking link and QR code for each person and each service. A phone plan adds an AI assistant that answers your forwarded calls.

Neither the Online booking plan nor a phone plan is priced by staff, so adding a stylist does not change the plan price. You choose what the assistant handles: it books directly, or takes a message, which is the default, and calls you define as urgent are flagged to you by email.

How do the plans compare?

GlossGenius's Standard plan is $28 a month on monthly billing, plus $50 for its Reception phone add-on, and Kwickly Answers' Online booking plan is $14.99 a month for 100 bookings, with Starter phone at $129.99 for 350 minutes.

See Kwickly Answers' full published pricing. Prices change, so confirm GlossGenius' current price on its own site before you decide.

Is Kwickly Answers a GlossGenius alternative?

Yes, Kwickly Answers is a GlossGenius alternative for a beauty or wellness business that wants online booking and a phone assistant on one account. GlossGenius prices by plan tier, from $28 a month on monthly billing, and sells its Reception phone add-on at $50 a month; Kwickly Answers prices booking by bookings, from $14.99 a month, and the phone by minutes, from $129.99 a month for 350.

What do booking and phone answering cost on each at 100 and 350 minutes a month?

GlossGenius sells the phone as an add-on on top of a plan, so its bill is a plan price plus Reception, while a Kwickly Answers phone plan already includes the calendar, online booking and customer list. All figures are monthly, read 1 Oct 2026, with tax, card processing and texts left out.

At 100 minutes a month: GlossGenius Standard on monthly billing is $28 and Reception is $50 with 100 minutes included, so $78. Kwickly Answers Starter (Essential level) is $129.99 for 350 minutes.

At 350 minutes a month: Reception's 100 minutes leave 250 extra at $0.50, which is $125.00, so $28 + $50 + $125.00 = $203.00. Kwickly Answers Starter covers all 350 minutes for $129.99, and minutes past that are $0.50 each by the second.

Reception is free through November 30, 2026, so until then the GlossGenius figure is the plan price alone. Gold, Platinum and annual billing change the GlossGenius sums.

Does Kwickly Answers work if I just need online booking for my beauty business?

Yes, Kwickly Answers works if you just need online booking, with no phone assistant or web page to pay for. The Online booking plan is $14.99 a month for up to 100 bookings, $24.99 for 300 or $44.99 for 1,000, then 10 cents for each booking past your size, and nobody is turned away. There is no setup fee.

Can Kwickly Answers replace GlossGenius?

Yes, for the booking and phone side: the booking page, calendar, reminder emails, customer list and phone assistant are all in Kwickly Answers' plans. GlossGenius also lists deposits, card on file, card processing at booking or in person, packages and memberships, which Kwickly Answers' plans do not include, so a business that relies on those keeps handling them where it does today. A phone plan answers your forwarded calls and, when you choose direct booking, books them into your calendar.

GlossGenius or Kwickly Answers for a beauty business that books by phone and web?

Kwickly Answers, if you want booking priced by bookings and a phone assistant billed by the minute on one account. GlossGenius's pricing page sets its price by plan tier, with Gold for businesses up to 9 staff and Platinum for 10 or more, and sells the phone as a $50 add-on. Kwickly Answers gives each person and each service a booking link and QR code, and a phone plan answers your forwarded calls.

Which GlossGenius features are built, planned or not part of Kwickly Answers today?

• Built, not switched on yet: deposits and a card on file, which GlossGenius lists from its Standard plan, as a card saved at booking that covers a deposit or a no-show fee; packages of visits, which GlossGenius also lists from Standard; and bookings written into your Google Calendar, where GlossGenius's Standard plan lists 2-way calendar sync.
• Not part of Kwickly Answers today: memberships, which GlossGenius lists from Standard up, and replies to your clients' text messages, which its Reception page lists.
• What Kwickly Answers does today: a phone plan from $129.99 a month answers the line you forward and flags the calls you define as urgent to you by email, and the Online booking plan from $14.99 a month gives each stylist and each service a booking link and QR code.

Source: glossgenius.com/pricing, genius.ai/reception, read October 1, 2026

Unhappy with GlossGenius? What switching to Kwickly Answers looks like

Switching from GlossGenius to Kwickly Answers means entering your services and hours in your portal, giving each person and each service its own booking link and QR code, and, if you want calls answered, forwarding your business line to your Kwickly Answers number.

GlossGenius's pricing page (read 1 Oct 2026) lists Standard at $28 a month on monthly billing, Gold at $56 for businesses up to 9 staff and Platinum at $168 for teams of 10 or more, and its Reception page lists the phone add-on at $50 a month with 100 minutes included. Source: glossgenius.com/pricing, genius.ai/reception, read October 1, 2026

Your portal shows forwarding steps for AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Comcast Business, Spectrum, RingCentral, Ooma and Vonage, and your phone company may charge for forwarded minutes, so ask them. Your customers are added one at a time, and your list also fills itself from each booking and call. Self-setup has no setup fee, and the Online booking plan, from $14.99 a month, comes without a phone assistant, so Kwickly Answers can start as booking alone.

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Why choose Kwickly Answers instead of GlossGenius?

• Booking priced by the work you take in: the Online booking plan is $14.99, $24.99 or $44.99 a month for 100, 300 or 1,000 bookings, 10 cents for each booking past that, and neither it nor a phone plan is priced by staff.
• A phone assistant inside the plan: Starter (Essential level) is $129.99 a month for 350 minutes and includes the calendar, online booking, email confirmations and reminders, your customer list and a web page; extra minutes are $0.50 each by the second.
• A booking link and QR code for each person and each service with any paid plan, from $14.99 a month, plus a step-by-step guide to adding a Book now link to your Google, Apple Maps and Facebook profiles (Google and Apple review the change first).
• You decide what the assistant handles, books directly or takes a message (the default), and Spanish is answered at no extra charge on every phone plan, from $129.99 a month.

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Sources and last verified date

Last verified: 2026-10-01. Every fact about GlossGenius on this page was read from its own pages, listed here with the date each was read.

• glossgenius.com/pricing, read October 1, 2026
• genius.ai/reception, read October 1, 2026
• glossgenius.com/online-booking, read October 1, 2026

GlossGenius is a trademark of its owner. Kwickly Answers isn't affiliated with or endorsed by GlossGenius. GlossGenius' prices are from its public page on October 1, 2026.