Choosing Your First Med Spa Platform
Mangomint is well-loved salon-and-spa software — easy to use, with great support. But a med spa is also a clinical business: you'll want aesthetics-first charting with medical review, and marketing that goes beyond firing templates. VISTA is built exclusively for medical aesthetics, with AI writing your client outreach in the background — and new med spas get their first 3 months free.
Before you sign anything
Mangomint earns its reviews — this comparison isn't about gotchas. It's about what a clinical aesthetics practice needs on day one. Ask these three questions of any platform on your shortlist.
Mangomint serves hair salons, nail salons, massage studios, wellness centers — and med spas. VISTA is built exclusively for medical aesthetics: SOAP charting for injectables and devices, MD review with sign-and-lock, and consents and before-and-after photos at the core of every visit.
Mangomint's Automated Flows are solid trigger-based automation — an event fires a predefined message. No AI features are documented on their site (as of July 2026). VISTA's journeys go further: AI writes each client's rebooking, win-back, or birthday message individually, in your brand voice, and it all runs quietly in the background.
Mangomint's announced model (effective August 2026) is $120 per location plus $10 per user, with phone at $70 per line and marketing as a paid add-on from $30/mo. VISTA is $497/mo flat: unlimited staff, marketing with 6,000 emails and 3,000 texts included, and the phone as an affordable add-on inside the same platform.
Designed in the AI era
VISTA was built to incorporate AI seamlessly and grow as it grows — not as a bulky extra step. The clinical side is rigorous; the marketing side runs itself.
SOAP templates shaped for Botox, filler, laser and microneedling, before-and-after photos inside every visit, and MD review with sign-and-lock — the clinical governance a med spa needs from its very first client.
Seven always-on journeys — rebooking reminders, win-backs, birthdays, last-minute-opening fills, review requests and more — where AI writes each client's message individually, in your brand voice, and sends it at the right moment. No staff involvement.
Journeys skip clients who already rebooked, respect opt-outs and cooldowns, and retry automatically if anything fails — an outage never silently drops a client's message. Every send shows up in your Activity feed.
$497/mo flat, up to 4 locations (as of July 2026). No per-user line on the bill — hire without doing per-seat math.
Calls ring inside the app your team already uses, and the client's card pops on screen — membership, last visit, balance. An optional add-on, built into the platform rather than a separate system.
New med spas get one free month before opening — to build the menu, booking, and charting — and two more after the doors open. Self-setup is free, with optional assisted onboarding if you'd rather we build it with you.
Side by side
A fair, sourced comparison. Where a detail depends on your plan, we've left it out.
Mangomint is genuinely well-reviewed for ease of use and support, publishes its pricing, and doesn't lock you into contracts — this comparison is about clinical depth and AI, not gotchas. VISTA's phone system and telehealth are optional paid add-ons. Mangomint figures reflect the pricing model Mangomint announced for August 1, 2026; Mangomint has said existing customers whose new price would be higher keep their current price.
Launching is handled
Opening without systems and trying to retrofit them later is the classic year-one trap. VISTA's new-med-spa offer is built to prevent exactly that: your first month is free before you open, so booking, charting, your service menu, and your marketing are live on day one — then your first two open months are free too.
Already running your med spa on Mangomint? Switching is white-glove — we import your clients, history, and photos for you. See how migration works →
Sources & notes. Mangomint's target industries (mangomint.com/features) and med-spa EMR capabilities (markup charting with photos, Botox unit tracking, telehealth GFEs, HIPAA compliance, and form sign-off routing to practice managers) are from Mangomint's own site, including its aesthetics-EMR solutions page; the Automated Flows description is from mangomint.com/features/automated-flows. The August 2026 pricing model ($120/location + $10/user; phone $70/line; marketing add-on from $30/mo) is from Mangomint's published price-change announcement (mangomint.com/learn/price-changes-2026), which also states existing customers whose new price would be higher keep their current price. "No AI features documented" reflects Mangomint's public site as of July 2026. Details accessed July 2026; vendor pricing and features change — confirm current details with each vendor before you decide. VISTA pricing is $497/mo flat (up to 4 locations) as of July 2026; the 3-months-free offer is for new med spas (one month pre-open, two after opening); phone and telehealth are optional paid add-ons; VISTA's built-in AI covers client outreach and marketing.
Book a free 30-minute demo. We'll walk charting with MD review, booking, your branded apps, and the AI journeys that bring clients back — on the menu you're planning — and map out your free pre-opening month.