You picked a simple tool.
You got salon software.
Vagaro acquired Schedulicity, and the Schedulicity name is going away. If you chose Schedulicity because it was one price for one person, the tool you have now is built for salons with a room full of chairs. Here is what actually changed, what it costs, and what a solo practice can do about it.
Riverd is built for one practitioner and starts at $0/month.
Last updated August 2026. Competitor facts checked 16 August 2026.
Start Free, No Credit CardWhat actually changed
Only what both companies have published, plus what we checked ourselves.
The Schedulicity name is going away
Vagaro said so on its own site, quoting Schedulicity founder Jerry Nettuno: "Although the Schedulicity name will be going away, the legacy will be around for the future." The acquisition was announced in January 2025.
The websites already point at Vagaro
We checked on 16 August 2026: schedulicity.com returns a permanent redirect to www.vagaro.com/pro/schedulicity, whose headline reads "Schedulicity is now Vagaro." The old pricing page redirects to Vagaro's pricing page, and support.schedulicity.com redirects to Vagaro's help center.
One flat price became a base price plus add-ons
Schedulicity sold one plan and marketed it on the word "unlimited": $34.99 a month for a solo provider, everything in. Vagaro's base subscription is $23.99 a month, and features like Forms, a website, and its AI tool are billed separately at $10 to $20 each. Vagaro calls this "a-la-carte" pricing in its own announcement. It is not that features were taken away. They were unbundled, and the bill now depends on which ones you use.
There is no published migration guide
Vagaro says it provides "a customized onboarding process" and that settings and appointments were imported. Beyond that, searching Vagaro's help center for "Schedulicity" on 16 August 2026 returned no transition article at all. There is no published deadline, no shutdown date, and no public statement about what happened to client records or notes. If those matter to you, ask Vagaro directly rather than assuming.
Sources, all checked 16 August 2026: Vagaro’s acquisition press release, Vagaro’s acquisition announcement (source of the Nettuno quote), the page schedulicity.com now redirects to, and Schedulicity’s own pricing page as it stood in December 2024. The January 2025 announcement date is reported by BusinessWire and the trade press; Vagaro’s own release carries no date.
Riverd and Vagaro, side by side
Vagaro is the real comparison now, so this is the comparison we show.
Vagaro prices checked 16 August 2026 against Vagaro’s own pricing page, its support article Vagaro Plans, Pricing, and Premium Features, and Activate the Vagaro Forms Feature, which states the Forms add-on cost and that Forms is where Vagaro’s SOAP note templates live. Prices shown are US rates. Riverd’s Client Intake Forms, available to US practices at launch, are documented on the client intake forms feature page. Features and prices change; check each tool’s current pages before deciding.
The honest summary
Vagaro is capable software and we are not going to tell you it is bad. It has built-in card processing, a consumer marketplace that sends net-new bookings, 24/7 support, and room to grow to seven staff calendars before extra staff stop costing anything. If you want a marketplace, or you expect to hire, Vagaro is a fair place to land and the migration has already been done for you.
The mismatch is shape, not quality. Schedulicity sold one price to one person. Vagaro is built for a salon floor, and the features a solo clinical practice leans on hardest, intake forms and SOAP notes, sit together in a paid add-on rather than in the plan. Riverd is the other direction: one practitioner, free permanently up to 20 appointments a month, intake forms and session notes included on every plan, and no per-feature add-on fees. If the reason you are reading this page is that your software suddenly feels like it belongs to a bigger business than yours, that is exactly the gap Riverd closes.
“Schedulicity was fine when I started out, but I kept having to use other apps just to write my session notes. Riverd puts everything in one place, and the SOAP note generator alone saves me 20 minutes a day.”
Mike R.
Sports & Remedial Massage, Joined from Schedulicity
Common questions
Is Schedulicity shutting down?
Vagaro acquired Schedulicity, announced in January 2025, and has said the Schedulicity name is going away. As of 16 August 2026, schedulicity.com permanently redirects to a Vagaro page headed "Schedulicity is now Vagaro", and Schedulicity's support site redirects to Vagaro's help center. Neither company has published a shutdown date or a migration deadline, so we do not state one.
What happened to my Schedulicity data?
Vagaro has said that settings and appointments were imported. It has not published anything about client records, session notes, packages, memberships, or payment data, and we will not guess on its behalf. Ask Vagaro support directly what came across before you rely on it, and export anything you cannot afford to lose.
Is Vagaro more expensive than Schedulicity was?
The base price is lower and the packaging is different. Schedulicity charged a solo provider $34.99 a month with everything included. Vagaro's base subscription is $23.99 a month, but intake forms and SOAP notes sit in a Forms add-on at $10 a month, so a solo practitioner who used intake forms lands at about $33.99 before any other add-on. Staff pricing is close to identical on both, at $10 per extra calendar, so the real change is bundling rather than seat cost.
Is Vagaro a good fit for a solo massage therapist?
It can be, and we will not pretend otherwise. Vagaro is capable software with built-in payments, a large consumer marketplace, and 24/7 support, and if you want a booking marketplace or plan to add staff it is a reasonable home. The mismatch is that Vagaro is built for salons and multi-staff businesses. A practitioner who picked Schedulicity because it was one simple price for one person is now using software designed for a different shape of business.
What does Riverd do differently?
Riverd is built for one practitioner rather than scaled down from salon software. It is free permanently up to 20 appointments a month. Client intake forms are included on every plan at no extra cost, filled and signed by the client on their phone before the first visit, and available to US practices at launch. Every booking carries a private session note on every plan, and AI SOAP note generation is on the River plan. There are no per-feature add-on fees.
How do I move to Riverd?
Export your client list, create your free Riverd account, and import your clients in one click. Set up your services and availability, then share your new booking link. Most practitioners complete the switch in under 15 minutes.
Prefer the full Riverd and Vagaro breakdown? See Riverd vs Vagaro.
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