Starta.one
GlossGenius is a neat mobile product for US beauty pros, but the client conversation is still yours to run. In Starta.one, StartaAI takes that work on — and it works outside the US too.
GlossGenius is a great mobile product for US beauty professionals: convenient booking, branding, basic marketing. But there's no choice of payment processor (2.6% fee), no loyalty program, full desktop access is unavailable, and it only works in the US.
Starta.one takes the client admin work off you — StartaAI does it. GlossGenius instead decides three things for you at once: how you take payment, which device you work from and which country you exist in.
As a mobile product GlossGenius is well made — the table shows that. The other rows are about what can't be configured in it at all: the processor, the desktop and the country.
| Feature | Starta | GlossGenius |
|---|---|---|
| Who handles client messages | | |
| AI receptionist for clients | | |
| Whose payment processor | | |
| What you work from | | |
| Where you can operate | | |
| AI assistant | | |
| CRM / client database | | |
| Loyalty program | | |
| P&L reports | | |
| Salary management | | |
| Inventory | | |
| Online booking & branding | | |
| Mobile app | | |
| Free plan | | |
Starta.one Lite — free, unlimited bookings
Starta.one Pro — from €6.29/mo for one specialist or €10.79/mo for up to 5 staff (annual billing), +€1.26/mo per additional
Standard $20/mo, Gold $40/mo (annual billing); $24/$48 monthly. Plus mandatory 2.6% + $0.10 per payment transaction
US only. No free plan. Payment processor is exclusively GlossGenius Payments with no alternatives.
GlossGenius from $20/mo plus mandatory 2.6% per payment — US only. Starta.one Lite is genuinely free, Pro from €6.29/mo for one specialist or €10.79/mo for up to 5 staff — with AI, Telegram bot, and no forced processor fee.
GlossGenius prices verified: June 2026
GlossGenius Payments is the only way to take payment: 2.6% + $0.10 per transaction, no alternatives. At $5,000/mo in revenue that's over $1,500 a year in fees alone. That's the product's decision, not yours. In Starta.one you connect any processor.
The full interface lives only in mobile, and the desktop is reduced to a calendar. If you'd rather do your books and reports on a big screen, that isn't a setting — it's the product's boundary. In Starta.one every feature is available in the browser and on your phone.
GlossGenius shows a tidy calendar and waits for you to act. StartaAI answers clients, carries them to a booking, reminds the day before and wins back the ones who drifted off — while loyalty, stock and a full P&L are included in the plan.
StartaAI handles the clients. That leaves you running the business — also by conversation.
A traditional system hands you tools and leaves the work with you.
GlossGenius decides even more for you: which processor takes your payments (2.6%, no alternatives), which device you work from and which country you operate in — and you still run the client conversation yourself. Starta.one takes the client admin work on itself: StartaAI does it.
Starta.one is assembled from blocks — services, staff, slots, payments, packages, equipment rental, group classes, walk-ins. The assistant composes your configuration from them in a conversation, so most "non-standard" setups come together right away. If a block doesn't exist, you'll hear that straight, not "someday". Message us in the chat before you sign up and we'll tell you whether it already works.
GlossGenius is a mobile product for US beauty professionals with payment processor lock-in (2.6%).
Starta.one is a global platform with AI, Telegram bot, loyalty program, full P&L, and no mandatory payment fee.
Starta.one Pro — from €6.29/mo for one specialist or €10.79/mo for up to 5 staff (annual billing), +€1.26/mo per additional. Lite — free.
GlossGenius from $20/mo plus 2.6% + $0.10 per payment.
No — GlossGenius has no loyalty program.
Starta.one has a full loyalty program with points, referral program, and memberships.
No — GlossGenius is only available in the US.
Starta.one is a global platform supporting Ukraine, Poland, Germany, and other countries.