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Phorest vs IntegCRM
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Phorest and IntegCRM — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Phorest vs IntegCRM: at a glance
What is Phorest?
Phorest keeps handing salon owners the settings they used to phone support about
Phorest is salon and clinic management software shipping small, well-scoped changes every week or two, written in the voice of the front desk. The recent run is dominated by giving owners control they previously had to request: adding product brands without contacting Phorest, per-staff-per-service pricing, per-staff online booking visibility, and finer permissions on who may edit service versus retail prices. Around that sit operational tools like geofenced clock-in on the mobile app.
What is IntegCRM?
IntegCRM adds document folders, turning back to client records after two email releases.
IntegCRM ships roughly one feature a month across invoices, bookings, forms and marketing email. The newest release lets users organize a client's documents into folders, after a pre-send spam check and mobile view controls in the email builder. The posts are headline-only with category tags, so the depth of each change is not visible.
Phorest vs IntegCRM: editorial side-by-side
Phorest
5.0CRM
Phorest keeps handing salon owners the settings they used to phone support about
◆ Current state
Phorest is salon and clinic management software shipping small, well-scoped changes every week or two, written in the voice of the front desk. The recent run is dominated by giving owners control they previously had to request: adding product brands without contacting Phorest, per-staff-per-service pricing, per-staff online booking visibility, and finer permissions on who may edit service versus retail prices. Around that sit operational tools like geofenced clock-in on the mobile app.
◆ Where it's heading
The through-line is decentralising configuration to the salon and making the booking model match how these businesses actually run. Nearly every recent release either removes a support ticket or lets one staff member be treated differently from another — different price, different online availability, different qualifications. The multi-service booking flow extends the same thinking to the client-facing side, where a visit involving two practitioners was previously modelled as an edge case.
◆ Prediction
Per-staff settings have now landed for price, online visibility and qualifications separately; the obvious next step is a single staff-level view that shows all three together, since the release notes already admit owners are hopping between screens to check them.
IntegCRM
5.0CRM
IntegCRM adds document folders, turning back to client records after two email releases.
◆ Current state
IntegCRM ships roughly one feature a month across invoices, bookings, forms and marketing email. The newest release lets users organize a client's documents into folders, after a pre-send spam check and mobile view controls in the email builder. The posts are headline-only with category tags, so the depth of each change is not visible.
◆ Where it's heading
The recent run of releases points at email marketing as the active build area, after a year spent on invoicing and bookings. Back-to-back email-builder releases suggest IntegCRM wants campaigns to work inside the CRM without a separate email tool.
◆ Prediction
More email-builder work looks likely, plausibly deliverability or campaign reporting, though the headline-only changelog makes the specifics hard to call.
Alternatives to Phorest and IntegCRM
Other CRM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Phorest or IntegCRM.
Twenty
Twenty 2.58.1 stops existing accounts from joining a workspace through SSO alone.
Twenty
Twenty 2.58 rebuilds CRM permissions down to the row and adds MCP workflow steps.
GroupOffice
GroupOffice patches its 25.0 and 6.8 lines again, still with no notes.
Folk
folk adds a command panel and quick-add tasks after its agent-era repositioning.
Folk
folk now pitches itself as the CRM for the agent era.
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Recent activity from Phorest and IntegCRM
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 8d agoIntegCRMOrganize your client’s documents using folders
- 16d agoIntegCRMPre-send Spam Check
- 19d agoIntegCRMMobile View Controls: Email on Small Screens
- 1mo agoIntegCRMNew Big Feature: Invoice Custom Layouts
- 2mo agoPhorestBooking multiple services with multiple staff? Now way easier to mix up who's doing what 💇
- 2mo agoPhorestChoose which team members show up for online bookings — service by service
- 2mo agoPhorestPermissions to change service / retail prices
- 2mo agoIntegCRMChangelog index page (no release content)
- 2mo agoIntegCRMCustom Fields Grouping and Bulk Actions
- 2mo agoPhorestAdd New Brands
- 2mo agoPhorestPricing just got personal
- 3mo agoPhorestGeofencing Clock In/Out on Phorest Go
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Phorest and IntegCRM?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Phorest and IntegCRM are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Phorest better than IntegCRM?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Phorest and IntegCRM are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other CRM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Phorest?
Top Phorest alternatives in CRM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Phorest alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/phorest for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to IntegCRM?
Top IntegCRM alternatives in CRM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "IntegCRM alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/integcrm for the full list with editorial commentary on each.