LABÉAU’s interface runs in 12 languages: English, Malay, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional script), Cantonese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Turkish, Hungarian and Spanish, across the Member, Team and Office apps.
Buyer’s guide · 2026
Multilingual salon software for teams that work in more than one language
In Houston, Sydney, Toronto or London, a nail salon’s technicians may speak Vietnamese, a day spa’s therapists Thai or Korean, a massage business’s team Mandarin or Cantonese, while the clients and the accountant speak English. Most major salon platforms are built and supported in English. That works for the owner, and leaves the people actually using the diary all day working in their second language.
Quick answer
Multilingual salon software lets the people on your team work in the language they read best rather than in their second language. LABÉAU runs in 12 languages — English, Malay, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Cantonese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Turkish, Hungarian and Spanish — across its Member, Team and Office apps. Every plan includes the diary, checkout, tiered commission and unlimited WhatsApp reminders, with no staff cap, from RM174.92/month and a 30-day free trial. It does not send SMS.
Last updated 24 September 2026 · Written and maintained by the LABÉAU team, Kuala Lumpur
Why language matters on the salon floor
The owner uses salon software for an hour a day. The technicians, therapists and front-desk staff use it all day: checking the next client, marking a service done, seeing what they earned, noting a colour formula or a pressure preference. When the interface is in a language they read slowly, three things happen. Notes do not get written. Services get recorded wrong at checkout. And staff stop trusting the commission figures because they cannot easily check them.
A multilingual system fixes the part that matters: the interface. Client names, service names and notes are whatever you type. The buttons, menus and reports around them should be in the language each person works in best.
The 12 languages LABÉAU runs in
LABÉAU’s interface is available in English, Malay, Chinese in Simplified and Traditional script, Cantonese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Turkish, Hungarian and Spanish. That covers the languages most often spoken in Asian-owned nail salons, day spas, Korean skin-care studios, Thai and Chinese massage businesses and Latin American-owned salons across the US, Australia and the UK.
The system runs as three apps: Member for clients, Team for staff, and Office for the owner. Each staff member works from the Team app, with their own day and earnings on the Gold plan and above, so a Vietnamese-speaking technician can read their appointments and commission in Vietnamese on their own phone while the owner reviews the same numbers in Office.
How the major platforms compare
Vagaro, Mangomint, Boulevard, GlossGenius, Timely and Phorest are strong products, and each is a reasonable choice for an English-speaking team. Their focus is English: product, help centre and support are built around it. For a salon where everyone works comfortably in English, that is not a weakness at all.
Some smaller US tools are built for multilingual nail salons specifically. Tilavon, for example, offers English, Vietnamese, Spanish and Chinese, and is designed around US nail salon habits such as SMS reminders and walk-in turn management. If you run a US nail salon with a walk-in turn rotation, that focus is worth weighing seriously: LABÉAU does not claim a walk-in turn queue.
What every LABÉAU plan includes
Appointment diary and booking, checkout, client records, packages and memberships.
Tiered staff commission calculated at checkout, and tip splitting.
Unlimited WhatsApp confirmations and reminders, plus email.
No staff cap, no per-seat fee and no commission on clients — it is not a marketplace.
Silver at RM174.92/month, Gold at RM274.92/month and Diamond at RM598.98/month on a 12-month plan, with no setup fee.
Gold adds a client-facing online booking page, inventory, each team member’s own day and earnings, marketing tools and a second studio; Diamond adds brand customisation, multi-location reporting and an API.
Free data import and one-on-one onboarding with a real person.
Where LABÉAU is not the right fit
Be clear about the gaps before you switch. LABÉAU does not send SMS: reminders go out on WhatsApp and email. Many multilingual communities already use WhatsApp heavily, but if your clients rely on text messages, that matters. LABÉAU does not offer US card processing rates; payments are recorded per method and payment integration is available, but it is not a card processor. Sales tax is configurable during onboarding rather than automated for every US state.
LABÉAU also integrates with LINE, KakaoTalk, Viber and Zalo, which helps salons whose clients use those apps. It has been built in Malaysia since 2020, is hosted on AWS, and is rated 4.9/5 by 150+ businesses that use it today.
Interface languages: LABÉAU vs common salon platforms
| Capability | LABÉAU | Tilavon | Vagaro | Mangomint | Timely |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff interface languages | 12, incl. Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, Chinese, Spanish | English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Chinese | English-focused | English-focused | English-focused |
| Separate staff app | Team app | Employee app | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SMS reminders | No — WhatsApp + email | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WhatsApp reminders | Unlimited, included | Check with vendor | Check with vendor | Check with vendor | Check with vendor |
| Walk-in turn queue | Not claimed — test in trial | Yes | Check with vendor | Check with vendor | Check with vendor |
| Staff cap or per-seat fee | None | Check plan | Varies by plan | Varies by plan | Per staff member |
| US card processing | No — recorded per method | Check with vendor | Yes | Yes | Varies by region |
Indicative as of September 2026, from each vendor’s published product pages. Language support changes — confirm current details directly with each vendor.
The bottom line
If everyone on your team works comfortably in English, choose on features and price. If your technicians and therapists think in Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, Chinese or Spanish, the interface language decides whether the software gets used properly. LABÉAU runs in 12 languages with no staff cap, from RM174.92/month on a 30-day free trial — as long as WhatsApp reminders rather than SMS suit your clients.
Also worth comparing
Owners looking for multilingual software also compare Tilavon, a US nail salon system in English, Vietnamese, Spanish and Chinese, and the major English-language platforms — Vagaro, Mangomint, Boulevard, GlossGenius, Timely and Phorest — where the software itself is excellent but the team works in English. If SMS and US card processing matter more than language, one of those is likely the better fit.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes. LABÉAU runs in Vietnamese as one of its 12 languages, and Tilavon, a US nail salon system, offers English, Vietnamese, Spanish and Chinese. Tilavon adds SMS and walk-in turn management; LABÉAU adds more languages, unlimited WhatsApp reminders and no staff cap.
Their focus is English, which suits English-speaking teams well. Check each vendor’s current language settings directly if your staff work in another language, since support can change.
No. LABÉAU sends unlimited WhatsApp confirmations and reminders, plus email, on every plan. It also integrates with LINE, KakaoTalk, Viber and Zalo. If your clients rely on SMS, weigh that before switching.
LABÉAU costs from RM174.92/month on the Silver plan, with every language included, no staff cap and no per-seat fee. There is no setup fee, data import is free, and the 30-day trial needs no card.
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