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Checked · September 2026

coil vs Tattoo Studio Pro. Thirty dollars apart. Different center.

Tattoo Studio Pro is $29 a month solo, coil is $59, and neither takes a cut. The thirty dollars buys the difference in what each one is. Tattoo Studio Pro is a studio back office: booking with intake, consent by QR code at the front desk, Stripe deposits, unlimited text reminders, a point of sale with card readers and buy-now-pay-later, and reports that spit out commissions and taxes. coil starts from the artist's own site and runs the client loop around it: the inquiry, the deposit, the consent form with your state's rules, aftercare texts, healing photo replies, the waitlist, the tip, the touch-up, the review. Both are honest tools. Pick the one built around where your day actually happens.

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The honest read

  • Tattoo Studio Pro is the front desk.

    Check-in by QR, a card reader on the counter, buy-now-pay-later, sales and tax reports, commissions. Every feature on every plan, unlimited texts included. If your shop runs through a counter, it fits.

  • coil is the artist's page and everything after it.

    A site built from your photos, a booking form that qualifies, aftercare and healing handled by text, a waitlist that fills itself, and a shop layer on top. If your shop runs through Instagram and a phone, it fits.

  • $29 there, $59 here. Both flat. Neither takes a cut.

    Tattoo Studio Pro prices by team size and takes 30% off for annual. coil is $59 solo, $49 a chair in a shop, and chair 9 and up are free. The bills are close; the product is the decision, not the price.

The price difference.

 CoilTattoo Studio Pro

  • Solo artist

    Both: every feature on the plan.

    $59/mo$29/mo

  • Shop

    Tattoo Studio Pro's team tiers aren't listed on the page; ask them for the number at your size.

    $49/chair, 2-chair minimum, $392/mo at mostPriced by team size

  • Annual discount

    2 months free30% off

  • Free trial

    30 days, and see your site first30 days, cancel anytime

  • Cut on deposits, tips, balances

    0%0%

  • Text reminders

    IncludedUnlimited, included

  • Card processing

    Stripe standardStripe standard, plus a card reader at the counter

Feature by feature.

 CoilTattoo Studio Pro

  • Public artist site at your own address

    Tattoo Studio Pro gives you a booking page. coil builds a full site from your photos.

    YesPartly

  • Site built before you pay

    YesNo

  • Booking with intake form

    YesYes

  • Clients pick their own time

    YesYes

  • Deposits by card

    YesYes

  • Deposits by Venmo, Cash App, Zelle or PayPal

    YesNo

  • Buy now, pay later at checkout

    NoYes

  • Card payments at the counter

    coil takes card at the counter by QR on the client's phone. Tattoo Studio Pro ships a card reader.

    PartlyYes

  • Digital consent forms

    Tattoo Studio Pro: QR check-in at the desk. coil: a link the client signs on their phone before they arrive.

    YesYes

  • State consent rules (attestations, ID upload)

    YesPartly

  • Text reminders

    YesYes

  • Aftercare texts on a schedule

    YesNo

  • A business phone number for client texts

    YesNo

  • AI reads healing photos

    YesNo

  • Cancellation waitlist that texts itself

    YesNo

  • Tip link on the day

    Tattoo Studio Pro takes tips at the card reader.

    YesPartly

  • Touch-up credits

    YesNo

  • Healed-photo reward

    YesNo

  • Reviews on your page

    YesNo

  • Client profiles with sessions, photos, payments, notes

    YesYes

  • Flash sheet with claims

    YesNo

  • Sales, commission and tax reports with CSV

    coil: income and expense CSV, shop math per chair, a monthly payout sheet. No tax report.

    PartlyYes

  • Shop roster, commission splits, payout sheet

    YesYes

  • Apprentice bookings wait for your approval

    YesNo

  • Your address and clients stay yours if you leave the shop

    YesNo

When Tattoo Studio Pro fits you better

If your shop runs through a front desk, clients check in with a QR code, someone swipes a card at the counter, and the owner wants sales and tax reports at the end of the month, Tattoo Studio Pro is built for that day. Buy-now-pay-later at checkout is real for big pieces. Every feature on every plan and 30% off annual is a clean deal, and at $29 it's thirty dollars less than coil for a solo artist.

When coil is the right call

If clients find you on Instagram and the first thing they see should be your work at your own address, coil builds that page before you pay a dollar. If the part that eats your evenings is the aftercare questions and the healing photos, coil answers those. If a cancelled slot should fill itself from a waitlist, that's coil. And if an artist leaves your shop, on coil they keep their page and their clients, which is the thing that gets good artists to say yes to a shop in the first place.

Questions

What people ask.

Does either one take a cut?
No. Both are flat monthly. Tattoo Studio Pro runs deposits through Stripe at Stripe's rate; coil does the same. Neither adds a percentage on top.
Does coil have a card reader?
Take payment shows a QR code: the client pays on their own phone by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, tip included, and it lands in Income. Cash and Venmo are logged in a tap. A Stripe card reader runs from the dashboard for some shops today; full support is waiting on Stripe. If you want a reader on every counter today, Tattoo Studio Pro ships one.
Which one handles aftercare?
coil. Aftercare texts go out on a schedule, healing photos get read and the normal ones answered, and the ones that look wrong come to you. Tattoo Studio Pro covers reminders before the session, not the weeks after.
Which one is better for a shop owner?
Depends on the shop. Tattoo Studio Pro has the stronger reporting and the point of sale. coil has the roster with each artist's own page, apprentice approvals, per-chair shop math, and a page that goes with an artist who leaves, without a fight.
Are these prices current?
Checked September 2026 against Tattoo Studio Pro's own site: $29 a month solo, plans scaled by team size, every feature on every plan, 30-day trial, 30% off annual. coil is $59 a month solo, $49 a chair in a shop, and chair 9 and up are free. Both can change; check before you decide.
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