A like-for-like comparison, sourced and dated.
The short answer
Velastria and Pabau both run an aesthetic clinic end to end. The practical differences are these. Velastria publishes fixed per-clinic prices — £35 to £950 a month, unlimited users from £75 — while Pabau quotes by user band and includes an unlimited, free AI scribe. Velastria has completed a full Pabau migration: 5,586 patients and 91,844 clinical photographs, with zero data loss.
Pabau figures are taken from pabau.com/pricing, read on 22 August 2026. Vendors change their pricing and packaging; check the source before relying on it. Velastria figures come from our own pricing page and migration records.
| Velastria | Pabau | |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Listed on the pricing page: £35 Solo, £75 Pro, £250 Business, £950 Enterprise, per clinic per month. | Not published. The pricing page states pricing “depends on where you’re located and the number of users you’ll need” and directs you to book a demo. |
| How you are charged | Per clinic. Solo covers 2 users; Pro, Business and Enterprise are unlimited users. | By team size band: Starter, Solo (1 user), Team (2–3), Medium (4–5), Group (6–15) and Enterprise (16+). |
| Patient limits | No patient limit on any plan. | Unlimited patients on all bands; Starter is stated as supporting up to 100 clients. |
| Billing terms | Monthly by Direct Debit through GoCardless — BACS for UK clinics in GBP, ACH for US clinics in USD. Enterprise can pay by invoice. | Monthly or annual, with annual billing stated to “save up to 20%”. |
| AI transcription | AI ambient consultation transcription on every plan, billed per use on top of the subscription. Most clinics spend £30–£60 a month across all AI. | Pabau Scribe, described on the pricing page as “Unlimited & free” on core plans. |
| Free trial | 30 days free, full access, on any plan. | Not stated on the pricing page. |
| Add-on modules | No feature add-ons. Plan tiers are the only gate, and every AI feature is on every plan. | Optional add-ons listed as Marketing Plus, Care Plus and Insights Plus. |
| Migration evidence | A completed migration off Pabau for a CQC-registered private hospital: 5,586 patients, 42,121 appointments, 23,159 payments, 51,531 clinical documents and 91,844 clinical photographs, with VAT on 22,657 invoices reconciling to the penny. | — |
Anyone can claim a switch is easy. Every figure in the last row of that table is counted from the migration ledger after the import finished — the record of what actually landed, reconciled row by row. None of it is read off a log line or estimated from a feature list.
See how switching from Pabau works →It depends on your headcount, and only one of the two can be checked in advance. Velastria publishes its prices: £35, £75, £250 or £950 per clinic per month, with unlimited users from £75. Pabau prices by user band and does not publish figures, so you would need a quote from them to compare like for like.
Yes, and it has. A CQC-registered private hospital moved off Pabau in full: 5,586 patients, 42,121 appointments, 23,159 payments, 51,531 clinical documents and 91,844 clinical photographs. The migration is done for you, validated by your team in a staging environment, and cut over only when you sign off a written migration report.
No. Your Velastria subscription starts only after your signed-off cutover. If you are mid-contract with Pabau, the switch date is planned around your renewal.
They come across attached to the right patient. In the completed Pabau migration, 91,844 clinical photographs were moved and reconciled, which is usually the single largest and most fragile part of an aesthetic clinic’s record.
Every AI feature is on every plan, with no AI tier and no usage cap to exceed. AI is billed per use on top of your subscription and itemised on your invoice. Most clinics spend between £30 and £60 a month; heavy transcription and document reading can cost more.
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