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PEKO vs GlossGenius
Written by PEKO Team.Last updated: 05/18/2026.
Published: 05/01/2026
Updated May 2026 — GlossGenius is a strong booking system. PEKO isn't a replacement — it's the AI loyalty and CRM layer that sits on top, predicts churn and runs win-back across Zalo OA, email and SMS. Most venues run both. PEKO is a loyalty layer; GlossGenius stays your system of record.
GlossGenius and PEKO solve different problems. GlossGenius is a booking and front-desk system. PEKO is the AI loyalty and retention layer that sits on top — predicting which guests are about to stop coming back and automating personalised win-back. This page compares them honestly so you can decide whether to run one, the other, or both.
- PEKO is a loyalty layer; GlossGenius stays your system of record.
- PEKO adds AI churn prediction + automated Zalo OA / email / SMS win-back that GlossGenius doesn't.
- Vietnamese venues using GlossGenius typically bolt PEKO on for Zalo OA and local channels.
What is GlossGenius? All-in-one booking, payments and marketing app aimed at solo beauty professionals and small studios.
The PEKO ecosystem
PEKO and LOOP are two products from the same company. PEKO is the AI retention layer and runs alongside the POS you already use. LOOP is the AI-native POS that covers operations: recipe-level inventory, staff shifts, table plans and the kitchen display. Each works on its own, and run together they share one dataset, so nothing has to be entered twice. See PEKO + LOOP in one ecosystem
Choose PEKO when
- You want an AI loyalty layer that sits on top of their bookings — not to switch your existing tool.
- You need AI to flag customers who haven't rebooked in their usual window and re-engage them automatically.
- You operate in Vietnam or Southeast Asia where GlossGenius has limited local channel support (Zalo OA, Momo).
- You want a free tier and 15-minute setup, not a long procurement cycle.
- You'd rather chat to your loyalty tool than click through 10 dropdowns — PEKO's AI Agent creates vouchers, segments and campaigns for you, and you only click Approve.
Choose GlossGenius when
- You don't yet have a booking system and want GlossGenius's core product as your system of record.
- Your priority is online discovery and consumer-facing bookings more than retention automation.
- You're happy to run loyalty as a manual side-task inside GlossGenius rather than letting AI drive it.
Feature by feature
| Feature | PEKO | GlossGenius |
|---|---|---|
| Positioning | Loyalty + CRM layer that sits on top of your stack | Booking system — system of record |
| Online booking & calendar | Reads their bookings — doesn't replace | Core product |
| AI churn prediction (3-day window) | Built-in | Not core to the product |
| Automated win-back across Zalo OA + email + SMS | Out of the box | Email/SMS only or manual |
| Vietnam channels (Zalo OA, Momo vouchers, VND) | Native | Limited or none |
| Setup time for the loyalty layer | ~15 minutes | Tied to platform onboarding |
| Pricing for the loyalty layer | Free tier + transparent monthly | Bundled into platform plans |
| Coexists with your current stack | Yes — designed to keep their booking calendar | Replaces the relevant module |
| In-product AI Agent that takes actions for you | Yes — chat to create vouchers, segments, campaigns and settings; approval-gated (you click Approve) | No — manual clicks through dashboards and dropdowns |
| Can customers self-enrol without a cashier? | Yes — customers scan a table/receipt QR or photograph the bill and PEKO's OCR credits points automatically. Cashier is out of the enrolment loop. | Not clear from public documentation |
| Can it earn points from other POS receipts? | Yes — AI OCR reads receipts from any POS (KiotViet, iPOS, Sapo, MISA, PosApp, Toast, Square). No POS swap or API required. | Not clear from public documentation |
| Can someone who did not pay join? | Yes — anyone present scans the in-venue QR to join and receives a joining reward | Not stated in public documentation |
| Redeem rewards on online orders? | Yes — the same balance redeems online and in-store | Not stated in public documentation |
| How many automated message types? | 10 types, including points- and voucher-expiry reminders | Not stated in public documentation |
| Abuse controls when customers claim their own points? | Yes — rate limits, receipt age and value thresholds, 90-day brand-wide duplicate-image matching, risk-tiered actions | Not stated in public documentation |
Positioning
Loyalty + CRM layer that sits on top of your stack
Booking system — system of record
Online booking & calendar
Reads their bookings — doesn't replace
Core product
AI churn prediction (3-day window)
Built-in
Not core to the product
Automated win-back across Zalo OA + email + SMS
Out of the box
Email/SMS only or manual
Vietnam channels (Zalo OA, Momo vouchers, VND)
Native
Limited or none
Setup time for the loyalty layer
~15 minutes
Tied to platform onboarding
Pricing for the loyalty layer
Free tier + transparent monthly
Bundled into platform plans
Coexists with your current stack
Yes — designed to keep their booking calendar
Replaces the relevant module
In-product AI Agent that takes actions for you
Yes — chat to create vouchers, segments, campaigns and settings; approval-gated (you click Approve)
No — manual clicks through dashboards and dropdowns
Can customers self-enrol without a cashier?
Yes — customers scan a table/receipt QR or photograph the bill and PEKO's OCR credits points automatically. Cashier is out of the enrolment loop.
Not clear from public documentation
Can it earn points from other POS receipts?
Yes — AI OCR reads receipts from any POS (KiotViet, iPOS, Sapo, MISA, PosApp, Toast, Square). No POS swap or API required.
Not clear from public documentation
Can someone who did not pay join?
Yes — anyone present scans the in-venue QR to join and receives a joining reward
Not stated in public documentation
Redeem rewards on online orders?
Yes — the same balance redeems online and in-store
Not stated in public documentation
How many automated message types?
10 types, including points- and voucher-expiry reminders
Not stated in public documentation
Abuse controls when customers claim their own points?
Yes — rate limits, receipt age and value thresholds, 90-day brand-wide duplicate-image matching, risk-tiered actions
Not stated in public documentation
From your chat request to a live merchant setup — 5 steps.
Here's the before/after workflow: the strikethrough line is how other tools make you do it, the line below is how PEKO's AI Agent does it for you.
Click a step to run it in the demo below.
Sample prompt
“20% off weekday lunch for lapsed diners we haven't seen in 30 days, cap 1 per customer.”
Ready-to-paste voucher request — drop it straight into the AI Agent chat.
Questions merchants ask at each step
Ask, review, approve.
Describe the voucher you want in one sentence. PEKO's AI Agent drafts the full configuration; you approve it with one click — no 10-step form.
Your request
Or try one of these:
Proposed voucher
FAQ
Do I have to drop GlossGenius to use PEKO?
No. PEKO is explicitly designed as a loyalty layer on top of tools like GlossGenius. You keep their booking calendar; PEKO ingests transactions or appointments and runs the AI retention layer on top.
What does PEKO add that GlossGenius doesn't?
PEKO predicts which guests are about to stop coming back within a 3-day window, writes personalised win-back messages and triggers them across Zalo OA, email and SMS. GlossGenius focuses on bookings and discovery, with loyalty as a secondary feature.
Does PEKO work for Vietnamese operators who already use GlossGenius?
Yes. Vietnamese venues commonly run GlossGenius for bookings and add PEKO for Zalo OA win-back, Momo vouchers and AI churn prediction in Vietnamese.
Do I still need to learn a complicated dashboard?
No. PEKO's embedded AI Agent takes actions for you — creating vouchers, building segments, drafting campaigns — inside the product. You describe what you want in chat, the Agent configures it, and you only click Approve. The full dashboard is there when you want it, but on any given day you can run PEKO by messaging the Agent.
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Sources & citations
These public sources support the competitor pricing, feature, and limitation claims in this comparison.
- PEKO — Plans and pricing
PEKO free-plan, paid-plan, and included-feature claims used in the comparison.
How we compare
Every comparison on this site is written from a fair market analyst stance — no hit pieces, no puffery.
- Public materials first. Competitor pricing, feature, and limitation claims are sourced from their own website, marketing collateral, and public reviews (Capterra, G2, App Store) — see the Sources & citations block above.
- Acknowledge real strengths. Each page includes a "Choose GlossGenius when" block that names the scenarios where the competitor is genuinely the better pick.
- Same feature grid. Every comparator uses the same feature axes (pricing, setup time, messaging channel, churn prediction, data ownership, and more) so you can read across vendors on the same grid.
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