StudioGrowth is purpose-built for pilates and boutique fitness studios. It is one of the few platforms that handles group classes, private appointments, duets and room capacity in one place. It holds 4.9 out of 5 on Capterra with a perfect 5.0 for customer service, the highest support score in the category.

There are three plans, all published. The Seed plan at $159/month (on a 12-month commitment) includes group classes, appointments, a CRM, client and staff apps, digital waivers and waitlists. The Bloom plan at $250/month adds series and events, customer tags, discount codes, gift cards, SMS notifications, late cancel and no-show fees, and marketing email triggers. The Harvest plan at $350/month adds full marketing sequences, newsletters, two-way SMS, a unified inbox, push notifications, ClassPass integration and multi-location support.

Client and staff apps are included on every plan. Worth understanding what that means, because it differs across this guide. Your clients download the StudioGrowth app, but once they log in the experience carries your studio’s name and branding throughout rather than the vendor’s. That is not the case everywhere: Momence’s included app carries Momence branding, and Mindbody’s default is its shared consumer marketplace app where you appear alongside other local businesses.

What costs extra is a listing under your own studio name on the Apple App Store and Google Play, which is a $150/month add-on. That is one line where Mariana Tek has the edge, since its custom-branded store listing comes with any plan. Free data migration and one-to-one onboarding are included on all plans, and payment processing runs at the standard Stripe rate of 2.9% plus 30 cents with no platform fee on top.

Bloom and Harvest carry no long-term contract. For a full-service pilates studio that wants a total it can calculate before signing, StudioGrowth is the most predictable option here.

Mariana Tek, now owned by Xplor Technologies, is an enterprise-grade platform built for boutique fitness brands. Pricing is custom-quoted and not listed publicly. Studio owners report costs typically ranging from $300 to $800 or more per month for a single location depending on the plan.

The Core plan covers single-location studios and includes a custom-branded iOS and Android app, a business management app, kiosk check-in, waivers and forms. Core plus Growth adds marketing automation and SMS. The Full Growth Bundle adds gamification, professional marketing services and a client feedback suite. Multi-location management is priced per location on top.

Onboarding takes five to eight weeks and is led by a specialist. Mariana Tek does not publish its payment processing rate either, so ask for it in writing alongside the plan price. Note that group class scheduling is excellent while appointment booking for privates and duets was added more recently and is comparatively basic.

Mariana Tek suits established studios and franchises that want enterprise tooling. The custom pricing and long onboarding make it a poor fit for smaller or newer studios.

Walla is built for boutique fitness studios and has the most polished client-facing booking experience of any platform we tested. It holds 4.9 out of 5 on Capterra with the highest ease-of-use score in the category, though from only 25 reviews.

Walla publishes more pricing detail than any other platform in this guide. Core is $320 a month per location and Pro is $599. It also publishes the price of every add-on: the branded studio app at $149 a month plus a $500 build fee, two-way texting at $100, Google Business Profile management at $149, website and SEO services at $199. Onboarding is listed too, from free self-guided up to $429 for migration support. Even its consulting rates are on the page.

Walla states it charges your clients nothing for booking through the app or website, with no convenience fees on first-time bookings. Equipment management, Book-a-Spot and its WallaPredict retention tool are included on both tiers rather than held back for the higher one, which is unusual in this category.

The caveats are price and scope. The branded app is included only on the $599 Pro plan; on Core it is a $149 add-on. Walla notes that your price reflects the term length you choose, so a monthly rolling arrangement is unlikely to match the published figure. And its strengths are firmly in group class management: owners consistently report that private appointment handling is less developed, and reporting is a recurring complaint. For a pilates studio earning meaningful revenue from privates and duets, that is a real limitation.

Arketa is the newest platform in this guide and the one that divides owner opinion most sharply. The interface is modern, onboarding is quick, and it holds 4.2 out of 5 across 91 Capterra reviews.

Arketa publishes exactly one price: $49 a month for its Individual plan, billed annually, for a single team member. Its three studio tiers, Core, Growth and Suite, all say “custom, request a demo for pricing”. Studio owners report figures between $200 and $699 depending on tier, but none of that is on the page.

The processing detail is worth getting right, because most comparisons get it wrong. The 3% platform fee Arketa publishes applies only to the $49 Individual plan for solo teachers. Add Stripe’s own 2.9% plus 30 cents and the effective cost on that plan is close to 6%, which is where the widely repeated figure comes from. Studio plans pay standard Stripe rates with no Arketa markup on top, which is more competitive than several platforms in this guide.

The branded mobile app sits on the top Studio Suite tier, so a small studio that wants its own app has to buy the most expensive package to get one.

Read the one-star reviews before committing. The recurring themes are held payouts, billing problems, annual prices raised at renewal without notice, and features promised during sales that did not arrive. Ask directly about payout timing and the cap on annual increases, and get the answer in writing.

Mindbody is the largest name in fitness studio software, serving gyms, yoga studios, pilates studios and spas. Its consumer app has millions of active users, and a listing on it can genuinely help new clients discover your studio. No other platform in this guide offers that.

There are three plans. Starter covers booking, payments, reporting and your listing on the Mindbody app. Accelerate adds analytics, room and resource management and Pick-a-Spot. Ultimate adds email and text marketing, lead management and the AI front desk.

Mindbody does not publish what any of those tiers cost. Its pricing page shows “starting at $79 per month per location” and a “Let’s talk” button on every plan. Studio owners commonly report landing between $229 and $349 once they have what a pilates studio needs, but you will not know your number without a sales call.

The branded app is an add-on on both Accelerate and Ultimate rather than being included at any tier. Processing runs from around 1.99% for in-person up to roughly 3.6% online. On contracts, Mindbody says only that it depends on your plan and billing terms, and that cancellation may require advance notice.

Equipment handling is a strength rather than a weakness, which is not what most comparisons will tell you. Resource management schedules specific rooms and equipment, and Pick-a-Spot lets clients choose their reformer from a numbered room layout when they book. We rate it 4 out of 5. The catch is that both sit on Accelerate and above, and that is a tier you cannot price without a call.

Momence is a modern platform serving fitness studios, gyms, spas and dance schools. It is genuinely strong on hybrid delivery: if you run in-person classes alongside an on-demand video library, it handles both from one system, and its inbox and marketing automations are capable.

Momence has published a free tier and a $60 Pro plan, but both are built for individual instructors. The studio plan starts at $199 a month with an app included, though that app carries Momence branding rather than yours. A custom-branded app under your own name is a further $250 a month according to studios using it, and adding the marketing suite takes the plan to $299. We established the plan prices by buying the platform rather than reading them off a page.

Momence has since closed its pricing page entirely. It is now a lead capture form headed “Unlock your custom pricing package”, asking for your name, email, phone number, company and website before anyone discusses a figure. Treat every number here as reported rather than published.

If you are comparing against the free or $60 tiers, check what they exclude. Neither includes staff members, locations, reporting or an inbox, and the free tier adds a 5% platform fee on every transaction with 2.5% on Pro. For a studio those are not viable plans.

The transaction fee is the real cost. At 3.9% plus 30 cents it is the highest in this guide. On $10,000 a month in card revenue that is $390 leaving before you have paid for anything else, which makes Momence more expensive overall than several platforms that look pricier on the pricing page.

Momence also holds the lowest customer service score here at 3.7 out of 5 on Capterra. The pattern in one-star reviews is consistent: the software gets credit for being clean and easy to learn, and the complaints are almost entirely about what happens when something breaks.

WellnessLiving is an all-in-one platform serving pilates studios, yoga studios, gyms and spas. It has the lowest published entry price in this guide and the deepest body of user reviews, at 4.4 out of 5 across more than 600 Capterra reviews.

The Starter plan at $69/month includes class and appointment booking, a client app, a staff app, POS and payment processing, email and SMS notifications and free data migration. It is limited to one staff member, which rules it out for most studios. The Business plan at $199/month adds unlimited staff, rewards and loyalty, events scheduling, marketing and lead management. The BusinessPro plan at $349/month adds the white-label branded client app.

Read the pricing page carefully. The numbers shown largest are promotional. At the time of writing, Business displays $39 a month and BusinessPro $69, with the real $199 and $349 struck through beside them. The small print is “save 80% for 2 months”. Paying annually brings the standing rate to $179 and $314. Budget against the full price, not the offer.

Two costs are easy to miss. There is a $199 annual maintenance fee for PCI compliance on top of your subscription. And every card payment routes through Paragon or Nuvei with no Stripe option; the rate is not published and operators report they cannot negotiate it or switch processor.

Contracts renew annually and price increases after the initial term are a recurring complaint in one-star reviews. Worth knowing too that owners rate the platform 4.4 while members rate the Achieve client app around 2.1 on Google Play, and your clients only ever see the second one.

Glofox, now part of ABC Fitness, is built for studios scaling toward franchise operations. Its branded app is genuinely good and its multi-location tools are solid. It holds 4.4 out of 5 across 356 Capterra reviews.

The Essential plan covers booking, member management, payments, payroll and reporting. Boost adds lead capture, advanced reporting and targeted communications. Elite adds the custom-branded member app and multi-location tools. Studio owners report Essential starting around $110/month with Elite and add-ons pushing costs past $600.

Glofox shows one figure, “plans starting at $99 a month” for Essential, but every tier including Essential carries a Request Pricing button rather than a checkout. Boost, Elite and Enterprise are all quote-only, as is the branded app add-on and the processing rate. Owners report costs escalating with add-ons and long contracts with terms that were not clear at signing. Its Trustpilot score of 3.6 sits well below its 4.4 on Capterra, and the contract complaints cluster on Trustpilot.

Glofox also lacks automatic late cancellation fees, which one pilates owner raised directly in a review. For a reformer studio with fixed capacity that is a specific miss.

Vagaro is a widely used booking platform for salons, spas and fitness studios, starting at $23.99/month for a single bookable calendar. It covers basic class scheduling, appointment booking and payments, with a branded app available as an add-on.

It is built for appointment-led businesses rather than fixed-capacity classes, and equipment scheduling is limited. Reasonable if you offer pilates alongside massage or beauty services. Not a fit for a studio running a full reformer timetable.

My Best Studio offers a flat $55/month all-inclusive model with no hidden fees, covering basic scheduling, payment processing and a mobile app. A good fit for solo instructors or very small studios that want predictable costs.

ClassFit is a simple class scheduling tool covering yoga, pilates and other formats. Pricing runs from $30 to $100/month depending on class volume and features. Clean and easy to use if you only need group class scheduling.

StudioBookings is one of the most affordable options available, starting at $25/month with no contract. It covers basic studio management and membership tools, and suits very small or new studios that want a low-cost starting point.