Alternatives · Updated August 2026
Mindbody Alternatives for Pilates Studios: 5 Platforms Studios Actually Move To
Every other list ranks Mindbody alternatives on generic fitness criteria. This one ranks them on what a reformer studio needs: group classes and privates in one calendar, equipment capacity, late cancel fees, and a price you can see before a sales call.
| # | Platform | Move here if | Published price | Our rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Momence | You want the switch thousands of studios have already made | From $199/mo | 3.5 |
| 2 | WellnessLiving | You want Mindbody’s feature depth without relearning everything | From $69/mo | 3.5 |
| 3 | StudioGrowth | You run an independent studio and want software built for pilates | $159/mo | 4.6 |
| 4 | Glofox | Your members should see your brand, never a marketplace | From $99/mo | 3.0 |
| 5 | Mariana Tek | You run three or more sites and mostly group classes | Not published | 4.0 |
Ratings are our own pilates-specific scores out of 5. Prices are what each vendor publishes, verified August 2026. Ranked by how well each fits a studio leaving Mindbody, not by our overall rating.
The Short Answer
Momence is the most common move off Mindbody, and for most pilates studios it is still the right one. It launched into exactly this gap, migrated thousands of studios in its first years, and remains the default answer when a studio owner asks what to switch to.
If you want Mindbody’s feature depth with the shortest learning curve, WellnessLiving is the closest like-for-like. If you want software built specifically for pilates rather than general fitness, StudioGrowth is the only one on this list that qualifies, and for a founder-led independent studio it is the strongest match here.
Before you move, read the section on what you lose. Mindbody’s marketplace is a genuine client acquisition channel and none of these five replaces it.
Why are pilates studios leaving Mindbody in 2026?
Four reasons come up repeatedly in owner reviews, and one piece of news has made them louder this year.
You cannot find out what it costs. Mindbody publishes one figure, “starting at $79 per month per location”, then a “let’s talk” button on all three plans. Owners commonly report landing between $229 and $349 once they have what a pilates studio needs, but you will not know your own number without a sales call.
The features you need sit two tiers up. Resource management, which is genuinely good, sits on Accelerate and above. The branded app is a paid add-on rather than included at any tier. Marketing automation is higher still.
The marketplace takes a cut. Bookings that come through the Mindbody consumer app carry a 20% commission, capped at $30 per client. That is on top of payment processing, which runs to roughly 3.60% online, and recurring memberships are billed at that higher online rate because a stored card counts as card-not-present.
Support gets thinner as you get smaller. Across 2,993 Capterra reviews, Mindbody scores 3.8 for customer service. One studio owner described onboarding as “among the most frustrating business experiences I’ve ever had.”
The 2026 factor. In January 2026, Playlist, the parent company of Mindbody, ClassPass and Booker, agreed to merge with EGYM. The deal closed on 31 March 2026 with $785m of new equity led by Affinity Partners, valuing the combined business at $7.5bn. Playlist now spans more than 40,000 Mindbody businesses, 88,000 ClassPass venues and 33,000 EGYM locations. None of that is bad news in itself, but a single-location reformer studio is entitled to ask where it sits in a portfolio that size.
Which Mindbody alternative is best for a pilates studio?
It depends on which of Mindbody’s problems you are actually solving. The five below are ordered by how many pilates studios each realistically suits, not by our overall rating. That is why StudioGrowth, our highest-rated platform, sits third rather than first.
1. Momence: the switch most studios have already made
Momence built its business on studios leaving Mindbody, and it is still the default answer when a studio owner asks what to switch to.
- Published price$199/mo studio plan
- Processing3.9% + 30c, highest here
- Branded appIncluded, Momence-branded
- Own-brand app+$250/mo
- OwnershipXplor via Clubessential
- Our pilates rating3.5/5
Momence launched in 2020 into the exact gap Mindbody had left: studio owners who wanted a modern interface and a price they could see. Thousands migrated across from Mindbody in its early years, and by the time it was acquired in January 2025 it supported more than 4,500 businesses. That history is why it remains the first name most owners hear.
For a studio leaving Mindbody it is the least jarring move. The interface is faster, the client-facing app rates 4.9 on iOS, and if you run on-demand video alongside in-person classes Momence handles both natively, which Mindbody does not do as cleanly. Its inbox and marketing automations are capable.
Two things to price properly. The studio plan is $199 a month; the free and $60 tiers on its pricing page are built for individual instructors and exclude staff seats, locations, reporting and the inbox. The included app carries Momence branding, and your own branded app is a further $250 a month.
The real cost is the processing rate. At 3.9% plus 30 cents it is the highest on this list. On $10,000 a month in card payments that is $390 leaving before you have paid for anything else, which is $100 more than a studio on standard Stripe rates. Momence has also moved to its own payment processor, so you cannot connect your own account.
Support is the other caveat. It scores 3.7 out of 5 on Capterra, the lowest of the five, and the pattern in one-star reviews is consistent: the software gets credit for being clean and quick to learn, and the complaints are almost entirely about what happens when something breaks.
2. WellnessLiving: the closest like-for-like replacement
If what you liked about Mindbody was the depth, and what you disliked was everything else, WellnessLiving is the shortest move.
- Published price$69 / $199 / $349 per month
- ProcessingParagon or Nuvei, rate not published
- Branded appBusinessPro tier
- Capterra4.4/5 from 612 reviews
- OwnershipFounder-led, minority growth equity
- Our pilates rating3.5/5
WellnessLiving covers almost the same feature surface as Mindbody: scheduling, memberships, automated marketing, a branded client app, reporting, and a loyalty and rewards module that nobody else bundles. If your front desk already knows Mindbody, this is the least retraining you will do.
It also has the deepest evidence base of any platform here, at 4.4 out of 5 across 612 Capterra reviews, and more than fifteen years of deployment across yoga, pilates, fitness, salon and dance studios. Reviewers consistently describe onboarding as more attentive than Mindbody’s enterprise process, and free data migration is included.
Read the pricing page carefully, because it leads with a promotion. At the time of writing the Business plan displays $39 a month with the real $199 struck through beside it, marked “save 80% for 2 months”. BusinessPro shows $69 against $349. Paying annually brings the standing rates to $179 and $314. The branded Achieve app sits on BusinessPro.
Two things follow you from Mindbody rather than getting solved. Contracts renew annually, and price increases after the introductory period are among the most common complaints in one-star reviews. And every card payment routes through Paragon or Nuvei, with no Stripe option, no published rate, and no ability to switch processor. There is also a $199 annual PCI maintenance fee.
One number worth knowing before you commit your members to it: owners rate WellnessLiving 4.4, but its Achieve client app sits around 2.1 on Google Play across roughly 450 ratings. Your clients only ever see the second one.
3. StudioGrowth: the only one built for pilates
Every other platform on this list was built for fitness generally and adapted for pilates. This one was not, and it is the only one still owned by the people who built it.
- Published price$159 / $250 / $350 per month
- ProcessingYour own Stripe, 2.9% + 30c
- Branded appClient and staff, every plan
- Capterra4.9/5, 5.0 for support
- OwnershipFounder and team owned
- Our pilates rating4.6/5
Group reformer classes, private one-to-one sessions and duets all sit in one calendar, with a duet handled as a private at a capacity of two rather than a workaround. Equipment is scheduled at room and location level. Late cancel and no-show fees are charged automatically from the $250 Bloom plan.
For a studio leaving Mindbody over pricing, the contrast is the point. All three plans are published. Processing is standard Stripe at 2.9% plus 30 cents with no platform fee, and you connect your own Stripe account, which means the rate is Stripe’s, you can negotiate it as you grow, and your clients’ saved cards stay yours if you ever move again. Client and staff apps are included on every plan rather than gated. Data migration and one-to-one onboarding are free.
It is also the only platform on this list that is not investor-owned. Momence and Mariana Tek both sit inside Xplor. Glofox sits inside ABC Fitness. Mindbody sits inside Playlist. StudioGrowth is owned by its founder and team and funded by its customers. For an owner-operator who has just watched their software change hands, working with a business shaped like their own is a real consideration rather than a sentimental one.
That matters more now than it did a year ago. Momence and Mariana Tek share a parent whose stated ambition runs from small studios to the world’s largest fitness franchises, and whose sibling brands, ClubReady and Exerp among them, are built for chains and enterprise operators. Mariana Tek prices per site and works best at three or more locations. If you run one independent studio, you are the smallest account in that portfolio. At StudioGrowth, you are the business model. That is why we call it the best fit on this page for a founder-led independent studio.
Support reflects that. It holds 4.9 out of 5 on Capterra with a perfect 5.0 for customer service, the highest support score in the category, though from 31 reviews rather than hundreds.
What you give up. There is no consumer marketplace, so it will not find you new clients the way Mindbody’s app can. ACH is not live until the second half of 2026. And it is a smaller company than everything else here, which cuts both ways.
4. Glofox: brand control without the marketplace
If your objection to Mindbody is that your members see a marketplace full of your competitors, Glofox is the direct answer to that specific complaint.
- Published priceFrom $99/mo, all tiers quote-gated
- ProcessingNot published
- Branded appElite tier or add-on
- Capterra / Trustpilot4.4 / 3.6
- OwnershipABC Fitness, Thoma Bravo
- Our pilates rating3.0/5
Glofox, now trading as ABC Glofox, made its whole pitch the opposite of Mindbody’s. Where Mindbody puts your studio in a consumer app alongside nearby competitors, Glofox puts your members in an app that shows only you. Club Pilates is among the brands it showcases, so this is not a platform unfamiliar with reformer studios.
Multi-location tools are solid, member engagement features are genuinely good, and it holds 4.4 out of 5 across 356 Capterra reviews. For a studio scaling toward a franchise model it is a serious option.
Two things need saying plainly. The branded app that anchors the pitch sits on the Elite tier or arrives as an add-on. On lower tiers your members use the shared ABC Glofox app, which is a milder version of the arrangement Glofox criticises Mindbody for. Ask which tier your quote covers, and ask for the add-on price in writing.
And the pricing problem you are leaving Mindbody over is not fully solved here. Glofox publishes one figure, “plans starting at $99 a month”. Every tier below that headline, Essential included, shows a Request Pricing button, and the processing rate is not published either. Owners report costs climbing with add-ons and contract terms that were not clear at signing. Its 4.4 on Capterra against 3.6 on Trustpilot is the widest gap of any platform we review, and the contract complaints cluster on the lower score.
One recent addition matters for a reformer studio. In January 2026 Glofox added automatic late cancel and no-show fees, charged as a small surcharge per fee collected rather than a plan upgrade. Older reviews complaining that owners had to chase those fees by hand are now out of date.
5. Mariana Tek: for multi-site brands only
The strongest multi-location management of any platform we test, and increasingly the platform premium reformer brands move to. Wrong choice for a single studio.
- Published priceNone. $300 to $800+ reported
- Processing2.75% + 25c reported
- Branded appIncluded, every plan
- Capterra4.5/5 from 62 reviews
- OwnershipXplor, same parent as Momence
- Our pilates rating4.0/5
Mariana Tek is where premium boutique brands go when they outgrow Mindbody rather than get frustrated by it. Scheduling, staff, clients and reporting roll up across every location from one dashboard, and operators running genuinely complex businesses confirm it holds. It is visibly focusing on the reformer pilates market.
Group class scheduling is excellent, which follows from its spin studio heritage. No-show and late cancellation fees are charged automatically. One operator who switched from a platform without that capability reported their no-show fee revenue doubled. The branded app is included on every plan rather than gated, which is the opposite of both Mindbody and Glofox.
The pilates caveat matters. Appointment and one-to-one scheduling were added recently as Mariana Tek moved into the pilates market, and they are basic next to platforms built around appointments from the start. If privates and duets are meaningful revenue for you, test that specifically on a demo using your own schedule.
On pricing you are trading one opaque vendor for another. Mariana Tek publishes nothing at all, quotes every deal through sales, prices multi-location per site, and sells marketing, SMS and advanced reporting separately. Onboarding runs five to eight weeks. If the reason you are leaving Mindbody is that you could not get a straight number, this will feel familiar.
Worth knowing that Mariana Tek and Momence now share a parent company in Xplor, so two of the five options on this page sit inside the same portfolio.
What do you actually lose by leaving Mindbody?
Every alternatives list tells you what you gain. Two things you give up are worth weighing honestly before you sign anything.
The consumer marketplace
This is the big one, and none of the five replaces it. Mindbody’s app is a place where people actively search for pilates near them and book. Playlist now spans more than 40,000 Mindbody businesses and 88,000 ClassPass venues, so the audience is real.
It is not free. Marketplace bookings carry a 20% commission capped at $30 per client. But if it brings you three new members a month who stay, it pays for the price difference several times over. The honest test: look at your last twelve months and work out how many clients arrived through the Mindbody app. If the answer is meaningful, none of these five will replace that channel and you should think harder about leaving.
The breadth you were paying for
Mindbody has 2,993 Capterra reviews because an enormous number of businesses run on it. That means a large community, plenty of third-party guides, and staff who may already know it. Smaller platforms give you a tighter product and fewer people to ask.
Who owns these platforms, and does it matter?
It matters more than most comparisons admit. If part of why you are leaving Mindbody is that it has changed hands and changed priorities, it is worth knowing that most of the alternatives are owned the same way.
| Platform | Owner | Backers | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindbody | Playlist, merged with EGYM March 2026 | Vista Equity, Affinity Partners, Temasek, L Catterton | PE, $7.5bn combined |
| Momence | Xplor, via Clubessential Holdings | Advent International, Battery Ventures, Silver Lake | PE rollup |
| Mariana Tek | Xplor Technologies | Advent International, Battery Ventures, Silver Lake | PE rollup, same parent as Momence |
| Glofox | ABC Fitness Solutions | Thoma Bravo | PE rollup |
| WellnessLiving | Independent, founder-led | McCarthy Capital, minority stake | Founder-controlled |
| StudioGrowth | Founder and team | None, customer funded | Fully independent |
From company announcements, PitchBook and trade press, verified August 2026.
Three things follow from that table. Momence and Mariana Tek now sit inside the same portfolio, so two of your five options answer to the same owner, and that owner’s fitness stable is anchored by franchise and enterprise brands like ClubReady and Exerp. Glofox and Mindbody are separate despite what some comparison pages claim: Glofox went to ABC Fitness in August 2022, Mindbody sits under Playlist.
And only two of the six are not controlled by an investor. WellnessLiving’s founders retain operational control with McCarthy Capital holding a minority growth stake taken in 2022. StudioGrowth is owned outright by its founder and team and funded by its customers.
None of this makes a PE-backed platform a bad choice. It does mean that if the reason you are moving is that your software changed hands and the roadmap changed with it, four of these five carry the same risk.
What about Zen Planner, Pike13, PushPress and the others?
Search for Mindbody alternatives generally and you will see a different list: Zen Planner, Pike13, PushPress, TeamUp, Vagaro, Acuity Scheduling. Those are legitimate recommendations, for gyms, CrossFit boxes, martial arts schools and appointment-led businesses.
None of them is built for a reformer studio, which is why they are not on this page. Zen Planner and PushPress are gym-first, built around memberships and check-ins rather than fixed-capacity class scheduling with equipment. Vagaro is salon and spa software at its core, which shows in how it handles group classes. Acuity Scheduling is an appointment tool with no memberships, class packs or capacity management at all.
They appear on general lists because those lists are written for general fitness. Ours is not.
How long does switching from Mindbody take?
Plan for four to eight weeks from decision to full cutover, and longer if you are moving to an enterprise platform.
Data audit and export takes the first week or two. Platform setup, staff training and test bookings take another two. Then you tell clients, run both systems briefly in parallel, and do a hard cutover with a support buffer for stragglers.
Mariana Tek’s own onboarding runs five to eight weeks. StudioGrowth and WellnessLiving both include free data migration, which removes the largest single risk. Mindbody has been reported to charge around $500 to export your own data, so budget for that.
Two things to confirm in writing before you commit. Ask whether the new platform reads a Mindbody export directly or whether your staff will be re-keying. And ask whether your clients’ saved card details transfer, because they usually do not unless you hold your own merchant account. Our guide to switching platforms without losing data covers the full sequence.
The Bottom Line
Momence is the most common move off Mindbody and still the right one for most pilates studios, provided you price the 3.9% processing rate honestly. WellnessLiving is the closest like-for-like if feature depth is what you want to keep. StudioGrowth is the only platform on this list built specifically for pilates, the only one still owner-operated, and the best fit here for a founder-led independent studio.
Choose Glofox if brand control is your specific objection and you can negotiate the contract. Choose Mariana Tek only if you run three or more sites and mostly group classes.
Before you move, do the marketplace arithmetic. If Mindbody’s app is genuinely bringing you clients, none of these five replaces that, and the 20% commission may still be cheaper than replacing the channel yourself.
See how all eight platforms compare in our rankings of the best software for pilates studios, or read what each one really costs in our pricing guide.
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