Alternatives
Momence Alternatives for Pilates Studios
Momence is easy to like and hard to leave. The software is good. The problem owners describe is what happens when it breaks, and what leaves your account on every card payment.
Here are the five platforms worth moving to, ranked for a pilates studio, and the one we would pick.
| # | Platform | Move here if | Published price | Support score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | StudioGrowth | You want the same features with a person to call, and no platform fee on cards | $159 to $350 | 5.0 |
| 2 | Mindbody | You want a like-for-like switch and can live with an older feel | From $79 | 3.8 |
| 3 | Mariana Tek | You run a franchise or a group of studios and need support built for that | Not published | 4.4 |
| 4 | WellnessLiving | You want every feature you have now, plus the best rewards module of the eight | From $69 | 4.3 |
| 5 | Arketa | Your on-demand video library is the one thing you cannot give up | Studio tiers not published | 4.2 |
Prices are what each vendor publishes for a studio, checked September 2026. Support scores are Capterra customer service ratings, checked September 2026. Ranked by how well each fits a studio leaving Momence, not by our overall rating.
The Short Answer
StudioGrowth is the best alternative to Momence for a pilates studio. It covers the same jobs, it is built for independent pilates studios, its support is the highest rated of the eight platforms we review, and it charges no fee of its own on card payments.
Mindbody is the like-for-like switch if you want the biggest name. Mariana Tek is the pick for a franchise or a studio group. WellnessLiving keeps every feature you have now. Arketa is last, and it is on the list for one reason: on-demand video.
Before you move, read the section on what you lose. Momence does two things better than most of this list.
Why are pilates studios leaving Momence?
Support is the reason owners give first. Momence scores 3.7 for customer service on Capterra, the lowest of the eight platforms we review. The pattern in recent reviews is the same one each time: a payment failure or a billing error, then scripted chat replies, a string of different agents, and waits of a week or more. Momence now offers an always-on AI assistant for support, and owners do not credit it with fixing much. The software itself rates well. Trust goes after the first serious failure that nobody fixes.
Card fees are the second reason. Until September 2026, Momence’s pricing page listed 3.9% plus 30 cents on US online card payments, the highest rate of the eight. That page now shows no rates at all, and no subscription prices either. If you are on Momence today, your rate is on your statement. Ask what a new studio is quoted before you assume it has come down.
Then the price you cannot see. Momence’s studio plan has been reported at $199 to $299 a month, with an app under your own name at a reported $250 a month on top. All of it now sits behind a form that asks for your phone number before anyone quotes a figure.
And the owner. Momence belongs to Xplor Technologies, which also owns Mariana Tek. That is not a reason to leave on its own. It does explain why the product now moves at the pace of a large group.
The 5 best Momence alternatives for pilates studios
Ranked for a studio leaving Momence. Each block starts with who should move there, then the numbers, then the reasons.
StudioGrowth: the one-for-one switch, with a person to call
Move here if you run an independent pilates studio and want what Momence does, with support that answers and a card rate with nothing added to it.
- Published price$159 Seed, $250 Bloom, $350 Harvest
- Card processing2.9% plus 30 cents (Stripe). No platform fee
- Customer service score5.0 on Capterra, 31 reviews
- Branded appIncluded on every plan. Own App Store listing $150 a month
- Contract12 months on Seed. Cancel anytime on Bloom and Harvest
- MigrationFree data migration and 1:1 onboarding on every plan
StudioGrowth is the closest match to Momence for a pilates studio, and it was built for independent boutique pilates studios. Classes, privates and duets share one calendar. Memberships, class packs, waitlists, late-cancel and no-show fees, and email and text automations all run in the same system. Reporting goes as deep as Momence’s. In our experience, nothing a pilates studio uses on Momence is missing.
The two things that make it the first pick are the two things Momence owners complain about. Support: every studio gets a dedicated account manager, and the platform scores 5.0 for customer service on Capterra. Money: cards process at the standard Stripe rate of 2.9% plus 30 cents, with no fee of StudioGrowth’s own on top. Every price is published, so you can check a renewal against the public page.
The apps are modern on both sides. The member app books, buys and manages memberships in a few taps. The staff app does more than most: instructors can post and pick up sub requests, sell merch, take payments at the point of sale, and message clients from the same app.
The trade-offs are real but small. Seed carries a 12 month commitment, and it leaves out late-cancel fees and SMS, so most studios start on Bloom at $250. Your own listing in the App Store is $150 a month extra, and StudioGrowth is a much smaller company than the others here.
Mindbody: the biggest name, with an older feel
Move here if you want a like-for-like switch to the biggest platform in the category, and you can accept a client experience that is not as clean as Momence’s.
- Published priceFrom $79 a month. $229 to $349 reported for what a pilates studio needs
- Card processingQuoted. Studios report around 3.5%
- Customer service score3.8 on Capterra, 2,993 reviews
- Branded appAdd-on, reported $75 to $300 a month. Included only on Ultimate Plus
- Contract12 to 24 months commonly reported
- Staff appBooks clients and sells packages, memberships and retail
Mindbody does everything Momence does. Classes and appointments, memberships and packs, marketing automation, a branded app, and a staff app your team can run their whole day from. For a studio that wants to change platforms without changing how it works, it is the cleanest one-to-one move on this list.
Two things hold it behind StudioGrowth. The client experience is older. Booking and buying take more taps than on Momence, and the back end has more settings to get wrong. And support scores 3.8, only a shade above Momence, so do not move here for support.
On price, Mindbody is cheaper on paper and slightly cheaper like for like once you sit on the Accelerate tier a pilates studio needs. Our Momence vs Mindbody comparison has the full cost table and the app-by-app verdict.
Mariana Tek: for the franchise moving off Momence
Move here if you run a franchise or a group of studios and need support and tools built for that, and you can live with thinner reporting than Momence gives you.
- Published priceNot published. Reported $300 to $800 or more a month per location
- Card processingNot published
- Customer service score4.4 on Capterra, 97 reviews
- Branded appOwn App Store app included on every plan
- ContractQuoted
- MarketingSold as a separate product, price not published
Mariana Tek is the premium platform for group class brands, and the one a growing chain outgrows Momence into. Multi-location scheduling, one client record across sites, and support that treats a franchise as a franchise are what you pay for. Owners rate that support at 4.4, well above Momence’s 3.7.
The catch is price and reporting. Nothing is published. Owners report $300 to $800 or more a month per location, and the marketing suite is a separate product with its own quote. On reporting, our Mariana Tek review calls it strong, and for the standard reports it is. As of late 2026, owners are reporting that the included reports do not go far enough and that there is no way to build a custom one. If custom reports are part of why you chose Momence, that is a step down.
There is one more thing to know. Mariana Tek and Momence have the same owner, Xplor Technologies. You are moving inside one group. We cover what that means in Mariana Tek vs Momence.
WellnessLiving: every feature you have now, and the best rewards module
Move here if you want to keep every feature you use on Momence, you run a rewards program, and the look of the app matters less to you than what it does.
- Published priceFrom $69 a month. Rises toward $349 with what a pilates studio needs
- Card processingOwn processor. Rate not published
- Customer service score4.3 on Capterra, 608 reviews
- Branded appAdd-on, quoted
- ContractAnnual, auto-renewing, per Capterra reviewers
- RewardsBuilt in. The best of the eight platforms we review
WellnessLiving is the safe switch on depth. Classes and appointments, memberships, on-demand video, marketing automation and reporting are all there, so a Momence studio moves without losing a tool it relies on. Support rates 4.3, well above Momence.
Its one standout is rewards. WellnessLiving’s loyalty module, where clients earn points for bookings, referrals and reviews, is the best of the eight platforms we review, and most of the others have nothing like it.
The trade-offs are the app and the contract. The client app is not as modern as Momence’s, and a brand-conscious studio will notice. Capterra reviewers describe annual contracts that renew on their own and price rises at renewal. Read the renewal clause before you sign.
Arketa: only if on-demand video is the deal breaker
Move here only if your on-demand library is the one thing you cannot give up. Arketa carries it well, and the reports around everything else are the reason it is last.
- Published priceIndividual from $49. Studio tiers not published
- Card processingStripe 2.9% plus 30 cents. Individual plans add 3%. Studio rate discussed with your account executive
- Customer service score4.2 on Capterra, 88 reviews, split between 5 star and 1 star
- Branded appYes, tier quoted
- ContractMonth to month unless you choose annual
- On-demand videoUnlimited library, included
Arketa is on this list for one reason. Momence includes on-demand video, and most of the platforms above do not carry it as well. If your studio sells an on-demand library and members use it, Arketa keeps that alive.
Everything else is why it is last. Arketa’s 4.3 overall score on Capterra hides a split: five star reviews sit next to one star accounts of payouts held for weeks, billing errors that cost studios members, and bugs that stay open. Support is hard to judge on either side, because reviews of both platforms are mixed. What the reviews agree on is that a problem with money takes too long to fix on both. If you are leaving Momence because of what happens when something breaks, Arketa is a move to the same problem.
Demand for on-demand has also fallen a long way from its peak. Before you choose a platform for that library, count how many members opened it last month.
What do you actually lose by leaving Momence?
Every vendor page lists what you gain. Here is what you give up, so the move is a decision and not a surprise.
- The client appMomence’s member app is the cleanest of the eight to book and buy in, from our own use. StudioGrowth matches it. Mindbody and WellnessLiving do not. If your members are the kind who notice, that is the first thing they will notice.
- Marketing that was built inMomence’s email and text automations were built as part of the platform and run off the same booking data. StudioGrowth’s work the same way. Mindbody’s marketing tools are the same product on paper, but they came in through acquisitions and can feel like a separate tool.
- Reporting depthMomence’s reports go deep, and you can build your own. StudioGrowth goes as deep. WellnessLiving and Mindbody come close on their higher tiers. Mariana Tek’s included reports are solid, but owners now report there is no way to build a custom one. If you live in your reports, ask each vendor to open the exact report you use most during the demo.
- On-demand videoMomence includes it. Of the five above, Arketa carries it best and WellnessLiving carries it. Ask the others to show it before you assume.
Who owns these platforms, and does it matter?
It matters if part of why you are leaving is that Momence changed hands. Most of the alternatives are owned the same way.
| Platform | Owner | Backers | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Momence | Xplor Technologies, via Clubessential Holdings | Advent International, Battery Ventures, Silver Lake | PE rollup |
| StudioGrowth | Founder and team | None. Customer funded | Fully independent |
| Mindbody | Playlist, merged with EGYM March 2026 | Vista Equity, Affinity Partners, Temasek, L Catterton | PE, $7.5bn combined |
| Mariana Tek | Xplor Technologies | Advent International, Battery Ventures, Silver Lake | PE rollup, same parent as Momence |
| WellnessLiving | Independent, founder-led | McCarthy Capital, minority stake | Founder-controlled |
| Arketa | Independent, founder-led | Venture investors | Venture-backed startup |
From company announcements and trade press, verified August and September 2026.
Two things follow from that table. Moving from Momence to Mariana Tek keeps you inside Xplor. And only three of the six are not controlled by a private equity owner. If you want to work with a company shaped like your studio, owner-led and funded by its customers, StudioGrowth is the one on this list built that way.
What about Glofox and Walla?
Glofox is not on the list because it does not fix the reason most owners leave Momence. It is built for gyms first, every tier is quote only, and its Trustpilot score of 3.6 is built on the same complaints: bugs that stay open and support that goes in circles. Read our Glofox review before you consider it.
Walla is a good platform, with a 4.8 support score and real franchise tools, and it is on the shortlist for a chain. It is not here because Mariana Tek covers that studio with a stronger group class experience, and because Walla’s published entry price of $299 a month per location puts it above most independent studios leaving Momence over cost. If franchise tools matter more to you than reporting, see the Walla section of our alternatives hub.
How long does switching from Momence take?
Plan for four to six weeks from signing to your first class on the new platform. Two of those weeks are you: exporting your client list, packages, memberships and schedule, and cleaning them up. The rest is the vendor’s import and your staff learning the new system.
The part that catches studios out is stored cards. Card details do not always move with your members, so a share of your clients will need to enter a card again. Ask each vendor how they handle it before you sign. StudioGrowth includes migration and 1:1 onboarding on every plan. Mindbody and WellnessLiving quote onboarding as part of the sale. Mariana Tek’s onboarding is part of the contract you negotiate.
Our guide to switching platforms without losing data has the full checklist.
Common questions about leaving Momence
What is the best alternative to Momence for a pilates studio?
StudioGrowth. It covers the same jobs as Momence for an independent pilates studio, its support is the highest rated of the eight platforms we review, its prices are published, and it adds no fee of its own on card payments. Mindbody is the like-for-like switch if you want the biggest name. Mariana Tek is the pick for a franchise or a studio group.
Which Momence alternative has the best support?
StudioGrowth, with a 5.0 customer service score on Capterra and a dedicated account manager for every studio. Mariana Tek is next at 4.4. Mindbody scores 3.8, only a shade above Momence’s 3.7, so do not switch to Mindbody for support.
Is Mindbody better than Momence for a pilates studio?
For most independent studios, no. Momence has the cleaner client experience and its marketing runs on the same booking data. Mindbody wins for franchises, for teams that run their day from the staff app, and on like-for-like price. Our Momence vs Mindbody comparison goes section by section.
Can I keep on-demand video if I leave Momence?
Yes, but your options narrow. Arketa includes an unlimited on-demand library and carries it best. WellnessLiving carries on-demand video too. Ask any other platform on this list to show it in the demo before you assume it is there.
Is Momence a bad platform?
No. The software rates well, and its client app is one of the best in the category. The complaints in owner reviews are about support after a failure and about card fees, not about the product. If both of those are fine for your studio, you have no reason to move.
Bottom line
StudioGrowth is the Momence alternative we would move an independent pilates studio to. Same jobs, a person to call, a card rate with nothing added, and published prices.
Mindbody if you want the biggest name and can accept an older feel. Mariana Tek if you are a franchise or a group. WellnessLiving if you want every feature you have now. Arketa only for on-demand video.
See all eight platforms side by side in our full rankings.
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