Independent yoga studio (1-5 teachers, no video) → Junocal
£29 Starter / £79 Studio / £159 Growth. Membership-friendly, term-based TT cohorts native, Bacs Direct Debit direct, no marketplace commission.
London yoga studios run a specific shape — membership-heavy revenue, teacher training cohorts as meaningful income, on-demand video increasingly expected. This guide ranks the platforms that fit it. Updated May 2026.
£29 Starter / £79 Studio / £159 Growth. Membership-friendly, term-based TT cohorts native, Bacs Direct Debit direct, no marketplace commission.
Native on-demand video library with subscription billing tied to library access. Pricing has risen post-Clubessential acquisition but the video product remains the strongest in the category.
~£500/month all-in. For studios in Marylebone, Chelsea, Notting Hill, Shoreditch where customer-facing polish is part of the brand at £25+/class.
~£35/month. Yoga-first platform built for the solo-teacher operating shape.
Reliable Bacs Direct Debit for memberships
London yoga memberships at £130-£200/month justify Bacs over card processing. The £4 cap saves £40-£80/month for a 60-member studio versus card-only. Stripe Connect Standard direct (Junocal, Walla, OfferingTree) is the right architecture.
Teacher training cohort handling
A 200-hour TT in London runs £2,500-£3,800/student. Cohorts run 6-12 months with single payment, separate intake, separate refund rules. Junocal treats this as a first-class scheduling entity with deposit + balance options.
Specialist class intake (pre-natal, restorative, etc.)
Per-service intake means a pre-natal class has trimester and consultant-letter fields, a trauma-informed class can include adjustment opt-out, a beginner class can ask about injury history. Junocal handles per-service intake natively; most other platforms require more configuration.
On-demand video pairing or native
Most London yoga studios pair their scheduling platform with Vimeo OTT or Uscreen rather than running native video. Junocal pairs via deep links in booking confirmations. For studios where video is the primary product, Momence's native integration matters.
Retreat and workshop handling
London yoga studios run retreats (UK, Europe, occasionally Asia) and workshops with capacity-fixed events, deposit+balance billing, and stricter cancellation rules than drop-in. Junocal handles these as first-class events; Mindbody and Momence can be configured.
For most independent London yoga studios with one to five teachers, Junocal at £29 Starter, £79 Studio, or £159 Growth fits. Capacity-aware booking (no pick-a-spot forced for mat classes), term-based teacher training cohorts as a first-class scheduling entity, Bacs Direct Debit via Stripe Connect Standard direct, no marketplace commission, month-to-month. For hybrid studios where on-demand video subscriptions are 20%+ of revenue, Momence's native video product fits despite the post-Clubessential acquisition pricing trajectory. For premium-positioned brand-led yoga studios (Triyoga, Yotopia, etc.) where polish matters, Walla is worth the £500+/month all-in cost.
Three operational differences. First, yoga revenue skews more toward memberships than pilates (which is more pack-driven), so recurring-billing matters more. Second, teacher training (TT) is a larger share of yoga revenue — a 200-hour TT in London runs £2,500-£3,800/student and cohort handling matters operationally. Third, on-demand video is more material for yoga than reformer pilates — yoga adapts more naturally to recorded delivery, and many London yoga studios run hybrid live + video subscriptions.
London is a major UK teacher-training market — 200-hour foundation and 300-hour advanced trainings. Cohorts run as fixed groups over 6-12 months with single payment, separate intake forms, and refund rules distinct from drop-in. Junocal, Mariana Tek, and Walla treat TT as a first-class scheduling entity. Mindbody can be configured but the workflow is less native. For London yoga schools where TT is 25%+ of revenue, the platform's TT handling matters more than day-to-day class scheduling.
Depends on revenue mix. If on-demand video subscriptions are a primary product (20%+ of revenue), you want native integration — Momence has the strongest native video product. If video complements in-person classes (recorded versions members access at no extra cost), pairing your scheduling platform with Vimeo OTT, Uscreen, or Mighty Networks works cleanly. Most one-to-five-teacher London yoga studios fit the second pattern. Junocal pairs with external video hosts via booking-confirmation deep links.
More useful than for reformer pilates, less useful than in the US. London yoga has slightly higher marketplace penetration than London pilates because yoga-curious clients are more likely to browse a category app for a teacher or style. But the commission still applies to attributed bookings inside the attribution window — returning clients pay the commission even when the studio's existing relationship is what's keeping them around. Test: trace your last 50 new clients to where they first heard about you. For most London yoga studios, marketplace-attributed share is 10-15% — meaningful but not dominant.
Specialist classes (pre-natal, post-natal, restorative, trauma-informed, chair yoga) typically run as separate service types with their own intake forms, capacity, and sometimes pricing. Per-service intake handles specialist health screening — pre-natal forms include trimester and consultant-letter fields; trauma-informed classes can offer hands-on adjustment opt-out. Junocal handles per-service intake natively. Most other platforms support it with more configuration effort.
For a single-location London yoga studio doing £200,000/year in bookings (typical for an established 3-teacher studio with TT revenue), all-in software cost: Junocal Studio at £79/month: ~£1,430/year. Momence Plus at $99/month + platform fees: ~£1,800-£2,500/year. Walla base + branded booking: ~£6,000/year. Mindbody Accelerate + marketplace + processing markup: ~£8,000-£9,000/year.
Comparisons, pricing, and migration guides for the major alternatives in the London yoga market.
14 days free on Junocal, no credit card. Configured for UK yoga studios out of the box: Bacs Direct Debit, term-based TT cohorts, per-service intake. Sharon (London-based) answers setup questions directly.