Does Junocal really have pick-a-spot at $39, the same as Mariana Tek?+
Yes. The pick-a-spot implementation at Junocal is the same shape Mariana Tek pioneered: drag-and-drop floor plan editor, touch-friendly client booking on mobile, real-time out-of-order rerouting when a reformer goes down, per-class toggle so a mat flow doesn't show the picker, favorite-spot persistence after a client picks the same spot two to three times. Included on Starter at $39, Studio at $99, and Growth at $199. The feature parity is intentional; the four-mode cancellation structure, the broadcast-claim waitlist, and the term-based course primitive are also directly modelled on Mariana Tek's pattern because Mariana Tek's pattern is correct.
What about Mariana Tek's four-mode cancellation policies?+
Same four modes at Junocal, set per pack and per membership tier. Loss of credit only. Charge fee only. Loss of credit and charge fee. No penalty. The four-mode structure is one of Mariana Tek's most-copied design decisions in the category and Junocal carries it through directly. Each pack you create and each membership tier you configure picks one of the four modes; the client's experience at cancellation depends on which pack or membership they booked with. This is operationally significant for studios that want different consequences for different buyers (members face a fee, pack holders lose the credit, drop-ins lose the credit and pay a fee).
Do I lose anything by switching from Mariana Tek to Junocal?+
Three specific things. First, the native branded mobile app: Mariana Tek ships a native iOS and Android app branded to the studio; Junocal ships a PWA that installs to the home screen and behaves natively but is not literally a native app. For most clients this is invisible. Second, the multi-location feature set: if you run more than one location under one brand with cross-location memberships, Junocal v1 doesn't support that and Mariana Tek does. Third, deeper apparatus analytics: Mariana Tek's cross-apparatus sequencing analysis is more developed than Junocal v1. For classical-leaning studios where this matters operationally, the analytics depth is real. For most single-location reformer studios, none of the three is a deal-breaker, and the $2,500+ a year saving funds whatever workaround the studio prefers.
Will my Mariana Tek data come across cleanly?+
Yes. The data models are similar enough that the migration is a translation rather than a remapping. Clients, booking history, memberships with periods intact, class packs with credits remaining, intake forms with completion status, email opt-in status, apparatus history per client, and even the favorite-spot data all migrate cleanly. We run a dry-run import into staging for your review before going live. The Mariana Tek schema is one of the cleaner ones in the category, so the migration is one of the smoother ones we handle.
Mariana Tek is owned by Xplor. Is the post-acquisition pressure real?+
Yes, and it has been visible for several years now. Mariana Tek was acquired by Xplor in 2020, and the standard Xplor portfolio playbook (price expansion on the existing customer base over 18-36 months, contract length increases at renewal, integration with the rest of the portfolio's billing infrastructure) has played out at Mariana Tek over the years since. Customer complaints on Capterra and G2 reflect the pattern. The same playbook is now affecting Momence, which Xplor acquired in January 2025. If the structural argument for switching to Mariana Tek originally was 'get away from Vista's Mindbody', the structural argument for switching off Mariana Tek in 2026 is the same: get away from the PE roll-up.
What if I run multiple locations?+
Junocal v1 is single-location with up to 10 instructors per location on the Growth tier. Multi-location support (cross-location memberships, location-specific pricing, central instructor pool with location assignments, franchise reporting) is a v2 commitment that lands in the months after public launch. If you run 3+ reformer locations today and the franchise feature set is operationally significant, Mariana Tek is honestly the right tool for now. If you run 2 locations and can tolerate two separate Junocal subscriptions during the gap, the cost is still typically lower than Mariana Tek's multi-location pricing.
How does Junocal handle term-based courses compared to Mariana Tek?+
Both tools ship term-based courses as a first-class scheduling entity rather than a workaround on recurring classes. A term is a fixed set of sessions on a fixed slot with a single instructor, paid up-front, with swap rules and refund-with-medical-doc workflow built into the schema. For UK studios where term-based course revenue is a meaningful share of the business, both Junocal and Mariana Tek handle this well; Mindbody, Momence, and Walla all treat terms as workarounds over recurring class bookings. The Junocal implementation matches the Mariana Tek pattern directly, so the operational experience for a studio switching is familiar.