Does Junocal really have pick-a-spot at $15, 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, automatic rerouting when a spot goes out of action 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 $15, Studio at $29, and Growth at $69. The feature parity is intentional; the four-mode cancellation structure, the first-to-claim waitlist, and term-based courses 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 offers a native iOS and Android app branded to the studio as a paid add-on module; Junocal's day-of view installs to the home screen and behaves like an app, but isn't literally one. For most clients this is invisible. Second, franchise-scale depth: above ten locations, Mariana Tek's mature multi-location franchise tooling goes deeper than Junocal (which covers up to five locations on Studio and ten on Growth). 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 several-thousand-dollar-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. Mariana Tek's exported data 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 Advent / Xplor. Is the post-acquisition pressure real?+
Yes, and it has been visible for several years now. Mariana Tek was acquired by Advent International in November 2019 and now sits under Xplor, and the standard PE 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 Clubessential acquired in January 2025 ahead of its September 2025 merger with Xplor. 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 Studio covers up to five locations and Growth up to ten, both with cross-location memberships, location-aware pricing, a central instructor pool with location assignments, and reporting that rolls up across sites — all on one flat subscription ($29 Studio, $69 Growth). For most multi-site reformer operations that is the lower-cost option by a wide margin versus Mariana Tek's per-location pricing. Above ten locations, or for franchise operations where Mariana Tek's mature enterprise reporting is operationally significant, Mariana Tek remains a strong choice.
How does Junocal handle term-based courses compared to Mariana Tek?+
Both tools build term-based courses in, rather than making you stitch them together from recurring classes. A term is a fixed set of sessions on a fixed slot with one instructor, paid up-front, with swap rules and a refund-with-medical-doc flow ready to use. For UK studios where term-based course revenue is a meaningful share of the business, both Junocal and Mariana Tek handle this well; on Mindbody, Momence, and Walla you set terms up by hand on top of recurring class bookings. The Junocal version matches the Mariana Tek pattern directly, so a studio switching across finds the day-to-day familiar.
