Fill HIIT, spin, strength, functional and hybrid classes, let clients pick their bike or station, and sell class packs and memberships — all for boutique class-based studios, from $15 a month. You keep what you earn — Junocal takes no commission — with no annual contract.
14 days free, no card. Not the right fit for 24/7 big-box gyms or for franchise chains beyond 10 locations.
Classes, courses, privates, and online sessions on a single week view. Drag to reschedule, duplicate a week ahead, cancel and notify a whole class at once, and filter by instructor, room, or type.
Boutique fitness studio software handles class scheduling, pick-a-spot booking for bikes or stations, class packs and memberships, capacity and waitlists, intake forms (waivers, injury history), instructor scheduling, recurring payments and client communications. The structural decision is whether the studio runs scheduled class blocks (Junocal, Mindbody, Glofox, Mariana Tek, Walla, Momence are all class-first) or 24/7 access-controlled gym membership (a different category of tool).
Junocal includes class booking, pick-a-spot for bike/station, packs and memberships, waitlists, hybrid in-person + online, and recurring payments through your own Stripe Connect account on every plan from $15/month. No marketplace, no per-user fees, no annual contract.
Most generalist fitness software tries to serve both big-box gyms and boutique class-based studios from the same product. The big-box features (24/7 access control, key-fob check-in, anytime-attendance reporting) and the boutique features (pick-a-spot, booking that tracks how many spots are left, packs vs memberships) end up as parallel surfaces in the same UI, and the resulting complexity slows the daily workflow for both kinds of operator.
Junocal is intentionally narrower. It serves boutique studios running scheduled class blocks. Not big-box gyms. Not solo personal trainers. Not franchise chains beyond ten locations. That scope is the wedge — within it, the product is faster, cheaper and easier to live with than a tool trying to be everything to everyone.
If your studio runs 24/7 access, you want a different tool. We'll say so explicitly during onboarding rather than try to force-fit.
Six capabilities boutique class-based fitness studios actually use, included from the $15 Starter tier.
Junocal is built around scheduled class capacity, packs and memberships. It is not built for 24/7 access control, key-fob entry or unlimited drop-in attendance. If you run scheduled HIIT, spin, strength, functional or hybrid class blocks, Junocal fits. If you run a big-box gym with anytime access, a different tool fits.
Bike position, lifting platform, HIIT bench, station number — clients pick their specific spot when they book. Drag-and-drop floor plan editor. Use a different layout per class type. If a bike or station breaks, bookings reroute automatically. Mindbody, Mariana Tek and Walla all gate equivalents to premium tiers; Junocal includes it at $15.
Auto-deducting packs (5-pack, 10-pack, intro offer), auto-renewing memberships, members can use packs too, and self-serve member pause with a reason and auto-resume date. The three commercial structures most boutique fitness studios sell in parallel, on the same calendar.
ACH (US, 0.8% capped at $5) and Bacs Direct Debit (UK) at the standard published rates. Meaningful savings on the $150-$250 memberships boutique fitness studios sell. Junocal never holds funds or marks up processing — disputes route directly to Stripe.
Set ten spots in the studio and thirty spots online. Clients see separate "Book in-person" and "Book online" buttons, each with its own spot count. Online attendees get the meeting link in the confirmation and the 24-hour reminder. In-person and online are counted separately — no overbookings, either way.
Two modes on every plan. When a spot opens with notice, Junocal automatically books the next client on the list (SMS + email). When it opens last-minute, everyone on the list gets an alert and the first to tap gets the spot. Configurable per class type — a popular morning HIIT class behaves differently from an evening strength class.
Eight rows of structural facts. Every Junocal value applies to every plan tier; competitor values are the most-comparable published equivalents from each tool's pricing page. Verified May 2026.
| Junocal | Mindbody | Vagaro | Glofox | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price (USD/mo) | $15 | $129+ Starter | $30 for 1 user + per-user fees | $99 Essential |
| Pick-a-spot on entry tier | Yes | Accelerate $259+ | Pro tier / add-on | Pro Mobile add-on |
| Built for class-based studios | Class-first | Class-first | Appointment-first (salon heritage) | Fitness-led |
| Marketplace commission | None | ~20% on app-discovered (cap $30/txn) | None on direct bookings | Network discovery |
| Annual contract | No, month-to-month | 12 months | Optional | Often 12+ months |
| Payment processor | Your own Stripe Connect | Mindbody-branded | Vagaro Pro Pay | Glofox Payments / Stripe |
| Per-user/instructor fees | None within plan limits | None | $10-25 per added staff | None |
| Free trial | 14 days, no card | Demo only | 30 days, card required | Demo only |
Starter
$15/mo
Solo trainer, one studio
Up to 5 instructor seats, class booking, pick-a-spot, packs and memberships, hybrid classes
Studio
$29/mo
Most boutique class-based studios
Unlimited instructor seats, up to 5 locations, multi-room pick-a-spot, term courses, integrations
Growth
$69/mo
Up to 10 locations
Multi-location architecture, cross-location memberships, advanced reporting
Boutique fitness studios typically use one of: Junocal (class-first, $15 entry tier, pick-a-spot on every plan), Mindbody (category giant, $129+ Starter), Vagaro (appointment-led, per-user pricing), Glofox (fitness-led under ABC Fitness ownership, from $99/month Essential), Mariana Tek (multi-location chains, $179–285/month per location), or Momence (boutique-focused, per-booking platform fee plus processing). Look for class capacity management, pick-a-spot booking for bike/spot/station, class packs and memberships, and transparent pricing.
Boutique fitness software (Junocal, Mariana Tek, Glofox) is built around class capacity, packs, memberships and reservation-based booking — clients book a specific class, often a specific spot. Big-box gym software (24 Hour Fitness's tools, Crunch's tools) is built around 24/7 access control, key-fob check-in, and unlimited drop-in attendance. Different shape, different tool. Junocal is the wrong choice for big-box; Mindbody can do both but is overkill for single-location boutiques.
By choosing software without a consumer marketplace. Mindbody charges around 20% commission (capped at $30/transaction) on bookings made through its consumer app by attributed clients. Momence has a similar app-discovered commission. Glofox runs marketplace-style discovery within ABC Fitness Solutions network. Junocal has no marketplace and no commission of any kind — clients book direct on the studio's branded page at junocal.com/yourstudio.
For small boutique class-based fitness studios (1-5 instructors, single location, scheduled classes rather than 24/7 access), Junocal offers class booking, pick-a-spot for bike/spot/station, packs, memberships, recurring payments through your own Stripe Connect account, hybrid in-person + online, and automated client emails from $15/month. No marketplace commission, no per-user fees, no annual contract.
Yes. Junocal's pick-a-spot feature works for any equipment-based class — spin bikes, rowing stations, lifting platforms, HIIT benches. The drag-and-drop floor plan editor supports any equipment layout, and bookings reroute automatically if a bike or station breaks. Junocal is not the right fit for franchise chains beyond 10 locations (Mariana Tek is the standard there) or for 24/7 access-controlled big-box gyms.
14 days free, no card. Migration from Mindbody, Vagaro, Glofox or Momence done for you in five business days.