Boutique class-based studios — HIIT, spin, strength, functional, hybrid. Pick-a-spot bike or station booking, class packs and memberships, your own Stripe account. From $39 a month. No annual contract. No marketplace commission.
14 days free, no card. Not the right fit for 24/7 big-box gyms or for franchise chains beyond 5 locations.
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 $39/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, capacity-aware booking, 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 with 1-5 instructors running scheduled class blocks. Not big-box gyms. Not solo personal trainers. Not franchise chains beyond five 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 $39 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. Per-class toggle. Real-time out-of-order rerouting. Mindbody, Mariana Tek and Walla all gate equivalents to premium tiers; Junocal includes it at $39.
Auto-deducting packs (5-pack, 10-pack, intro offer), auto-renewing memberships, member-plus-pack crossover, and self-serve member pause with reason capture 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 with their own counts. Online attendees get the meeting URL in the confirmation and the 24-hour reminder. Mode-aware capacity enforced under the same row lock — no overbookings, either way.
Two modes on every plan. Auto-promote when a spot opens with notice (SMS + email to the next client on the list). First-to-claim broadcast when it opens last-minute. 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) | $39 | $129+ Starter | $30 for 1 user + per-user fees | Sales-call gated |
| 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 | None on direct bookings | Network discovery |
| Annual contract | No, month-to-month | 12-24 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
$39/mo
Solo trainer, one studio
2 staff seats, class booking, pick-a-spot, packs and memberships, hybrid classes
Studio
$99/mo
Most boutique class-based studios
Up to 10 staff seats, multi-room pick-a-spot, term courses, integrations
Growth
$199/mo
Up to 5 locations
Multi-location architecture, cross-location memberships, advanced reporting
Boutique fitness studios typically use one of: Junocal (class-first, $39 entry tier, pick-a-spot on every plan), Mindbody (category giant, $129+ Starter), Vagaro (appointment-led, per-user pricing), Glofox (fitness-led under Xplor ownership), Mariana Tek (multi-location chains, $300+/month per location), or Momence (boutique-focused, processing markup). 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 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 $39/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 when something goes out of order. Junocal is not the right fit for franchise chains beyond 5 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.