Junocal is booking, payments and member management for small, class-based UK studios. No annual contract, no marketplace commission, Bacs Direct Debit on memberships, and your own Stripe account. From £15 a month. Migration from Mindbody handled in your first 30 days.
Sources verified 24 August 2026. Mindbody publishes Starter rate of about £89/month per location; higher-tier and Accelerate figures are operator-reported. Prices shown exclusive of VAT.
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Junocal is booking and business software for pilates, yoga, barre, dance, fitness and music studios, and independent instructors. Start free, or pay from $15 a month with no Junocal transaction fee. Payments go straight to the studio's own Stripe account, with no marketplace commission and no annual contract. Pick-a-spot booking, term-based courses and hybrid in-person and online classes are included. Founded in 2026 by Sharon Onyinye.
Studios comparing Junocal with Mindbody most often weigh price, payment fees and contract length. The facts below cover all three.
Junocal is a Mindbody alternative built for UK class-based studios. It includes pick-a-spot booking, class packs and memberships, recurring payments by card and Bacs Direct Debit through your own Stripe Connect account, term-based courses, hybrid in-person + online, automated client emails, and a 14-day free trial — from £15 a month, with no annual contract and no marketplace commission.
Mindbody contracts run 12 months with auto-renewal and a 30-day cancellation notice; miss the window and you're committed for another year, often at a different price. Junocal is month-to-month with one-click cancel.
Mindbody charges around 20% commission, capped at $30 per transaction, on bookings from clients who first discovered the studio through the Mindbody consumer app, inside an attribution window. For a UK studio with meaningful marketplace share, that adds up to thousands of pounds a year. Junocal has no marketplace. Paid plans have no Junocal transaction fee; Free charges 4% plus Stripe processing.
Mindbody is the merchant of record; the studio is a sub-account, and standard processing is charged as a gross rate. When you leave, the Stripe relationship belongs to Mindbody. Junocal uses your own Stripe Connect account at your existing UK rates, including Bacs Direct Debit.
Pick-a-spot sits on Accelerate and above (quote-led); the native branded app and marketing automation sit on the Ultimate tier. A UK studio that buys what it needs lands well above the per-location Starter floor. Junocal includes pick-a-spot, branded storefront themes and automated client emails on every plan from £15.
| Junocal | Mindbody | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (GBP/mo) | £15 | £89 per location Starter |
| Pick-a-spot on entry tier | Yes | Accelerate and above (quote-led) |
| Branded booking page | 6 themes, included | Website widget on Starter; native app top tier |
| Annual contract | No, month-to-month | 12 months, auto-renew |
| Marketplace commission | None | ~20% on app-discovered, capped $30/txn |
| Payment processor | Your own Stripe Connect | Mindbody-branded (merchant of record) |
| Bacs Direct Debit | Included, every plan | Bundled |
| Term-based courses | Built in | Stitched together by hand |
| Data export | One-click CSV, free, any time | Standard CSV free; $500 Subscriber Data Export |
| Free trial | 14 days, no card | Demo only |
Pick-a-spot on every plan from £15 — Mindbody gates it to Accelerate.
See the page →The same pick-a-spot, Bacs Direct Debit memberships, no contract.
See the page →Term-based teacher training, no marketplace commission.
See the page →£15 flat, your own Stripe, one-click cancel.
See the page →For small, class-based UK pilates, yoga, barre and boutique fitness studios, Junocal offers Mindbody's core features — booking, payments, memberships, class packs, pick-a-spot — without the annual contract, marketplace commission or sales-call pricing. It starts at £15/month with a 14-day free trial, includes Bacs Direct Debit on memberships, and lets you keep your own Stripe account at standard UK rates.
Junocal has three public monthly plans: £15 Starter, £29 Studio and £69 Growth. Mindbody publishes Starter from $99 per location and quotes Accelerate and Ultimate; Client Pick-a-Spot begins on Accelerate. Compare the complete dated proposal, applicable marketplace fees, payment costs and current contract terms with Junocal Studio at £29 × 12 = £348/year.
Yes, on every paid plan, through your own Stripe account. UK studios collect recurring membership payments by Bacs Direct Debit as well as card, at Stripe's standard UK rates with no markup from Junocal. On Mindbody, payments are bundled with Mindbody as merchant of record; on Junocal you keep your own Stripe Connect Standard account and Junocal never holds funds.
Yes. Junocal is month-to-month with one-click cancel from settings and a 14-day free trial with no card. Mindbody contracts run 12 months with auto-renewal, a 30-day cancellation notice and documented cancellation friction, plus a $500 Subscriber Data Export fee to take a complete record of your data on the way out. Junocal's CSV export of clients, bookings, payments and intake is one click, free, any time.
Yes. Mindbody allows standard CSV export from its Reports feature. Junocal handles migration during your first 30 days at no extra cost — client list, booking history, memberships, class packs, intake forms with completion status, and email opt-in status all carry across. Most UK studios go from export to live in five business days.
14 days free, no card. We handle the migration in five business days. Pick-a-spot and Bacs Direct Debit ready on day one.
