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 May 2026. Mindbody pricing references are operator- reported; Mindbody does not publish UK prices on its homepage. Prices shown exclusive of VAT.
Junocal is studio booking and management software for boutique pilates, yoga, barre, and dance studios. From $15/month. Studios keep their own Stripe account, with no marketplace commission and no annual contract. Pick-a-spot booking is included on every plan, alongside term-based courses and hybrid in-person + online classes. Public, transparent pricing in GBP and USD. Founded in 2026 by Sharon Onyinye.
Studios comparing Junocal with Mindbody most often weigh pricing, payment terms, 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 12–24 months with auto-renewal. Cancellation windows are typically 30–60 days before term end; miss them 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 on bookings from clients who first discovered the studio through the Mindbody consumer app, inside an attribution window. For a £150K-bookings UK studio with half attributed to marketplace, that's roughly £15,000/year. Junocal has no marketplace by design — direct bookings never carry a per-booking fee.
Mindbody is the merchant of record; the studio is a sub-account, and effective rates run a few tenths of a percent above Stripe direct — on £150,000 card volume, a £400–£900/year gap. 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, the branded app and multi-location on the top tier, marketing as a paid add-on. A UK studio that buys what it needs lands well above the entry tier. Junocal includes pick-a-spot, branded storefront themes and automated client emails on every plan from £15.
| Junocal | Mindbody | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (GBP/mo) | £15 | ~£105+ Starter |
| Pick-a-spot on entry tier | Yes | Accelerate ~£205+ |
| Branded booking page | 6 themes, included | Top tier only |
| Annual contract | No, month-to-month | 12–24 months |
| Marketplace commission | None | ~20% on app-discovered |
| Payment processor | Your own Stripe Connect | Mindbody-branded |
| 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; fee for complete record |
| 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 does not publish UK pricing on its homepage; operator reports place Accelerate — the cheapest tier with pick-a-spot — around £205/month, before the ~20% marketplace commission on app-discovered clients, processing markup, and a 12–24 month contract. For a UK studio doing £150,000/year with meaningful marketplace share, the all-in annual difference is commonly £7,000–£10,000.
Yes, on every 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 12–24 months with auto-renewal and documented cancellation friction, plus a reported 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.