Junocal uses Stripe Connect Standard direct — you own the Stripe account, pay Stripe's published rates, and there's no per-booking platform fee on top. No marketplace commission. Independent ownership. From $15 a month. Migration from Momence handled in your first 30 days.
Sources verified May 2026. Momence acquired by Clubessential January 2025; Clubessential–Xplor merger announced September 2025. Momence platform fee per momence.com/pricing (5% Basic / 2.5% Pro / 0% Custom), with processing on top.
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 Momence most often weigh pricing, payment terms, and contract length — the facts below cover all three.
Junocal is a Momence alternative built for class-based studios. Three structural differences: payments (your own Stripe Connect direct vs. Momence's bundled processing with a per-booking platform fee on top), pricing (flat $15/$29/$69 vs. Momence's 5%/2.5%/0% platform fee by tier), and ownership (independent vs. Clubessential since January 2025, joined to Xplor via the September 2025 merger). From $15/month, no annual contract.
Momence layers a per-booking platform fee onto standard processing: 5% on Basic, 2.5% on Pro, and 0% only on the $199 Custom tier. Processing itself is 3.9% + $0.30 per US online transaction (2.5% + 20p UK) on top of that. On £150,000 of bookings, the Pro tier's 2.5% platform fee alone is ~£3,750/year before processing. Junocal charges no per-booking platform fee — you pay Stripe's published rates direct.
Momence bundles processing, so the studio doesn't own the Stripe relationship directly. When you leave Momence, the payment relationship stays with Momence, not with you. Junocal uses Stripe Connect Standard direct: the account is yours, funds settle to your bank, and you keep it if you ever move on.
Momence runs a consumer app that drives some new-client discovery, but it doesn't publish a marketplace-commission percentage the way Mindbody does. The per-booking platform fee above is the published cost that applies to every booking; how marketplace-attributed bookings are treated is less transparent. Junocal has no marketplace and no commission.
Clubessential acquired Momence in January 2025, then announced a merger with Xplor in September 2025 — putting Momence in the same orbit as Glofox and Mariana Tek. Those platforms show a documented pattern of pricing pressure, contract length expansion and add-on monetisation post-acquisition. Junocal is independent and commits to month-to-month structurally — there is no investor-economics reason for us to push annual contracts, and we don't.
| Junocal | Momence | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (USD/mo) | $15 | $0 / $60 / $199 |
| Payment processor | Your own Stripe Connect direct | Bundled, studio doesn't own Stripe |
| Per-booking platform fee | None | 5% Basic / 2.5% Pro / 0% Custom |
| Processing rate | Stripe published rates | 3.9% + $0.30 US, on top of platform fee |
| Marketplace commission | None | Consumer app, no published rate |
| Pick-a-spot on entry tier | Yes | Yes |
| Annual contract | No, month-to-month | Lower tiers month-to-month |
| Ownership | Independent | Clubessential (Jan 2025); Xplor merger (Sep 2025) |
| Term-based courses | Built in | Stitched together by hand |
| Free trial | 14 days, no card | 14 days |
| Migration support | Done for you, free, 30 days | Self-serve |
Pick-a-spot reformer booking, term-based courses, your own Stripe.
See the vertical page →Classes, memberships, teacher training cohorts. No commission.
See the vertical page →Pick-a-spot bike/station, packs, memberships. Class-first.
See the vertical page →Leveled progressions, term blocks, spot-by-the-barre.
See the vertical page →Momence allows full CSV export from its Reports feature. We take it from there — client list, booking history, memberships, class packs, intake forms with completion status and email opt-in status all carry across. No extra cost on any plan.
For boutique class-based studios (pilates, yoga, barre, dance, fitness), Junocal is a Momence alternative with structural differences in three places: payments (Junocal uses your own Stripe Connect direct vs Momence's bundled processing plus a per-booking platform fee), pricing (Junocal's flat $15/$29/$69 vs Momence's per-booking 5%/2.5%/0% platform fee by tier), and ownership (Junocal is independent vs Momence, acquired by Clubessential in January 2025 and joined to Xplor via the September 2025 merger). Junocal starts at $15/month with no annual contract.
The most common reasons in publicly verified reviews: a per-booking platform fee on top of processing (5% on Basic, 2.5% on Pro, 0% only on the $199 Custom tier), bundled payment processing where the studio doesn't own the Stripe relationship, and concern about ownership changes — Clubessential acquired Momence in January 2025, then announced a merger with Xplor in September 2025, putting it in the same orbit as Glofox and Mariana Tek and the post-acquisition fee-creep pattern operators track there.
Momence bundles processing — the studio doesn't own the Stripe relationship directly. Standard processing is 3.9% + $0.30 per US online card transaction (2.5% + 20p UK), and a per-booking platform fee sits on top of that (5% on Basic, 2.5% on Pro, 0% on Custom). When you leave Momence, the payment relationship stays with Momence. Junocal uses Stripe Connect Standard direct, where the studio owns the Stripe account and pays Stripe's published rates with no platform fee on top.
Yes. Junocal handles migration from Momence during your first 30 days at no extra cost. Momence allows full CSV export from its Reports feature — client list, booking history, memberships, class packs, intake forms with completion status. We import everything, review it with you, then pick a Sunday cutover. Most studios go from CSV to live on Junocal in five business days.
Yes — Junocal includes pick-a-spot reformer/station booking on every plan from $15/month. For reformer-led studios where pick-a-spot is essential, the structural differences are in payments (your own Stripe direct vs bundled, with no per-booking platform fee on top), pricing (flat per-plan vs Momence's 5%/2.5%/0% platform fee by tier), and ownership (independent vs Clubessential/Xplor).
14 days free, no card. Your own Stripe direct, no per-booking platform fee, no marketplace commission. Migration done for you in five business days.