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Wayfield vs. ClassBento
Both help you run creative workshops — but they're built on opposite ideas. The short version: ClassBento is a marketplace that owns the customer; Wayfield is software that makes the customer yours.
Side by side
| ClassBento | Wayfield | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Marketplace, plus a booking widget for your own site | Booking software for your own audience — a branded organizer page and workshop catalog, not a listing |
| Who owns the customer | ClassBento owns discovery; reviews live on its platform | You do — your participant list never leaves your account |
| What it costs | 20% commission on marketplace bookings; 3.9% + $0.30 on bookings from your own traffic | A subscription plus a take-rate that drops as you grow — as low as 2% on higher plans |
| Branding | A listing in a shared catalog (color/font tweaks on the widget) | Your logo, colors, and banner on your own organizer page — with an optional custom domain (white-label) on paid plans |
| Discovery / demand | Strong — marketplace traffic and a large review corpus | You bring your own audience (no marketplace) |
| In-the-field / mobile | Mobile web | Native app: check-in, Apple Watch, widgets, offline |
Where ClassBento is a good fit
- You want demand handed to you — marketplace traffic and an established review base do real work a new host can't replicate alone.
- You're just starting and want zero upfront cost to test whether people show up.
- You'd rather not build or market your own brand yet.
Where Wayfield is different
- Your audience, not a catalog. On a marketplace you build its review wall and sit next to competitors. Wayfield gives you a branded organizer page — your logo, colors, and catalog, on your own domain if you want — and your participant list stays yours.
- Keep more as you grow. A marketplace takes up to 20% per booking; Wayfield is a subscription plus a take-rate that falls to as low as 2% — and repeat students you already earned don't re-cost you a commission.
- Built to teach anywhere. A native app with check-in, Apple Watch, widgets, and offline support — for in-person, outdoor, and online sessions, not just a booking page.
Graduate from the marketplace
Used a marketplace to find your first students? Turn that audience into a direct business on your own branded pages — and keep the demand you built.
See Wayfield pricingSources & notes
ClassBento figures are from its own published pages: classbento.com/teach (marketplace commission) and classes-booking-system-pricing (own-traffic booking fee). ClassBento operates in Australia, the UK and the US. Details can change — check ClassBento's site for current terms. Wayfield's take-rate is tiered by plan.