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Wayfield vs. Mindbody
Mindbody is the giant of studio booking — and it's built for a different business. The short version: Mindbody is a heavy, per-location platform for fitness & wellness studios, priced by sales call; Wayfield is focused workshop software with pricing you can read and nothing to configure per location.
Side by side
| Mindbody | Wayfield | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Fitness, wellness, salon & spa businesses — especially multi-location studios | Creative-education workshops — art, craft, music, writing, cooking |
| What it costs | Advertised "starting at $79/mo per location," but pricing is quote-only; studios report roughly $99–$499+/mo per location by tier, plus payment processing | Published plans plus a take-rate that drops as you grow — as low as 2% on higher plans |
| Priced per… | Per location — a 2-location studio pays for two | Per organization, not per location |
| Discovery / branding | A branded booking widget plus a listing in the Mindbody consumer app — a shared marketplace where clients also find competitors | Your own branded organizer page (optional custom domain); you bring your own audience, no shared directory |
| Scope | A large studio-management suite — powerful, but heavy to run | Focused on running great workshops — lighter to set up and operate |
| In-the-field / mobile | Studio and staff apps | Native app built for teaching anywhere: check-in, Apple Watch, widgets, offline rosters |
Where Mindbody is a good fit
- You run an established fitness, wellness, or salon business — often multiple locations — and need the full enterprise suite.
- Exposure in the Mindbody consumer app's large marketplace is worth it to you.
- You have the staff and time to run a big, feature-dense platform.
Where Wayfield is different
- Built for workshops, not studios. Wayfield is made for creative-education sessions — not gym check-ins, class packs, and memberships.
- Pricing you can read, and not per location. Mindbody is quote-only and billed per location; Wayfield's plans and tiered take-rate are public and cover your whole organization.
- Your audience, not a shared directory. Instead of a listing next to competitors in a marketplace app, you get your own branded pages and keep the participant relationship.
- Made for teaching anywhere. A native app with check-in, Apple Watch, widgets, and offline rosters — a studio, a park, a kitchen, or online.
Lighter than the giant
If you teach workshops — not run a multi-location gym — you don't need an enterprise studio suite or a sales call to see the price.
See Wayfield pricingSources & notes
Mindbody does not publish full pricing; its site advertises plans “starting at $79/month per location” and directs prospects to a sales call for a quote (mindbodyonline.com/business/pricing). The per-tier figures cited here (Starter ~$99–$159, Accelerate ~$259–$279, Ultimate $499+, per location) are from third-party reviews, not Mindbody's own pages — treat them as indicative and confirm current pricing directly with Mindbody. Wayfield's take-rate is tiered by plan.