Comparison
Looking for a Mindbody alternative?
The largest name in the category, sold per location through a sales conversation. Here is where each of us is stronger, with prices we checked on 31 August 2026 and the sources listed at the bottom.
The difference that is not a feature
Most membership platforms tell you how many members you have. Very few tell you why they leave — and that is not a screen somebody forgot to build, it is a consequence of how long they have been keeping records and in what shape.
Black Belt CRM has been running membership businesses since 2011 and keeps the whole record: every status change, every promotion, every attendance mark, every payment. That is what makes cohort retention curves, tenure at cancellation and churn as a rate possible. A platform holding two years of shallow data cannot produce them by adding a report.
What Mindbody does better
Their consumer marketplace puts your business in front of people already searching for a class in your area. That is a genuine acquisition channel and we do not have an equivalent.
We have no consumer marketplace and no plans for one. If discovery is your bottleneck rather than retention, that gap is real.
Where we are stronger
Price, and the shape of it. Their tiers are priced PER LOCATION, so a second site roughly doubles the bill while ours adds $39. Their entry tier is quoted around $99 to $159 per location before anything is added, which is where our ladder sits in the middle rather than at the start; our top rung is $195 for any size. Reported full stacks pass $700 a month per location. Every figure of ours is published on a page, and every feature is on every plan.
For a business that gets real bookings from their marketplace, that channel can be worth the price on its own. Weigh it as marketing spend rather than software cost.
Pricing, side by side
Mindbody: Four tiers, quoted by sales rather than published, and priced PER LOCATION.
Mindbody
| Starter | $99reported $99 – $159 per location |
| Accelerate | $259reported $259 – $279 per location |
| Ultimate | $499per location |
| Ultimate Plus | $699$699+ per location, with add-ons |
Black Belt CRM
| Up to 25 members | $39 |
| 26 – 100 members | $59 |
| 101 – 250 members | $85 |
| 251 – 500 members | $125 |
| 501 – 1,000 members | $155 |
| 1,001+ members | $195 |
Every feature is on every plan. Nothing is held back for a higher tier and there are no per-staff charges. Charged on top only if you use them: extra Locations at $39 each, payment processing, and text messaging.
Switching
The trial runs 30 days, asks for no card, and switches every feature on. Bring one program across and run it alongside what you have — that is a more honest test than any demo, including ours.
One thing we will not pretend about: we have no import tool. Moving your records across is manual work today. If somebody tells you migration is effortless, ask them to show you.
Sources
Mindbody pricing verified 31 August 2026 from:
Their pricing changes and ours has gone stale before, which is why these pages carry a date. If you are reading this well after the date above, check their site — and tell us, so we can fix it.
Try it against your own numbers
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