Glofox alternatives for fitness studios in 2026: 6 apps, plus our pick

Disclosure: Our #1 pick is MeetScarlet, and we are affiliated with them. We also cover competing tools and where they shine. We may earn commissions from links on this page. Details

Key takeaways

• Glofox's pricing page is a quote form. Its FAQ says plans start "as low as $99USD/month for eligible fitness studios", and that pricing "excludes standard payment processing fees charged by your provider" (checked November 5, 2026).
• Glofox's terms make fees "non-cancelable and non-refundable", let Glofox end the agreement "for convenience at any time", and return your data only after you pay "our then-current off-boarding fee", which isn't priced.
• Square Appointments, Vagaro and WellnessLiving publish plan prices. WellnessLiving's BusinessPro ($349 a month) includes a white-label client app, and Momence's branded app is "$250 per month on top" of a subscription it doesn't price.
• Mindbody, like Glofox, publishes only a headline figure, "Starting at $79 USD/month per location", and every plan card says "Let's talk".
• Square's subscriptions can't set commitment periods or track classes used, so check your membership rules before you switch.

What Glofox does well (so you know what you’d give up)

Glofox says it’s “Built for class-led fitness businesses”. More in our Glofox review.

• Class tools listed as included: its scheduling page says “All included. No add-ons.”, with dynamic waitlists, booking reminders “by email and SMS” and no-show penalty rules.
• A choice of payment providers: it “integrates with Stripe, GoCardless, Amazon Payments, Nice Payments, PayU, Ezidebit, and Spreedly”, by region.
• Help switching: “import templates, validation, and guided onboarding” for studios moving from Mindbody or elsewhere.
• Class marketplaces: members on “ClassPass, Gympass, and Wellhub discover and book your classes directly”.
• Month-to-month by default: if your order form names no term, either side can end it with 30 days’ written notice.

Why studios look for Glofox alternatives

From Glofox’s own pages and terms, checked November 5, 2026:

1. No published plan prices. The pricing page is a quote form, and the plans page says “PLANS STARTING AT $99 PER MONTH” with a “Request Pricing” button (pricing, plans).
2. No published in-person card rate. Its FAQ says pricing “excludes standard payment processing fees charged by your provider” (FAQ).
3. The branded app is an unpriced add-on. The plans page lists a “Custom Branded Member App” as an optional add-on on Essential and Boost and included on Elite, with no price for any of them.
4. Your order form sets the term. It renews automatically unless you give 30 days’ written notice, and Glofox can raise fees at each renewal. Fees are “non-cancelable and non-refundable”, Glofox can end the agreement “for convenience at any time”, and your data comes back only after you pay “our then-current off-boarding fee” (terms).

How we chose these alternatives

• Fixes Glofox’s documented pain points: the four reasons above, marked Yes, Partly or No for every app in the table below.
• Fits a small fitness studio, to be included at all: classes, packs or memberships, and waitlists.
• Prices, terms and switching help from each vendor’s own pages, checked November 5, 2026.
• We haven’t used these apps hands-on, so this list is based on public documentation. See our method, our fitness class shortlist and all our pages for fitness studios.

The shortlist at a glance: prices, fixes and biggest limitations

Why this order: apps are ordered by how many of the four reasons they fix (Yes), then by how many they partly fix, then by lower published starting price (Arketa’s $49 comes before Mindbody’s $79). It’s a count of documented fixes, not a quality ranking, and there’s no score behind it: we don’t score apps. Glofox is shown for reference, and our pick, MeetScarlet, sits outside the order.

App	Starting price (checked November 5, 2026)	1. Plan prices published	2. In-person card rate published	3. Branded app at a published price	4. Cancel any time, no term	Biggest limitation
MeetScarlet (our #1 pick, not placed by this rule)	$349/month plus $999 setup, or $3,490/year with setup free; one location, 5 staff logins	Yes (the email and text automations bundle has no published price)	No: we found no card reader or in-person rate; in-app payments are Stripe’s fees + 1%, on once your Stripe account is approved	Yes: included on every plan	Partly: plans renew automatically, and cancelling takes effect at the end of the paid period; part-used months or years aren’t refunded	Its appointments help says “no live card payment has been run yet”; store apps take about 4 to 6 weeks
Glofox (for reference)	Quote form; “as low as $99USD/month” per location for “eligible” studios	No	No	No: an add-on, or included on Elite, with no price	Partly: month-to-month only if the order form names no term	Unpriced off-boarding fee before your data comes back
Square Appointments	Plus $49 per location/month (needed for classes); Free $0 per location	Yes	Yes	No: we found no branded app	Yes: “cancel or switch plans anytime”	Subscriptions can’t set commitment periods or track classes used
Vagaro	$23.99/month for 6 months, then $30.00, one calendar; $10 per extra calendar up to seven	Yes	Yes	No: not on its included list, no price shown	Partly: “Exclusions apply”, and the free reader means 12 months of processing or a $150 fee	Free reader means 12 months of Vagaro processing or a $150 fee
WellnessLiving	Starter $69/month, one staff member; Business $199 ($39 for 2 months, offer ends November 15, 2026)	Yes	Partly: gateway fees published, processor rates not	Yes: included on BusinessPro ($349/month); its Achieve app page lists “White Label $209 /mo”	No: terms renew “for an additional term of equal length”	Terms auto-renew for an equal term
Momence	No plan prices; branded app $250/month on top	No	No	Yes: “$250 per month on top of your existing Momence subscription”	Partly: without a contract you can cancel “immediately”; with one, only “after the date specified in your contract terms”	No plan prices published
Arketa	Individual $49/month billed annually, 1 login; studio plans custom	Partly	No: its “2.9% + $0.30” Stripe rate isn’t labelled in-person, Individual has no point of sale, and the studio fee is set with an account executive	No: an add-on, or in the custom Studio Suite, with no price	Partly: “All plans renew month to month”, but its referral page mentions “a minimum one-year contract”	Studio prices not published
Mindbody	“Starting at $79 USD/month per location”; every plan “Let’s talk”	No	Partly: only the fixed $0.10 to $0.30 per transaction	No: an add-on with no price	Partly: a 90-day first term by default, and you owe fees for the whole term if you leave early	Plan prices not published

Yes: published or stated by the vendor. Partly: only some plans or fees, or a documented catch (in column 4, a monthly plan that a contract term can override). No: not published, not found, or a fixed term that renews; a “starting at” figure alone is No. None of these apps says it refunds fees already paid, and WellnessLiving and Mindbody charge for some data exports or transfers (a “data extraction and transfer fee”; an export service “for an added fee”). US dollars, before tax; sources below.

The best Glofox alternatives for fitness studios in 2026

1. Square Appointments, best for clear prices and no contract

Classes and class packs need Square Plus, at $49 per location a month; Free ($0) has no classes. Plus adds waitlists, no-show fees and text marketing (500 texts a month, then 3¢ each), with no per-staff fee. In-person cards cost 2.5% + 15¢ on Plus, and its FAQ says Plus and Premium “each offer a free 30-day trial, and you can cancel or switch plans anytime”. Its fitness page offers experts to “migrate your data”.

Where it loses: its subscription plans, which you’d use for memberships, can’t “Set commitment periods” and “won’t keep track of how many classes a subscriber has already redeemed”. Changing a class’s date, time, location or length cancels and refunds its bookings automatically. We found no branded app, payments run through Square only, and its terms give no refund for “any Subscription Fee already due or paid”.

Best for: studios with a simple timetable, drop-ins and class packs. Read our Square Appointments review or Square Appointments alternatives.

2. Vagaro, best for a low published price with memberships included

Vagaro prices one location by bookable calendar: $23.99 a month for one calendar for the first 6 months, then $30.00, plus $10 for each extra calendar up to seven. Every plan includes waitlists and “Memberships, packages, & gift certificates”, and its fitness page offers “tiered memberships and class packs”. Its team transfers your data, including classes, memberships and packages, “for FREE”, support is advertised as 24/7 by phone, chat and email, and in-person cards cost 2.6% + 10¢ under $4,000 a month.

Where it loses: “Cancel anytime with no cancellation fees” carries an “Exclusions apply” note it doesn’t explain, and the free card reader means processing with Vagaro “for at least 12 months after activation” or paying “a $150 early cancellation fee”. Its fitness page mentions “your custom branded app”, but that app isn’t on the included list and no price is shown, and “All purchases are final sale”.

Best for: small studios that want a low price with memberships included. Read our Vagaro review or Vagaro alternatives.

3. WellnessLiving, best for published prices and a white-label app

Starter is $69 a month billed monthly for “One Staff Member”, with “Email and SMS Notifications”. Business adds unlimited staff and email and text marketing at $199 a month; its $39 price is 80% off for two months, an offer that expires November 15, 2026. BusinessPro, at $349 a month (also shown at $69 for two months), adds the “White Label Achieve™ Client App”. Setup and data migration are free.

Where it loses: its terms auto-renew “for an additional term of equal length”, and its payments addendum charges “100% of the fees that WL would have received” if you leave a fixed term early. On top of the processor’s own rate, its merchant fees help lists monthly gateway fees, a per-transaction gateway fee and a “$199/year” maintenance fee, and says “additional merchant fees may apply”.

Best for: studios with a team that want a price and a white-label app on the page. See WellnessLiving’s pricing page, or read our WellnessLiving review.

4. Momence, best for studios that want behaviour-triggered marketing

Momence’s marketing page says its email and SMS “sequences fire on actions like a first visit, a lapse, or an abandoned checkout”, and its calendar has waitlists that promote openings automatically. Its branded app is the one published price: “$250 per month on top of your existing Momence subscription”. Its pricing page links to a free trial of unstated length.

Where it loses: the pricing page says only “Let’s talk pricing”, so the subscription itself has no published price, and texts are billed in usage tiers. Payments run through a new Stripe account it asks you to connect, and it publishes no card rate. With an active contract, “you can request cancellation after the date specified in your contract terms”.

Best for: studios that want marketing automation and can negotiate price and term. See Momence’s pricing page, or read our Momence review.

5. Arketa, best for moving members’ saved cards with you

Arketa’s transfer help says an initial migration “with Stripe payment data” can move “Client accounts, active packages, active subscriptions, stored payment methods”, so members only reset their password; ask whether your Glofox card data qualifies. Classes and appointments share one calendar, and when a spot opens “the next person on the waitlist gets in automatically”. Its pricing FAQ says “All plans renew month to month”.

Where it loses: studio prices are hidden behind “Request a demo for pricing”. The $49-a-month Individual plan is billed annually, has “1 team member login” and adds a “3% transaction fee + Stripe fees”. Its branded app is an add-on with no price, or part of the custom Studio Suite. Its referral page mentions “a minimum one-year contract”, and its terms say “all sales are final”, so ask whether your quote carries a term.

Best for: studios that want members’ saved cards and active packages to move with them. See Arketa’s pricing page, or read our Arketa review.

6. Mindbody, best for studios that want marketplace clients and 24/7 support

Mindbody lists every plan in its consumer app, with a fee of “20%, capped at $30 USD” on a new client’s first purchase. It offers 24/7 phone, chat and email support and a 99.9% uptime commitment with service credits, and you can use “a third-party payment processor of your choice”. Plans are priced per location; its FAQ claims WellnessLiving and Vagaro “cap those prices at a single staff member”, which is true only of their entry prices.

Where it loses: like Glofox, it publishes only “Starting at $79 USD/month per location”, and every plan card says “Let’s talk”. The card rate isn’t published beyond a fixed “$0.10 to $0.30” per transaction, and its branded app is an add-on with no price. By default the first term is 90 days, and if you leave early “you will remain responsible for payment of all fees owed for the entire Subscription Term”.

Best for: studios that want new clients from a marketplace app. Compare it in Glofox vs Mindbody, or see our Mindbody alternatives.

Where our pick, MeetScarlet, fits

MeetScarlet gives your studio its own branded booking app on iPhone, Android and the web, and its class page says spot booking and an automatic waitlist come “with every plan”. It costs $349 a month plus $999 setup, or $3,490 a year with setup free, for one location and 5 staff logins; Scarlet Pro “includes up to 3 locations”. Its terms say “Scarlet is live, and founding studios can join now”. Founding studios pay $299 a month instead of $349 for the first 24 months, on monthly billing, with the $999 setup included at no charge; MeetScarlet plans 10 places. The same terms say plans renew automatically, and cancelling takes effect at the end of the paid period, with no refunds for part-used months or years, except under the founding-plan rules. You can export the member list as a CSV file at any time, and your data stays available after you cancel until you ask for it to be deleted (checked November 5, 2026).

Card payments (Stripe’s fees plus 1%) go through your own Stripe account and turn on once Stripe finishes checking it, but its appointments help says “no live card payment has been run yet”, so check with MeetScarlet before counting on card payments. Text reminders (coming soon) need Scarlet Pro ($499 a month), its Jane comparison page says “email reminders are built but not sending yet”, and email and text automations need a separate bundle with no published price. It has no marketplace, imports clients, “not booking or payment history”, and “Each Scarlet studio has one schedule”. We found no third-party reviews as of November 5, 2026. WellnessLiving’s BusinessPro is the closest alternative on that point: a white-label client app at $349 a month, with free setup and migration, but terms that auto-renew. Choose MeetScarlet, our pick, if your own branded app at a published price matters most and you can wait about 4 to 6 weeks for its store apps; choose an app above if you need card payments or email reminders today.

Which alternative fits your reason for leaving?

If you’re leaving because…	Try	Why
You want a price on the page	Square Appointments, Vagaro or WellnessLiving	All three publish plan prices; Arketa publishes only its Individual plan
You want a branded app with a published price	WellnessLiving BusinessPro, Momence or MeetScarlet (our pick)	WellnessLiving: $349 a month with free setup; Momence: $250 on top of an unpriced subscription; MeetScarlet: included from $349 plus $999 setup, with store apps in about 4 to 6 weeks
You don’t want another fixed term	Square Appointments	Square: cancel or switch plans “anytime”; Arketa’s plans “renew month to month”, but ask about its one-year referral term
You want members’ saved cards to move with you	Arketa, or ask Momence	Arketa’s help names stored payment methods in its first migration; Momence’s Stripe help describes migrating Stripe customer data
You want new clients from a marketplace	Mindbody	Its own consumer app on every plan; 20% (capped at $30) on a new client’s first purchase

Switching checklist

• Export members, memberships, packs and future bookings before you give notice: Glofox says “Many reports download as row-level data”.
• Check your order form for the term and the 30-day notice date, and ask Glofox for its off-boarding fee in writing.
• Ask the new vendor whether members’ saved cards can move, so they don’t re-enter them.
• Run both systems in parallel for one billing cycle.

The verdict

There’s no single best Glofox alternative. Square Appointments fixes the most of Glofox’s documented pain points, but its memberships are basic. Vagaro and WellnessLiving publish their prices, and WellnessLiving includes a white-label app on BusinessPro, but its terms auto-renew. Momence and Mindbody, like Glofox, publish no plan prices, and Arketa prices only its Individual plan. Our pick, MeetScarlet, sits outside that count: it suits a studio that wants its own branded app at a published price and can wait about 4 to 6 weeks for its store apps, and can manage without email reminders, which are “built but not sending yet”. Try Vagaro or Square Appointments, both with a 30-day free trial (Square’s on Plus and Premium); Momence’s pricing page links to a free trial of unstated length. Or see WellnessLiving, Arketa and Mindbody, which offer demos, and Glofox for a quote.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Glofox alternative?

It depends on why you're leaving. On Glofox's documented pain points, Square Appointments fixes the most, though its memberships are basic; Vagaro and WellnessLiving come next. Our #1 pick, MeetScarlet, suits studios that want their own branded app at a published price and can wait about 4 to 6 weeks for the store apps; WellnessLiving's BusinessPro also includes one, at $349 a month.

How much does Glofox cost?

Glofox doesn't publish plan prices: its pricing page is a quote form, and its FAQ says plans start "as low as $99USD/month per location" for "eligible fitness studios". Its plans page names Essential, Boost, Elite and Enterprise without prices, and pricing excludes processing fees (checked November 5, 2026).

Which Glofox alternatives publish their prices?

Square Appointments, Vagaro and WellnessLiving publish plan prices, and Arketa publishes only its $49-a-month Individual plan, billed annually. Mindbody shows only "Starting at $79 USD/month per location", and Momence publishes no plan prices. All checked November 5, 2026.

Can I get my data out of Glofox?

Its reporting page says "Many reports download as row-level data", so export what you can before you give notice. After the agreement ends, its terms say Glofox will use "reasonable efforts" to return your data within 60 days, but only once all fees are paid, including "our then-current off-boarding fee", whose amount isn't published.

Which Glofox alternatives include a branded app?

WellnessLiving's BusinessPro plan ($349 a month) includes its White Label Achieve client app, and Momence sells one for $250 a month on top of its subscription. Arketa, Mindbody and Vagaro offer branded apps without a published price, and we found none on Square.

Is Glofox month-to-month?

Only if your order form names no term; then either side can end it with 30 days' written notice. Otherwise your order form's term renews automatically unless you give 30 days' notice, and Glofox can raise fees at each renewal with 30 days' notice.

Does MeetScarlet handle fitness classes?

Its class page says class booking with pick-your-spot maps and an automatic waitlist comes with every plan, from $349 a month plus $999 setup, or $3,490 a year with setup free. Its appointments help says "no live card payment has been run yet", so check before counting on card payments (checked November 5, 2026).

Sources

• Glofox pricing (quote form), checked November 5, 2026
• Glofox plans page, checked November 5, 2026
• Glofox FAQ, checked November 5, 2026
• Glofox homepage, checked November 5, 2026
• Glofox scheduling, checked November 5, 2026
• Glofox membership management (branded app), checked November 5, 2026
• Glofox billing and payment providers, checked November 5, 2026
• Glofox reporting, checked November 5, 2026
• Glofox Terms of Use (effective March 1, 2023), checked November 5, 2026
• Square Appointments pricing (US), checked November 5, 2026
• Square for fitness, checked November 5, 2026
• Square: class booking with Square Appointments (help article), checked November 5, 2026
• Square: manage item subscription plans (help article), checked November 5, 2026
• Square General Terms of Service (last updated October 27, 2026), checked November 5, 2026
• Vagaro US pricing page, checked November 5, 2026
• Vagaro fitness studio software, checked November 5, 2026
• Vagaro card processing rates, checked November 5, 2026
• Vagaro white-glove service (free data transfer), checked November 5, 2026
• Vagaro Customer Participation Agreement (effective July 29, 2026), checked November 5, 2026
• WellnessLiving pricing, checked November 5, 2026
• WellnessLiving merchant processing fees (help article), checked November 5, 2026
• WellnessLiving Business Terms and Conditions (last update October 8, 2026), checked November 5, 2026
• Momence pricing, checked November 5, 2026
• Momence marketing, checked November 5, 2026
• Momence: request a branded app (help article), checked November 5, 2026
• Momence: where to find your contract (help article), checked November 5, 2026
• Momence: Stripe payment FAQs (help article), checked November 5, 2026
• Arketa pricing, checked November 5, 2026
• Arketa classes and appointments, checked November 5, 2026
• Arketa: transfer clients (help article), checked November 5, 2026
• Arketa terms of service (refunds), checked November 5, 2026
• WellnessLiving Achieve client app (White Label price), checked November 5, 2026
• Arketa affiliate referral program, checked November 5, 2026
• Mindbody pricing, checked November 5, 2026
• Mindbody Terms of Service (last updated March 20, 2026), checked November 5, 2026
• Mindbody service level agreement, checked November 5, 2026
• MeetScarlet pricing and FAQ, checked November 5, 2026
• MeetScarlet class booking, checked November 5, 2026
• MeetScarlet white-label booking app (when it's not the right fit), checked November 5, 2026
• MeetScarlet switching booking software, checked November 5, 2026
• MeetScarlet vs Jane comparison (reminders; updated November 1, 2026), checked November 5, 2026
• MeetScarlet terms of service (updated November 5, 2026), checked November 5, 2026
• MeetScarlet payments help (updated November 5, 2026), checked November 5, 2026
• MeetScarlet help: appointments (updated November 5, 2026), checked November 5, 2026

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