Mindbody alternatives for salons and wellness businesses
Weighing Mindbody alternatives for your salon or wellness business? Compare the cost for your team and locations, marketplace fees and how clients book.
What Mindbody does well
Mindbody's own pricing page lists genuine strengths:
- A free listing on the Mindbody app, its marketplace for clients, on every plan
- Booking, point of sale, online payments and automatic membership renewals in one system
- Advanced reporting and analytics above its entry plan, and email and text marketing on its top plan
- An Enterprise plan customised for multi-location and franchise businesses
- Third-party integrations to extend the software
- A branded app for your clients, as an add-on above its entry plan
How Mindbody charges
Mindbody's pricing page, read on 2 November 2026, explains how it charges. Plan names and prices differ by country, so check the page for yours.
A price for each location
Mindbody's price rises with each location you add. Adding team members to a location does not change it.
A fee on new clients from the Mindbody app
When the app brings you a client who is new to your business, Mindbody charges 20% of that client's first purchase, capped at US$30 or 30 in your local currency. That client's later purchases carry no app fee.
What to compare when evaluating alternatives
How your clients book
Look for a platform designed around the way your clients book: one-to-one appointments, classes, or both.
Total cost for your business
Add up what you paid Mindbody over the past 12 months, including Mindbody app fees, add-ons and payment processing. Then price each alternative for the same team and number of locations.
Data portability
Ask each platform whether you can export your client list, appointment history and financial records yourself, at any time.
Making the switch
If you're moving from Mindbody to another platform:
- 1Export your data from Mindbody and check what each export includes: client records, appointment history, financial reports and product inventory
- 2Check whether the new platform offers help importing your Mindbody data
- 3Plan for a transition period when you may need both systems running briefly
- 4Update the booking links on your website, app, social media and Google Business Profile
Bella Booking against Mindbody, row by row, is at /compare/mindbody.
The right choice depends on your business
- Your business size: a solo salon has very different needs to a multi-location wellness chain
- How much you rely on the Mindbody app for new clients
- Whether you need class-based scheduling or strictly appointment-based booking
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