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A Mindbody alternative: class booking on your own website
Mindbody is studio management software priced per location, from A$89 a month in Australia or $79 in North America, with booking widgets, payments, reporting and a listing on the Mindbody app. OneCraft writes the studio's own website or app with classes, bookings and memberships in its own database, from $8 a month.
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Indunil Asanka · Co-founder
2 min read · Published
The short verdict
Mindbody is the better pick for a studio that wants a full management system: staff schedules, room and resource booking, reporting, an AI front desk, automated text marketing and a place in the Mindbody consumer app. OneCraft suits a studio that wants its own website or app with the timetable, bookings and memberships written for it, paid through its own Stripe account, at a much lower monthly cost.
| Feature | Mindbody | OneCraft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Go A$89, Core A$279, Growth A$369 a month per location checked 2026-10-21 | Free $0 with 100 credits a month (about 3 AI projects), Starter $8 with 500, Pro $25 with 1,500, Pro+ $125 with 7,500 |
| Users | We never charge per user checked 2026-10-21 | A site_admins table and an /admin area, or Admin tab in an app, shown only to admins |
| Booking on your website | Branded website booking widgets and a website for your business on Go checked 2026-10-21 | An agent plans the pages, builds them in steps with a green build each time, then a fresh agent reviews screenshots at 375, 768 and 1280 and sends up to 12 fixes |
| Payments | Integrated payments: a processing rate plus a fixed fee of $0.10 to $0.30 per transaction in North America and Asia checked 2026-10-21 | Stripe Checkout as a direct charge on your own connected Stripe account; platform fee Starter 2%, Pro 1%, Pro+ 0.5%, Stripe fees on top; the free plan cannot take payments |
| Marketplace | A listing on the Mindbody app, where 3M+ consumers search each month checked 2026-10-21 | A free <slug>.onecraft.live address; a renamed site keeps the old address as a redirect for 30 days |
| Reminders | Unlimited booking confirmations and reminders by email on all plans; text on Accelerate and above checked 2026-10-21 | No SMS and no live calendar feed |
| Rooms and spots | Room and resource management and Client Pick-a-Spot on Core checked 2026-10-21 | 65 capability guides the agent builds from scratch into the site's own database, nothing pre-made |
| Marketing | Automated email and text campaigns and templates on Growth checked 2026-10-21 | An admin can send a newsletter to confirmed subscribers, at most 500 per send and 5 sends an hour, from OneCraft's address with the site's name |
| Branded app | Branded Mobile App as an add-on, no developers needed checked 2026-10-21 | Android or iPhone test builds and store builds through Expo, 5 credits each, on paid plans; iPhone needs your Apple key |
Where Mindbody is better
A consumer marketplace
Mindbody lists the studio in its consumer app, which it says 3M+ people search each month. A OneCraft site has no marketplace and relies on its own address and search.
Front desk and staff tools
Room and resource scheduling, an AI front desk for missed calls, staff management and multi-location reporting are part of Mindbody. OneCraft's agent builds features the brief asks for, not a full management suite.
Text reminders and campaigns
Mindbody sends text reminders on higher plans and runs automated text marketing. OneCraft has no SMS.
Where OneCraft is different
Your own timetable and booking pages
The agent writes the timetable, class booking, class packs, memberships and a waitlist into the site's own database, with access rules checked as a visitor and a member.
No per location fee
OneCraft plans are per account: Pro is $25 a month for up to 10 sites, rather than a monthly fee for each studio location.
Payments to your Stripe account
Memberships and class packs are sold through Stripe Checkout on the studio's own connected Stripe account, with subscriptions and the Stripe billing portal for members.
Software suite or a site of your own
Mindbody runs the business: schedules, staff, payments, reporting and marketing, with booking widgets that sit on your website. OneCraft writes the website or app itself, and the booking, class and membership features live inside it. For a single studio whose main need is a clear timetable, online booking and paid memberships, that can replace the subscription; for a group of studios with staff payroll and room scheduling, it will not.
Cost for one studio
Mindbody's Go plan is A$89 a month per location in Australia, and Core A$279. OneCraft Pro is $25 a month and Starter is $8, and both include a hosted site database. On card payments Stripe's fees apply and OneCraft keeps 1% on Pro, so a studio taking $10,000 a month in memberships pays $100 in platform fees there.
Reminders and the no-show problem
Mindbody sends confirmations and reminders automatically and can charge late-cancel and no-show fees. OneCraft sends no SMS and lists no automatic no-show charges, so studios that depend on those should weigh them carefully before moving.
Who should stay with Mindbody
Stay with Mindbody if you run several locations, rely on its marketplace for new clients, or need staff, room and reporting tools in one system. Move if you run one or two studios, want booking on your own website or app, and would rather pay a small monthly plan plus Stripe fees than a per location subscription.
Questions people ask
Can members book and pay for classes on a OneCraft site?
Yes, when the agent builds classes and bookings from its guides. Members sign in with email or Google, book a place, and pay by card through Stripe Checkout on the studio's own Stripe account, on a paid plan. The agent checks the booking rules as a visitor and as a signed in member.
Can a full class take a waitlist?
Waitlists are one of the capability guides the agent builds from, so a timetable can offer a waitlist place when a class is full. Ask for it in the brief or later in chat, and the change is built and checked before it is kept.
Does OneCraft sync with Google Calendar?
No. There is no live calendar feed. Bookings live in the site's own database and show on its pages and admin area, so staff check the site rather than a synced calendar. Studios whose instructors plan their week in a personal calendar should weigh that before moving.
Can I move my client list from Mindbody?
There is no Mindbody importer. The site's database is Supabase, so a developer could load an export into its tables, and the agent's access rules then apply to those rows like any others. Members would then reset their password or sign in with Google the first time.
Is there a studio app for members?
An app can be generated from the studio's website, sharing its classes and bookings database, and built for iPhone and Android through Expo on a paid plan. You submit it from your own developer accounts. Apple charges 99 USD a year and Google Play 25 USD once for those accounts.
Try the website side of OneCraft
The button opens the generator with a starting prompt already filled in. Change the wording to match your own work before you run it.
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