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A Mindbody alternative

core.club vs
Mindbody

fitness & wellness management software

Mindbody is the biggest name in fitness and wellness software, and the reach is real: class and appointment booking, memberships, payments, marketing, and a consumer marketplace where the public finds and books studios. Its facility tools also handle court, field and tee-time reservations. For a studio, spa or facility, it’s a serious option. core.club does the same classes, memberships and reservations for any club, adds full leagues, tournaments and ladders and member-to-member chat, and starts free instead of a premium subscription that runs from around $99 a month.

CAPABILITIES COMPAREDof 13 compared
core.club11
Mindbody8
core.club covers 11 of the 13 capabilities compared here, Mindbody covers 8. Neither does everything, so where each falls short is shown in the table below.
FEATURE BY FEATURE

How the two line up, row by row

core.clubcore.club
Mindbody
Member-facing mobile app
Native iOS & Android + web
Native iOS & Android
Pricing model
Free to start · 2.5% on payments
Premium subscription (from ~$99/mo)
Memberships & dues
Events & RSVPs
Class / session booking
Court, field & room reservations
Leagues, tournaments & ladders
Limited
Group chat & channels
Integrated payments (Stripe)
Modular: enable only what you need
Limited
Full data export (take everything with you)
Limited
Open API for your own tools
Connect your own AI agent (MCP)
Consumer discovery marketplace
Marketing & retention automation
Email only

Where Mindbody shines

Class and appointment booking at scale
Court, field and tee-time reservations for facilities
Memberships, payments and marketing tools
A consumer marketplace that sends new customers to studios

Where core.club does more

Leagues, tournaments and ladders as core features, not thin add-ons
Built for any club — racquet, sports, social — not only studios and spas
Free to start; a 2.5% fee on payments, with an optional $29/mo Pro plan that caps fees, versus a premium monthly plan
Member-to-member chat and features you switch on per club
The core.club app

Your class schedule, in their pocket

core.club gives members a real native app to book classes, join waitlists, and track their pass, not another web portal to log into like Mindbody.

One-tap class booking
Auto-filling waitlists
Passes and drop-ins tracked for you

Frequently asked

Is core.club a Mindbody alternative?+

For clubs, yes. core.club covers classes, memberships, reservations and payments like Mindbody, and adds leagues and ladders and member chat for any club rather than only fitness. It starts free.

What does Mindbody do that core.club does not?+

Mindbody runs a large consumer marketplace where the public discovers and books studios, which is a genuine new-customer channel, plus SMS marketing alongside email. core.club now has automated email marketing with win-back and renewal flows, but no marketplace or SMS, so a studio that leans on marketplace discovery will value that side of Mindbody.

How is core.club cheaper than Mindbody?+

core.club has no monthly subscription. It takes a 2.5% fee on the payments you process, with an optional $29/month Pro plan that caps those fees, and if no money changes hands there’s no fee.

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Give your members more than Mindbody

Set up your club in a few minutes and see the whole thing — members, dues, bookings, leagues and chat — in one app they actually open. Free to run; you only pay 2.5% on the payments you collect.

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