Glofox alternative for small studios

BookYourMat vs Glofox: flat published pricing vs quote-based plans

Glofox’s pricing page is a quote request form; its FAQ says plans start “as low as $99USD/month per location” for eligible studios, with final pricing set by your plan, region, and available offers. BookYourMat is a flat $99–$149/mo with client SMS and Venmo/Zelle matching included, month-to-month.

Every competitor claim below is sourced to glofox.com (pricing, FAQ, feature pages, and Terms of Service), fetched 2026-10-09.

BookYourMat payments panel: a Venmo payment from Ava Wilson and a Venmo payment from Olivia Chen for Olivia Thompson’s package, each matched to a known package price with a new package created, with Revert and Acknowledge buttons

Choose BYM if

You want to see the price up front

You run a small studio, want a published $99–$149/mo price with client SMS and Venmo/Zelle matching included, and want to stay month-to-month.

Choose Glofox if

You want your own app and regional payments

You want a standalone app listed under your studio’s name in the App Store and Google Play, a payment provider that fits your region (Glofox lists Stripe, GoCardless, Ezidebit, PayU, and others), or a front-desk POS device and door-access integrations.

Switching

No Glofox importer, no separate fee

BookYourMat has no automated Glofox import. Per /switch, you send whatever export your current platform can produce, our team builds your studio by hand with no separate migration fee, and you get a 30-day self-serve corrections window once your data moves over.

Feature comparison

A factual comparison with Glofox.

Most studio software assumes every payment runs through a card processor. BookYourMat is built around the off-platform payments small studios already receive.

Entry price

Monthly list price as published.

BYM

$99/mo (1 instructor)

Glofox

Plans “starting as low as $99USD/month per location” for eligible studios; final price by quote

Price with 2+ instructors

BYM

$149/mo (2+ instructors) flat

Glofox

Not published; the pricing page is a quote request form

Platform fee on payments

BYM

None

Glofox

Not published; payment-service fees are “described in your Order Form”

Payment processing

BYM

Stripe at the standard rate, about 2.9% + 30¢; you choose whether the studio absorbs it or passes it to the client

Glofox

Stripe, GoCardless, PayU, Ezidebit, and others by region; rates not published, and plan pricing excludes processing fees

Contract

BYM

Month-to-month

Glofox

Monthly or annual terms; per its Terms of Service, agreements auto-renew unless you give 30-day written notice

SMS with clients

BYM

Included in the base price

Glofox

Email, SMS, and push built in, with a central SMS inbox; advanced CRM and automation can depend on your package

Branded app-store app

BYM

No; clients book from your booking page, no app to download

Glofox

“A branded app option,” listed under your studio’s name in the App Store and Google Play; price not published

Venmo/Zelle payment matching

BYM

Glofox

Not found in Glofox’s public pricing/feature copy reviewed

Trial

BYM

30 days, no card

Glofox

“If a trial is available in your region”; length not stated

Glofox figures sourced from glofox.com/pricing, /faq, /features/billing, /features/custom-branded-app, /features/crm-marketing, /features/ai-agents, and /legal/terms-of-use, fetched 2026-10-09. Glofox doesn’t publish plan prices beyond “starting as low as $99USD/month per location.” Pricing changes — verify current numbers directly with Glofox before deciding.

Honest tradeoffs

Where Glofox is stronger

  • A standalone branded app published under your studio’s name in the Apple App Store and Google Play, built and maintained by Glofox.
  • Payment providers by region (Stripe, GoCardless, Amazon Payments, Nice Payments, PayU, Ezidebit, Spreedly), plus a POS device, an automated card updater, and payment links by email or SMS.
  • Email, SMS, and push messaging built in with a central SMS inbox; Glofox’s site also offers ABC AI Agents that answer calls, texts, and chat.

Where BookYourMat is more focused

  • One flat, published monthly price: $99/mo for one instructor, $149/mo for two or more.
  • Venmo/Zelle payments matched to clients and packages automatically.
  • Month-to-month, with a 30-day trial and no card required.

Practical questions before you switch

Not automatically. There’s no Glofox importer today, so you’d take the by-hand path described on /switch: send whatever export your current platform can produce (usually a CSV of clients and packages), and our team builds your studio while you keep running your current system until the day you flip over. There’s no separate migration fee, and for the first 30 days after your data moves over you can correct a client’s count yourself from Settings → Migration Corrections. /switch covers clients, packages, and remaining balances; it does not promise to move saved cards.

Bring your Glofox quote. We’ll show you ours.

Bring your Glofox quote or Order Form and a few recent Venmo or Zelle payments. We’ll walk through BookYourMat’s flat price for your team and show you exactly how the matching works.

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