Mariana Tek alternative for boutique studios

BookYourMat vs Mariana Tek: a premium branded experience, or a published price

Mariana Tek says it’s best suited to boutique studios that want a high-end, branded customer experience, from single locations to global brands. BookYourMat is for owners who’d rather see a price on the page.

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Every competitor claim below is sourced to marianatek.com (pricing and home pages), fetched 2026-11-06.

5–8 weeks

Mariana Tek’s typical onboarding, in its own words, with a team of specialists, and it says the team can move faster if needed. Its pricing page shows plans but no prices: you book a demo to get a quote.

Choose BYM if

You want a clear price and no sales cycle

You run one studio or a few, you’d like to know the cost before you talk to anyone, and you don’t need your own app in the stores.

Choose Mariana Tek if

Your brand is the product

You want custom-branded iOS and Android apps and kiosk check-in, which BookYourMat doesn’t offer. You’re growing a multi-site brand or franchise and want every location under one login. Or you want studio-wide challenges through its gamification features, automated email marketing, or its marketing team doing that work for you.

Switching

By hand, with no separate fee

BookYourMat has no automated Mariana Tek import. Per /switch, you send an export, our team builds your studio by hand at no extra charge, and you get a 30-day self-serve corrections window.

Feature comparison

A factual comparison with Mariana Tek.

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

Published price

BYM

$149/mo (1 instructor), $179/mo (2 to 5), $249/mo (6 or more)

Mariana Tek

Not published; book a demo

Contract length

BYM

Month-to-month, cancel anytime

Mariana Tek

Not stated on the pricing or home pages reviewed 2026-11-06

Extra locations

BYM

+$79/mo per extra location after the first

Mariana Tek

Multi-location management for every studio; no price published

Typical start

BYM

Our team builds your studio from your export; you keep your current system until you switch

Mariana Tek

“Between five and eight weeks”; it says the team can move faster if needed

Onboarding fee

BYM

No separate migration fee

Mariana Tek

$27 for new customers signing by Dec 18, 2026; traditional onboarding fees apply after that

Custom-branded apps

BYM

Clients book from your page; no app to download

Mariana Tek

iOS and Android, in Core

Kiosk check-in

BYM

Not offered

Mariana Tek

In Core

Two-way client texting

BYM

On every plan

Mariana Tek

From Core + Growth

Marketing automation

BYM

Automation runs over text; AI social posts are a $50/mo add-on; email sequences aren’t built yet

Mariana Tek

Email and SMS, from Core + Growth

Card processing

BYM

Standard Stripe rates, about 2.9% + 30¢

Mariana Tek

Stripe’s standard flat rate, nothing added on top

Venmo/Zelle payment matching

BYM

Mariana Tek

Not found in the pricing or home pages reviewed 2026-11-06

Mariana Tek details sourced from marianatek.com/pricing and marianatek.com, fetched 2026-11-06. Verify current plans with Mariana Tek before deciding.

Honest tradeoffs

Where Mariana Tek is stronger

  • Custom-branded iOS and Android apps in its Core plan.
  • Kiosk check-in, a staff Biz App, and waivers and forms.
  • Multi-location management for every studio: “Run every location from one login.”
  • Email and SMS marketing automation, two-way texting and landing pages in Core + Growth.
  • Gamification, a feedback suite and a custom marketing plan in Full Growth Bundle.
  • Stripe at its standard flat rate, with nothing added by Mariana Tek.
  • A team of onboarding specialists, 45+ integration partners, and customers from single locations to global brands.

Where BookYourMat is more focused

  • A published price: $149, $179 or $249 a month by instructor count, month-to-month.
  • Texting and client tools on every plan, with no higher tier to reach them.
  • Venmo and Zelle matching, which matters for studios where clients pay directly.
  • Becky answers client booking texts, and you choose how much she handles alone.

Practical questions before you switch

Mariana Tek doesn’t publish plan prices. Its pricing page describes three plans, Core, Core + Growth and Full Growth Bundle, and asks you to book a demo. Its home page also offers new customers who sign up by December 18, 2026 a $27 onboarding fee, and says traditional onboarding fees apply to agreements signed after that date. Get a quote and compare it with BookYourMat’s published $149, $179 and $249 monthly tiers.

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