Choose Mariana Tek over Mindbody to grow your boutique fitness brand with confidence

More studios are switching from Mindbody to Mariana Tek to grow smarter, keep members coming back, and run their studios without clunky software or a frustrating member experience.

Why boutique studios choose Mariana Tek over Mindbody

Mariana Tek is built for boutique fitness studios looking for expert partners and a platform that grows with them at every stage.

I wanted to leave Mindbody over a year ago, but I was so nervous! The process of changing over to Mariana Tek was nothing like I envisioned. Our onboarding specialist had us review some documents and reports, but for the most part, they took care of everything for us. I wish I had done this years ago."

Emily Harlow, Co-Owner LifeCYCLE​

Mariana Tek is your boutique fitness studio partner

Mariana Tek was built by industry experts to help boutique fitness studios grow confidently while keeping operations simple and members coming back. Explore custom solutions designed for each studio type.

Turn first-time visitors into loyal members with Mariana Tek

Mariana Tek helps boutique fitness studios keep members engaged, encouraging first-time visitors to build lasting habits.

  • Gamification Suite - boost engagement and retention by gamifying fitness experiences. Run in-studio challenges and provide in-app tracking of goals, streaks and milestones.
  • Year in Motion - capture the momentum you and your members build together. Transform every habit, routine, and breakthrough into a vibrant, animated celebration of your community.
  • Insights and Reporting - give your team quick, actionable insights on each member of your community. Empower your team to personalize experiences, build relationships, and drive long-term engagement.
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A client experience and scheduling platform built for boutique fitness

Mariana Tek gives you the tools to run high-performing studios, deliver a best-in-class member experience, and scale from one location to many.

Operations and scheduling

Effortlessly run the day-to-day of your studio on any device. Mariana Tek is built for busy front desks and high-demand schedules, so classes stay full, staff stays organized, and operations stay smooth as you grow.

  • Centralized membership and billing: Manage contracts, renewals, and freezes in one place with rules that match your business model.
  • Advanced class and resource scheduling: Build schedules across instructors, rooms, and equipment with capacity rules, smart waitlists and more.
  • Staff and payroll management: Track classes, appointments, and pay rates so payroll is accurate and easy to reconcile across locations.

Powerful integrated marketing suite

Turn your member data into personalized marketing. Mariana Tek combines a CRM with built-in automation so you can nurture leads, convert intro offers, and keep members coming back without juggling extra tools.

  • Automated segmentation and journeys: Build segments based on behavior and trigger automated email, SMS, and push journeys.
  • Lead capture and intro offer conversion: Capture leads from your site, app, or landing pages then automatically follow up.
  • Loyalty and referrals: Reward visits, referrals, and spend with configurable programs that plug directly into your CRM.

Member experience

Deliver the kind of experience members brag about. From the first search to their hundredth visit, Mariana Tek makes every touchpoint feel consistent, premium, and completely your brand.

  • Branded app and web booking: Offer seamless booking on mobile and web that looks and feels like your brand—not Mariana Tek.
  • Unified experience across locations: Members can discover and book any of your locations with a consistent, polished experience.
  • Member engagement tools: Drive loyalty and increase retention with in-app challenges, milestones, streaks, goals, and leaderboards that automatically track progress and celebrate achievements.

Insights and analytics

Get a unified, real-time view of your business performance so you can act faster, spot trends earlier, and make smarter operational, scheduling, and marketing decisions—without exporting spreadsheets.

  • Insights dashboards: Track attendance, revenue, utilization, and retention trends by class type, instructor, and location.
  • Actionable, growth-focused insights: Identify churn risks, optimize intro offers, and uncover revenue opportunities with data built specifically for boutique fitness operations and multi-location brands.
  • Benchmarking and trend intelligence: Compare your performance across locations and industry benchmarks to make smarter scheduling and pricing decisions.

Multi-location and franchise management

Run every studio from one central location. Mariana Tek is built for growing brands, regional groups, and franchises who need visibility at the top and flexibility in each location.

  • HQ controls with local flexibility: Standardize policies, products, and pricing while giving each location room to tailor schedules and offers.
  • Multi-location reporting: Roll up performance across the network and drill into locations, regions, or concepts to spot opportunities and risks early.
  • Multi-location marketing power: Build powerful segments and campaigns once at HQ and sync them to any—or all—child locations in just a few clicks.

Open ecosystems and integrations

Easily plug and play with the rest of your tech stack. Our open APIs and partner ecosystem make it easy to connect marketing, finance, access control, and more—so your data stays in sync and your workflows stay simple.

  • 40+ industry-leading integration partners: Connect to leading industry consultants, payment processors, marketing platforms, access control systems, and more.
  • API Access: Customize your integrations to meet specific business needs.
  • Third-Party Apps: Enhance functionality with a range of third-party applications.

FAQs

The clearest differences show up in fees and support. Mariana Tek charges no new client commission (Mindbody charges studios 20%), offers predictable transaction processing at 2.9% + $0.30, and pairs every studio with a dedicated customer success manager. Mariana Tek also includes a single branded app and gamification suite as standard.

Yes. Studios switch to Mariana Tek for lower transaction fees, no new client commission, and a modern, reliable interface backed by dedicated support. It's built for boutique studios that want predictable costs and a platform that scales cleanly from one location to many.

No. Mariana Tek doesn't charge studios a commission on new client sign-ups. This is a key difference from Mindbody, which charges studios a 20% fee on new client acquisition - a cost that can add up quickly for growing studios.

Mariana Tek offers predictable transaction processing at 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction. Mindbody's processing fees can run up to 3.6% + $0.30, depending on your account. Lower, consistent fees mean fewer surprises on your monthly statement.

Yes. Every Mariana Tek studio gets reliable customer support with a dedicated customer success manager - something Mindbody doesn't offer in the same way. Studios get a consistent point of contact who understands their business, rather than starting over with a new rep each time.

Yes. Mariana Tek is built for multi-location brands and franchises, with HQ controls that let you standardize policies and pricing while giving each location flexibility. You get unified reporting across your whole network - a step up from the limited cross-location insights Mindbody offers.

Timelines vary by studio size and complexity, but Mariana Tek's white-glove implementation is designed to make the switch smoother than studios expect. The onboarding team takes care of the heavy lifting, from reviewing your existing setup to handling the transition. Book a demo to get a timeline specific to your studio.

Yes. Mariana Tek includes a single branded app at no extra cost, giving clients a seamless booking experience that looks and feels like your studio's brand - not a shared, generic app. This is included as standard, unlike Mindbody's offering.

Mariana Tek supports Pilates and Lagree, yoga, indoor cycling, HIIT/bootcamp, barre, and group fitness studios, with software tailored to each format's booking, scheduling, and engagement needs.

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