Corterra Book
Most pilates software comparisons are a list of logos. What you need to know is shorter. Can it handle reformers? Will it fill a class when someone cancels at 6am? And what will it really cost once the card fees land?
Here's the short version. If you run a reformer timetable and need a waitlist or spot booking, one of the class platforms in this guide will fit you better than Corterra Book. Corterra Book fits a studio that mixes classes with privates, duets and rooms like a sauna or cold plunge, and wants every price published up front.
I make Corterra Book, so I'm not neutral. Everything about the other platforms comes from their own pricing and help pages, checked in September 2026. The prices are regular prices, not introductory offers.
Pilates studio software at a glance
Each row links to the section that explains it.
| Corterra Book | Momence | Mindbody | Walla | WellnessLiving | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What class studios test first | |||||
| Reformer spot booking | No | Yes | From the Accelerate plan (quoted) | Yes | Yes |
| Waitlist | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Intro offers, packs and memberships | Sold online and at the front desk | Sold online | Sold online | Sold online | Sold online |
| Also worth checking | |||||
| Privates and duets next to classes | Yes, a duet is a two-person service | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sauna, cold plunge or other shared room | Included, with a seat count on the room | No shared-room capacity | No shared-room capacity | Not listed | Not listed |
| On-demand video | None | Paid add-on, price not published | $99 a month add-on | Included on Core and Pro | Add-on from $49 a month |
| Moving your data over | Free, and I can do it for you | Only on the quoted Custom plan | Not published | Free self-guided, or a $429 package | Free |
| What it costs | |||||
| Plan price, regular | $40, or $80 for several instructors | Free (with fees), $60 or $199 a month | From $79 a month per location | $299 or $599 a month per location | $69 (one staff member), $199 or $349 a month |
| Card processing online | 2.9% plus 45 cents | 3.9% plus 30 cents | Not published | Not on the pricing page | Not published |
What pilates studio software has to handle
In a reformer studio, the machines set the limit. Most booking software was built around an instructor's hour instead.
In a mat class, the limit is the floor and the teacher, and any class software handles that. In a reformer class, the limit is how many machines you have. Eight reformers means eight people. The ninth booking is a person standing in the room with nowhere to lie down.
That changes three things worth testing on a demo:
- Where the capacity is set. If it lives on each class instead of on the room, you keep the same number in several places, and sooner or later they stop matching.
- What happens when a reformer is out for repair. Every class in that room drops by one until it's fixed. Ask how you'd do that, because in most systems you change each class by hand.
- Whether clients need a specific machine or just a place in the class. That's spot booking, and it's the next section.
Corterra Book sets capacity on each class, so it has the first two problems too. When a reformer is out, you lower the seat count on the classes that use that room.
Reformer spot booking or class capacity?
Decide this before your first demo, because it rules out about half the list.
Class capacity means the class holds eight and booking stops at eight. People take whichever reformer is free when they walk in. Most class software works this way, Corterra Book included, and for a lot of studios it's all you need.
Spot booking means the client picks reformer four when they book, from a map of the room, and that machine is theirs. Momence, Walla and WellnessLiving include it. Mindbody adds it on its Accelerate plan, which is quoted. Corterra Book doesn't have it.
You need spot booking if your regulars have a favorite spot, if you price by position in the room, if some clients need to be near the instructor, or if two of your eight machines are towers instead of reformers. You don't need it if your classes are small and nobody minds which reformer they get.
Privates, duets and classes on one calendar
Most pilates studios sell more than classes. Privates and duets often bring in more for an hour of an instructor's time than a full class does, so they need to live on the same calendar as your timetable.
On Corterra Book, a private is an appointment, a duet is a service set to two people, and a class is a class, all on one calendar. Each class meeting can have its own room and instructor, so Monday in Studio A with one teacher and Wednesday in Studio B with another is still one class. Cancel a single date and everyone booked on it gets an email, and a text if you have the texting add-on.
All four class platforms here book appointments next to classes. Walla sells 1:1 sessions, duets and semi-privates by name, though owners in the PilatesBridge survey found it less suited to studios that run mostly privates.
Barre studio software: what's different
Not much, and the same platforms serve both. That's why several vendors run one page for the pair.
The difference is what fills up first. A barre studio runs out of floor and barre space first, so plain class capacity usually works and spot booking matters less. The things that matter more for barre are the ones that keep a class full: a waitlist that moves people up on its own, intro offers new clients can buy online, and packs and memberships that both work for the same class.
If you run both, pilates on reformers and barre on the floor, test spot booking on the reformer classes only. There's no reason to pay for it on the barre side.
What pilates studio software costs
The plan price is what vendors compete on. Card processing is where most of the money goes. These are regular prices, checked in September 2026.
| Plan, a month | Card processing | Worth knowing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corterra Book | $40, or $80 (Pro) for several rooms or instructors | 2.9% plus 45 cents online, 2.7% plus 20 cents in person | Membership renewals are 3.2% plus 30 cents. Every add-on price is published. |
| Momence | Free, $60, $199, or Custom (quoted, annual contract) | 3.9% plus 30 cents online, 3.7% plus 5 cents in person | The free plan takes a 5% transaction fee and a 4% service fee. Marketing, reviews, referrals, Spotfiller, substitutions and on-demand are add-ons with unpublished prices. |
| Mindbody | From $79 per location (Starter); higher plans quoted | Not published; depends on the plan | Spot booking starts at Accelerate. Livestream is $49 a month and on-demand $99. Its app takes 20% of a new client's first purchase, up to $30. Plans come on a contract. You can export your own data before you leave, but Mindbody's export service for large accounts or extra help is paid. |
| Walla | Core $299 or Pro $599, per location, billed monthly | Not on the pricing page | Unlimited users. Guided migration is a $429 package; the free option is self-guided. |
| WellnessLiving | Starter $69 (one staff member), Business $199, BusinessPro $349; about 10% less billed yearly | Not published; gateway fees listed separately | Free data migration. On-demand video is an add-on, $49 or $89 a month. |
Look at the processing column before the plan column. At $30,000 a month in card payments, Momence's 3.9% online rate is about $300 a month more than a 2.9% rate, which is more than most of these plans cost. Corterra Book's online rate is 2.9% plus 45 cents. The full Momence breakdown is in how much Momence costs, and I priced it against us in Momence vs Corterra Book.
Which platform fits which studio
For most reformer studios, one of the class platforms below is the answer.
- You run classes plus privates, duets and a sauna or cold plunge, and want every price published: that's Corterra Book, with the limits in the next section.
- You want spot booking, a waitlist and online intro offers in one place: Momence, Walla or WellnessLiving. All three have all of it.
- You want a place to start: in PilatesBridge's survey of studio owners, WellnessLiving, Momence and Walla rated highest, tied at 4 out of 5. The survey doesn't give a date or a sample size, so use it to build a shortlist.
- On-demand video is part of what you sell: Walla includes an on-demand library on both plans. WellnessLiving and Mindbody sell it as an add-on.
- You're leaving Mindbody: WellnessLiving includes free data migration, and Walla's guided move is a $429 package. More options are in Mindbody alternatives for small wellness studios.
- You want new clients from a marketplace: Mindbody's app lists you on the Starter plan. Spot booking costs more there, since it starts at Accelerate.
- You're just starting and taking less than about $700 a month in card payments: Momence's free plan is the cheapest way in, fees and all.
Where Corterra Book fits
Corterra Book fits a studio that isn't only classes. If you run pilates or barre and have added, or are about to add, a sauna, a cold plunge or a recovery room, that's the case it was built for.
What you get on it:
- Classes, privates, duets and shared rooms on one calendar. A sauna gets a seat count that goes down as people book, with no timetable needed.
- Class packs and memberships working together, with late-cancel and no-show fees your clients agree to when they book.
- Class packs, memberships and intro offers clients can buy online from your booking site, as well as at the front desk. An intro offer can be limited to new clients or to one per client.
- Repeating classes set by date range or by picking the dates, and one cancelled date tells everyone booked on it.
- Waivers signed online before the first class, or on an iPad at check-in on the Pro plan.
- Revenue by instructor on the Pro plan.
- A free move from your current software. You can import your client list yourself, or send it to me and I'll do it.
Where it doesn't fit, and you should hear this from me:
- No waitlist. For a studio whose classes fill, that alone can rule it out.
- No spot booking. The class stops at eight, but a client can't pick reformer four.
- No standing booking for one client, like the same Tuesday 6pm every week. Repeating classes, yes. Repeating one person's spot, no.
- No on-demand video or livestreaming, and no automated instructor substitutions.
- No loyalty program, referrals, review requests, lead forms, payroll or accounting sync, and no marketplace sending you new clients.
- Running several rooms or instructors on their own calendars takes the $80 Pro plan, not the $40 one.
- Below about $700 a month in card payments, Momence's free plan costs less than our $40 plan.
If classes are all you run and they fill, take one of the class platforms above. If you're heading toward classes plus recovery rooms, weigh that now, because moving software after you have a membership base is much harder than choosing for where you're going. More on that in sauna booking software.
FAQ
What is the best pilates studio software? There isn't one best. In PilatesBridge's survey of studio owners, WellnessLiving, Momence and Walla rated highest, tied at 4 out of 5. The survey gives no date or sample size, so treat it as a shortlist. The right pick depends on whether you need spot booking, whether you sell on-demand video, and how you sell intro offers.
What apps do pilates instructors use? Usually whatever their studio runs. In PilatesBridge's survey, the most used were Mindbody, by about a third of studios, then Acuity and pen and paper. The highest rated were WellnessLiving, Momence and Walla.
How much does pilates studio software cost? Plans run from free (Momence, with fees on every sale) to $599 a month per location (Walla Pro). Most single studios land between $40 and $299 a month. Card processing is usually the bigger number: at $30,000 a month in card payments, one point on the rate is about $300 a month.
Is there free pilates booking software? Momence has a free plan, but it takes a 5% transaction fee and a 4% service fee on sales. Below about $700 a month in card payments that's cheaper than a paid plan like Corterra Book's $40. Above that, a paid plan usually costs less.
What is spot booking, and do I need it? Spot booking lets a client reserve a specific reformer, not just a place in the class, by picking from a map of the room. You need it if regulars have favorite spots, if you price by position, or if not every spot is the same machine. If your classes are small and clients do not mind, plain class capacity is enough.
What is the best barre studio software? Mostly the same platforms as for pilates. Barre fills up on floor and barre space rather than machines, so spot booking matters less. Choose on the things that keep a barre class full: an automatic waitlist, intro offers clients can buy online, and packs and memberships that work together.
What should I ask about moving off Mindbody? Who does the move, whether it costs extra, and what happens to class pack balances and active memberships. Client lists move easily. Balances are where moves go wrong. Saved cards never transfer between payment processors, so members add their card again.
Can one platform run classes and a sauna or cold plunge? Some can, so test it. A class has a start time and an instructor. A sauna is a room with a seat count that people use throughout the day, and a cold plunge is a room for one with nobody teaching. Ask how the platform books a room with no instructor, and where that room's capacity is set.
Does Corterra Book have a waitlist or spot booking? No, neither. It has class capacity that stops booking when a class is full, plus class packs, memberships and late-cancel fees. If your classes fill and you need a waitlist, a class platform will suit you better.
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