The best-run vendor here. Still not built for dance.

Gymdesk publishes its tiers, publishes its processing rates, offers a 30-day trial with no card and signs no contracts — and it is rated 4.8. It also has no parent or guardian on a sign-up form, which is day one at a dance studio.

Gymdesk pricing: $75–$200/mo by member count. Processing published at 2.9% + $0.30 card and 1% ACH. 30-day trial, no card required, no contracts. The most transparent pricing in this market.

Gymdesk is rated 4.8 out of 5 on Capterra across 148 reviews. Pricing and ratings checked 26 September 2026.

StudioFlow is $49 a month with every app included, month to month, payments on Stripe.

Why studios leave Gymdesk

No integrated parent/guardian option on sign up forms and waivers

Ryan Q., 2★, Capterra

StudioFlow vs Gymdesk

Entry price	StudioFlow: $49/mo	Gymdesk: From $75/mo
Price grows with	StudioFlow: Nothing	Gymdesk: Active members
Branded parent app	StudioFlow: Included	Gymdesk: +$100/mo
Built for dance	StudioFlow: Yes — dance only	Gymdesk: Martial arts and gyms
Support	StudioFlow: Real people. Front Desk add-on answers your phone	Gymdesk: Very strongly reviewed
Contract	StudioFlow: Month to month	Gymdesk: No contracts, 30-day trial
Payment processor	StudioFlow: Stripe	Gymdesk: Published: 2.9% + $0.30 / 1% ACH
Recital ticketing	StudioFlow: Built in	Gymdesk: No
Public reviews	StudioFlow: None yet — we are new	Gymdesk: 4.8 / 5 on Capterra (148)

What changes when you leave Gymdesk

Families, not members

One parent, several children, one bill, one login. Gymdesk's own two-star review is that guardians are missing from sign-up.

The dance year

Terms, recitals, costumes, competitions and a box office. A membership model does not describe a dance season.

When Gymdesk is the better choice

• Gymdesk is the best-run vendor in this study and we will say so plainly: published tiers, published processing rates, a 30-day trial with no card, no contracts, and 4.8 across 148 reviews with almost no low scores. We hold ourselves to that standard.
• Their published processing rates are something we do not yet match, and that is a fair criticism of us.
• If you run martial arts, a gym or fitness memberships, Gymdesk is a better product for you than StudioFlow.

Gymdesk vs StudioFlow, answered

Is Gymdesk good for dance studios?

It is excellent software with martial-arts DNA. The gap a dance studio hits immediately is in its own reviews: no integrated parent or guardian option on sign-up forms and waivers. Dance enrolment is a parent enrolling a child.

Is StudioFlow as transparent as Gymdesk on pricing?

Not yet on processing rates. Gymdesk publishes 2.9% + $0.30 and 1% ACH; we publish our $49 monthly price but not our rates. That is a fair thing to hold against us and we are working on it.

What does Gymdesk do better?

Transparency, reviews and reliability. 4.8 across 148 reviews, published rates, a no-card trial and no contracts. If you are not a dance studio, buy Gymdesk.