We will never email your families about another studio.

Three of Sawyer's eight one-star reviews say the same thing: they marketed competing businesses to the customer list. StudioFlow has no marketplace, so there is nothing to sell your families into.

Sawyer pricing: $79/mo first year, then $149/mo. Plus a marketplace commission of 15–30%. The 30% rate is mandatory on the entry tier. No ticketing, no payroll, no kiosk.

Sawyer is rated 4.5 out of 5 on Capterra across 319 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 Sawyer

they marketed other similar businesses via email to MY customers… they lost us business to nearby competitors via their 'marketplace'

Kay S., 1★, Capterra, September 2024

A Total Betrayal of Small Businesses… Do you trust a company that treats your customer list like a free-for-all marketing database?

Whitney H., 1★, Capterra

StudioFlow vs Sawyer

Entry price	StudioFlow: $49/mo	Sawyer: $79/mo year one, $149 after
Price grows with	StudioFlow: Nothing	Sawyer: Tier, plus 15–30% commission
Branded parent app	StudioFlow: Included	Sawyer: No app
Built for dance	StudioFlow: Yes — dance only	Sawyer: Kids activities generally
Support	StudioFlow: Real people. Front Desk add-on answers your phone	Sawyer: Well reviewed
Contract	StudioFlow: Month to month	Sawyer: Year-one rate then a rise
Payment processor	StudioFlow: Stripe	Sawyer: Theirs, plus marketplace commission
Recital ticketing	StudioFlow: Built in	Sawyer: No
Public reviews	StudioFlow: None yet — we are new	Sawyer: 4.5 / 5 on Capterra (319)

What changes when you leave Sawyer

Your list stays yours

No marketplace, no commission, and no email from us to your families about anyone else's classes. Ever.

The price does not double in year two

$49 is the price. There is no introductory rate that resets to $149.

Recitals and tickets included

Casting, costumes and box office are in the product rather than absent from it.

When Sawyer is the better choice

• The marketplace is the point of Sawyer, and for some businesses it works: 319 Capterra reviews at 4.5 is a strong record, and discovery brings real enrolments to people who want it.
• If you are starting out and need new families more than you need dance-specific tools, a marketplace is a reasonable trade.
• Their booking experience for parents is well liked, and their support reviews are good.

Sawyer vs StudioFlow, answered

Does Sawyer really market to your customers?

Multiple one-star reviewers say so in those terms, including "they marketed other similar businesses via email to MY customers." Read their current terms and ask them directly — this is their policy to explain, not ours to characterise.

What does Sawyer actually cost?

$79 a month in year one, then $149, plus a marketplace commission of 15–30%, with 30% mandatory on the entry tier. StudioFlow is $49 a month with no commission.

What does Sawyer do better?

Discovery. Their marketplace puts you in front of parents searching for kids' activities, and 319 reviews at 4.5 says they run it well. We have no equivalent.