The right answer depends on a question most comparison pages don't ask: does your business run on class slots or appointment blocks? A yoga studio and a massage practice are both "wellness." They need completely different software. This roundup is organized around that distinction, because buying the wrong kind of platform is a different problem than the one you're trying to solve.
For an appointment-based wellness practice (massage, acupuncture, float, holistic bodywork), Boulevard is the strongest Mindbody alternative: published plans from $159/month per location, support on every plan, branded booking on your own site, and no marketplace commission. Jane App fits a solo or small health practice at $54 to $129/month. Boulevard has no class scheduling, so a class-heavy studio should look at a class-first platform such as WellnessLiving.
Wellness software splits by business model. Class-heavy studios need recurring class schedules, waitlists, class packs, and instructor scheduling, which WellnessLiving and Walla are built for. Appointment-based practices (massage, acupuncture, float, holistic) need per-provider scheduling, multi-service stacking, and branded booking, which Boulevard and Jane App are built for. Vagaro covers a mix of both.
WellnessLiving costs $69/month for one staff member and $199 to $349 for unlimited staff. Boulevard's plans run $159 to $455 per location. Vagaro costs $30 plus $10 per added calendar. Walla runs roughly $150 to $300 by Grove's estimate, and Jane App $54 to $129. WellnessLiving and Walla are purpose-built for classes. Boulevard and Jane App are purpose-built for appointments, and Boulevard has no class scheduling. Jane App adds SOAP notes and full intake. Vagaro offers both without specializing.
| Criterion | WellnessLiving | Walla | Boulevard | Vagaro | Jane App |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class scheduling | ✓ Purpose-built | ✓ Purpose-built | ✗ Not available | ~ Available | ✗ Not designed for classes |
| Membership & class packs | ✓ Strong | ✓ Membership-first | ~ Available | ~ Available | ~ Basic |
| Waitlist management | ✓ Full waitlist | ✓ Yes | ~ Basic | ~ Available | ✗ Not applicable |
| Appointment scheduling | ~ Available | ~ Available | ✓ Purpose-built | ~ Available | ✓ Purpose-built |
| Intake forms / health records | ~ Basic | ~ Basic | ~ Available | ~ Basic | ✓ SOAP notes, full intake |
| Branded booking | ~ Widget | ~ Widget | ✓ Your site | ~ Vagaro app | ✓ Clean booking page |
| Support | ✓ Included (chat only on Starter) | ✓ Responsive | ✓ Included all plans | ~ Ticket/chat | ✓ Well-regarded |
| Monthly pricing | $69 (1 staff); $199–349 unlimited staff | $150–300/mo (Grove estimate) | $159–455/mo published, + $65 forms on Essentials/Premier | $30/mo + $10 per added calendar, before add-ons | $54–129/mo |
WellnessLiving is the most common landing spot for class-heavy studios leaving Mindbody. Walla has the same class-first focus with a newer interface and a shorter track record. Boulevard fits appointment-based practices such as massage, acupuncture, and float. Vagaro covers classes and appointments without excelling at either. Jane App fits solo or small health practices that need intake forms and SOAP notes.
WellnessLiving is the most common landing spot for class-heavy studios leaving Mindbody, and the comparison holds up. The feature set is built around class operations: recurring class schedules, waitlists, class packs, membership billing, instructor scheduling. If those are your load-bearing operations, WellnessLiving covers them.
The UI isn't as modern as some newer platforms, but it's functional and the team has been building for this specific use case long enough that the edges are mostly worn smooth. A multi-staff studio on Business or BusinessPro pays roughly $199 to $349 a month before processing and SMS (Grove estimate), with free setup and data migration. Mindbody publishes only a $79 starting price and quotes the rest, so compare written quotes.
It handles appointments, but that's not where the platform was designed. If appointments represent a meaningful portion of your business, you'll feel the secondary-feature energy. And the branded booking experience routes through a WellnessLiving widget rather than a fully owned booking flow on your site.
Walla is what WellnessLiving looks like when you start fresh: the same class-first infrastructure, built with a cleaner interface and a newer codebase. If you've evaluated WellnessLiving and liked the feature coverage but not the experience, Walla is worth comparing directly.
The tradeoff is track record. WellnessLiving has been in the market longer, which means more integrations, more community knowledge, and more edge cases already solved. Walla is growing fast and the team is responsive, but you're betting on a newer platform.
For a studio that has been on Mindbody for five years and wants to leave for a class-first platform that doesn't feel like it's also five years old, Walla is a serious option. Get a demo of both before you decide. They're closer than their positioning suggests.
Boulevard is not a class-heavy studio platform. If you run 20 yoga classes a week and your business depends on that infrastructure (waitlists, class packs, recurring memberships, instructor scheduling), Boulevard is not the right answer and we won't pretend otherwise.
What Boulevard does exceptionally well is appointment-based wellness. If your sessions run 60 or 90 minutes, one practitioner at a time (massage, acupuncture, float, Reiki, holistic bodywork), Boulevard handles how you actually work. Per-provider scheduling, multi-service stacking, direct booking on your own site. No marketplace commission on any client.
The clients who benefit most from this switch are the massage therapists, float centers, and acupuncture practices paying for a quoted Mindbody plan whose scheduling infrastructure was designed for gyms and classes. See the full Mindbody vs Boulevard breakdown for the complete cost and feature comparison.
Vagaro covers both classes and appointments without excelling at either. That's the trade, and for some studios, it's the right one. If your business runs both and you don't want to manage two platforms, Vagaro is a workable single answer.
The pricing is reasonable and the feature set is broad. What you trade for that breadth is depth: the class infrastructure doesn't have the sophistication of WellnessLiving, and the appointment scheduling doesn't have the per-provider configuration of Boulevard. For a studio that's 60% appointment-based and 40% class-based, Vagaro is worth a close look.
Jane App was built for health practitioners who need more than appointment scheduling: intake forms, SOAP notes, treatment history, health records. If you're a massage therapist or acupuncturist who has been duct-taping Mindbody scheduling to a separate intake form system, Jane App handles both in one place.
The pricing is attractive and the platform has a strong reputation among practitioners who've made the switch from Mindbody. The ceiling is scale: Jane App is designed for solo or small practices, not multi-provider studios managing a team. If you're a solo practitioner with a full book, it's a strong option. If you're running a 6-room massage practice with a team of practitioners, Boulevard will serve you better.
Mindbody acquired ClassPass in 2021. ClassPass resells wellness services at 50 to 70% below full rate, so the company selling a studio its Mindbody software also runs a discount marketplace that competes with the studio's full-price offering. ClassPass integration is default-on for most Mindbody plans. WellnessLiving and Walla integrate with ClassPass optionally; Boulevard does not integrate with ClassPass.
ClassPass works by negotiating discounted access to wellness services, typically 50-70% below your full rate, and reselling that access to subscribers as a "try anything" membership. For studios still building their client base, the volume is real. For studios with an established book, the math is brutal: you're discounting 50-70% to acquire clients who are then conditioned to expect that rate forever.
The conflict: the same company selling you scheduling software also runs the discount marketplace that competes with your full-price offering. Mindbody's ClassPass integration is default-on for most plans. If you haven't looked at what percentage of your bookings come through ClassPass, and what margin you're making on them, it's worth understanding before your next renewal.
Alternatives like WellnessLiving and Walla integrate with ClassPass optionally. You choose your exposure. Boulevard doesn't integrate with ClassPass at all. Neither is inherently right for every studio, but the distinction is worth knowing before you decide.
Stay on Mindbody if its marketplace drives new clients, you need enterprise multi-location tools, or ClassPass volume is profitable. Switch to WellnessLiving or Walla if class schedules, class packs, and waitlists are core operations. Switch to Boulevard if you run individual appointments such as massage, acupuncture, or float, no longer need Mindbody's app to find clients, and want branded booking on your site.
The class-heavy vs appointment-based distinction matters, but so does the rest of it: how long you've been on Mindbody, how your membership structure works, what's driving the frustration. Answer 8 questions and get a specific recommendation. Sometimes it's Boulevard. Often it's WellnessLiving. Occasionally it's stay and fight the renewal.
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