The best Mindbody alternatives in 2026
Mindbody is business management software for fitness, wellness and beauty studios, covering scheduling, payments, memberships and marketing. It also runs a consumer booking app, and is owned by Playlist. If it’s stopped fitting how you run, here are 5 alternatives worth a look — what each is best at, what it costs, and when staying on Mindbody is the right call.
Checked October 2026 · By the Hiive team
The short answer
- Hiive — best for organizers, venues and communities in India, from gigs to run clubs, who want tickets in ₹, curated entry and venue schedules in one place.
- Hudle — players booking courts across many sports, and venues and clubs that want commission-free management software.
- Playo — players booking courts and turfs, and venues filling slots through a sports marketplace.
- Spond — teams and clubs that need attendance, chat and payments for a known group of members.
- Heylo — run clubs and social groups that want events, chat and payments in one app.
Why people look for a Mindbody alternative
- Smaller studios and new organizers find a per-location subscription hard to justify.
- Indian studios want payments and payouts in rupees, which isn't confirmed for Mindbody.
- Communities want members to talk to each other and gather between classes.
- Organizers want their sessions discovered by people nearby who don't already know the studio.
The alternatives, one by one
01 · OUR PICK
Hiive
Hiive is an app for finding local events and the communities behind them — gigs, comedy nights, workshops, supper clubs, run clubs, games and meetups — with a business workspace for the venues, event IPs and organizers who run them. Ticketing, venue schedules, memberships, campaigns, analytics, a shop and payouts live in one place, and the same events surface to people nearby in the Hiive app.
Hiive vs Mindbody, in detailPick it over Mindbody if
- You run a studio, club or community in India and want payouts in rupees.
- You want members to gather and chat between sessions.
- You run events and workshops as well as regular classes.
- You want to be found by people nearby who don't know you yet.
Worth knowing
- Hiive is newer than most tools it's compared with. Its event and community coverage is deepest in Mumbai, where it launched, and is growing city by city.
- Business pricing isn't a public rate card: the software is free for the first couple of months, then a fee is agreed with each partner based on the value delivered.
02
Hudle
Best for: Players booking courts across many sports, and venues and clubs that want commission-free management software
Hudle is a sports venue booking and community app, paired with venue-management software for clubs. Players book courts for more than 50 sports, join other players and enter tournaments; venues run slots, staff, billing and member-only club rules from Hudle's software.
Good at
- Broad sport coverage — booking for 50+ sports, including pickleball and padel.
- A strong Indian sports-booking network; Hudle says it spans 75+ cities and 2,000+ venues.
- GRIP rating (1–7) helps racket-sport players find others at their level.
Watch out for
- Built around venue bookings, tournaments and coaching; ticketing for general events like workshops or socials isn't a focus.
- The venue software's subscription price isn't published, so you need to contact Hudle for a quote.
- No activity tracking for runs, rides or walks.
Pricing: Players: book courts for 50+ sports, join players, and enter tournaments and coaching in the app.
03
Playo
Best for: Players booking courts and turfs, and venues filling slots through a sports marketplace
Playo is a sports community app for booking venues and courts, joining or hosting pickup games, and finding trainers. Venues manage bookings and memberships through Playo's Venue Partner Interface app.
Good at
- A strong Indian sports-booking marketplace — players open Playo specifically to find and book courts and turfs.
- Pickup games: players can host or join games and chat with their group.
- Venue tools cover a facility scheduler, a membership manager for advances and renewals, pricing rules and discounts, and reports.
Watch out for
- Built around court and turf bookings and pickup games; general event ticketing (workshops, races, socials) isn't part of the product.
- Venue commission rates aren't published, so organizers need to ask Playo directly.
- No activity tracking for runs, rides or walks.
Pricing: Players book courts and turfs, host or join games, and use Karma discounts and gift cards in the app.
04
Spond
Best for: Teams and clubs that need attendance, chat and payments for a known group of members
Spond is a free app for sports teams, clubs and groups to organise events, track attendance, chat and collect payments. Spond Club adds a web tool for larger clubs with a member register, renewals and club websites.
Good at
- Free to use, with no subscription — costs come only from payment fees.
- Solid team admin: repeating events, a season planner, RSVPs and waitlists.
- Chat, payments and fundraising in the same app as attendance.
Watch out for
- INR is not a supported payment currency, so Indian groups can't collect fees through Spond.
- No discovery marketplace — it organises an existing group rather than helping new people find you.
- No venue or court booking.
Pricing: The app is free; Spond earns from transaction fees on payments.
05
Heylo
Best for: Run clubs and social groups that want events, chat and payments in one app
Heylo is a US-based community app for clubs such as run clubs and social groups, combining events, group chat, a member directory and payments. It positions itself as an alternative to Meetup, with a free Base plan and paid tiers that lower payment fees.
Good at
- Unlimited members and events on every plan, including the free Base tier.
- Group chats, a member directory, questionnaires and icebreakers help members get to know each other.
- Clear published pricing, with payment fees that fall as you move up tiers.
Watch out for
- INR isn't a supported payment currency, so Indian groups can't collect fees in ₹.
- The free plan carries the highest payment fee (5% + $0.59), before Stripe processing.
- Email sends are capped by plan tier.
Pricing: Base: free, with a payment fee of 5% + $0.59.
Compared side by side
Yes Partly No? Not confirmed from official sources
Leaving Mindbody? Take your people with you
Studios can export client email and mailing lists from the Mailing Lists report to Excel, and see active members in the Members report. The API offers a programmatic route.
How to export clients from MindbodyQuestions
It depends on why you're leaving. For event organizers, venues and communities in India that want ticketing with payouts in rupees, curated membership, venue schedules and booking analytics in one place, Hiive is the strongest fit. Hudle is best for players booking courts across many sports, and venues and clubs that want commission-free management software. Playo is best for players booking courts and turfs, and venues filling slots through a sports marketplace. Spond is best for teams and clubs that need attendance, chat and payments for a known group of members.
Smaller studios and new organizers find a per-location subscription hard to justify. Indian studios want payments and payouts in rupees, which isn't confirmed for Mindbody. Communities want members to talk to each other and gather between classes. Organizers want their sessions discovered by people nearby who don't already know the studio.
Stay on Mindbody if: you run an established studio with a full class and appointment timetable; you need mature membership billing with autopay; you want branded booking widgets on your own website; you need an api and webhooks to connect other systems.
For Indian studios, clubs and communities, Hiive combines bookings with payouts in rupees, community Hives with chat, events and venue schedules on one calendar, campaigns and local discovery. For sports venues and courts, Hudle and Playo are other options.
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Written by the Hiive team. We make a competing product, so every claim about another product here comes from its own website or help centre, checked in October 2026. Prices and features change — check the provider before you decide. Spotted something out of date? Email jai@hiive.club and we’ll fix it.