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Built for studios that outgrew their software. A modern, AI-first alternative to Mindbody — set up from your website, with passes that just work and an AI copilot that drafts before it does anything.
Capability
✦ Studio Sensei
Mindbody
Getting set up
Initial setup
Point it at your website or a PDF — it proposes a full studio to review ~ Guided onboarding and migration support (tier-dependent) — no AI build from a URL or PDF
Import from your current tool
Guided import, under an hour Migration support included, tier-dependent Brand applied across surfaces
One brand kit themes site, widget, chatbot, email ~ Branded website and booking widgets; no single brand kit across every surface
Catalog & passes
Pass / membership model
Entitlement engine — passes scoped as data, auto-applied at booking Full memberships, packs, drop-ins, and contracts — battle-tested at scale Product types
Full product range, including retail / POS and gift cards Intro-offer protection
Eligibility rules — lockouts, cooldowns, caps Standard intro-offer and eligibility rules Scheduling & booking
Class model
Template → schedule → session, with per-session overrides Recurring classes and appointments with per-occurrence overrides Availability on your own site
One-tag embeddable widget, near real-time Booking on the web and via widgets, plus the consumer marketplace app Attendance & policy
Check-in, no-show, reschedule; policies applied and logged Mature check-in / no-show and cancellation / late-cancel policies AI
Public AI concierge
Catalog-grounded — surfaces only real, bookable classes Messenger[ai] — a 24/7 AI receptionist that answers, books, and sells (~2,000 locations) AI copilot for the owner
Sensei drafts moves; you approve; code executes; logged ~ AI Assistant (GPT-4) answers support questions; it does not take operational action
AI safety posture
AI never executes — draft & approve, full audit trail ~ Messenger[ai] books and sells on its own, flagging some chats for a human — no draft-and-approve gate
Growth & messaging
CRM & automations
One engine for lead follow-ups and the reviews loop Lead Management plus a configurable sales pipeline with stage automations; Journeys email / SMS (paid add-on) Review requests
Automatic Google review ask after a student attends ~ Reputation tooling (Frederick) — single business account, star-gated, no per-location routing
Member messaging
Broadcasts + transactional in one ledger Automated email and SMS via Journeys (Attentive), with segmentation and A/B (paid add-on) Team & access
Roles & privacy
7 roles, per-location scoping, field-level masking Staff permissions and payroll; coarser-grained than field-level masking ~ Partial or limitedStudio Sensei reflects shipped capabilities. Mindbody details are from public sources, web-verified as of May 2026, and may change.
Switching
Bring your studio over in under an hour. Point Sensei at your existing site and it proposes your classes, teachers, and prices for review. We’ll help you import the rest on a call if you want.
Under 1 hr
to a populated studio
No card
free during early access
Your data
exportable, anytime
Outgrow your software.Not your studio. Free during early access. Import from your current tool in under an hour.