Pike13 is a clean, simple US platform for small studios and personal trainers, with a tidy client experience and solid reporting. Its trade-offs are that it is US-oriented and its entry pricing runs high for a small studio. Class Booking keeps the same simplicity but is EU-resident, flat-priced from a low starting point, and adds fixed spots and family memberships.
Why studios switch
Studios rarely leave Pike13 over one missing feature. The reasons we hear are cumulative: a bill that grows faster than the studio does, a system shaped for operators much bigger than an independent studio, and support that turns slow exactly when bookings are on the line. Class Booking is deliberately built for the studios those trade-offs squeeze hardest.
Pike13 is deliberately simple, and so are we, but its entry tier runs high per their public pricing (July 2026). Class Booking starts at €10 / £8 / $13/month, flat, with no per-booking fees.
Pike13 is US-based. Class Booking is built in Denmark and hosts all data in the EU, one less international-transfer question in your GDPR paperwork.
A member keeps the same weekly spot in the same class, with a waitlist behind it. Pike13 handles classes and appointments cleanly, but a reserved-recurring-seat product is not documented.
One subscription covers several named family members, each with their own profile. A family membership is not documented for Pike13.
Pike13's language, currency and payment defaults are US-oriented. Class Booking runs in six languages on your own Stripe account, built for studios across Europe.
Side by side
No spin. Both columns reflect public pricing and published features at the time of writing.
| Class Booking | Pike13 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed spot (reserved recurring place) | Yes, same spot held every week, with waitlist | Not documented |
| Starting price | €10 / £8 / $13/month | Higher entry tier (per public pricing, July 2026) |
| Pricing transparency | Public (€10 / £8 / $13 / €30 / £20 / $35 / €50 / £40 / $60) | Published, US-oriented |
| Reporting & analytics | Clean built-in reporting | Yes, clean reporting |
| Simplicity / ease of use | Simple, studio-first | Simple, its core strength |
| Family membership on one subscription | Yes | Not documented |
| Built for | Yoga, pilates & class studios (EU) | Small studios & personal trainers (US) |
| Multi-language UI | EN, DA, DE, SV, NB, ES | English (US) |
| Payment methods | Card, Apple/Google Pay via Stripe | US-oriented payments |
| EU GDPR-compliant hosting | Yes, Denmark | No (US-based) |
| Per-booking fees | None | None |
| Data migration | Done for you | Not documented |
Honest take
We're not the right fit for everyone. Here's when you should stay with Pike13.
Tell us when you want to switch. We export your members, classes, schedules and active subscriptions from Pike13, import them to Class Booking, sit on a video call with you to verify everything looks right, and switch your domain over the weekend. Your customers don't notice.
Usually at the entry level, yes. Pike13's entry tier runs high for a small studio per their public pricing (July 2026), while Class Booking starts at €10 / £8 / $13/month, flat, with no per-booking fees. Compare our starting price against Pike13's entry plan directly.
Yes, that is a shared strength. Pike13 is deliberately simple, and so is Class Booking: a new admin is productive the same afternoon. The difference is not complexity, it is that Class Booking is EU-resident, flat-priced from a lower starting point, and adds fixed spots and family memberships on top of the simple core.
It can. Pike13's language, currency and payment defaults are US-oriented. Class Booking runs in English, Danish, German, Swedish, Norwegian and Spanish, on your own Stripe account, and hosts your data in the EU, so it fits European studios more naturally.
Yes. Class Booking documents a fixed-spot subscription: a reserved recurring seat in a weekly class with a waitlist behind it. Pike13 handles classes and appointments cleanly, but a reserved-recurring-seat product is not documented. If keeping members in the same weekly place matters, that is a real difference.
Yes for members, bookings and history, which we import for you. Active subscriptions depend on the payment setup, which we confirm on the discovery call; where they cannot move 1:1, members re-enter their card once on first login on Class Booking, and we provide an email template you can send the day before.
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