honest comparison
pike13 vs boxing bachata
Pike13 is a dependable scheduling and billing platform with published pricing from $139 per month on annual billing, unlimited staff seats, and a deliberately simple operating model, on 12-month contracts. Boxing Bachata is younger and narrower, focused on an AI front desk that answers and books Instagram and text leads plus an automated trial funnel, at flat month-to-month founding pricing. Appointment-heavy businesses that value stability should shortlist Pike13; boxing and dance studios chasing Instagram leads are who Boxing Bachata is built for.
pricing as of july 2026
pick pike13 if you are
- appointment-and-class hybrids like swim schools, music schools, and training gyms
- teams that want dependable software over a stream of new features
- businesses that budget annually and value price stability
pick boxing bachata if you are
- boxing and dance studios that want leads answered automatically
- owners who want month-to-month terms
- studios that need built-in trial follow-up rather than integrations
feature by feature
Our own column tells the truth about today: what is rolling out says rolling out, and what we do not offer says so. Where we could not verify a Pike13 feature, the table says check with them rather than guessing.
| feature | Pike13 | Boxing Bachata |
|---|---|---|
| class scheduling and booking | included Equally strong for appointments and classes. | included Recurring schedules generate a rolling six-week calendar; public class pages take reservations without a login. |
| member profiles and directory | included | included Member directory, profiles, booking history, and a lead-to-member pipeline. |
| membership plans and class packs | included | rolling out Membership plans and class packs are being built now. Members and credits are tracked today; selling plans in-app is not live yet. |
| integrated payments | included | rolling out Stripe checkout is rolling out. Not live for self-serve payments today. |
| branded mobile app | check with them Client and staff apps exist; confirm branded options and cost. | not offered No branded app. The booking experience is a fast mobile web page. |
| AI front desk (answers, books, escalates) | not offered | included MIA answers Instagram DMs and texts, shares the live schedule, books people into classes, and hands the thread to a human on request. |
| lead pipeline / CRM | limited Lead capture and reporting rather than a staged pipeline. | included Kanban pipeline from new lead to member, fed automatically by the website, Instagram, and public intake forms. |
| automated trial follow-up | limited Automated notifications can cover basic follow-up. | included A five-email trial funnel plus text reminders runs automatically from the moment someone books a first class. |
| email + text class reminders | included | included Email and SMS reminders with real delivery confirmation; failures surface with the carrier's reason instead of disappearing. |
| digital waivers | included | included Native versioned waivers with immutable signed records; minors require a guardian signature. |
| room and floor rentals | not offered | included Public availability page, renter portal with self-booking, and shared-floor capacity rules. |
| email + SMS marketing campaigns | limited Integrations carry most marketing work. | limited Transactional email and SMS are live. Campaign and blast tooling is built and rolling out per studio. |
| reporting and analytics | included | limited Live dashboard for classes, members, and revenue. Deep reporting is on the roadmap. |
| consumer marketplace listing | not offered | not offered No consumer marketplace, which also means no commission on the clients you acquire. |
| month-to-month pricing | not offered Plans are billed on a 12-month contract. | included Month-to-month. Founding pricing is locked for early studios. |
pricing
pricing as of july 2026
pike13
Pike13 publishes three plans on 12-month contracts: Essential at $139, Advanced at $195, and Premium at $249 per month on annual billing, with monthly billing priced higher. All plans include unlimited staff and client records.
| Essential | $139/mo annual ($159 monthly billing) |
|---|---|
| Advanced | $195/mo annual ($225 monthly billing) |
| Premium | $249/mo annual ($286 monthly billing) |
card processing: Integrated processing; rates depend on your agreement, so confirm with Pike13.
- Plans are billed on a 12-month contract.
boxing bachata
Flat founding pricing for waitlist studios, month-to-month, no per-location multiplier and no marketplace commission. Join the waitlist for the current rate.
pricing as of july 2026
what pike13 does well
- Genuinely simple to run day to day; staff learn it fast.
- Published pricing with unlimited staff seats and client records.
- Appointment scheduling is as strong as class scheduling, which most studio platforms get wrong.
where it can pinch
- The 12-month contract is a real commitment for a small studio.
- Marketing and lead follow-up lean on integrations rather than built-in tools.
- The product evolves slowly compared with the fast movers in the category.
switching from pike13
- 1Check your contract end date first; leaving mid-term has real cost.
- 2Export clients, plans, and visit history from reporting.
- 3Members re-enter card details on the new platform; align the notice with a billing cycle.
questions studios actually ask
how much does Pike13 cost?
As of July 2026, Pike13 publishes Essential at $139, Advanced at $195, and Premium at $249 per month on annual billing, with monthly billing priced higher ($159 to $286). All plans run on 12-month contracts and include unlimited staff seats and client records.
is Boxing Bachata a good Pike13 alternative?
For a boxing or dance studio that wants automated lead handling and month-to-month terms, yes: Boxing Bachata adds an AI front desk and trial funnel Pike13 does not offer. Pike13 remains the stronger choice for appointment-heavy businesses that value its stability; Boxing Bachata's payments are still rolling out.
does Pike13 require a contract?
Yes, plans are billed on a 12-month contract as of July 2026, with a lower monthly rate for annual billing. Factor the commitment into any comparison with month-to-month platforms.
see it for yourself
Boxing Bachata is onboarding founding studios from the waitlist. No credit card, no sales call.