Studio Pro's $49 plan is a fair deal — until you want lead follow-up, staff permissions or two-way messaging, and the price becomes $79 or $165. Prodigy Suite puts every feature in every plan, starting at $19.99, with tuition landing in your own Stripe account.
Both companies charge a flat monthly fee. Studio Pro's tiers unlock features. Prodigy Suite's tiers only change the student cap.
| EssentialsScheduling & registration, tuition, payments, POS, email + 1-way text, parent & class apps, recitals, costumes, ticket sales | $49 |
| PremierEssentials + 2-way in-app chat, individual user permissions, Zapier | $79 |
| ElitePremier + lead capture, trial-to-enrollment automation, 2-way SMS (3,000/month), SMS inbox, dedicated studio number | $165 |
| StarterUp to 150 active students · email support | $19.99 ($199/yr) |
| GrowthUp to 300 active students · import help · priority support | $39.99 ($390/yr) |
| UnlimitedUnlimited students · multiple locations · migration done for you · phone support | $79.99 ($790/yr) |
Card processing on the tuition you collect is Stripe's standard rate (2.9% + 30¢ in the US), charged by Stripe into your own account — Prodigy Suite adds nothing on top.
Everything here is taken from each company's public website. Where we could not verify something, we say so.
| Studio Pro | Prodigy Suite | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Three packages that unlock features; unlimited students on all | Three plans that only change the student cap; every feature on all |
| Starting price | $49 / month | $19.99 / month |
| Online registration, rosters, waitlists | Yes — every package | Yes — every plan |
| Auto-pay tuition and statements | Yes — every package | Yes — every plan, into your own Stripe account |
| Attendance | Yes — class manager app | Yes — tap, QR badge scan, or a self-serve kiosk |
| Point of sale | Yes — every package | Yes — every plan |
| Lead pipeline and trial bookings | Elite only — $165 / month | Every plan Public trial-booking form, six-stage pipeline, automatic follow-up emails |
| Staff logins with individual permissions | Premier and up — $79 / month | Every plan Owner, admin and instructor roles; instructors see only their own classes |
| Skills, levels and certificates | Not listed on the pricing page — ask them | Every plan Belt and grade tracks, per-student checklists, printable certificates |
| Private lessons | Not listed on the pricing page — ask them | Every plan Bookable windows, week diary, per-lesson charging |
| Recitals, costumes, ticket sales | Yes — every package | Not offered |
| Two-way in-app chat | Yes — Premier and up | No Families receive automatic emails; there is no chat |
| SMS texting | Yes — Elite, US & Canada, 3,000 texts/month then $0.02 each | No |
| Native parent and staff apps | Yes — parent portal app and class manager app | Web app Responsive on any phone; no app-store listing |
| Integrations | Zapier — Premier and up | Limited Stripe and CSV import/export only |
| Who holds the tuition | Studio Pro's integrated processing; rates on request | Your own Stripe account at Stripe's published rate; money never passes through us |
| Trying it | 30-day free trial, or a demo call | Open a seeded demo studio now, no signup. Then 14 days free, no card. |
| Currency | USD | USD and CAD |
| Track record | 7,000+ educators | New in 2026. We would rather tell you that than hide it. |
Sources: gostudiopro.com/pricing, checked 21 August 2026. Studio Pro may change pricing or features at any time; this page is updated when we notice. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it.
So nobody finds out after switching: there is no SMS texting, no in-app chat, no per-studio app-store app, no recital or costume planning, no ticketing and no Zapier. A dance studio that lives on recital season should probably stay with Studio Pro, and we would rather you knew now.
You can run both systems for a month if you would rather move slowly. Nothing about the switch is irreversible.
Pull your families and students to CSV from your Studio Pro account.
Drop the CSV on the Integrations page. Growth includes hands-on import help; on Unlimited we do the whole migration for you.
Recreate your classes once, then send families the registration link. Parents add their own card — card numbers cannot legally move between systems, on any platform.
Pick the day of the month. Auto-pay collects, the unpaid list shows who is left, and you stop chasing.
For registration, rosters, attendance, auto-pay tuition, point of sale, skills, certificates, private lessons, staff roles and lead follow-up — yes, in every plan. For recitals, costumes, ticketing, SMS, in-app chat and Zapier — no, not today. The table above lists both.
On the Unlimited plan at $79.99. Starter covers 150 active students and Growth covers 300, which is most single-room studios. Whatever plan you are on, every feature is included — the plans differ only in student cap, support level and migration help.
Studio Pro bundles lead capture and trial-to-enrollment automation with its SMS suite in the Elite package. We built the lead pipeline and public trial-booking form into the core product, with automatic email follow-up. If you need the follow-up by text rather than email, Studio Pro is the one that does it.
Yes, on any switch between any two systems — saved card details are held by the payment processor and cannot be exported. Families add a card once in the parent portal; you can see who has and has not from the auto-pay list.
Every list exports to CSV on every plan, there is no notice period, and tuition lives in your own Stripe account, so nothing about your money depends on us. Cancel from the billing page whenever you like.
Open a working studio with 40 families and two months of billing. No signup, nothing to install.