Vagaro is a booking platform popular with salons, spas and wellness businesses, with a consumer marketplace, its own payment processing and POS hardware. Class Booking is built for studios and class-based businesses, runs on your own Stripe account and hosts data in the EU. This page shows when each one fits.
Where we differ
Vagaro and Class Booking both handle the core of running a studio: class booking, memberships and payments. They differ in focus, pricing model and setup. Below are the points where Class Booking takes its own approach, so you can judge which matters for your studio. For Vagaro's current features and prices, check its own website.
Class Booking runs on your own Stripe account, so card fees are Stripe's standard rates for your country, paid straight into your account.
Class booking, memberships, seasons and fixed spots are the core of the product.
Your booking site runs on your own domain and shows your studio.
Class Booking hosts all data in Denmark.
Payroll by the hour or per class, set per instructor and class type, with CSV export. Included in Studio, an add-on on Basic and Pro.
Side by side
Both columns are based on what each company publishes at the time of writing. Features and prices change, so check each provider's own website before you decide.
| Class Booking | Vagaro | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Public (€10 / £8 / $13 / €30 / £20 / $35 / €50 / £40 / $60) | See Vagaro's website |
| Card processing | Stripe standard rates, your own account | Vagaro Pay, see Vagaro's rates |
| Annual contract | No, monthly rolling | See Vagaro's terms |
| Built for | Studios & class-based businesses | Salons, spas & wellness |
| Consumer marketplace | No, your own booking site | Yes, Vagaro Marketplace |
| Custom domain | From Pro plan | Check with Vagaro |
| Multi-instructor payroll | Yes, in Studio or as an add-on | Check with Vagaro |
| Native iOS / Android app | Branded web app | Native app |
| POS hardware | Stripe Terminal | Vagaro POS hardware |
| EU GDPR-compliant hosting | Yes, Denmark | See Vagaro's data terms |
Fair take
Different studios need different systems. Here's when Vagaro may suit you better.
Tell us when you want to switch. We export your members, classes, schedules and active subscriptions from Vagaro, 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.
On Class Booking you pay Stripe's standard rates for your country, straight into your own Stripe account, with no fee added by us. For Vagaro Pay, see Vagaro's current rates, and compare the two for your monthly card volume.
Yes, the Marketplace is part of Vagaro. If it's a meaningful traffic source for you, factor that in. Class Booking gives you your own booking site with SEO built in.
Members, classes and class-pass balances transfer. Recurring memberships paid via a payment provider other than Stripe typically require members to re-enter their card on first login on Class Booking. We provide an email template you can send the day before. Migration usually takes 5-7 days.
Yes, optional tipping at checkout, configurable per service.
Start a 14-day free trial. We'll migrate your data for you. Cancel anytime.