Mariana Tek alternative

Mariana Tek runs class chains. TrainStead runs your studio.

Mariana Tek is polished enterprise software for multi-location boutique brands, with class booking, membership, and a premium front-of-house experience built to run at scale. Pricing is handled through enterprise sales, and for a growing class-studio chain it's a serious platform.

A small personal training studio is a different animal, and TrainStead is built for it. Your work isn't class booking and memberships across locations, it's programming, tracking real client progress, and running sessions. TrainStead puts scheduling, client programming, progress tracking, messaging, and studio analytics in one place, priced per trainer with unlimited clients.

What you get with TrainStead

The trainer's toolkit, sized for a real studio, not an enterprise rollout. Build and assign programs, track each client's progress and nutrition and cardio, message them in the app, and see at a studio level who's drifting before they quit. Where Mariana Tek is engineered for the scale and polish of a multi-location brand, TrainStead is sized for one studio and the trainers actually working the floor.

Who should still use Mariana Tek

Large, multi-location boutique class brands that need enterprise class booking and membership at scale. If your business is memberships, use membership software. If your business is training people, use training software.

Frequently asked questions

Is TrainStead a Mariana Tek alternative?

For a small personal training studio, yes. TrainStead focuses on programming, client tracking, and per-trainer pricing rather than enterprise class booking and membership.

Does TrainStead do class booking and memberships like Mariana Tek?

No. TrainStead is training-first, built for 1-on-1 and small-group programming and tracking, not class-membership operations for a multi-location brand.

Does TrainStead limit how many clients I can have?

No. Every plan includes unlimited clients, priced per trainer.

Keep comparing

Not sure which category you're in? Start with the guide to the best software for a small personal training studio, or read the deep dive on per-trainer vs per-client pricing.

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