Enrollment, billing, attendance, and communications—all in one place. So you can spend less time on admin and more time doing what you love.
Simple, powerful tools designed to help your studio thrive
Just Stripe's standard 2.9% + 30¢—no markup, no surprise fees. We don't profit from your payments.
Every page includes fully implemented light and dark mode theming. Users can choose their preferred theme or match system settings.
Send text message notifications to families with built-in Twilio integration. Pay Twilio directly for SMS costs with no markup.
Redis caching and Meilisearch indexing deliver a quick, responsive interface.
Create authentication tokens for API access to YOUR data at no additional cost.
Fully customizable users, roles, and permissions give you complete control.
Create seasons for weekly-series classes or date-specific camps. Configure flexible billing sessions.
Configure rate groups for automatic tuition calculation. Set up sibling discounts and tuition caps.
Offer payment plans with automatically applied discounts—annually, semi-annually, or custom schedules.
Create as many waivers as you need and capture digital signatures from families.
Import from Excel/CSV or reach out—we're happy to help migrate your data. (Seriously, just ask.)
Upload your logo and customize portal colors to match your studio's identity.
Pause enrollments, schedule future enrollments, or drop with future effective date. Ledgers recalculate automatically.
Create pre-approvals and send them directly to family dashboards. Track approval status in real-time.
View attendance for specific dates with expected students auto-populated. Mark present/absent/tardy.
Track makeup classes and trial students. Easy scheduling with automatic attendance integration.
Visual calendar view of all classes by day, week, or month. Filter by location, instructor, or class type.
Upload documents per class—music, choreography notes, or handouts. Families access via their portal.
Define skills per class type and track student achievements. Perfect for progression-based programs.
Create unlimited tags for students or families. Use for organization, filtering, or identifying special groups.
Easily merge duplicate families or students. All enrollments, payments, and history transfer automatically.
View family ledger entries with expandable details showing individual line items per enrollment.
Families add credit cards or bank accounts. Set up autopay for automatic billing collection.
Create charges or payments for large groups. Save progress and commit when ready.
Built-in templates for Summary Invoices, Class Confirmations, Pre-Approvals, and more.
Send emails to classes, families with balances, or custom filtered groups. Track opens and delivery.
Track all changes to data objects. See who changed what and when for complete accountability.
Class schedules, rosters, enrollment reports, and financial summaries. Export to PDF or print.
Add private notes to families or students. Keep important context visible to your staff.
Families view schedules, manage students, enroll in classes, make payments, and access documents.
New families register online, add students, sign waivers, and enroll—all before their first visit.
Families browse classes and add to cart. Review totals with discounts before checkout.
Instructors view their schedule, take attendance, access rosters, and enter measurements.
Track instructor hours automatically from class schedules. Review and export for payroll.
Families and instructors reset their own passwords via email. No admin intervention needed.
Only pay for the features you need. Add or remove these anytime.
Complete event management for recitals and performances. Lineup management, conflict notifications, and costume tracking.
Complete costume management from approval to sizing. Intelligent size suggestions and virtual costume book.
Real-time messaging with families from their portal. Chat history saved, online/offline status, and notifications.
Your monthly rate is based on your student count—with core features included at every tier. Only active enrollments count, so seasonal studios pay less in the off-season.
No contracts. No setup fees. No surprise charges. Cancel anytime (though we hope you won't).
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Up to 100 students
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Up to 500 students
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Unlimited students
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Since 2011, my wife has built and operated a successful dance studio. She's done the real work: teaching classes, managing staff, building relationships with families, and handling everything that makes a studio thrive. I've been behind the scenes providing tech support, and over the years I've spent countless hours building custom systems and workarounds on top of (and around) our existing studio management software, trying to fill the gaps and fix the shortcomings.
We've experienced the frustration of carefully managing student counts to stay just under pricing thresholds, only to face steep jumps in monthly bills. We've paid extra fees for credit card processing, SMS messaging, and basic features that should be standard. Every added expense, every limitation, every "that's not how our system works" response chipped away at what we could invest back into our business and our families.
Presently was born from our own experience running a studio. Every tool, process, and feature you see here came from real challenges we faced and solved in our own business. But we also know that every organization is different. Whether you run a dance studio, music school, martial arts academy, tutoring center, swim school, or any business that manages students, families, classes, and instructors—what works perfectly for us might not be exactly what you need.
That's why we're building Presently to fit your operations, not forcing you to change how you run your business to fit our software.
We're still pretty new, but we're building this for real studio owners (like you). Found a bug? Tell us. Want it to work differently? Let us know. Missing a feature? We'll probably add it. Your feedback shapes what Presently becomes.
We built Presently from scratch with modern technology—the same tools used by companies like Shopify and Netflix. The result? A faster, more reliable platform that we can improve and adapt quickly based on what you actually need.
We're studio owners ourselves, and we're building the software we wish we'd had from day one. Transparent pricing. No hidden fees. No contracts.
Let's build something better together. Your business deserves software that works as hard as you do.
The name is a play on words: "present" as in taking attendance in class, and "presently" meaning current, modern, happening now—as opposed to the outdated legacy systems that don't adapt well to how studios actually operate today.
As for our crowned bear logo? When I told my wife the name, she immediately thought of a scene from Brave where Queen Elinor (just before her transformation) says the word "presently" in a very regal, queenly way. The bear wearing a crown is our little tribute to that moment—and to the queen who runs our own studio.
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