Studio Management Software For the Real Workflows
Most studio management software is built like accounting software with a calendar bolted on. That misses the actual shape of how a studio runs: the season, the schedule draft, the recital, the families paying late, the instructor swap two days before opening. Presently is built around those things, in one tool, instead of three.
No credit card. Free migration from your current tool.
One tool, the parts that matter
Built for class-based studios across disciplines: dance, music, gymnastics, martial arts, theater.
Tuition + autopay
Sibling discounts, family caps, prorated drops, autopay on the day you choose. Pulls from Stripe, posts to a ledger you can actually read.
Schedule + drafts
Live schedule and draft schedule live in the same tool. You don't draft in Excel and re-type into the system. You draft in the system and click Promote.
Attendance
Instructors take attendance on their phone. Makeups, drop-ins, trial classes, and no-shows are separate categories, so the reports show what actually happened.
Family portal
Each family has a portal where they pay, see schedules, update student info, and reach you. It works on a phone browser. There's no app, on purpose, because parents already have too many apps.
Enrollment + waitlists
Families enroll from the public schedule with a one-click email link. No password required to start. Waitlists, pre-approvals, and class recommendations are all built in.
Communications
Compose an email to a class, a season, or the whole studio. Pre-built templates for the things you send every season. Sent emails track opens so you know whether the family actually saw it.
Why "built for class-based studios" beats generic
A studio that runs on weekly classes has a different rhythm from a one-off appointment business. Tuition is recurring, not invoice-by-invoice. Classes have seasons. Families have multiple kids in multiple classes that all bill together with discounts. Instructors might teach four classes a week across two locations. Recitals exist. Costumes exist. None of those things show up cleanly in generic business management software, so studios using one end up with custom spreadsheets, a separate payment processor, and a calendar app that nobody trusts.
Presently is studio management software built around that rhythm. The schema knows what a season is, what a class is, what a sibling discount is, what a recital is. The whole tool sits on those concepts instead of routing around them. That's why a studio can run on Presently alone, instead of Presently plus three other things.
Built first for dance studios; now used by music schools, gymnastics studios, and other class-based programs that have the same underlying shape.
Simple, transparent pricing
No hidden fees. Plans scale with your student count.
Related
More on what Presently does: