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All pricing verified on each company’s own pricing page in August 2026.
Acuity costs $16 a month. WellnessLiving starts at $69. Neither number is the one you’ll actually pay, and for opposite reasons. Acuity’s price is real but narrow: it books appointments and does nothing else, so a studio ends up paying separately for a website, an email tool, and a video platform. WellnessLiving’s price leaves out add-on prices and merchant processing fees.
The short version: choose Acuity if you already have a website you like and just need appointment booking done well. It’s the deeper scheduler of the two, with calendar rules, buffers, and time zone handling that go further than any studio platform bothers with.
Choose WellnessLiving if you run a class-based studio with memberships and want marketing and loyalty tools built in, with room in the budget for its processing fees. Either way, price the whole job, not the subscription.
What are the key differences between WellnessLiving and Acuity?
- Acuity runs $16 to $49 a month depending on how many calendars you need, and adds no fee on top of your payment processor’s rate.
- Acuity includes no website, no email or SMS marketing beyond appointment reminders, and no on-demand video, at any tier.
- WellnessLiving’s $69 to $349 subscription excludes its required merchant-processing fees.
- A studio needing scheduling, a website, marketing, and video stacks several tools on top of Acuity. WellnessLiving and OfferingTree bundle those into one subscription.
Scheduling tool vs. studio platform: what’s the difference?
A scheduling tool does one job: it lets someone book time with you and pay for it. A studio platform runs the whole business, with classes, memberships, a website, marketing, and usually video under a single login.
Acuity is a scheduling tool, and a good one. WellnessLiving is a studio platform, where scheduling sits alongside classes, memberships, and marketing automation as one feature among many.
That difference makes a feature-for-feature comparison misleading in both directions. The useful question isn’t which platform is better. It’s which job you need done.
How much does Acuity cost?
Acuity publishes four tiers, priced by how many calendars you need rather than by feature set.
| Plan | Annual billing | Monthly billing | Calendars | What it adds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $16/mo | $20/mo | 1 | Email reminders, custom client forms, time zone conversion |
| Standard | $27/mo | $34/mo | Up to 6 | SMS reminders, packages, memberships, gift certificates |
| Premium | $49/mo | $61/mo | Up to 36 | HIPAA compliance, multiple staff time zones, custom API/CSS |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | 100+ | Dedicated account manager, simplified multi-account billing |
There’s no free plan, only a 7-day trial that requires no credit card. Acuity states on its own site that no tier carries a setup fee, cancellation fee, or support fee.
On payment processing, Acuity is unusually direct: it charges nothing on top of whatever Stripe, Square, or PayPal already takes.
How much does WellnessLiving cost compared to Acuity Scheduling?
WellnessLiving publishes three tiers, Starter at $69 a month, Business at $199, and BusinessPro at $349, plus a custom Enterprise plan.
That subscription isn’t the full cost. WellnessLiving requires a separate merchant processor, Paragon or Argus in the US, which charges its own fees independent of the software.
The distinction matters. A payment processor like Stripe or PayPal charges its own rate no matter which software sits above it. A merchant processor requirement is a separate account and fee schedule a platform obliges you to open specifically to use that platform. Acuity has none. WellnessLiving does.
What does Acuity Scheduling not include, and what does the full stack cost?
Acuity includes no website at any tier, so a site means a separate Squarespace subscription, billed on its own. There’s no native email or SMS marketing beyond appointment reminders, and no on-demand video anywhere in the product.
For a business that runs on filling classes, selling packages, and bringing students back through real marketing, each of those gaps becomes its own line item on top of the $16.
| Need | On Acuity alone | On OfferingTree |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduling | Included, $16–$61/mo | Included in every tier |
| Website | Separate subscription | Included in every tier |
| Email/SMS marketing | Not included, separate tool required | Included in every tier |
| On-demand video | Not offered, separate tool required | Included in every tier |
| Payment processing | Stripe/Square/PayPal rate, no added Acuity fee | Stripe rate, no added platform fee |
This is where the $16 headline stops being the relevant number. The real comparison for a class-based studio isn’t Acuity’s subscription against WellnessLiving’s. It’s a stack of single-purpose tools against one bundled platform.
Where is Acuity Scheduling better than WellnessLiving?
Acuity’s scheduling logic runs deeper than any studio platform in this comparison, with buffers, complex staff-calendar rules, and tighter time zone handling. For a business already built on Squarespace, its native integration with that site beats anything a studio platform offers. And at $16 a month, nothing here comes close on entry price for someone who genuinely only needs booking.
Where is WellnessLiving better than Acuity Scheduling?
WellnessLiving handles the work Acuity was never built for. Classes, memberships, and marketing automation are native rather than bolted on from elsewhere, its multi-location tools go well beyond a scheduling specialist’s, and rewards and loyalty programs come built in from the Business tier up.
How do WellnessLiving and Acuity Scheduling compare side by side?
The scheduler-versus-platform split shows up clearly once the two are lined up row by row.
| Acuity Scheduling | WellnessLiving | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $16/mo (1 calendar) | $69/mo (Starter) |
| Top published tier | $49/mo (36 calendars) | $349/mo (BusinessPro) |
| Website included | No, separate subscription | No, separate subscription |
| Email/SMS marketing | Reminders only | Business tier and up |
| On-demand video | Not offered | Paid add-on (FitVID, FitLIVE), any tier |
| Payment processing | Stripe/Square/PayPal, no added fee | Required merchant processor, roughly $48/mo in fees |
| Support | Standard on all tiers, priority on Premium | Live chat and community on Starter, phone support on higher tiers |
Two studios that outgrew Acuity Scheduling
Brittany opened a yoga studio in Long Beach, Mississippi, this year. A registered dietitian running the studio with three teachers, she built her site on Squarespace and tried Acuity for scheduling before settling on a platform.
“It just didn’t aesthetically look right whenever you went to the page to schedule, it wasn’t user-friendly.”
“It just didn’t aesthetically look right whenever you went to the page to schedule, it wasn’t user-friendly.”She wanted one place for clients to land, not a separate login for booking.
Samantha runs a yoga and strength-training studio in Greenville, North Carolina, that has grown from six classes a week to 27. She used Acuity early on, before the business needed more than a calendar.
“In the past when I had Acuity, I actually did that manually,” she said of class reminders. “I was texting my students like, ‘Hey, don’t forget. See you today.'”
The issue wasn’t Acuity’s reminder feature. It was a scheduling tool carrying more of a business than it was built to hold.
Neither story makes Acuity the wrong tool. Both studios started there for good reasons. They’re just examples of the moment when one calendar stops being enough, which is the moment this whole comparison turns on. For an independently produced take on the same decision, Ashley Hagen’s video on switching from Acuity walks through it from a yoga teacher’s perspective.
Who should choose WellnessLiving vs. Acuity Scheduling?
If you already have a website you like and mostly take appointments rather than running classes, Acuity is the right call. A studio platform would cost more and most of it would sit unused.
If you teach classes and sell memberships, and you want marketing and loyalty tools built in, WellnessLiving fits. Just make sure the processing fees are in your budget from the start, not a surprise on your first statement.
And if you’ve added another tool every few months for the past year, the real question isn’t which scheduler is cheapest. It’s whether it’s time to stop stacking tools at all. Price your full stack before you decide.
Is OfferingTree a good alternative to Acuity or WellnessLiving?
What we do differently is bundle. A website, scheduling, unlimited on-demand video, and email and SMS marketing automation are included in every OfferingTree tier, with no added transaction fee on Pro and above. Assembled separately, Acuity plus a website plus a marketing tool plus a video platform usually totals more than the bundle, even though Acuity’s subscription alone looks cheaper.
And there’s no leap of faith required to find out. OfferingTree trials are free, plans are month to month, and when you’re ready to move, someone on our team does the migration with you instead of pointing you at a help article. Studio plans include the OT Cooperative as well, our studio-owner community with regular coaching calls, because the software is rarely the only thing you’re figuring out.
See how the numbers compare on our studio pricing page, or how we stack up against WellnessLiving specifically. If you’re still gathering options, we’ve rounded up the best Acuity alternatives and the best WellnessLiving alternatives too.
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Frequently asked questions about WellnessLiving vs Acuity Scheduling
Is Acuity Scheduling the same thing as Squarespace Scheduling?
Yes, and the naming runs the opposite direction from how it’s often described. Squarespace acquired Acuity in 2019. The product briefly carried the name “Squarespace Scheduling,” but Squarespace’s own help center now states it “is now officially Acuity Scheduling.” It’s billed separately from any Squarespace website subscription.
Does Acuity charge extra fees on top of Stripe or PayPal?
No, on current plans. Acuity states directly on its own site that it adds no fee on top of your payment processor’s rate. The one exception: some legacy accounts pay 2% of monthly subscription revenue, capped at $15, specifically on recurring-membership sales. New signups and one-time payments aren’t affected either way.
Can I run a yoga or Pilates studio on Acuity alone?
You can schedule classes, but you’ll need separate tools for a website, email or SMS marketing, and any on-demand video, since Acuity includes none of those at any tier. Many solo instructors start on Acuity for exactly this reason and outgrow it once they want those pieces in one place.
How much does Acuity Scheduling cost?
Acuity runs $16 to $49 a month on annual billing, based on how many calendars you need: $16 for one, $27 for up to six, $49 for up to 36. Monthly billing runs about 20% higher at each tier. There’s no free plan, only a 7-day trial.
Is Acuity cheaper than WellnessLiving?
The subscription is, by a lot. The full picture depends on what you need. Acuity plus a website subscription plus an email tool plus a video platform can pass WellnessLiving’s $199 Business tier, and WellnessLiving’s own total includes processing fees Acuity doesn’t charge. Compare totals for your setup, not the two entry prices.
Can I sell video classes through Acuity or WellnessLiving?
Not through Acuity. It has no video hosting at any tier, so on-demand classes mean a separate video platform with its own monthly cost. WellnessLiving sells video through its FitVID and FitLIVE add-ons, priced on top of the subscription. If video is core to your business, neither includes it in the base price.
