Both are gym software. They're built for very different gyms. Here's the honest breakdown — so you can pick the right one, not just the loudest one.
I train at a gym that uses this app, and I build the product. If the table below says Mindbody beats us on something, it's because they do.
Mindbody is the legacy giant — wide feature surface, built for mixed-use fitness studios (yoga, pilates, spin, HIIT). It's mature, it works, and enterprise gyms pay for it. OLM is built specifically for martial arts academies — BJJ, judo, muay thai, karate — where belt tracking, seminar billing, and waiver compliance matter more than selling class packs to drop-in yogis. Both have a consumer-facing discovery channel — Mindbody's marketplace is broader and well-established (more reach, less martial-arts focus); OLM's consumer app is martial-arts-specific (smaller pool, much higher fit). And because OLM is pay-as-you-grow, our incentives are aligned with yours — we make money when you do, so we're invested in surfacing your gym to new members, not just charging to manage them. Pick OLM if you run a martial arts gym and want software that speaks your language. Pick Mindbody if you're a multi-discipline boutique with a large marketing budget and non-standard class formats.
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OLM wins
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Mindbody wins
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Ties
Built for
OLM
Martial arts academies (BJJ, Judo, Muay Thai, Karate)
Mindbody
Mixed-use fitness (yoga, pilates, HIIT, spin)
Belt & rank tracking
OLM
First-class — per-discipline, portable across gyms, full promotion lineage
Mindbody
Not included; workaround via custom fields
Portable member profiles
OLM
One profile across every OLM gym — journal, check-ins, belt lineage travel with the member
Mindbody
Profile is scoped to the Mindbody account and the gym; no cross-gym continuity
Built for
Belt & rank tracking
Portable member profiles
Training journal / AI coach
Churn prediction
Billing rails
White-labeled member app
Demand pipeline / member discovery
Starting price
Per-member fees
Class booking marketplace
Integrations ecosystem
Onboarding
Contract
Digital waivers
Kiosk & QR check-in
Where Mindbody excels (marketplace, integrations), we say so. Pricing and feature sets change — this page reflects a best-effort snapshot from publicly available info. Check their site directly before deciding.
Best fit
Best fit
Yes. CSV export from Mindbody's reporting suite imports into OLM's roster + billing setup. Belt history, journal entries, and rank lineage start fresh in OLM (Mindbody doesn't track them in a structured way), but member records, contact info, and active subscriptions migrate cleanly.
Yes — Mindbody's consumer marketplace is a real differentiator and OLM doesn't have an equivalent. If marketplace exposure is your primary lead-gen channel, this is a real tradeoff worth weighing. Most martial arts academies don't rely on it (their leads come from Google + word of mouth + referrals), but if yours does, OLM is the wrong call.
Mindbody's lowest tier starts around $159/mo with feature gates, climbing to $799/mo for full functionality plus per-transaction fees on top. OLM is $0/mo with 2% on each membership invoice ($2 minimum) — so a 200-member academy collecting $150/mo memberships pays ~$600/mo on OLM (200 × $3) vs ~$799/mo + processing fees on Mindbody.
No. OLM is pay-per-transaction with no contract; stop using it and you stop paying. Mindbody's higher tiers commonly come with annual commitments. This is one of the bigger structural differences.
Mindbody has dozens of third-party integrations (Booker, ClassPass, payment processors, marketing tools). OLM's integration list is intentionally narrow — Stripe Connect for billing, Resend/SendGrid for email, S3 for storage, Clerk for auth. If your operation depends on a specific integration, check OLM's list first.
No credit card to sign up. No contract once you go live. If it's not the right fit, you keep your Stripe account, your member list, and your data.