The platform

Less office. More studio.

Atelier Studio is a cloud platform that handles the boring parts of running a studio — scheduling, payments, waitlists, notifications, reporting — so you can spend the day teaching.

What it does

The studio's quiet half, automated.

The platform is organized around the six things that eat a studio owner's week — and a few they didn't know they wanted automated.

Scheduling

One engine. Two schedule shapes.

Most studio software pretends every class is a row of seats. Atelier Studio handles both shapes of a studio day in the same calendar.

  • Capacity-based: group classes with a seat count
  • Resource-based: privates and semi-privates gated by instructor and/or room availability
  • Recurring class patterns, instructor availability, holidays, blackout dates
  • Waitlists, cancellations, substitutes handled automatically
A glassblower's hands working — a resource-based studio session in progress.

Express Checkout

Sixty seconds, front desk to floor.

Walk-in students scan a QR code, see the next class, pay, and they're in. No app to download. No card-key bracelet. No front-desk line.

  • QR scan → instant booking + payment on the student's phone
  • No app install required — works in the mobile browser
  • Records attendance automatically and updates the class roster live
  • Falls back gracefully to a payment link if the student prefers email

Included on every plan.

A dancer on her phone at the studio entrance, completing a class checkout.

Atelier Encore

Empty seats, filled quietly.

A class is a day out with a spot or two to spare. Instead of letting the seats sit empty, Atelier Studio quietly invites the students most likely to want them — and lets each one book in a single tap. Intelligent seat-filling, working in the background.

  • Invites the students whose class history actually fits — never a mass blast
  • Never offers a spot that clashes with a class they're already in, even at another studio
  • One tap to book straight from the email; a clean, one-click opt-out
  • Shows you exactly how many seats it filled

Included on every plan.

Dancers mid-session in a busy studio class.

Levels & progression

Every student, at the right level.

Structured studios run on levels — grades, stages, a clear path from one to the next. Atelier Studio builds them in: a level on every class, a skill level on every student, and the two working hand in hand.

  • Class difficulty meets student skill level: the right classes surface for the right students, automatically
  • Level-gated classes: hold a class to the levels ready for it — a student below the line requests placement, and the studio approves before they enroll
  • Your own level system: two levels or a full graded syllabus — build your own, or model an established standard like the Suzuki Method or RCM

Included on every plan. Juried assessments and shared practice logs come with Academy.

Painters working at their easels in a sunlit studio class, each at their own level.

Assessments — Academy

A jury, a rubric, a record.

The structured studio runs on evaluation — exams, adjudications, the moment a student earns the next level. On the Academy plan, Atelier Studio puts a real panel in the room and keeps the score.

  • Juried panels: several adjudicators score the same performance — mock exams, graded exams, competition rounds
  • Rubrics you build: score against your own criteria and keep every mark on record for level advancement
  • Shared practice logs: the work between classes, finally visible — notes that move between teacher, student, and parents across the studio and customer portals

Included on the Academy plan, and inherited by Network.

A dancer performing on a theater stage before a three-person adjudication panel seated in the auditorium.

Each plan is a full product

Not a ladder. Two real products.

Most software vendors build a feature ladder, sprinkle in arbitrary prices, and call it a day. We don't. You choose Atelier Studio on what you run — open classes, or structured programs with a season and tuition — not on how big you are. Grow from one into the other when you're ready.

And we'll never try to sell you more than you need. We don't have a high-pressure sales team — we'll absolutely help you pick what's right for your studio today, and what'll grow with you tomorrow.

Network

For multi-location studios and franchises running at scale.

Everything in Academy, across every location — plus webhooks, an API, white-label branding, and the integrations your operation is built on. Pricing is scaled to your operation, so let's talk it through together.

  • Everything in Academy, at every location
  • Unlimited locations, managed as one In progress
  • Webhooks — full library (Zapier, n8n, Make)
  • API access Coming soon
  • White-label branding Coming soon
  • Official integrations — QuickBooks, Zapier, n8n, Make Coming soon

The full picture

Every feature, every plan.

The complete platform, mapped to each plan. Late-2026 items are shipping for everyone on the listed plans on launch — you don't pay extra to get them.

Atelier Studio full feature matrix by plan
Feature Community Academy
Core capabilities — every plan
Monthly price$99$199
Transaction fee0.1%, capped $1 ($100/mo)0.75%, capped $2 ($250/mo)
Locations In progressUp to 2Up to 3
Intelligent automated scheduling
AI-powered customer assistant Late 2026
Multiple schedule types (capacity + resource)
Private lessons with session notes
Secure online payments (BYO Stripe)
Express Checkout (QR self-check-in)
Payment links & offline recording
Class packs & memberships
Weekly auto-enrollment
Invite-only classes & memberships
Coupon codes
Fully automated waitlists
Atelier Encore — intelligent seat-filling
Online waivers (unlimited types)
Unlimited email notifications
Text message notifications (SMS today; RCS & WhatsApp — late 2026)
Included text messages / month2,5005,000
Reports (recent windows)
Booking via Groupon Late 2026
Graded skill levels & class difficulty
Level-gated classes & placement requests
Custom level systems
build your own, or model a standard like Suzuki, RCM, or RAD
Structured programs — Academy
Events — registration & fees (recitals, auditions, showcases)
Committed-term enrollments (tuition, semesters)
Instructor payroll reporting
Advanced reporting (custom ranges, trends, CSV export)
Juried assessments & rubric scoring
Shared practice logs (teacher ↔ student ↔ parent)
Scale — Network (multi-location & franchises)
Multi-location studios and franchises move to the Network plan: the full webhooks library (live today), unlimited locations In progress, plus an API Coming soon, white-label branding Coming soon and official integrations — QuickBooks, Zapier, n8n, Make Coming soon.
Support
Email + ticket support today; chat — late 2026Priority

Features, explained

In a little more detail.

The interesting ones, with the nuance behind them.

All plans

Intelligent automated scheduling

Let the schedule build itself by rules you set. No more fumbling with calendars, paper or otherwise.

All plans Late 2026

AI customer assistant

Skip the "when does ballet enrollment start?" calls — an AI agent with access to your account answers questions and can book classes for customers.

All plans

Multiple schedule types

Capacity-based bookings for group classes; resource-based bookings gated by instructor or room availability for privates and semi-privates.

All plans

Email notifications

Fast, reliable, high-delivery email — branded from your studio, not us. Stays out of the spam folder.

All plans

Text message notifications

SMS today; RCS & WhatsApp — late 2026. Smart routing reaches customers where they actually are. Strictly opt-in.

All plans

Unlimited online waivers

Collect signatures online and create as many waiver types as you need — different liability language per class or program.

All plans

Offline payment recording

Record cash and other offline payments so reporting stays consistent — not everyone wants to pay online.

All plans

Reports

The reports every studio needs, at a glance, across recent windows.

All plans

Secure online payments

Collect tuition up front through your own Stripe account. Community's fee is a fraction of a percent (0.1%, capped $1); Academy's is 0.75% (capped $2) — both capped low. See the pricing page for the details.

All plans

Class packs & memberships

Set your own prices and entitlements; we collect payments and track credits. Recurring revenue and loyalty in one — with weekly auto-enrollment for members.

All plans

Fully automated waitlists

Next-in-line auto-books and auto-charges when a spot opens. If payment fails, they have two hours to fix it before the spot moves on.

All plans

Atelier Encore

Intelligent seat-filling. When a class is a day away with room to spare, Encore invites the students most likely to want that spot — one tap to book, a clean opt-out, and never a clash with a class they're already in.

All plans

Coupon codes

Reward loyal customers or pull in new ones — set rules like one-per-customer, new-customers-only, expirations, etc.

All plans

Express Checkout

QR scan at the front desk → book + pay → on the floor in 60 seconds. No app install needed.

All plans

Private lessons & session notes

Book one-on-one lessons — publicly bookable or invite-only — and keep private session notes on each student's progress between sessions, visible only to your instructors.

All plans

Invite-only classes & memberships

Run private, invitation-only classes and memberships alongside your public ones — for pre-pro tracks, audition-only groups, and members-only offerings that never show on the public schedule.

All plans

Skill levels & class difficulty

Give every class a level and every student their own. The two move together, so the right work finds the right students — and everyone lands where they actually fit.

All plans

Level-gating & placement requests

Hold a class to the levels ready for it. A student below the line asks the studio to place them up — you approve, they enroll. No workarounds, no back-and-forth.

All plans

Your own level system

Two levels or twenty — build the ladder the way you teach. Or model a standard your studio already follows, like the Suzuki Method or the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM). Simple or intricate, it's yours to shape.

All plans Late 2026

Booking via Groupon

We're building a direct Groupon partnership so shoppers who buy on Groupon book straight into your studio — redemption, scheduling, and reconciliation handled automatically, instead of the manual back-and-forth studios deal with today.

Academy

Events & recitals

Put on recitals, auditions, and showcases — open online registration and collect audition, recital, and costume fees straight to your own Stripe account.

Academy

Committed-term enrollments

Committed multi-session programs — e.g. a 12-week ballet term. Collect full payment up front or split into autopay installments you define.

Academy

Instructor payroll reporting

Run reports to see what each instructor is owed, mark runs as paid. (Reporting only — we don't process payroll.)

Academy

Advanced reporting & analytics

Custom date ranges, period-over-period trends, and CSV export — attendance, revenue, and customer behavior in easy-digest dashboards or full data-export format.

Academy

Juried assessments & rubrics

Put a panel in the room. Score against a rubric you build, keep every mark on record, and give students an assessment that means something — adjudicated exams, competition scoring, level advancement.

Academy

Shared practice logs

The practice that happens at home, finally visible. Notes and logs move between teacher, student, and parents through the studio and customer portals — shareable by design, where private session notes stay with your instructors.

Network

Webhooks

Send the full library of events to Zapier, n8n, Make, accounting tools, marketing platforms, or anywhere else that accepts webhooks. Available today on the Network plan.

Network In progress

Multiple location support

Manage every location from one place — schedules, instructors, payments, and reporting consolidated across the whole operation. Community includes up to 2 locations and Academy up to 3; Network runs unlimited.

Network Coming soon

White-label branding

Put your studio's brand front and centre across the experience your customers see — coming to the Network plan.

Network Coming soon

Official integrations

Turnkey connections to QuickBooks, Zapier, n8n, and Make — built and maintained by us, on top of the webhooks that ship today.

Network Coming soon

API access

Programmatic access for building on top of your studio — the same data and actions the app uses, opened up to your own systems. Coming to the Network plan, alongside today's webhooks.

All plans

Email + ticket support

Drop us an email or open a ticket, day or night. Live chat — late 2026. Academy plans get priority placement in the queue.

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