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What to actually look for
A feature list won’t tell you what changes on a Tuesday.
Pirouette wasn’t built from a spec sheet — it was built watching a real studio hit the same walls every week: a parent ledger that doesn’t match what the front desk sees, a branded app that turns out to be someone else’s product with your logo on it, an “auto-pay” that still needs a manual button press. So the comparison below isn’t “who has more checkboxes” — it’s what actually changes for the person running the front desk: who chases parents for money, who gets paged when the app breaks, and what shows up on the bill you didn’t see coming.
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| Pirouette | Dance Studio Pro | Jackrabbit | The Studio Director | iClassPro | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branded mobile app | Native, in-house — included in your flat price, no setup fee, no extra… | Standard apps are self-published; the branded, custom-logo version is… | The same third-party vendor DSP uses, sold as a higher pricing tier —… | Not published | Built in-house, but the branded version is a separate paid upgrade, pl… |
| 2-way texting | Parents actually reply, so you catch a no-show before it happens — 2-w… | Only their top tier includes it; the two lower tiers are one-way texti… | Not published | Not published | Billed per message credit at every tier — there's no free allotment, e… |
| Calls, email, and push | Send one announcement once and every parent gets it their way — email,… | Each channel is its own named product with its own billing — call remi… | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Recital & event ticketing | You keep every dollar your recital brings in — ticket sales are part o… | Billed per ticket sold, on top of the subscription. | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Keeping your own payment account | Stripe, your own account, zero markup — the account is yours, and it c… | Keeping your own processor account instead of their native one costs a… | Not published | Not published | No published option to use your own account — studio owners report bei… |
| How pricing works | You already have everything, so you're never blindsided by an upgrade… | Three tiers — the feature that makes a flat price worth it (2-way text… | Six tiers, priced by student count, with features gated behind higher… | Eight tiers, priced by student count, with features gated behind highe… | Three tiers, with features gated behind higher tiers. |
| Markup on card processing | Zero markup, guaranteed — the rate your processor charges is the rate… | Not disclosed. | Not disclosed. | Not disclosed. | Not disclosed. |
Fewer no-shows, more parents who actually reply — 2-way texting is gated to DSP's top tier, Pirouette includes it everywhere.
Compare Dance Studio ProThe branded app is a separate, outsourced upsell — Pirouette's is native and included.
Compare JackrabbitReal reviews describe billing breakdowns that took weeks to resolve.
Compare The Studio DirectorThe branded app only works with their processor — no way to keep your own account.
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