Almost every "best yoga software" list is written for studios — front desks, multiple instructors, Mindbody-sized budgets. This one is for the solo teacher. The booking, website, online-class, and email tools you actually need to run a practice on your own, with honest pricing and a clear note on what to skip until you grow.
New to teaching online? Start with our step-by-step guide to launching online yoga classes from scratch, then come back here to choose each tool. Running a broader one-person business? Our solopreneur stack overlaps heavily with this one.
Last updated: June 2026 · Prices are approximate — confirm current rates on each tool's site before you buy.
If you only read one section, read this. Pick one tool per row. You do not need all of them on day one.
| What you need | Our top pick | Budget pick | Typical cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class booking & payments | OfferingTree | Momence (free start) | $0–$100/mo |
| Private 1:1 scheduling | Acuity Scheduling | Calendly | from ~$16/mo |
| Live online classes | Zoom Pro | Zoom Free | $0–$15/mo |
| On-demand & courses | Uscreen | Teachable / Podia | from ~$33/mo |
| Website | Squarespace | All-in-one built-in | from ~$16/mo |
| Email & retention | Flodesk | MailerLite (free) | $0–$54/mo |
| Marketing design | Canva Pro | Canva (free) | $0–$15/mo |
This is the core decision. Your booking tool is where students find your schedule, reserve a spot, buy a class pack, and pay — and it is the one tool you will use every single day. Three options fit a solo teacher without studio-grade pricing.
One tool for everything: booking, a website, payments, and email — built specifically for wellness and yoga.
OfferingTree is the closest thing to "set up once and teach" for a solo yoga teacher. Booking, a simple website, payment processing, email, and even basic memberships live under one login and one bill. It is built for the wellness world, so the templates and workflows assume yoga, not a generic appointment business. If you do not want to wire together a website builder, a scheduler, and an email tool yourself, this is the shortcut.
Pricing comes in two tiers: an Individual plan from about $26/month — plenty for a solo teacher — and a Studio & Teams plan from about $100/month for multiple instructors and locations. Even the Studio tier undercuts dedicated studio software once you account for the website and email it bundles in.
Honest flat pricing, no per-transaction fees, built for yoga and Pilates.
Punchpass does one thing and does it cleanly: class registration, passes, and memberships at a flat monthly price with no cut taken from each sale. For a teacher who already has a website and just wants reliable booking, the math is easy to predict — you know exactly what you pay every month regardless of how many spots you sell. It is well-loved in the yoga and Pilates world for being uncomplicated.
The main drawback is that there is no dedicated student mobile app, so students book through the web. For most solo practices that is a non-issue.
Start at $0 and let fees scale with revenue — then move to a flat plan once volume grows.
Momence is the best way to start taking bookings without a monthly commitment. The free plan charges a percentage of each sale instead of a flat fee, so when you have two students you pay almost nothing. As you grow, you can move to the Pro plan (around $60/month with lower fees) or a higher no-fee tier (around $199/month). Watch the math: percentage fees only beat a $59 flat plan while your volume is low, so plan to switch once classes fill.
Momence is broader than yoga — it serves fitness studios generally — so it carries more features than a solo teacher strictly needs, but the free entry point makes it the obvious place to begin.
If most of your income is one-on-one — private clients, therapeutic sessions, beginner intros — a class-booking platform is overkill. You want a clean scheduler with intake forms and payments.
Intake forms, packages, and payments for private sessions. Students book themselves while you teach.
Acuity is the strongest scheduler for teachers whose business is mostly private sessions. Students see real-time availability and book without emailing you; intake forms collect injury history and waivers before the first session; and you can sell packages (buy 5 privates, use over 3 months) and take payment at booking. Automated email and SMS reminders cut no-shows. It is owned by Squarespace, so if you build your site there, the calendar embeds directly.
If you just need a clean booking link and do not need packages or waivers, Calendly's free plan covers a single session type, and paid plans start around $10/month. Lighter than Acuity, but no class-pack or intake-form depth. Try Calendly.
Two different jobs. Live classes need reliable video; on-demand and courses need a place to host and sell recordings. Most teachers start with the first and add the second once they have an audience.
The reliable default for live online classes. Students already know how to use it.
Zoom remains the most reliable platform for live yoga: students know it, audio handles voice and music well, and gallery view lets you spot misalignments. The catch is the free tier's 40-minute cap on group calls, which kills a 60- or 75-minute flow. Zoom Pro (around $14–16/month) removes the cap and adds cloud recording, so students who miss live can practice later. For a solo teacher, Pro is effectively required.
A Netflix-style video library and memberships — for when recorded classes are your product.
Once on-demand classes become a real revenue stream, you outgrow "post the Zoom recording somewhere." Uscreen gives you a branded video library with subscriptions, so members pay monthly for access to your catalog and apps. It is an investment — starting around $49/month — so reach for it only when the recurring revenue justifies it, not on day one.
If you sell structured programs — YTT prep, a 30-day challenge, a foundations course — a course platform fits better than a video library. Teachable (from ~$39/mo) and Podia (from ~$33/mo) both handle lessons, drip scheduling, and payments.
Your decision here depends on your booking tool. If you chose an all-in-one, you already have a site — skip this. If you chose a standalone booker, you need a home for it.
Photography-forward templates that suit yoga, with native Acuity booking built in.
A yoga teacher's site needs three things: a clear schedule, an easy way to book, and enough polish that a new student feels comfortable showing up. Squarespace handles all three with calm, photography-forward templates, and because it owns Acuity, the booking calendar embeds natively. Plans start around $16/month. This is the pick when you want your brand to look good and you are pairing it with Acuity for scheduling.
Already using OfferingTree? Its built-in website covers the basics — don't pay for a separate site unless you specifically want Squarespace's design polish.
Bookings get students in the door once; email brings them back. A weekly note with your schedule, a workshop announcement, or a gentle "we missed you" is the cheapest retention tool you have.
Free up to 500 subscribers, with automations, landing pages, and a clean editor. The obvious starting point — you will not pay until your list is real.
From about $19/month, tiered by list size — Flodesk retired its old flat-unlimited plan in late 2025 — with the most beautiful templates of any email tool. Worth it once your list outgrows MailerLite's free tier and design matters to your brand.
Schedules, social posts, workshop flyers, and class series graphics — all the visual bits of running a practice.
Canva is the only design tool a solo teacher needs. The free plan covers most social posts and simple flyers; Pro (around $15/month) unlocks brand kits, background removal, and a larger template and stock library. Set up a brand kit once with your colors and fonts, and every flyer afterward takes minutes. Note: Canva's affiliate program status has changed in the past — verify current terms.
Don't assemble this piece by piece. Pick the stage you're at and copy the stack.
Your first paying students, minimum spend.
Steady classes, a real schedule, a brand.
Teaching is the job; on-demand is a revenue line.
Totals are approximate and depend on the tools you combine; on-demand video (Uscreen) is the main swing factor at the full-time tier.
As a solo teacher, these are built for someone else's problem. Skip them until you genuinely outgrow the tools above.
Studio software priced for a front desk and multiple instructors, typically $129+/month. Overkill and overpriced for one teacher — everything in the booking section above does the solo job for far less.
A bespoke iOS/Android app for your classes sounds impressive and costs accordingly. Your students will happily book on the web and join on Zoom. Revisit this only at serious membership scale.
At solo scale, premium OTT hosting is more than you need. Zoom's cloud recording covers replays early on; step up to Uscreen only when on-demand is a genuine revenue stream.
| Tool | Category | Starting Price | Free Tier? | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OfferingTree | Booking (all-in-one) | from ~$26/mo | — | One tool for booking, site, payments, email |
| Punchpass | Booking | $34/mo | — | Flat pricing, no transaction fees |
| Momence | Booking | Free | ✓ | Starting out, low volume |
| Acuity Scheduling | Private sessions | from ~$16/mo | — | 1:1s, intake forms, packages |
| Zoom | Live video | Free / ~$15/mo | ✓ | Live online classes |
| Uscreen | On-demand video | from ~$49/mo | — | Membership video library |
| Teachable / Podia | Courses | from ~$33/mo | ✓ | Structured programs, YTT prep |
| Squarespace | Website | from ~$16/mo | — | Polished standalone site + Acuity |
| MailerLite | Free | ✓ | Starting your list (to 1,000 subs) | |
| Flodesk | from ~$19/mo | — | Beautiful templates, tiered pricing | |
| Canva | Design | Free / ~$15/mo | ✓ | Flyers, social posts, schedules |
Prices are approximate and were last reviewed in 2026 — always confirm current rates on each tool's own site before subscribing.
Independent yoga teachers typically run on five things: a class-booking and payment tool (OfferingTree, Punchpass, or Momence), a scheduler for private sessions (Acuity), a video tool for online classes (Zoom for live, Uscreen for on-demand), a website (Squarespace or an all-in-one's built-in site), and an email tool (MailerLite or Flodesk). Canva covers design. Most teachers do not need studio software like Mindbody.
For a solo teacher, booking software runs roughly $0 to $100 per month. Momence starts free and charges per-transaction fees instead of a flat rate; Punchpass is from about $34 per month with no transaction fees; OfferingTree bundles booking, a website, payments, and email from around $26 per month (Studio plans from $100). The right choice depends on your class volume — at low volume, fee-based pricing beats a flat monthly fee.
No. Mindbody is built and priced for multi-instructor studios, typically starting well above $100 per month, and most of its features assume a front desk, multiple staff, and a physical location. A solo teacher gets everything they need from a lighter tool like OfferingTree, Punchpass, or Momence at a fraction of the cost and complexity.
Start under $30 a month: take bookings and payments through Momence's free plan, teach live on Zoom Pro (about $15 a month so you are not capped at 40 minutes), build your list on MailerLite's free tier, and design with the free version of Canva. Add a paid website and a flat-rate booking tool once you have steady, paying students. Our setup guide walks through the order.
An all-in-one like OfferingTree is simplest if you want booking, a website, payments, and email in one place and one bill. Separate apps — Squarespace plus Acuity plus MailerLite — give you a prettier site and more flexibility, often at a lower combined cost, but they take more setup. Solo teachers who value time over tinkering tend to prefer all-in-one; teachers who care about design tend to prefer separate tools.
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