Cinch for dance studios

Dance Studio Management SoftwareThe parent portal Jackrabbit never built.

Family memberships, tuition payment plans, recital + costume management, parent communications. Built for dance studios where 80% of the customers are paying for their kids.

  • $0/mo + just 0.5%* per charge — or $199/mo flat. No per-class fees.
  • Free migration from Jackrabbit
  • Tuition payment plans, sibling discounts built in
Try it

Parents ask. The AI answers.
In the same app they pay tuition in.

Click a prompt. The concierge runs the same preview-then-confirm flow your members will see in the real app.

Studio Concierge
Try it · scripted demo
Tuition, schedules, costume orders, recital tickets — I can answer anything a parent would ask.
In the real product, members type freely — this demo plays canned prompts so you can see the flow.
What we hear

The complaints we keep getting.
And what we do about them.

"Jackrabbit works but the parent portal feels like enterprise software from 2010."
Parents get a mobile-first app with their kids' schedules, tuition status, costume orders, and recital tickets — all in one place.
"Multi-child families with different class loads and different tuition rates — accounting is a mess."
Family memberships model multi-child households natively. Sibling discounts auto-apply. One billing relationship, every kid tracked separately.
"Costume orders + sizing happen on paper or in a Google Form. We always lose one."
Costume orders happen in the same app parents already pay tuition in. Per-child sizing, payment captured at order, status visible to parents.
"Recital ticket sales are a separate Eventbrite link. Members ignore the email."
Recital ticket sales inside the parent portal. Push notification when sales open. Members who already pay tuition convert at way higher rates.
Built in, not bolted on

Features your operators care about.

The things we shipped specifically because dance studios told us they were missing.

Family memberships

Parent invites partner + adds each child (with DOB for age-appropriate class placement). Sibling discount auto-applies. One bill, every dancer tracked.

Tuition payment plans

Annual tuition split across 10 months. Monthly billing on a member-chosen date. Failed-payment recovery, grace periods, and pause-for-summer support.

Class schedule + waitlists

Per-class capacity. Trial-class flow for new families. Waitlists auto-promote when a spot opens. Instructor profiles members can browse.

Parent communications

Push notifications for closures, recital announcements, costume deadlines. Per-child notifications so parents don't get spammed about a class their kid isn't in.

AI concierge

"Does Mia have ballet on Saturday?" "When are costumes due?" The chat answers from real schedule + tuition + costume status. Parents love it.

Real mobile app

Parents install your studio's app to their home screen. Your logo on their phone. No more "I missed the email."

Side-by-side

Jackrabbit owns the market. It also owns the complaints.

Apples-to-apples on starting price + what you actually get for it.

VendorStarts atWhat you hear
Cinch$0/mo + 0.5%AI concierge, family memberships, modern app — pay-as-you-go or $199/mo flat. Either way, way under the incumbents.
Jackrabbit Dance$59/moDominant, but enterprise-era UX. Parent portal is the #1 complaint. No mobile-first experience.
DanceStudio-Pro$45/moCheaper but uglier. Comparable feature gaps to Jackrabbit.
Studio Director$45/moOlder platform, dwindling product investment.
Akada$50/moNiche, smaller dev team, limited integrations.
Pricing

Same pricing.
Whatever you operate.

Month-to-month. Free white-glove migration. Cancel anytime.

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We win when you win
Pay-as-you-go
$0/month
+ just 0.5% on bookings

Connect your own Stripe account. Cinch takes a 0.5% application fee on each transaction — that's it. No monthly cost, no transaction minimums, no surprise add-ons.

  • All product features (no tiers, no upsells)
  • Unlimited members + amenities
  • Stripe Connect to your own bank
  • AI concierge, dynamic pricing, white-label
  • Free white-glove migration
  • 0.5% application fee per transaction
Best fit: Operators doing $10k+/mo in bookings
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Predictable monthly bill
All-Inclusive
$199/month
Zero transaction fees

One flat monthly fee. We process payments through our Stripe account and settle to you on a regular schedule. No surprise charges when you have a big month.

  • All product features included
  • Unlimited members
  • Single location
  • Standard Stripe rates (2.9% + 30¢)
  • AI concierge, dynamic pricing, white-label
  • Free white-glove migration
Best fit: Small studios + single-location operators
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For multi-location + high volume
Enterprise
Custom
Negotiated rate

Multi-location, country clubs, franchises, high-volume golf courses. Custom application fee (down to 0.25%), dedicated CSM, SLA, white-glove migration, custom integrations.

  • Everything in Pay-as-you-go
  • Multi-location support
  • Custom-negotiated application fee
  • Dedicated customer success manager
  • SLA + uptime guarantee
  • Custom integrations + API access
  • We'll even build your website
Best fit: Country clubs, multi-location, $100k+/mo in bookings
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Ready when you are

Tuition plans, family memberships, parent app — $0/mo + 0.5%.

Free 60-day trial. Free migration from whatever you're on now. Cancel anytime.