Honest comparison

Simbook vs Mindbody

Mindbody is the horizontal scheduler some sim lounges default to. Here's why most outgrow it within a year.

Last verified 2026-05-31. Sourced from Mindbody's public pricing and product pages.

Feature-by-feature

We sourced every Mindbody cell from their public pages. If something looks wrong, email james@simbook.io and we'll fix it within a business day.

Feature
Simbook
Mindbody
Built for indoor sim lounges
Bay-level kiosk with realtime control
Multi-sport (golf + racing)
League management
Simulator hardware integrations
Multi-location
Modern payments (Cash App, Affirm, Klarna)
Brand recognition
Built by an operator
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Pricing

Simbook

Per sim, per month: Software at $39 per sim per month, or Full Service at $100 per sim per month with 24/7 live support. Stripe Connect processing on top.

Mindbody

Starts at $99 USD per month per location, unlimited users. Third-party reviews report real-world deals are often $159+/month for the equivalent feature set sim lounges would need.

Mindbody pricing verified from their public pricing page on 2026-05-31. Pricing in this category moves; re-verify before committing.

Why operators switch from Mindbody to Simbook

Specific, defensible differences. Not "we're better at everything."

1

Mindbody is built for classes. Sim lounges run on bays.

Mindbody's booking flow assumes you're running yoga classes or salon appointments. Sim lounges run on bay rentals (30 min to 2 hours), walk-ins, and time-bounded sessions tied to physical hardware. The mental model is different and the UX feels it.

2

There is no Mindbody kiosk at your bay.

Mindbody ships front-desk check-in for fitness studios, not a kiosk that lives at each simulator bay running a control loop. Simbook ships the kiosk loop. Every bay has a screen that you can see and send commands to from your phone.

3

Leagues aren't a Mindbody concept.

Mindbody has memberships and packages. It doesn't have leagues with weekly entitlements, leaderboards, score submission, or any of the multi-week competition structure sim-lounge customers expect. Simbook ships all of it.

What Mindbody is genuinely good at

Operators picking a platform deserve an honest read. Here's where Mindbody wins.

  • Massive brand recognition and trust in fitness, wellness, and beauty.
  • Per-location pricing with unlimited users (the right model for many businesses).
  • Mature reporting, customer database, and marketing automation.
  • Golfzon RANGE partnership. A real indoor-golf integration if you happen to use that hardware.

Which one is right for you?

Pick Simbook if…

You run a sim lounge. Mindbody simply isn't built for what you do. We are. If you want bay-level control, leagues, multi-sport, and simulator-aware booking. We're the obvious pick.

Pick Mindbody if…

You're not running a sim lounge. You're running a fitness studio, spa, or salon that happens to have one simulator as an amenity. Mindbody is excellent at that. Or you've already standardized on Mindbody across a multi-vertical chain and the sim is one slice of a much bigger operation.

See Simbook running real venues, right now

We run Simbook ourselves at four Hacktivist Sports locations. Book a 15-minute demo and watch us drive the bays live.

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