Mindbody Versus MAAT
The best Mindbody alternative for BJJ, MMA, and Martial Arts gyms
What is MAAT
MAAT is a management App built specifically for BJJ, MMA, and Martial Arts gyms, offering all the essential tools for running classes, memberships, and payments.
Designed around combat-sports workflows, it includes native belt and progression tracking, attendance insights, and engagement features.
What is Mindbody
Mindbody is a fitness and wellness management platform used by large fitness chains, boutique studios, and enterprise franchises. It offers robust scheduling, payments, marketing tools, and branded apps, but it’s expensive, upsell-heavy, and built around fitness & wellness workflows rather than martial arts or combat-sports academies.
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Mindbody vs MAAT: Feature by Feature Comparison
Built specifically for BJJ, MMA, and martial arts gyms by people who train and understand combat sports.
Designed mainly for fitness chains, wellness studios; not martial-arts-specific.
Flexible free trial with full access and no commitment, ideal for testing before switching
No free trial
59€/month + 1% transaction fee, price doesn’t increase as your gym grows
Plans start around $159 - $279/month and can reach $799/month depending on features.
Modern mobile-first app, loved by coaches and students for quick booking, check-ins, and progress tracking
Advanced mobile App, but oriented toward fitness classes, yoga, pilates, and wellness services.
Available in EN, ES, DE, PT, IT, FR, more languages added on community demand
English-first, limited language localization.
Includes leaderboards, streaks, belt/stripe visibility, and student engagement features
No gamification, includes powerful but generic marketing tools
Intuitive for coaches and students, designed for real academy workflows.
Powerful but complex, with a steep learning curve and many modules most martial-arts gyms don’t need.
Track student belt & stripe eligibility automatically based on attendance and milestones.
No progress tracking for belt/stripe systems, requires manual tracking.
Fast, human WhatsApp support from people who understand combat sports
Ticket and phone support; reliable but often slow and heavily scripted.
Ideal for scaling, price doesn’t increase with member count
Scalable but pricing increases dramatically, and many features are paid add-ons or upsells.
Ready to switch from Mindbody to MAAT?
Book a call to migrate all your memberships from Mindbody to MAAT for free, with zero downtime.
"We have recently opened our second location in Costablanca (Spain) and MAAT has helped us all the way to make this possible. We can manage payments for all our members with ease"
Marco Canha
Fightzone
“We have believed in MAAT since the early days. It makes life at the academy much easier. MAAT supports our growth at every stage and simplifies daily operations while connecting gym members”
Yan Cabral
Aranha Barcelona
“MAAT lets me spend less time on paperwork and more time on the mat teaching. It’s a great tool to easily track students and classes. A must-have for every academy”
Federico Tisi
Tribe Jiu Jitsu
Everything You Need
The perfect system
Manage Your Finances
See what you earn, in real time
No more chasing payments or guessing income. Automate collections, refunds, invoices, and payouts.
Attendance & Promotions
Promote with confidence, no more guessing
Track progress and be notified when students are ready to be promoted to the next stripe or belt.
Manage Schedule
Full classes and complete visibility on attendance
Students can easily view schedules, book their spot, and manage all their classes right from their phone.
FAQs
All you need to know
Not at all. We have helped hundreds of academies migrate from other systems to MAAT.
We will migrate all the key data from your existing provider, including member profiles, active subscriptions, and payment methods (credit cards and SEPA/BACS mandates) — with no disruption to your operations or your students' payments.
Our import system supports most providers, including Mindbody, Glofox, Kicksite, Gymdesk, Martialytics, GoCardless, Clubwise, TeamUp, and many others.
The entire migration is handled by our team and 100% free of charge.
Have questions on migrations? Book a call
You can be up and running in less than 15 minutes.
We will help you configure your pricing, schedule, and your students can start signing up right away.
MAAT is built with the student experience in mind. The app is intuitive, simple to use, and widely adopted — tens of thousands of students use it daily with no training needed.
No at all. MAAT renews month to month, unless you choose the discounted annual plan.
You can cancel anytime, no questions asked.
You will get 1:1 support via WhatsApp, plus access to our Help Center with step-by-step tutorials. We also help answer student questions via email, so you can focus on running your academy.
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