Luma guide
By Rick
What dance studio software covers for Australian independent studios: weekly timetable, instructor cover, student bookings, credits, memberships, and payments — before you compare vendors.
Dance studio software is the operating system for a class-based studio: the weekly timetable, instructor availability and cover, student bookings, credit and membership balances, payments, and basic reporting. Australian independent studios need those pieces to work together because the owner still carries the admin. Luma is built for that group-class loop, with published AUD plans (Studio A$99 / Growth A$149 / Scale A$189 by active members) and monthly cancel. For a side-by-side buying checklist, use the comparison guide on /best-dance-studio-software-australia/.
| Decision point | What to verify |
|---|---|
| Timetabling | Can the tool collect instructor availability, create schedules, and publish classes? |
| Bookings | Can students self-serve booking, waitlists, and attendance? |
| Credits and memberships | Are balances, passes, and memberships understandable and recoverable? |
| Payments | Who owns processing, fees, payouts, and reconciliation? |
| Lock-in | Can the studio cancel, understand offboarding, and confirm what data access is available today? |
It runs the weekly class loop: timetable and rooms, instructor availability and cover, student bookings, credit and membership balances, payments, and reporting. A booking calendar alone is only one slice of that work.
Independent group-class dance, pole, aerial, barre, and dance-fitness studios where the owner still coordinates instructors and the timetable — not large franchises buying enterprise infrastructure first.
This page explains the category and the operating jobs. The comparison checklist for buying decisions lives on /best-dance-studio-software-australia/.
Luma focuses on Australian independent studios first. Published tiers are Studio A$99, Growth A$149, and Scale A$189 by active member count. Register your interest to check current onboarding.
A low subscription still costs the studio if bookings break, fees stay unclear, or the timetable still takes hours each week. Price the whole operating loop, not only the monthly fee.