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Comparison

Hone vs. Setmore

Setmore is a free booking tool that gets clients onto your calendar. Hone is what you need once they arrive — a Pilates exercise library, session history, and class plans that actually account for who's in the room.

Clients exercising on reformer Pilates equipment
Hone

Hone is built from the ground up for Pilates and Lagree instructors. It gives every instructor a professional session tool: curated exercises with spring settings, a class plan builder, client contraindication tracking, and a session log that builds institutional knowledge over time.

Setmore

Setmore is a free online booking platform aimed at small service businesses — salons, tutors, and fitness instructors. It handles appointment scheduling, automated reminders, and basic payment processing. It has no exercise library, class programming, or instructor-specific features.

Feature comparison

Feature
Hone
Setmore
Reformer & Lagree exercise library
✓
✗
Spring / resistance settings per exercise
✓
✗
Drag-and-drop class plan builder
✓
✗
Client contraindication & injury tracking
✓
✗
Session logs with modification notes
✓
✗
AI class plan generation
✓
✗
AI instructor cue suggestions
✓
✗
AI plan adaptation for client conditions
✓
✗
Appointment & class scheduling
Studio plan
✓
Client self-booking
Studio plan
✓
Online booking page for clients
Studio plan
✓
New client intake form
Studio plan
✗
Online payment collection
Studio plan
✓
Sub request & claim flow
Studio plan
✗
Multi-instructor / team management
Studio plan
✓
Automated booking reminders
Studio plan
✓
Client portal (magic link — bookings, credits/membership, cancel)
Studio plan
✗
Self check-in kiosk (iPad)
Studio plan
✗
Check-in → session log auto-fill
Studio plan
✗
Attendance milestones in client portal
Studio plan
✗
Post-visit ratings & reviews
Studio plan
✗
Configurable cancellation window
Studio plan
Basic
No-show policy (credit deduct / fee)
Studio plan
✗
Free plan available
✗
✓
Starting price
$14/mo
Free / $12/mo

Pricing

Hone
$14/mo (monthly) or $149/yr
Setmore
Free plan available; Pro from $12/mo per user

These tools solve different problems — most instructors use a booking tool alongside a teaching tool like Hone.

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The verdict

Setmore's free plan is hard to argue with for basic scheduling. But getting clients on the calendar is only half the job. Hone covers that and the other half — knowing their injuries, planning the right class, and logging what happened so every session builds on the last.

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