Soljio vs Pike13
A class, course, and appointment platform for client-based businesses such as fitness studios, music schools, and swim schools.
Built for
- Soljio
- Swim schools first. One workspace per school covers programs, sessions, rosters, report cards, families, and staff.
- Pike13
- Fitness studios, tutoring centers, music schools, and swim schools. The model is classes, courses, and appointments rather than swim levels.
Getting set up
- Soljio
- Import your current roster from a spreadsheet and publish your programs the same afternoon. Private-beta schools set up with the founder on a call.
- Pike13
- Every plan includes a dedicated onboarding specialist and help migrating data.
Family booking
- Soljio
- Families browse and book on your own soljio.com subdomain or custom domain. No app to install; every page is built for a phone first.
- Pike13
- A client app and a kiosk app, with a branded app for iOS and Android on the top plan.
On deck
- Soljio
- Instructors take attendance and mark skills from a phone at the pool edge. The front desk sees the same roster at the same moment.
- Pike13
- A staff app for attendance and schedules, with payroll and time tracking.
Skill progress
- Soljio
- Report cards mirror your paper checklists: one sheet per level, each skill marked attempted or completed. Guardians see the card as it fills in.
- Pike13
- Skill tracking is an add-on on the top plan rather than part of the core product.
Payments
- Soljio
- Card payments through Stripe when you want them. Cash, check, and an external card reader are first-class, so enrollment never waits on a processor.
- Pike13
- Merchant processing with recurring plans, passes, punch cards, gift cards, and automated collections.
Pricing model
- Soljio
- Private beta. Pricing is agreed with you before you start.
- Pike13
- Three monthly plans plus custom enterprise pricing for franchise networks.
Automation
- Soljio
- Autopilot is in development with our private-beta schools. When it ships, you choose whether it suggests, asks first, or handles the task itself.
- Pike13
- Automated reminders, billing, and collections. Reviewers describe reporting as limited outside the Looker add-on.
When Pike13 is the better fit
Pike13 may fit better if you run appointments, passes, and punch cards across several kinds of services, want a dedicated onboarding specialist, and need Looker reporting or API access across many locations.
When Soljio is the better fit
You run a swim school, your instructors work from a phone on deck, and you want families booking on your own domain without an app to install. You would rather set the system up in an afternoon than in a training program.
Talk to usSources
Details about Pike13 come from the vendor's site and the listings below, last checked on October 10, 2026. Confirm current plans and features with the vendor. If something here is out of date, email hello@soljio.com.