Every teacher booked.Every month, paid.
Private lessons, group classes, tuition, and teacher pay in one place. Plus AI agents that match new students to open slots and handle make-ups.
- $99/month flat
- Month-to-month
- Live in days
- MarketingSpring recital signups open. Sent to 140 students with 2+ months of lessons.
- Operations4 make-up requests this week. Offered open slots by each teacher.
- EnrollmentNew guitar student, age 11. Matched to Ms. Rivera's open Tues 5:00 slot.
Trusted by youth sports clubs, leagues, academies, gyms, and studios
What changed
Teachers want to teach. Schools need to run like businesses.
More teachers work for schools, and families expect one flat bill.
63%
Average share of tuition paid to teachers on staff at music schools, down from 69% in 2020.
MTNA Member Survey, 202427.69%
Of teachers now run make-ups as online lessons, up from 19.34% in 2020.
MTNA Member Survey, 2024450
School of Rock locations in May 2026. Group programs are the competition.
School of Rock, May 2026Why Hurdle
Stop being the scheduler. Hurdle's agents fill the book.
AI agents match students, handle make-ups, and keep tuition flowing. You approve what goes out.
- Found 6 open slots on Mon and Wed afternoons
- Matched 24 waitlisted and lapsed piano families by availability
- Drafted offers naming the teacher, time, and monthly tuition
Lessons
Every teacher's week, on one calendar
Private lessons, groups, and rooms in one view.
Teacher availability
Each teacher's open slots, by instrument and room.
Make-ups logged
Tracked against the lesson so credits never go missing.
Room conflicts caught
No two lessons in the same room at once.
Tuition
One flat monthly bill, however many lessons
Monthly tuition on autopay. Siblings on one draft.
Flat monthly tuition
Same amount whether the month has 4 lessons or 5.
Lesson credits
Include appointment credits with a membership level.
Late tuition
Reminders go out on schedule, not when you remember.
Recitals & families
Recital signups and parent updates
Signups, fees, and call times reach the right students.
Recital as an event
Students register and pay the recital fee in one step.
Email and SMS
Message a teacher's studio, an ensemble, or a family.
Teacher payroll
Timesheets and pay in the same system as lessons.
Compare
Hurdle vs. music school software
Built for solo teachers or priced per teacher. Hurdle is built for schools.
Hurdle
The all-in-one platform for music schools
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Hurdle
- Yes: Price on the website
- Yes: No fees on top of the plan
- Yes: Built for music schools
- Yes: One system, not several
- Pricing
- $99/month flat. Month-to-month.
- Only on Hurdle
- AI agents that match students to teachers and fill open slots
My Music Staff
Built for solo teachers and small studios
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My Music Staff
- Yes: Price on the website
- Yes: No fees on top of the plan
- Yes: Built for music schools
- Yes: One system, not several
- Pricing
- $16.95/mo + $4.95 per extra teacher
- Where it stops
- Per-teacher pricing. No CRM or marketing for a growing school.
Opus1
Multi-teacher music schools
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Opus1
- Yes: Price on the website
- Yes: No fees on top of the plan
- Yes: Built for music schools
- Yes: One system, not several
- Pricing
- $98–$199/mo by active students
- Where it stops
- Student-count bands. Filling and follow-up stay manual.
Duet Partner
Solo teachers (ex-Music Teacher's Helper)
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Duet Partner
- Yes: Price on the website
- No: No fees on top of the plan
- Yes: Built for music schools
- Yes: One system, not several
- Pricing
- $9/mo + 1% on family payments
- Where it stops
- One teacher per account. Takes a cut of payments.
Pike13
Multi-program scheduling
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Pike13
- Yes: Price on the website
- Yes: No fees on top of the plan
- No: Built for music schools
- Yes: One system, not several
- Pricing
- $139–$195/mo
- Where it stops
- General-purpose, not built around private lessons.
Teach 'n Go
Schools and academies
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Teach 'n Go
- Yes: Price on the website
- Yes: No fees on top of the plan
- No: Built for music schools
- Yes: One system, not several
- Pricing
- ~€69/mo up to 100 students
- Where it stops
- Student-count tiers. No AI layer.
Calendar + Venmo
The solo-teacher stack
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Calendar + Venmo
- Yes: Price on the website
- Yes: No fees on top of the plan
- No: Built for music schools
- No: One system, not several
- Pricing
- Free
- Where it stops
- Doesn't scale past one teacher. Make-ups tracked in texts.
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Grades count the checks on the back of each card. Pricing from vendor websites and public reviews as of October 2026. Vendors change terms; check with them for a current quote. Full comparison
Switch over summer, start fall clean
Most schools are live in a week.
- 1
We bring your students over
Families, teachers, lesson times, and saved cards.
- 2
Teachers and rooms set up
Availability, rates, and your make-up policy.
- 3
Tuition keeps drafting
Same day, same card. No re-registration.
Customers
Programs already running on Hurdle
Different instruments, the same booking and billing engine.
24
programs running through Hurdle
SC Parkour
Parkour gym and camps · Santa Cruz, CA
Camp enrollment keeps moving while Shorme coaches.
Common questions
Yes. Teachers set availability, lessons book into their open slots, and rooms are checked for conflicts.