The Arketa alternative built for studios, not adapted from a creator tool

Walla publishes its pricing transparently at $199 to $599 per month. Every feature in your plan is included, and payment processing is flat 2.9% + $0.30 standard Stripe rates. Arketa's individual plans start at $49 per month but studio pricing is custom and requires a sales call. Arketa also charges a 3% platform fee on every transaction on top of Stripe, which brings the effective all-in processing rate to roughly 6 to 7 percent. For a studio processing $10,000 per month, the annual processing fee difference alone is about $3,360.

Yes. Arketa's published pricing confirms a 3% platform processing fee applied on top of standard Stripe rates of 2.9% + $0.30. That means the total effective processing cost on most transactions is approximately 6 to 7 percent. Walla charges flat Stripe standard rates with no platform fee layered on top, so studios keep more of every transaction.

Yes. Walla provides free data migration that transfers member profiles, payment histories, and credit cards via Stripe. Your dedicated onboarding consultant manages the entire process through a structured launch plan, and your client data stays fully in your control throughout the transition.

Three reasons come up most often in recent reviews. First, the 3% platform fee on top of Stripe processing, which can cost a studio thousands per year. Second, reporting that studio owners describe as clunky and often unable to support real financial operations. Third, customer support that has declined as Arketa has scaled, with reviewers describing week-long response times on urgent issues. Walla addresses all three directly: flat processing, studio-grade reporting with WallaPredict retention intelligence, and support that responds in minutes from people who know boutique fitness.

Yes. Walla's branded studio app is included in the Pro plan at no extra cost. On Lite and Core plans, it's available as an add-on for $149 per month. Arketa offers a branded app, but only at the highest Suite tier, which adds to total cost for smaller studios.

Walla delivers real-time customizable dashboards, multi-location performance tracking, financial reporting that supports closing your books, and WallaPredict AI retention forecasting that identifies at-risk clients before they cancel. Arketa's reporting is consistently described in reviews as clunky, limited, and often inaccurate, with some studios reporting they were unable to close their books on Arketa data alone.

Yes. Walla supports multi-location management with unified reporting, centralized settings, and location-specific configurations. Studios that scale from one to three or more locations on Walla report the platform grows with them without punitive pricing increases or feature gates. Arketa's multi-location capabilities are widely described as limited compared to dedicated multi-location platforms.

WallaPredict uses machine learning trained on boutique fitness studio data to predict which clients are at risk of churning and recommend specific retention actions. It's a business intelligence tool focused on revenue retention. Arketa's AI features are primarily focused on customer service chat and content generation, such as AI-written emails. Both are useful, but they solve very different problems. WallaPredict is built to protect the single highest-leverage metric in any studio business: client retention.