Sonely vs. Jackrabbit Music: Software for music studios
Jackrabbit is built for class programs and prices by student. Sonely is built around private lessons and prices by teacher. Here’s how they compare, from each one’s own pages.
What makes Sonely different than Jackrabbit Music?
Priced by teacher, not student
Your price follows the teachers who log in, so it doesn’t rise as your student list grows.
Made for practice at home
Repertoire, practice logs with recordings and a lending library come with every plan.
A studio website built in
Build your site on your own domain, or add sign-up and booking widgets to the one you have.
Your own Stripe or PayPal
Families pay into your own account, at the fees you agreed with Stripe or PayPal.
Sonely vs. Jackrabbit Music
Studio management for teachers who teach lessons.
Jackrabbit Music runs on Jackrabbit Class, which also serves dance, swim and other class programs22. Here are the two side by side, with Jackrabbit’s answers taken from its own pages.
| Features | Sonely | Jackrabbit Music |
|---|---|---|
| How the price is set | Per teacher seat | By student count1 |
Free | $49/mo1 | |
| No contract | ||
Jackrabbit’s help center mentions free trial users11, but its pricing page doesn’t describe a trial. | Free plan | Unknown |
| Private lessons and group classes | ||
| Families register or book online | ||
| Make-up lessons | ||
| Recurring billing and auto-pay | ||
Sonely can add a late fee on its own when an invoice is overdue. Jackrabbit’s help center describes posting late fees to many families at once, when you choose to post them9. | Automatic | Posted by staff9 |
Sonely sends payments to your own Stripe or PayPal account, at the fees you agreed with them. Jackrabbit Pay’s card rate starts at 2.59% + $0.30, depending on annual volume8. | Your Stripe or PayPal | Jackrabbit Pay8 |
| Family portal | ||
| Branded app in the app stores | With Plus2 | |
Jackrabbit’s help center shows how to put class listings on sites made with Wix, Squarespace, WordPress and GoDaddy20. We didn’t find a website builder of its own. | Unknown | |
| Listings or widgets on your own site | ||
Sonely texts lesson and invoice reminders from its own number to families who allow texts, included in the plan. Jackrabbit’s texting runs through Twilio in the US and Canada: up to $69 to set up, $4.90 a month and $0.02 for each text sent or received11. | Add-on11 | |
Jackrabbit tracks skills and levels21. We didn’t find practice logs or repertoire on its pages. | Unknown | |
| Lending library | Unknown | |
Sonely works out each teacher’s pay from their lessons, at a flat hourly rate or a share of revenue. Jackrabbit’s time clock tracks staff hours and exports them to Express Payroll, QuickBooks Desktop or a CSV file13. | Worked out for you | Hours exported13 |
| Staff time clock | ||
| Expense tracking | ||
| Reports | ||
| Several locations at no extra cost | ||
| Data import | Do it yourself | Free basic import17 |
| Interface languages | 6 | Unknown |
Prices are monthly list prices in US dollars, as each pricing page showed them.
Where Sonely and Jackrabbit Music differ
Pricing
A price that follows your teachers, not your students
- Sonely: free for one teacher and $12 a month for each extra teacher, admin or staff seat, with unlimited students.
- Jackrabbit Class starts at $49 a month and is priced by your total student count at the end of each month1.
- Neither asks for a contract1.
Teaching
Built around private lessons and practice
- Assign pieces from your repertoire library and follow each student’s progress.
- Students log practice with a timer and upload recordings for you to hear.
- Lend books and instruments, and see what’s overdue.
- Jackrabbit focuses on classes, registration and skill levels21. We didn’t find practice logs or repertoire on its pages.
Website
A studio website, not only listings
- Build your site from five templates, on your own domain.
- Or embed sign-up, booking and family login widgets on the site you have.
- Jackrabbit puts class listings and registration on an existing site made with tools like Wix or WordPress20.
Payments
Payments into your own account
- Connect your own Stripe or PayPal account. Sonely takes no cut.
- Add a convenience fee for cards or bank payments if you want, and families see it before they pay.
- Jackrabbit takes payments through Jackrabbit Pay, from 2.59% + $0.30 per card payment depending on volume8.
Credit where it’s due
What Jackrabbit Music does well
Frequently asked questions about Sonely and Jackrabbit Music
You can also reach out to our support team or try the demo studio to see Sonely for yourself.
Yes, especially if your studio runs on private lessons and practice at home. If you run large class programs and want a branded app in the app stores or a staff time clock, Jackrabbit may suit you better. Try the demo studio to see for yourself.
Jackrabbit Class starts at $49 a month and rises with your total student count1. Sonely is free for one teacher and $12 a month for each extra teacher, admin or staff seat, however many students you teach.
Import your students and families from a CSV or Excel file, and your teachers from a CSV file. Lessons, invoices and expenses can’t be imported, so you set up your weekly lessons and opening balances when you start. Contact us if you get stuck.
No. Families use the portal in any phone’s browser, in your studio’s color, so there’s nothing to download.
Try the demo
Look around a sample studio with students, lessons and invoices already in place.
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Talk to us
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See what’s new
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