How much does Music Shop Suite cost?

$49/month flat. One price for the entire business — unlimited students, teachers, instruments, rentals, repair tickets, and reports. No setup fee, no add-on modules, no free trial.

How is My Music Staff priced?

My Music Staff prices in tiers based on your number of active students, so your monthly bill rises as your roster grows. Check their site for current tier pricing — we do not republish their numbers because they change.

At what roster size does a flat price win?

Any per-student model eventually costs more than a flat $49. The crossover depends on their current tier pricing, but studios past a few dozen active students typically pay more on per-student plans.

Are there hidden fees?

No. Stripe processes the $49 subscription. There are no per-seat charges, no per-instrument charges, and no charge for extra reports or modules.

Is there a free trial or free plan?

No. Every account is a paying account from day one. Cancel any time and keep access through the end of the billing period.

Pricing comparison

My Music Staff Pricing vs Music Shop Suite: Per-Student Tiers or One Flat Price

The pricing question is really a structure question. My Music Staff charges by active student count. Music Shop Suite charges $49/month for the whole business, no matter how many students, teachers, or instruments you run.

$49/month flat — unlimited students and teachers
Inventory, rentals, repairs, and accounting included
No setup fees, seats, or add-on modules
Cancel any time; access runs to the end of the period
No free trial — every account is a paying account

Start your shop — $49/month See the dashboard

What the $49 includes

Everything. There is one plan, and it is the whole product.

Lesson scheduling by teacher and room
Student, family, and attendance records
Serialized instrument inventory
Instrument rentals and return tracking
Repair tickets with parts and labor
Consignment and used-instrument sales
Accounting ledger, P&L, and reports

Why per-student pricing gets expensive

Per-student tiers punish growth: sign twenty new students in September and your software bill jumps in the same month your admin load does. A flat price makes budgeting boring, which is the point.

The tools you stop paying for

Most studios that switch drop at least one other subscription — an inventory app, a rental spreadsheet add-on, or a separate bookkeeping tool. Count those in the comparison, not just the lesson platform line item.

How billing works

Subscriptions run through Stripe. You pay $49/month, you get the full dashboard, and cancelling leaves your access live until the end of the period you already paid for.

What each pricing model actually charges for

Ignore the headline number for a moment and compare what the meter runs on. That is what decides your bill in year two.

What each pricing model actually charges for
Cost driver	Per-student tiers	Music Shop Suite
Bill rises with student count	Yes	No
Bill rises with teacher count	Sometimes	No
Separate inventory tool needed	Usually	No
Separate rental tracking	Spreadsheet	Included
Repair ticketing	Not offered	Included
Accounting and P&L	Export to another tool	Included
Setup or onboarding fee	Varies	None
Free trial	Yes	No
Monthly cost at 120 students	Upper tier	$49

Vendor tiers change; confirm current numbers directly with each vendor before budgeting.

The real comparison is total tool spend, not one line item

Studios usually compare the lesson platform against the lesson platform and stop there. That understates the difference, because the per-student tool is rarely the only subscription in play.

Add the inventory app, the rental tracker, the bookkeeping add-on, and any paid spreadsheet automation, and the monthly total is normally well above a flat $49 before the roster is even counted.

Run the comparison on the whole stack you would keep versus the whole stack you would retire. That is the number that shows up on the bank statement.

Why growth-linked pricing distorts decisions

When software bills scale with students, owners start treating enrolment as a cost event. Small decisions shift: a summer intake gets delayed, an inactive student is left on the books to avoid a tier change, or a second teacher gets added late.

None of these are large individually and all of them are the wrong incentive. Flat pricing removes the software variable from growth decisions entirely, which is worth more than the raw dollar difference for most shops.

See the workbench before you sign up

Inventory, pricing, lesson bookings, and instrument lending all live in the same back-office dashboard — no separate apps, no re-keying between them.

Music shop inventory dashboard listing instruments with SKU, serial number, condition, cost, price and status — InventoryEvery instrument tracked by SKU and serial with condition, cost, retail price, and live status — for sale, on hold, in repair, or sold.

Pricing and margin report showing revenue, cost of goods, gross profit and per-product markup — Pricing & marginRevenue, cost of goods, gross profit, and markup per product so you price from real numbers instead of gut feel.

Weekly lesson booking calendar with student lessons, teachers, rooms and attendance — Lesson bookingsA weekly teaching calendar with rooms, teachers, and attendance marking — plus the invoice that follows each lesson block.

Instrument lending and rental tracker with borrowers, due dates, overdue badges and deposits — Instrument lendingLoans and rentals by unit: who has it, when it is due, what deposit is held, and which agreements are overdue.

Honest note

When My Music Staff is cheaper

A solo teacher with a handful of students on an entry tier may pay less than $49. If you teach part-time, never touch instrument inventory, and need parent autopay, their entry plan is the better buy. Music Shop Suite makes financial sense once you have a real roster or any instruments to track.

Frequently asked

How much does Music Shop Suite cost?: $49/month flat. One price for the entire business — unlimited students, teachers, instruments, rentals, repair tickets, and reports. No setup fee, no add-on modules, no free trial.
How is My Music Staff priced?: My Music Staff prices in tiers based on your number of active students, so your monthly bill rises as your roster grows. Check their site for current tier pricing — we do not republish their numbers because they change.
At what roster size does a flat price win?: Any per-student model eventually costs more than a flat $49. The crossover depends on their current tier pricing, but studios past a few dozen active students typically pay more on per-student plans.
Are there hidden fees?: No. Stripe processes the $49 subscription. There are no per-seat charges, no per-instrument charges, and no charge for extra reports or modules.
Is there a free trial or free plan?: No. Every account is a paying account from day one. Cancel any time and keep access through the end of the billing period.

Keep exploring the workbench

Every part of the shop lives in one system. Follow the workflow closest to what you are trying to fix first.

Run your shop on one workbench — starting today.

$49/month, no contracts, no trial. Import your spreadsheet, invite your team, and have inventory, repairs, rentals, and lessons in one place tonight.