DanceFlow vs Mariana Tek

DanceFlow is built for ballroom and partner dance: private-lesson packages, couples, teacher pay and competitions. Here is what a studio like yours needs, what DanceFlow does about it and what Mariana Tek says on its own pages, side by side. Then how little work the move is.

Mariana Tek's own pages describe 6 of these 12.

Described on their pages Not described on their pages

• Private lessons, doubles and Pro/Am, booked against lesson packages that count down as lessons are taught.

• Invoices, payments and a money ledger behind them, with the reports an owner opens every morning.

• Teacher pay, renewals that are due and what every student owes, without a spreadsheet.

• A free portal for students and parents: the schedule, what is left on a package, invoices and messages.

• Competitions in the same system: entries, heats, judging and results. DanceFlow is not NDCA-sanctioned.

• One plan for the whole studio, with unlimited students and teachers. Students, parents and teachers never pay.

What a ballroom studio needs

The DanceFlow column is what the app does today. The Mariana Tek column quotes Mariana Tek's own public pages, each with a link to the page. Where those pages are silent on something, the row says so, and that is all it says.

DanceFlow

Free during early access. When paid plans begin, $89 a month or $799 a year, with unlimited students and teachers.

Mariana Tek

No prices on their public pricing page. It names three packages, Core, Core + Growth and the Full Growth Bundle, and quotes each studio on request.

DanceFlow

Packages count down as lessons are taught. A lesson taken with nothing left takes the balance below zero instead of going unrecorded, and the next package sold pays it first.

Mariana Tek

Their website

“Customizable credits packages and memberships that can change with your business”

DanceFlow

A couple can share one package. A couple lesson takes one credit from it and nothing from the partner, and each partner can still keep their own Pro/Am package.

Mariana Tek

Their website

“Studios can offer one-on-one sessions, duets, small groups, and wellness services”

DanceFlow

Per lesson, by the hour, by the day, a salary, salary and lessons, or a formula, set for each teacher, with a pay run from the lessons they taught.

Mariana Tek

Their website

“Track classes, appointments, and pay rates so payroll is accurate and easy to reconcile”

DanceFlow

Competition trips with entries and what each one costs. For organizers: heats across several floors, judges marking on a phone, and results by the Skating System. DanceFlow is not NDCA-sanctioned.

Mariana Tek

Not described on the public pages we read.

DanceFlow

A free portal for parents with every child they are linked to: the schedule, lessons left, invoices and messages.

Mariana Tek

Not described on the public pages we read.

DanceFlow

A lesson diary of what was worked on, and a practice timer dancers start between lessons when the studio turns it on.

Mariana Tek

Not described on the public pages we read.

DanceFlow

Tickets for a showcase or party, each with a QR code, scanned at the door with an iPhone camera. Each ticket gets in once.

Mariana Tek

Not described on the public pages we read.

DanceFlow

Training camps with a timetable, groups, coaches, packages, a waitlist and a public link for dancers from other studios.

Mariana Tek

Not described on the public pages we read.

DanceFlow

The app and this site in 14 languages, among them English, Finnish, Swedish, German, Spanish and Chinese.

Mariana Tek

Their help center

“The hard-coded content Mariana Tek writes will be translated”

DanceFlow

iPhone and iPad apps with Home and Lock Screen widgets, Apple Watch, and a Live Activity for the lesson in progress.

Mariana Tek

Their pricing page

“Custom-branded iOS and Android Apps”

DanceFlow

AI Front Desk, to answer the studio's phone, is coming soon. It is not live yet.

Mariana Tek

Not described on the public pages we read.

DanceFlow

The importer has a Mariana Tek setting. Students, families, package balances and the calendar come in checked row by row, an import can be undone, and there is no setup fee.

Mariana Tek

Their website

“We've migrated thousands of studios”

Compared with each product's public pages on October 25, 2026. Products change; tell us if something is out of date.

Mariana Tek is a trademark of its owner; DanceFlow is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Mariana Tek.

• The importer has a setting for files from Mariana Tek. It knows the column headings Mariana Tek exports are known to use, shows every match it made and lets you change any of them.

• It brings in teachers, students and families, package balances, the lessons already promised on the calendar, class rosters, past lessons and past payments.

• Past payments arrive as history. No report counts them as new revenue.

• An import can be undone while nothing has been built on what it brought in.

• Setting up is included: bringing your roster across from a spreadsheet, setting up packages and policies, and running both systems until you are ready.

Files from Mariana Tek the importer already knows

• Students
• Package balances

Any other list comes in from a spreadsheet, with a step where you match the columns yourself.

• The headings come from public documentation and public walkthroughs, not from a live export of every Mariana Tek account. Treat the first match as a suggestion and check it.

Getting your file out of Mariana Tek

1. In Mariana Tek, open Reports from the left panel, then Marketing, and choose the report: Customers for students, Outstanding Credits for package balances, Membership Details for memberships.

2. Set the date range (for Customers, from the day the studio opened; on Outstanding Credits, filter Is Expired to False), press Generate Report, then Export. Only visible columns are exported, so keep them all on.

3. Choose the file above. A credit that was migrated, complimentary or from a gift card has a blank Credit Package: type a package name into those cells first.

These are the steps DanceFlow shows on its Import screen, where "above" is the place you choose the file.

What changes in your first week

Nothing has to stop on the day you start. Mariana Tek keeps running while DanceFlow fills up, and you move the front desk over when you trust it.

1. 1

   Day 1

   Set up the studio

   Create your studio, add your teachers and set your packages, prices and policies. Teachers join with a code from the studio.

2. 2

   Days 1 and 2

   Bring your records from Mariana Tek

   Export from Mariana Tek and import students, families and package balances, then the lessons already booked. Check each row in the preview first.

3. 3

   Days 3 to 5

   Book ahead in DanceFlow

   Book the coming weeks in DanceFlow while Mariana Tek finishes the current ones. Teachers see their day in the app.

4. 4

   End of the week

   Invite students and switch

   Invite students and parents when you are ready, and move the front desk over on a quiet day. Keep Mariana Tek until you no longer open it.

Start free with your own studio, bring one file from Mariana Tek, and see your own students on the schedule.

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