Clefwise vs Harness
Clefwise
clefwise.studioHarness
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| Figure | Clefwise | Harness |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | A$16.67/mo | $15/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 2 |
| Spec score · Music Lesson Scheduling Software | 8.3 (#6) | 8.0 (#12) |
| Purpose | Clefwise is a web-based platform for managing music teaching businesses. | Harness is a calendar and studio management platform for private lesson instructors. |
| Scheduling | It supports recurring lessons, availability windows, lesson credits, and Australian school-term scheduling. | Students can use shared scheduling or rescheduling links to choose available times. |
| Security | Security controls include row-level access restrictions, AES-256-GCM encryption for OAuth tokens, signed URLs for private files, rate limiting, and security headers. | The privacy policy says each instructor's data is isolated at the database level and cannot be viewed by other platform users. |
| Support | Privacy requests can be sent to [email protected], with responses promised within 30 days. | The contact page lists technical support by email and says Harness aims to respond to all inquiries within 24 business hours. |
Plans
In their own words
Clefwise
Clefwise is a web-based platform for managing music teaching businesses, with scheduling, invoicing, parent access, teaching tools, and business analytics. It supports recurring lessons, availability windows, lesson credits, and Australian school-term scheduling. Invoices offer Stripe checkout, bulk sending, and overdue tracking, while a parent portal brings together schedules, lesson notes, invoices, messages, and information for each parent’s children. Teachers can manage practice tracking, repertoire libraries, student progress, recital programmes, and RSVP tracking. Business analytics include profit and loss, revenue charts, expense tracking, and tax-ready exports. Clefwise uses Stripe for payment processing and can optionally synchronize lessons with Google Calendar. Its Australian focus includes school terms for every state through 2027, AUD invoices with ABN and GST, and Sydney-hosted core data. The Free plan costs nothing and covers 3 students, scheduling, invoicing and online payments, a parent portal, and lesson notes. Pro costs A$200 a year. Students do not have their own accounts; a student-facing app is planned for a future release.
Harness
Harness is a web-based calendar and studio management platform for private lesson instructors. Students can use shared scheduling or rescheduling links to choose available times, while families can view lessons, notes and invoices through a student portal. Instructors can customize rates, billing schedules and payers. Calendar tools include attendance and payment tracking, lesson events with assigned rates, drag-and-drop scheduling and availability annotations. Student profiles combine details, lesson history and payment balances, with automatic status tracking and intake forms. Finance features include income and expense tracking, invoices, Stripe-powered payments, profit and loss statements and Schedule C compliant exports. The free Hobby plan supports up to five students. Professional costs $15 a month and lists unlimited students, automated monthly billing, payment reminders, self-serve scheduling links and priority email support. A 30-day trial is available. The documentation says Harness is in active development.