Clefwise vs Legato

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.

Legato is a studio management platform for music educators and studio managers. It supports lesson scheduling, student records, invoicing, and payment tracking across Android, iOS, and the web. Legato AI can take actions on a teacher’s roster through voice or chat, including scheduling, charging, cancelling, and invoicing. Scheduling includes recurring lessons, rescheduling, student reminders, and conflict detection. Stripe handles invoices, recurring charges, payment tracking, and reminders. Students can use a portal to view lessons, notes, assignments, and invoices, while a practice tracker provides a timer, weekly streaks, and goals. Teachers can import student information from CSV files or notebook photos. Listed integrations include Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, email notifications, SMS reminders, and PDF export; Zoom, push notifications, and an analytics dashboard are marked as upcoming. Legato is a progressive web app installable from a browser on mobile and desktop, with offline support. Legato Pro costs $19.99 a month, billed monthly. Legato says it takes no additional cut from payments; Stripe’s standard processing fee typically applies at 2.9% + 30¢ per US transaction.