Comparison · verified 4 Sep 2026

LessonLoop VS Opus1

Opus1 publishes one price — from $98 a month, with Starter capped at 200 active students — and routes the rest to a demo. LessonLoop publishes both of its prices, £15 and £39 a month, with no cap on pupils or teachers. The comparison is below, dated and sourced.

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The 60-second verdict

A US enterprise platform vs a UK music-school tool.

Starting price

£15/mo vs $98/mo

Opus1’s cheapest tier is $98/month (≈£76), capped at 200 students. LessonLoop starts at £15, and School — unlimited teachers — is a flat £39 (≈$50).

Built in vs US-only add-on

Opus1’s AI lives in “Opus1 Voice”, an $89/mo phone add-on that is explicitly unavailable to UK customers. LoopAssist is in every LessonLoop plan, working in the product itself.

UK fit

GBP, VAT, terms vs USD-only

Opus1 bills in USD with no published VAT handling; UK SMS “requires consultation”. LessonLoop is GBP-native with VAT-aware invoicing and UK term dates out of the box.

What Opus1 does that LessonLoop does not

Opus1’s own site describes tiers up to 1,000 active students, Apple Pay checkout, and SMS and Voice add-ons. LessonLoop has no SMS channel and no voice product. Its published plans do not cap active students at all, and both of its prices are on the page rather than behind a demo.

Do the maths

Opus1 pricing in 2026

Their entry price is our top tier — doubled. Opus1 publishes one price: $98 a month, for up to 200 active students. Above that the page says Book a Demo, so the slider stops where their published price does.

Active students 200 students

Opus1

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per month

LessonLoop

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per month · unlimited teachers

Opus1 US list pricing, read from opus1.io/pricing on 4 September 2026. The page publishes exactly one figure — “packages starting at just $98 per month” — and every tier button reads Book a Demo. Starter is capped at 200 active students and 50 services; Growth (500) and Ultimate (1,000) publish caps but no price, so this comparison stops at 200 students rather than quoting a number they no longer show. Opus1 Plus, SMS and Voice are paid add-ons whose prices are not published. GBP conversion approximate at ~$1 = £0.78, for comparison only. LessonLoop School £39/mo, unlimited pupils and teacher accounts, no cap of any kind.

Feature by feature

LessonLoop vs Opus1, feature by feature

Feature	Opus1	LessonLoop
Starting price	$98/mo (≈£76, ≤200 students)	£15/mo solo · £39/mo unlimited-teacher School tier
Prices published	Starting price only — Growth and Ultimate show “Book a Demo”	Both prices, on the page, monthly and annual
Currency & VAT	USD only; no published VAT handling	GBP, VAT-aware invoicing, UK GDPR
AI assistant	AI call tagging inside the US-only Voice add-on; price not published	LoopAssist in every plan — drafts & proposes, you confirm
Connect to ChatGPT & Claude	—	Yes — the MCP connector
SMS / messaging	SMS bundled US/Canada; UK “requires consultation”	Free push, email & in-app + WhatsApp
Mobile app	No native app — a recurring review complaint	Native iOS app
Self-serve booking	Yes — mobile UX criticised in reviews	Yes — into real slots, with make-up credits
Accounting sync	Payments reporting only	Automatic Xero sync
Practice in the parent portal	—	Practice log — with a streak, a weekly goal and practice over time
Trial	Free trial exists, length unpublished; funnel routes to a sales demo	30 days, no card, instant — plus a live demo you can open right now
Built for	Large US multi-programme academies (music + dance)	UK music schools & teachers

Sourced from Opus1’s public pricing & product pages · last verified 4 Sep 2026 · spot something stale? Tell us — we fix it fast.

✓ Pricing: opus1.io/pricing, read in a browser 4 Sep 2026✓ Voice AI US-only: their own FAQ✓ Series B & new CEO: PRNewswire, 26 Mar 2026✓ Mobile-app complaints: Capterra reviews, 2025–26

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Also compared

Opus1 alternatives

The rest of the category, priced from each vendor’s own page and dated. LessonLoop is the flat-price one.

MyMusicStaff $16.95/mo + $4.95 per additional teacher or staff member Meters teachers and staff, prices in US dollars, and its own support documentation says the mobile app was retired. Teachworks From $16.49/mo + $0.320 per student lesson taught Meters student lessons taught, so every pupil in a group lesson counts separately. Prices in US dollars. My Music Lessons £9.95/mo + £2.95 per teacher, plus each hired facility UK-priced in GBP, and meters teachers and facilities rather than charging one flat fee. MakeMusic Studio (Fons) $19.95/mo + $4.95 per staff member + 2.9% + 30¢ per card charge Takes a cut of every payment on top of the subscription: 2.9% + 30¢ per card charge, 1.8% ACH, 0.4% of subscription volume. Jackrabbit Music From $49/mo, tiered on total student count at month end Prices on the whole roll rather than on teaching, and publishes only its starting figures. Prices in US dollars. MusicNotes PMI £0 until January 2027, then £12/mo UK, GBP, built for independent teachers: invoicing and scheduling, free until January 2027.

All nine in one table, with the criteria published before any product is named: music school software, compared on the facts · teaching on your own? the solo-teacher version · run the cost on your own numbers

Or skip the comparison and read what LessonLoop does for your shape of studio: music school software for a whole team of teachers · music teacher software for teaching on your own

Questions

Straight answers.

What is Opus1 pricing in 2026?

Their pricing page publishes one figure — “packages starting at just $98 per month” — and three named tiers: Starter up to 200 active students and 50 services, Growth up to 500 students, Ultimate up to 1,000. Only the starting price is published; the rest routes to Book a Demo. Month to month, no contract, with Plus, SMS and Voice sold as add-ons whose prices are not listed. Priced in US dollars. Checked 4 September 2026.

What are the alternatives to Opus1 for a UK school?

LessonLoop at £39 a month with unlimited teacher accounts, pupils, locations and rooms, priced and billed in GBP. MyMusicStaff at $16.95 plus $4.95 per teacher and Teachworks from $16.49 plus $0.320 per student lesson, both in US dollars. My Music Lessons at £9.95 plus £2.95 per teacher, in GBP. Every one of those is priced from its own page on 4 September 2026 in the roundup, with a head-to-head page for each.

Is LessonLoop really that much cheaper?

Yes, structurally. Their floor is $98/mo (≈£76) capped at 200 students. Our School tier is £39/mo with no student cap and no teacher cap. Their add-ons (CRM, SMS, Voice) stack on top of their base price; we don’t sell feature add-ons at all.

What does Opus1 have that LessonLoop doesn’t?

A US phone system with AI call coaching (US-only), dance/performing-arts programme features, and Series-B money. If you need those, it’s the right call. For UK music-school admin — scheduling, billing, parents, payroll, Xero — you’re paying enterprise prices for things you won’t use.

Can I import my Opus1 data?

Yes — export your pupils, families and lesson history as CSV and we’ll map and import it for you, free, on every plan.

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