elastudio or Paytour?
The Paytour alternative with no system fee on each sale.
Paytour is a Brazilian booking system for tours and attractions, with plans from R$89 a month and a fee on each payment through its own card gateway. On elastudio, your surf or kite school pays a flat plan, students pay into the school’s own Stripe account, and elastudio takes no percentage.
You create your studio yourself in a few minutes, on Free. Questions? Write to support@elastudio.app.
Facts checked on October 28, 2026, with sources. Sources
Why surf and kite schools pick elastudio over Paytour
Nothing per sale for the system.
On the Paytour Controle plan, each card payment in full through Paytour Card costs 4.49%. On elastudio, Stripe charges its own fees to your account and elastudio takes no percentage, on any plan.
Made for lessons that depend on the sea.
Flat sea or no wind: pick the morning and the beach, move or cancel every lesson at once, and each student is told in their language. Board, wetsuit and kite rental with sizes and stock, and waivers signed online before the first lesson.
Lessons, packs and students who come back.
Sell a three-lesson course as a pack, keep regulars on monthly memberships, and run group and private lessons from one schedule. Tourists book in English, Portuguese or Spanish and pay by card from any country.
Side by side
What each one offers a surf or kitesurf school, from Paytour’s own public pages on October 28, 2026. Where Paytour is ahead, we say so.
| Topic | elastudio | Paytour |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly priceSimilar | Free R$0, Starter US$28, Growth US$78, Pro US$178 | Controle R$89, Performance R$249, Premium R$379 a month; up to 20% off yearly; a free plan to start1 |
| Fee on each paymentelastudio ahead | No percentage for elastudio; Stripe charges its own fees to your account | Paytour Card 4.49% (Controle), 3.49% (Performance) or 3.19% (Premium) on card payments in full1 |
| Weather callselastudio ahead | Move or cancel every lesson of a day and place at once, each student told in their language, on Free | Not in its plan feature table1 |
| Extras on a bookingSimilar | Gear rental with sizes and stock, from Growth | Optional extras and activity combos1 |
| DepositSimilar | A deposit at booking for sessions, and for events with the balance charged on a date you set | Payment by deposit1 |
| LanguagesSimilar | Pages, e-mails and checkout in English, Portuguese and Spanish, each student in their language | Store translation, in its feature table1 |
| Resellers and channelsPaytour ahead | No; you sell on your own pages and website | Affiliates and partners on Premium; Civitatis and Google Things to do1 |
| Seasonal pricesPaytour ahead | No | Yes, price by season and sales by batch1 |
When Paytour may suit you better
We would rather you pick the right tool. These are the honest cases.
- You run a tour agency, a park or a museum and sell through resellers, hotel desks or Civitatis.
- Your prices change by season and you sell activity combos.
- You want a card machine at the counter from the same system.
Moving from Paytour
- Put your customer list from Paytour in a spreadsheet (CSV) and import it into elastudio.
- Add your lessons, packs, rental gear and waiver.
- Connect Stripe and share your booking link on WhatsApp, Instagram and your website.
Want a hand? Write to support@elastudio.app and we set it up with you.
Questions about switching
How much does Paytour cost?
On its plans page, Controle is R$89, Performance R$249 and Premium R$379 a month, with up to 20% off yearly, plus a fee on each payment through its gateway (checked on 28 October 2026).
How do foreign tourists pay?
By card from any country, on a secure Stripe page in English, Portuguese or Spanish. The money goes straight to your own Stripe account.
Can I bring my students from Paytour?
Yes. Put your customer list in a spreadsheet and import it into elastudio, matching the columns. If you want a hand, write to support@elastudio.app.
Sources
Paytour facts come from the pages below, checked on October 28, 2026. Prices and features change; if something here is out of date, write to support@elastudio.app and we will fix it. elastudio items marked “coming soon” are not available yet.
Paytour is a trademark of its owner, mentioned here only to identify it. elastudio has no link to Paytour. Information checked on October 28, 2026.
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