Glofox Alternatives

Glofox competitors, side by side

Why people look for a Glofox alternative

Glofox's pricing page asks for your business type, then your number of locations, then your contact details, and still names no number. The plans page behind it lays out Essential, Boost and Elite as feature lists with no price on any card. Add-ons such as a custom branded app are named but not priced either.

That leaves a buyer unable to compare Glofox with anything until a sales call. Every vendor below publishes at least one real figure. Our gym software cost calculator lines them up at your own member count.

Mindbody: the Glofox vs Mindbody question

Mindbody is the vendor most often weighed against Glofox, and on transparency it edges ahead by one figure. Mindbody prices Starter at $79 a month per location on an explainer article, while its main pricing page shows "Let's talk" on all three tiers. Accelerate and Ultimate have no published price, so a larger gym ends up in the same sales conversation Glofox asks for.

Per-location pricing means a second site doubles the base cost. Bookings that come through the Mindbody consumer app carry a 20% referral commission capped at $30, which is worth modelling if you expect the marketplace to send you new clients. See the Mindbody alternatives page for the wider picture.

Zen Planner

Zen Planner publishes its whole ladder, just not on the main pricing page: the active member tiers page runs Studio from $99 at up to 45 members through $133, $155, $189, $229, $239 and $269 to $289 at 251 and above. Essentials sits $99 above Studio at every band and Ultimate $249 above, so Ultimate at 251 members is $538 a month.

It suits martial arts and fitness studios that want belt and skill tracking next to billing and payroll. The gap is processing: Zen Planner Payments has no published rate. More options are on the Zen Planner alternatives page.

Gymdesk

Of all the apps like Glofox, Gymdesk is the plainest about cost. Each of its four gym plans has a price and a member bracket, billing is month to month, and every plan carries the same features, so size is the only thing that moves the bill.

The extras are priced too. Door access (in beta) is $100 a month for up to three doors plus $29 per extra door, with hardware quoted separately. A branded member app is $100 a month with the first month free, and each extra location is $50 a month. The one unpublished number is the card processing rate. See the Gymdesk alternatives page for other options in this range.

TeamUp

TeamUp sells one plan rather than good, better and best tiers, and the price follows your active customer count on a slider. The 101 to 200 bracket shows $189 a month by default; the other brackets only appear once you move the slider. Prices switch by currency, with USD, GBP, EUR, AUD and CAD on offer.

Its strongest point against Glofox is that point of sale and access control are listed on the plan itself rather than sold as add-ons. A custom branded app costs $99 a month on top. See the TeamUp alternatives page if TeamUp is also on your shortlist.

Wodify

Wodify prices by location, not headcount, and lists unlimited clients and employees on every tier. Essentials shows a regular $199 a month per location, cut to $99 for life for anyone who books a demo by 31 October, so check whether that offer still runs before you budget on it.

The two tiers above Essentials carry no figure. It is built for CrossFit affiliates and functional fitness boxes running WOD-based classes, with Wodify Perform tracking on Ultimate. More on the Wodify alternatives page.

PushPress

PushPress is the only vendor here with a real free plan rather than a trial. Free, Pro and Max all allow unlimited members, so the monthly fee does not rise as you grow.

The free plan is paid for in card fees: 4.99% plus $0.30 a transaction, against 2.89% on Pro and 2.75% on Max. ACH drops from 2.89% on Free to 0.79% on Pro and Max. All figures are in US dollars; other markets are asked to contact sales.

Scraler

Scraler is coaching software, not a gym management system. It has no access control, membership cards, kiosk check-in, turnstiles or point of sale, so it does not replace Glofox for a facility that controls who comes through the door.

Where it fits is a coaching-led studio: workout and nutrition programming, check-ins, classes and events that take bookings with a set capacity, and Stripe payments from Premium. Staff management, multiple locations and a white-label app in the App Store and Google Play come with Ultimate. Archived clients do not count towards the cap. The gym management software guide covers where the two categories split.

Where a gym management system beats Scraler

If members badge in unsupervised or buy drinks and kit at a desk, stay with Glofox or pick a gym system that publishes those features, such as TeamUp or Gymdesk. If your studio runs on coached sessions and client programming, a coaching platform covers more of the day. Scraler's free switch service rebuilds clients, workouts and meal plans from an export.