My PT Hub is the closest platform that costs less and gives up nothing we verified. $59 a month at 50 clients, $20 less than CoachRx, and it adds client food logging, more than one coach seat, nutrition plans, sellable packages and taking payments. The trade: CoachRx is built for habits and behaviour change and My PT Hub is not, so this is a swap with a cost.
Why coaches look for an alternative
Thin public feature documentation.
It runs $79 a month at 50 clients with the add-ons it forces on you included. 5 of the 22 alternatives on this site cost less than that.
What I flagged when I reviewed it, August 2023:
- Pricing sits on the more expensive end compared to other training program software. 4:34
- Not a one-stop shop, so it won't have all the features some coaches might be looking for. 10:27
- Doesn't connect to Zapier or similar automation tools, though this might come in future. 16:53
The closest thing to CoachRx
Ranked by how much of what we record for CoachRx each platform also does. Stridist is the nearest, and it is $16 a month dearer at 50 clients. Nothing we verified is missing; the only gaps are features CoachRx lists and Stridist does not, which is weaker evidence.
Coaches selling programmes and content alongside coaching, with a migration service off other platforms.
$16 a month dearer than CoachRx · $95 at 25 clients
- Adds client food logging, more than one coach seat and nutrition plans
- Also lists client check-ins and selling courses
- Does not list video form checks
Try Stridist →
Cheaper, with nothing we record missing
Everything this site records for CoachRx is also recorded for these, and they cost less at 50 clients. That is not the same as saying they are better: the last column is what CoachRx is built for that they are not, and for a coach who needs that, the saving is not a saving.
| Platform | At 50 clients | You save | What CoachRx does that it does not |
|---|
| My PT Hub | $59 | $20 | habits and behaviour change |
The rest, in order of how close they are
Prices are the real monthly cost at 50 clients with the add-ons each platform forces on you included, from the same engine the shortlist quiz uses.
Solo online 1:1 coaches who want the fastest programme builder and payments included rather than bolted on.
$57.99 a month dearer than CoachRx · $136.99 at 25 clients
- Adds more than one coach seat, nutrition plans and taking payments
- Does not do group programmes
- Also lists group chat and body metrics
Try TrueCoach →The value pick at 25 to 100 clients. Branded apps from Pro at $59, nutrition, AI meal planner, packages and payments all included with no add-ons.
$10 a month dearer than CoachRx · $59 at 25 clients
- Adds client food logging, more than one coach seat, nutrition plans, your own app in the stores, sellable packages and taking payments
- Also lists group chat, leaderboards, body metrics and progress photos
Try PT Distinction →High client volume. Unlimited clients at $59/mo is the cheapest route past about 80 clients by a wide margin.
$20 a month cheaper than CoachRx · $59 at 25 clients
- Adds appointment booking (not clearly included in the plan price), client food logging, more than one coach seat, nutrition plans, your own app in the stores (an add-on at $95 one-time), sellable packages and taking payments
- Also lists client check-ins, selling courses, body metrics and progress photos
Try My PT Hub →Coaches who want the widest feature set and a route up to gym or studio management.
$56 a month dearer than CoachRx · $135 at 25 clients
- Adds appointment booking (not clearly included in the plan price), client food logging, more than one coach seat, nutrition plans (an add-on at $20 (Grow, Pro 5-15) / 45 (Pro 30-200)), your own app in the stores (an add-on at $169 one-time setup, Pro only), sellable packages and taking payments (a $10 a month add-on)
- Also lists client check-ins, intake forms, leaderboards and body metrics
Try ABC Trainerize →Coaches with a very small or fluctuating roster. At $3 a head with no platform fee it is the cheapest option on the list up to about 8 clients, and you stop paying for a client the month they go inactive, which no tiered platform does.
$71 a month dearer than CoachRx · $75 at 25 clients
- Adds client food logging, more than one coach seat, nutrition plans and taking payments
- Also lists client check-ins, selling courses, intake forms, group chat and progress photos
- Does not list automations
Try MyCoach AI →Coaches whose brand is the product and who genuinely need their own store-listed app.
$130 a month dearer than CoachRx · $159 at 25 clients
- Adds appointment booking (a $50 a month add-on), more than one coach seat, nutrition plans, your own app in the stores, sellable packages and taking payments
- Also lists client check-ins, group chat and progress photos
- Does not list habit tracking
Try FitBudd →Habit and behaviour-change coaching. The $5 entry tier is the cheapest way onto a real platform, and the Pro ladder is good value for multi-coach teams.
$20 a month dearer than CoachRx · $79 at 25 clients
- Adds more than one coach seat and nutrition plans
- Also lists selling courses, intake forms and leaderboards
- Does not list automations, an exercise library and video form checks
Try Coach Catalyst →Aggressive pricing across a wide client range, with both trainer and gym tiers under one roof.
$6 a month dearer than CoachRx · $60 at 25 clients
- Adds appointment booking (not clearly included in the plan price), client food logging, more than one coach seat, nutrition plans, your own app in the stores (a $175 a month add-on), sellable packages and taking payments
- Also lists selling courses and group chat
- Does not list video form checks and wearable syncing
Try WeStrive →
What CoachRx is still the best answer for
Coaches working the OPEX methodology, with lifestyle and habit prescription built into the model.
On this site it is the pick for habits and behaviour change. If that is you, read the savings above and then ignore them.
How to read the feature lines
Eight features were checked against each vendor's own pricing page: appointment
booking, client food logging, group programmes, coach seats, nutrition plans, your own app,
sellable packages and taking payments. Those are the ones written above as does and
does not. The other thirteen are read out of each vendor's own feature prose, so an
absence there means we did not find it listed, not that the product lacks it, and those lines
say lists and does not list instead.
How all of this gets checked.
Or let it pick for you
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