My PT Hub does everything we verified about Kahunas for $10 a month less at 50 clients, $59 against $69. It is a price cut rather than an upgrade: on the eight features checked against the vendors’ own pricing pages the two are level. It does also do appointment booking (not clearly included in the plan price), which is not in that figure. The trade: Kahunas is built for your own app in the stores and My PT Hub is not, so this is a swap with a cost.
Why coaches look for an alternative
Pricing is buried on the homepage rather than a pricing page, so most comparison posts get it wrong or omit it. Scheduling unconfirmed.
It runs $69 a month at 50 clients with the add-ons it forces on you included. 2 of the 22 alternatives on this site cost less than that.
What I flagged when I reviewed it, August 2024:
- Zapier and Make integrations are only available on the business tier, not the starter or pro plans. 13:39
- Voice notes are handy but if clients send them back you have to listen rather than read, which takes more time. 13:07
The closest thing to Kahunas
Ranked by how much of what we record for Kahunas each platform also does. WeStrive is the nearest, and it is $16 a month dearer at 50 clients. Nothing we verified is missing; the only gaps are features Kahunas lists and WeStrive does not, which is weaker evidence.
Aggressive pricing across a wide client range, with both trainer and gym tiers under one roof.
$16 a month dearer than Kahunas · $60 at 25 clients
- Adds appointment booking (not clearly included in the plan price)
- Does not list client check-ins and progress photos
Try WeStrive →
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.
Coaches running group programmes and challenges alongside 1:1, with real meal planning and macro tracking included.
$26 a month dearer than Kahunas · $95 at 25 clients
- Also lists intake forms, leaderboards, body metrics and wearable syncing
Try Everfit →High client volume. Unlimited clients at $59/mo is the cheapest route past about 80 clients by a wide margin.
$10 a month cheaper than Kahunas · $59 at 25 clients
- Adds appointment booking (not clearly included in the plan price)
- Also lists body metrics, video form checks and wearable syncing
- Does not list group chat
Try My PT Hub →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.
$20 a month dearer than Kahunas · $59 at 25 clients
- Also lists leaderboards, body metrics, video form checks and wearable syncing
- Does not list client check-ins and selling courses
Try PT Distinction →Coaches who want nutrition, habits and payments in one place without paying extra for them. The $69 tier carries the branded colours, meal planner and payments that several rivals hold back.
$30 a month cheaper than Kahunas · $39 at 25 clients
- Does not do group programmes
- Also lists intake forms, body metrics and wearable syncing
- Does not list selling courses and progress photos
Try HubFit →Coaches who want unlimited clients without a per-client bill. At $79 it is the second-cheapest route to unlimited on this list, and the only one of those that includes group challenges, leaderboards and a community feed in the same plan.
$10 a month dearer than Kahunas · $49 at 25 clients
- Does not do your own app in the stores
- Also lists leaderboards, a programme marketplace and body metrics
- Does not list habit tracking and progress photos
Try Upliftt →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.
$81 a month dearer than Kahunas · $75 at 25 clients
- Does not do your own app in the stores and sellable packages
- Also lists intake forms, video form checks and wearable syncing
- Does not list automations
Try MyCoach AI →Coaches whose brand is the product and who genuinely need their own store-listed app.
$140 a month dearer than Kahunas · $159 at 25 clients
- Adds appointment booking (a $50 a month add-on)
- Does not do client food logging
- Also lists video form checks and wearable syncing
- Does not list selling courses and habit tracking
Try FitBudd →Coaches selling programmes and content alongside coaching, with a migration service off other platforms.
$26 a month dearer than Kahunas · $95 at 25 clients
- Does not do your own app in the stores, sellable packages and taking payments
- Also lists wearable syncing
- Does not list group chat and progress photos
Try Stridist →
What Kahunas is still the best answer for
The cheapest legitimate route to your own store-listed app. Ultimate is $99/mo for unlimited clients with real App Store and Play Store listings under the coach's own name, no commission on sales.
On this site it is the pick for your own app in the stores and unlimited clients on a flat fee. 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
This page compares everything to Kahunas. The shortlist asks 9 questions
about your own roster and gives you four picks priced at your client count, which is a better
question than “what is like the one I already have”.
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