Kahunas is the closest platform that costs less and gives up nothing we verified. $69 a month at 50 clients, $26 less than Stridist, and it adds your own app in the stores, sellable packages and taking payments. The trade: Stridist is built for selling programmes to people you don't coach and Kahunas is not, so this is a swap with a cost.
Why coaches look for an alternative
Expensive entry at $95/mo. No in-app payments. Tiers above 50 clients aren't priced publicly.
It runs $95 a month at 50 clients with the add-ons it forces on you included. 10 of the 22 alternatives on this site cost less than that.
I have not used it. These are the limits the matrix records:
- Higher starting price point ($95/month minimum)
- May be overwhelming with many features for new coaches
The closest thing to Stridist
Ranked by how much of what we record for Stridist each platform also does. Kahunas is the nearest, and it is $26 a month cheaper at 50 clients. Nothing we verified is missing; the only gaps are features Stridist lists and Kahunas does not, which is weaker evidence.
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.
$26 a month cheaper than Stridist · $35 at 25 clients
- Adds your own app in the stores, sellable packages and taking payments
- Also lists group chat and progress photos
- Does not list wearable syncing
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Cheaper, with nothing we record missing
Everything this site records for Stridist 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 Stridist 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 Stridist does that it does not |
|---|
| My PT Hub | $59 | $36 | selling programmes to people you don't coach |
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 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.
$55 a month dearer than Stridist · $75 at 25 clients
- Adds taking payments
- Also lists intake forms, group chat, progress photos and video form checks
- Does not list automations
Try MyCoach AI →High client volume. Unlimited clients at $59/mo is the cheapest route past about 80 clients by a wide margin.
$36 a month cheaper than Stridist · $59 at 25 clients
- Adds appointment booking (not clearly included in the plan price), your own app in the stores (an add-on at $95 one-time), sellable packages and taking payments
- Also lists body metrics, progress photos and video form checks
Try My PT Hub →Coaches running group programmes and challenges alongside 1:1, with real meal planning and macro tracking included.
the same money · $95 at 25 clients
- Adds your own app in the stores (a paid add-on), sellable packages and taking payments (a $9 a month add-on)
- Also lists intake forms, group chat, leaderboards, body metrics and progress photos
Try Everfit →Aggressive pricing across a wide client range, with both trainer and gym tiers under one roof.
$10 a month cheaper than Stridist · $60 at 25 clients
- Adds appointment booking (not clearly included in the plan price), your own app in the stores (a $175 a month add-on), sellable packages and taking payments
- Also lists group chat
- Does not list client check-ins and wearable syncing
Try WeStrive →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.
$56 a month cheaper than Stridist · $39 at 25 clients
- Adds your own app in the stores (a $189 a month add-on), sellable packages and taking payments
- Does not do group programmes
- Also lists intake forms, group chat and body metrics
- Does not list selling courses
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.
$16 a month cheaper than Stridist · $49 at 25 clients
- Adds sellable packages and taking payments
- Also lists group chat, leaderboards, a programme marketplace and body metrics
- Does not list habit tracking and wearable syncing
Try Upliftt →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.
$4 a month dearer than Stridist · $79 at 25 clients
- Does not do client food logging
- Also lists intake forms and leaderboards
- Does not list automations, client check-ins and an exercise library
Try Coach Catalyst →Coaches who want the widest feature set and a route up to gym or studio management.
$40 a month dearer than Stridist · $135 at 25 clients
- Adds appointment booking (not clearly included in the plan price), 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 intake forms, leaderboards, body metrics and video form checks
- Does not list selling courses
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What Stridist is still the best answer for
Coaches selling programmes and content alongside coaching, with a migration service off other platforms.
On this site it is the pick for selling programmes to people you don't coach. 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.
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