The platform you run your coaching business on is a decision you live with every day, so it deserves an honest comparison. This is a fair, side-by-side look at Trainera and My PT Hub, one of the longest-running and most widely used coaching platforms. All pricing is accurate as of June 2026.

TL;DR

My PT Hub is a mature, genuinely all-in-one platform that has been running since 2015, with a large user base and strong aggregate ratings (4.6/5 on Capterra across 3,000+ reviews). Its core strength is unlimited clients at a flat monthly price, which is excellent value once you have a large roster, plus the cheapest branded-app entry point in the category. It is English-only and processes payments through Stripe.

Trainera is built for trainers who want local-language support, local-currency pricing, flexible client payment methods (including cash and bank transfer), and a marketplace that brings in new clients. It is the stronger fit for the Balkan market and for trainers who want to be discovered, not just to manage existing clients. For those trainers, Trainera is the better choice.

Quick comparison table

Pricing

My PT Hub charges in GBP, USD or EUR depending on your region, with near-identical numerals. As of June 2026, Starter is about 25 EUR per month but is limited to 3 clients, 50 workouts and 50 nutrition plans. The Premium plan, with unlimited clients, workouts and nutrition plans, is about $55 or 55 GBP per month (roughly 59 EUR), or about $48 paid annually. Ultimate is around 215 EUR per month for teams. There is a 30-day free trial with full feature access and no credit card, after which the account auto-downgrades to a Free plan whose limits are not published.

The flat unlimited-clients price is genuinely My PT Hub's strongest argument. Once you pass 15 to 20 clients, a flat fee beats per-client pricing handily, and independent roundups describe it as one of the cheapest all-in-one platforms for that reason. The branded-app entry is also cheap: a 95 EUR one-time custom-branded app, with full white-label at 145 EUR per month.

Trainera uses local-currency pricing. In Bosnia, Starter is from 19.99 KM per month (10 clients), Pro is 44.99 KM (30 clients), and Business is 84.99 KM (100 clients). Croatia and Montenegro pay in euros, Serbia in dinars, and the US in dollars (Starter $19.99, Pro $49.99, Business $99). There is also a free plan, and everything is included with no paid add-ons.

The headline difference for the Balkan market: My PT Hub's Premium (~$55, roughly 110 KM) sits above Trainera's Pro, you pay in a currency you may not earn in, and the cheap Starter locks you to 3 clients. With Trainera you can start on a free plan, bring in your first clients, and only move to a paid plan once growth justifies it.

Features and product experience

Both platforms cover the core coaching workflow well. My PT Hub's workout builder handles supersets, drop sets, AMRAP and periodized programs. It includes nutrition and meal planning, habit coaching, automated check-ins, a calendar with one-to-one and group bookings, classes and livestreams, chat with scheduled and automated messaging, progress photos and metrics, communities, and a library of thousands of editable workout and nutrition templates. Reviewers value the breadth, and its longevity since 2015 shows in feature depth.

Trainera covers client management, a workout builder with a video exercise library, nutrition plans with a meal library, macro tracking and AI food-photo analysis, real-time chat, and progress tracking with measurements, photos, streaks, achievements and XP. AI is included in paid plans for training, nutrition and workout generation plus weekly insights, with no add-on (whereas My PT Hub's Check-Ins AI is a paid extra). Health integrations include Apple Health, Google Fit, Fitbit, Polar and Huawei Health. Trainera ships as a web app plus separate iOS and Android apps.

It is fair to mention documented review themes too. Capterra review summaries flag frequent glitches and instability as My PT Hub's most consistent negative, along with slow performance and a cluttered interface with many modules. Support is largely email-only, which some reviewers find frustrating, though the Capterra support sub-rating is still 4.5, so support quality is mixed rather than uniformly bad. Nutrition is shallower than specialist tools, with no curated assignable recipe library or automated meal-plan generation.

Languages and localization

My PT Hub is English only, and reviewers explicitly note it does not yet support adding other languages or showing the app in the client's system language. None of Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian or Montenegrin are available. If your clients are not comfortable in English, that gap directly hurts engagement, because clients use an app most when it speaks their language.

Trainera offers its interface in 21 languages, including Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian, with support in the local language. For trainers serving Balkan clients, this is the single most decisive difference.

Payments

My PT Hub processes client payments through Stripe only, with one-time and recurring packages, shareable payment links and Apple Pay on mobile, and it adds no platform commission beyond Stripe's own fees. That is clean if all your clients pay by card, but Stripe availability depends on the country a trainer operates in, and in many Balkan markets a large share of clients pay in cash or by bank transfer.

Trainera supports Stripe, PayPal, bank transfer and cash tracking, with no fee to enable payments. If a chunk of your clients pay in cash or by bank transfer and your platform only understands cards, you end up keeping a parallel spreadsheet of who actually paid, which defeats the point of an all-in-one tool. Trainera lets you record those payments natively, so revenue and client management live together.

Group training, gyms and hybrid coaching

Beyond one-to-one online coaching, Trainera supports group training, a gym management module and hybrid setups where you coach the same client in person and online, with calendar and scheduling included. My PT Hub also covers group bookings and classes well, so both handle groups, but Trainera's gym and in-person-plus-online focus fits markets where a trainer works out of a gym during the day and runs online programs alongside it. If you want to grow revenue across those formats, see our guide on how personal trainers increase income.

Getting new clients

This is the biggest strategic difference. My PT Hub's "Marketplace" is a content template library plus a tab where your existing clients buy your packages; it is not a public directory that sends new leads to trainers. Trainera gives every trainer a public web page with their own branding (and a custom domain on higher tiers) plus a listing in the trainera.fit marketplace, so prospective clients can find you, see your specialty and send a request. That is a built-in client-acquisition channel, not just management. For a new or growing trainer, the difference between a tool that only organizes your existing clients and one that also helps you find new ones is the difference between a database and a growth engine.

How to switch to Trainera

Switching does not have to be abrupt. You can open a free account, set up your profile and public page, and invite a few clients to try the app in their own language before you migrate your whole roster. Because Trainera has a free plan, you pay nothing until you decide it fits. When you are ready, you move to Starter, Pro or Business depending on client count, and every feature is included in the price with no add-ons to track separately.

One more practical point on long-term cost. My PT Hub's value is strongest at scale, but its tiers add real cost as you layer on extras: Check-Ins AI, Zapier and additional trainers are each separate monthly charges, and full white-label is 145 EUR per month. Some longtime users have also voiced frustration over past price increases. Trainera bundles AI and the core toolkit into the plan price, so what you pay is more predictable as you grow.

Who each is best for

Choose My PT Hub if

• You are an English-speaking coach and your clients are comfortable in English
• You have a large roster and want unlimited clients at a flat fee
• You want the cheapest branded-app entry point in the category

Choose Trainera if

• Your clients speak Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian or Montenegrin
• You want local-currency pricing, a free plan and a low entry point
• You accept cash or bank transfer and want it all tracked in one place
• You want new clients to discover you through a marketplace, not just to manage existing ones

Verdict: Trainera wins for the Balkans

My PT Hub is a mature, capable platform, and for an English-speaking coach with a large card-paying roster, its flat unlimited-client pricing is a genuinely strong deal. But for a trainer serving Balkan clients, three things decide it: the client's language, local currency and payment methods, and bringing in new clients. Trainera is the clear winner on all three, and it lets you start free with no risk. Create an account at trainera.fit and start free today.