Trainera vs Trainerize: Honest 2026 Comparison
Trainera and Trainerize compared on October 2026 prices: monthly cost at 10, 30 and 75 clients with and without Trainerize's add-ons, payment fees, branded app costs, wearables, gym features, and the cases where Trainerize is the better pick.
Trainera or Trainerize: which should you pick in 2026?
On monthly billing, Trainera costs $19.99, $49.99 and $99 a month at 10, 30 and 75 clients, while Trainerize Pro costs $50, $79 and $180 before add-ons, and $80, $134 and $235 once you add Advanced Nutrition and Stripe payments. Trainerize is the better fit if you want a branded app without an enterprise contract ($169 one-time on Pro), a flat $10 a month payments add-on instead of a percentage fee, or published self-serve tiers up to 1,000 clients. Trainera fits coaches who want nutrition, payments and automations in the plan price, clients in 27 app languages, cash or bank transfer at 0%, or a gym and coaching business on one platform.
Checked October 2026 against the Trainerize pricing page and Trainera's own price list. Prices are in US dollars, before tax; Trainera's prices differ by country. Trainera is our product, so we have tried to be specific about where Trainerize is the better choice.
| Pick | If you |
|---|---|
| Trainerize | want a branded store app on a Pro plan for a one-time $169 |
| Trainerize | run a lot of card revenue through the app and prefer a flat $10 a month to a percentage fee |
| Trainerize | need self-serve tiers above 75 clients (Pro 100 to Studio Max at 1,000) |
| Trainerize | coach one client for free, or two for $10 |
| Trainera | coach 10 to 75 clients and want the lower plan price with nutrition and payments included |
| Trainera | have clients who prefer another language, or who pay in cash or by bank transfer |
| Trainera | also run a gym or studio and want both on one platform |
At a glance
| Feature | Trainera | Trainerize |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes, 3 clients, no card | Yes, 1 client |
| Trial | Start on the Free plan, no card | 30 days, no card; then back to the free plan |
| Entry paid plan | Starter $19.99 (10 clients) | Grow $10 (2 clients) |
| Pricing model | Flat per plan, client limits 3 / 10 / 30 / 75 | Client tiers from 2 to 1,000 |
| Annual billing | The pricing page shows monthly prices | Saves 10% |
| Advanced nutrition | In the product | Add-on, $20 or $45 a month |
| Client payments | Card, PayPal, bank transfer, cash; platform fee 8% / 5% / 3% by plan, 0% on cash and transfer | Stripe add-on $10 a month, plus Stripe's fees |
| Branded store app | Enterprise | $169 one-time on Pro, plus Apple's $99 a year |
| Automations | 1 / 3 / 10 on Starter / Pro / Business, unlimited on Enterprise | Not covered in our pricing check |
| Exercise library | 1,970+ exercises with video, 1,500+ recipes | Custom exercise videos; no library size on the pricing or features pages |
| App languages | 27 | Not covered in our pricing check |
| Client discovery | Trainer marketplace | Trainerize.me profile |
Pricing: the headline vs the real bill
Trainerize lists a free Basic plan for 1 client, Grow at $10 a month for 2 clients, then Pro tiers at $25 (5 clients), $50 (15), $79 (30), $135 (50), $180 (75), $225 (100) and $250 (200). Studio Plus is $275 for 500 clients and Studio Max $380 for 1,000. All prices are in US dollars, and annual billing saves 10% (for example, Pro 30 drops to $71 a month).
The add-ons, as listed on the pricing page:
- Advanced Nutrition Coaching: $20 a month on Grow to Pro 15, $45 a month on Pro 30 to Pro 200
- Stripe Integrated Payments: $10 a month, plus Stripe's own processing fee
- Video Coaching: $10 a month
- Business: $25 a month
- Custom branded app: $169 one-time on Pro, plus your own Apple developer account at $99 a year
All add-ons are included on Studio and Enterprise, and they are not part of the free trial. More detail in our Trainerize pricing breakdown.
Trainera's trainer plans are Free (3 clients), Starter $19.99 (10), Pro $49.99 (30), Business $99 (75) and Enterprise on request. These are the US prices on trainera.fit/pricing; other countries see local prices, for example in pounds, euros, Australian or Canadian dollars. There are no add-ons to buy for nutrition or payments, but features do scale by plan: automations, community, live sessions, courses and branding open up on higher plans (details below).
What it costs at 10, 30 and 75 clients
| Monthly billing | 10 clients | 30 clients | 75 clients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trainera | $19.99 (Starter) | $49.99 (Pro) | $99 (Business) |
| Trainerize, plan only | $50 (Pro 15) | $79 (Pro 30) | $180 (Pro 75) |
| Trainerize + nutrition + Stripe | $80 | $134 | $235 |
| Trainerize + all four add-ons | $115 | $169 | $270 |
On annual billing, Trainerize's plan-only prices drop to $45, $71 and $162. The add-on totals are our arithmetic from the published add-on prices; you only pay for the add-ons you switch on.
Payments: where Trainerize can be cheaper
This is the one cost line where the answer flips with your volume. Trainerize charges a flat $10 a month for Stripe Integrated Payments, plus Stripe's processing fee (2.9% + 30¢ per successful US card payment on Stripe's pricing page). Trainerize's Stripe feature page does not state a surcharge of its own, although we could not confirm a 0% fee in its help center.
Trainera has no fee to switch payments on, but takes a platform fee on card and PayPal coaching payments: 8% on Free and Starter, 5% on Pro, 3% on Business and 1% on Enterprise. Cash and bank transfer are 0%. So if most clients pay by card and you collect a lot through the app, Trainerize's flat add-on usually costs less. If many clients pay cash or by transfer, Trainera's 0% on those methods matters more.
Trainera also supports several coaching models: request-only coaching where you agree the price elsewhere, monthly subscriptions by card (with Apple Pay and Google Pay), payment per plan, and cash for in-person clients.
Workout builder, nutrition and AI
Trainerize's pricing page leads with its AI Workout Builder, custom client programs, client meal and macro tracking, custom exercise videos and challenges. Its deeper nutrition tools sit in the Advanced Nutrition add-on.
On Trainera, you drag and drop exercises and training days on the web and group exercises into supersets; in the mobile app you reorder with Move up and Move down. The library has 1,970+ exercises with video and muscle maps, plus 1,500+ recipes. Food search pulls from Open Food Facts and the USDA database, and you can type a barcode number. AI food photo scanning, including camera barcode scanning, comes with clients of a Pro, Business or Enterprise trainer, up to 20 scans a day. The TRAI AI assistant is built in for you on paid plans (20 requests a month on Starter, 50 on Pro, 100 on Business, 200 on Enterprise); the clients you coach do not get TRAI in the app. From Starter you can also connect Claude or ChatGPT to your account over MCP.
Intake questionnaires are on every Trainera plan, including Free, alongside check-ins and habits. If you already have programs in spreadsheets, you can import training and nutrition plans yourself from JSON, CSV or Excel instead of rebuilding them by hand.
Mobile app, Apple Watch and wearables
The Trainera iPhone app comes with an Apple Watch app: clients see their plan, log sets with a rest timer and heart rate, and the session syncs live with the phone and the coach. A trainer can also pick a client on the watch and run the session for them. The iPhone app has a Live Activity for a running workout and home-screen widgets for calendar, messages, daily nutrition and water; Android has the same four widgets.
Clients of a Pro, Business or Enterprise trainer can also download plans in the mobile app and train offline. Workouts logged without a connection are saved on the phone and sync when it is back online, for up to 7 days, which helps clients who train in basements or travel a lot.
Clients can connect Apple Health (iPhone), Health Connect (Android), Fitbit or Polar, and steps, heart rate, sleep, calories and workouts show up for the client and the coach. Trainera does not connect to Garmin or WHOOP. If your clients depend on Garmin data, check Trainerize's current integrations before you decide.
Branded app and your own brand
Here Trainerize is the cheaper route for most solo coaches. Its custom branded app is a $169 one-time fee on any Pro plan, plus your own Apple developer account. A Studio-level branded app is included in Studio, and Enterprise gets a separate store listing.
On Trainera, Free and Starter use colour presets, Pro sets your own brand colours, and Business adds your logo and a website on your own domain. Your own branded iOS and Android app, built by Trainera and published under Trainera's own developer accounts, is on Enterprise. If a store app under your name is the main reason you are buying, Trainerize Pro costs less. If you want to understand the options first, read own App Store listing vs branded shared app.
Running a gym or studio as well
Trainerize scales through its client tiers (Pro 100 and 200, Studio Plus, Studio Max), with all add-ons included on Studio.
Trainera handles gyms through separate gym plans: Core $119, White Label $219 and Studio $259 a month in the US, with 3 trainers included and $15 a month for each extra trainer, and a 7-day trial. Core includes a web dashboard, membership packages, a digital member card with QR check-in, a leads CRM with a 7-stage pipeline, a class planner with recurring series and rosters, a gym website on your own domain, a members-only community feed, and online card sales through the gym's own Stripe account with 0% Trainera platform fee. White Label and Studio add the gym's own branded iOS and Android apps. See Trainera for gyms.
Community, automations and getting found
Trainerize lists leaderboard and threshold challenges and a Trainerize.me profile on its pricing page.
On Trainera, automations come with every paid plan (1 on Starter, 3 on Pro, 10 with a visual builder on Business, unlimited on Enterprise) and can send through in-app chat, push, email or WhatsApp; see Trainera Automations. Pro and up get a private client community and live sessions through YouTube with join reminders and attendance. Business adds online courses (up to 20). Clients earn XP and badges (166 achievements, 50 levels), keep workout and nutrition streaks, and see new personal records flagged. Trainers can also be listed in the trainers marketplace.
Languages and local pricing
Trainerize's prices are in US dollars. Trainera's app runs in 27 languages, and its plans are priced locally in several markets, including the UK, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Mexico and several euro countries. If your clients do not all read English comfortably, test the client app in their language during the free plan.
What Trainera does not do
- No branded store app below Enterprise for trainers.
- A percentage platform fee on card and PayPal payments, where Trainerize charges a flat add-on.
- No Garmin or WHOOP sync, and no Outlook calendar sync (Google Calendar only, one-way).
- No published self-serve trainer tier above 75 clients; larger rosters go to Enterprise.
- A newer brand than Trainerize, with a shorter track record.
How to decide in a week
Price both at the client count you expect in 12 months, with the add-ons you would really use and the payment fee on what you expect to collect. Then put one real client on each: Trainerize on its 30-day trial, Trainera on its Free plan. Build a program, run a check-in and take a payment on both.
If you are moving across, send Trainera your export and the team moves your clients and plans for free; see switching to Trainera. If you want more options than these two, our best personal trainer software in 2026 comparison prices 13 platforms the same way, and Trainerize alternatives focuses on coaches leaving Trainerize. To start, create a free trainer account.
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