Cheaper alternatives to Kahunas: what each platform lists at 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 clients.
Kahunas charges per seat, so its cost is easy to work out at any client count. This page does that arithmetic, sets it beside what ten other platforms publish at the same client counts, and says which list less at which size and which do not. Coachway is one that does not. Every price comes from the vendor's own pricing page, linked and dated.
By Markus Evers · Published 12 November 2026
Disclosure: we build Coachway, which competes with Kahunas and every platform named here. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. We checked every price on 12 November 2026. To send a correction, write to [email protected]. Our sources.
the short answer
Yes, at every size we priced. Kahunas lists USD 25, 50, 62.50, 100 and 150 a month at 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 clients, and on their own pricing pages at least two of the rivals priced in dollars list less at each of those sizes: five at 10 clients and five at 50. HubFit, CoachingPortal and Everfit list less even at 100. Coachway does not list less at any size, and the plan lists behind some of those lower prices differ from Kahunas's, for example on nutrition, payments, branding or the client cap.
What Kahunas costs at 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 clients
Kahunas prices per seat. Per kahunas.io/pricing (checked 12 November 2026), a seat is each active client and each team member who is not archived, in US dollars before tax. A seat costs USD 5.00 a month at 3 to 24 seats, USD 2.50 at 25 to 49, USD 2.00 at 50 to 99 and USD 1.50 at 100 to 199. One rate applies to all your seats. Yearly billing is 20 percent off, the minimum is 3 seats, and Kahunas lists 0% commission on your sales. It bills a bigger tier when that costs the same or less, which does not change any of the five counts below.
| Clients | Seats x rate (USD) | A month, billed monthly | A month, billed yearly |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 clients | 5 x 5.00 | $25 | $20 |
| 10 clients | 10 x 5.00 | $50 | $40 |
| 25 clients | 25 x 2.50 | $62.50 | $50 |
| 50 clients | 50 x 2.00 | $100 | $80 |
| 100 clients | 100 x 1.50 | $150 | $120 |
These count clients only, so add a seat for each team member. Kahunas presents pay-per-seat pricing as part of the Kahunas 2.0 update and says coaches already on Kahunas keep their current plan and price until they choose a seat plan themselves, so your own bill may differ. The full ladder is in our Kahunas pricing reference.
Which Kahunas alternatives list a lower price, and at what client count?
Each cell is the cheapest published plan that lists room for that many clients, on monthly billing, at list price, before tax, with no add-ons. Under each price: whether it is less than, the same as or more than Kahunas at that client count. Rows are ordered by the 25-client price. Read the notes below the table before the numbers.
| Platform | 5 clients | 10 clients | 25 clients | 50 clients | 100 clients | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kahunas | $25 | $50 | $62.50 | $100 | $150 | pricing page |
| HubFit | $39 more | $39 less | $39 less | $39 less | $69 less | pricing page |
| CoachingPortal | $19.99 less | $19.99 less | $49.99 less | $49.99 less | $49.99 less | pricing page |
| Hevy Coach | $25 same | $25 less | $50 less | $90 less | $160 more | pricing page |
| PT Distinction | $31.90 more | $59.90 more | $59.90 less | $89.90 less | $169.90 more | pricing page |
| Everfit | $0 (free plan) less | $29 less | $75 more | $95 less | $140 less | pricing page |
| Trainerize | $25 same | $50 same | $79 more | $135 more | $225 more | pricing page |
| FitBudd | $27 more | $47 less | $89 more | $139 more | $239 more | pricing page |
| Superset | $39 (billed yearly) yearly price, not compared | $39 (billed yearly) yearly price, not compared | $99 more | $149 more | $249 more | pricing page |
| TrueCoach | $29.98 more | $69.98 more | $164.98 more | $164.98 more | Quote by email | pricing page |
| My PT Hub | EUR 59 | EUR 59 | EUR 59 | EUR 59 | EUR 59 | pricing page |
| Coachway (our product) | $39 more | $63.95 more | $138.80 more | $263.55 more | $513.05 more | pricing page |
Prices in US dollars a month, monthly billing, checked 12 November 2026, from the pages linked in the last column. The plan behind each price: HubFit: Standard to 50 clients, Premium to 100; CoachingPortal: Grow to 10 clients, Professional unlimited; Hevy Coach: Tiers of 1-10, 11-25, 26-50 and 51-100 clients; PT Distinction: Basic plus extra clients, Pro (25 included), Master (50 included) plus extra clients; Everfit: Free plan to 5 clients, then Pro tiers of 10, 35, 50 and 100 clients; Trainerize: Pro 5, Pro 15, Pro 30, Pro 50, Pro 100; FitBudd: Starter plus USD 4 a client past 2, Pro plus USD 2 a client past 20; Superset: Base (10 clients, billed yearly), Pro (25 included, then USD 2 a client), Business (from USD 249 a location); TrueCoach: Starter (5), Standard (20), Pro (50); above 50 clients it says to email; My PT Hub: Premium, unlimited clients (price shown in euro, not compared).
Notes on the numbers
- Everfit lists a free Starter plan for up to 5 clients, then Pro tiers at 10, 20, 35, 50, 75 and 100 clients. 25 clients falls in the 35-client tier, USD 75.
- Superset states Base as USD 39 a month billed yearly for up to 10 clients, so the two Base cells are not monthly billing and are left out of the comparison. Compared on yearly billing, Kahunas is USD 20 at 5 clients and USD 40 at 10, so Superset Base lists more at 5 clients and USD 1 less at 10. Superset publishes no price for monthly billing on Base. Pro is USD 99 for 25 clients; Business starts at USD 249 a location. Superset's page data also lists USD 2 a month for each client above 25 on Pro, which is how we get USD 149 at 50 clients and USD 249 at 100.
- TrueCoach prices up to 50 clients and says to email it above that, so there is no 100-client figure.
- My PT Hub showed us euro prices: EUR 59 a month for Premium with unlimited clients, EUR 25 for Starter with 3 clients. We do not convert, so it is not compared.
- PT Distinction and FitBudd charge a base price plus a rate for each extra client, which we added up. TrainerStudio sets its prices by country and no figure came back in our fetch, so it is not in the table.
- Coachway shows its US price. On our pricing page the euro price is EUR 69 for up to 5 active clients, then EUR 9 per extra. The US price is shown here to compare with Kahunas's US-dollar prices. Billed in euro, kroner or pounds? See the pricing page.
Who lists less, the same or more than Kahunas
| Clients | Kahunas | List less | List the same | List more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | $25 | Everfit, CoachingPortal | Trainerize, Hevy Coach | HubFit, PT Distinction, FitBudd, TrueCoach, Coachway |
| 10 | $50 | Everfit, HubFit, Hevy Coach, CoachingPortal, FitBudd | Trainerize | PT Distinction, TrueCoach, Coachway |
| 25 | $62.50 | HubFit, Hevy Coach, CoachingPortal, PT Distinction | None | Everfit, Trainerize, FitBudd, TrueCoach, Superset, Coachway |
| 50 | $100 | Everfit, HubFit, Hevy Coach, CoachingPortal, PT Distinction | None | Trainerize, FitBudd, TrueCoach, Superset, Coachway |
| 100 | $150 | Everfit, HubFit, CoachingPortal | None | Trainerize, Hevy Coach, PT Distinction, FitBudd, Superset, Coachway |
The pattern: at 5 clients two platforms list less than Kahunas, because 5 seats at USD 5.00 come to USD 25. The gap opens from about 10 clients, where plans with a wide client band, such as HubFit and CoachingPortal, list one flat price, and Everfit's Pro tiers step from USD 29 at 10 clients to USD 140 at 100. Rivals that charge a rate per extra client or move to a bigger plan, such as PT Distinction, FitBudd and Hevy Coach at 100 clients, end up above Kahunas again. Kahunas's own rate keeps falling as you grow, so a 100-client coach pays USD 1.50 a client there.
Free plans, and the client cap on each
Kahunas's pricing page lists no free plan. It lists a 14-day free trial, with the card taken at sign-up, and a 3-seat minimum, so the smallest bill is USD 15 a month on monthly billing or USD 12 a month billed yearly. On the same page its founder offers to refund within 3 months if you are not satisfied (kahunas.io/pricing, checked 12 November 2026). Several rivals publish a plan that costs nothing, always with a cap on clients:
- Everfit: Starter, labelled "Forever Free", up to 5 clients, with a workout builder, progress photos, messaging and the client app (everfit.io/pricing).
- TrainerStudio: up to 3 active clients, with no credit card and no time limit, and it says every feature is included in every plan (trainerstudio.com/en/pricing).
- CoachingPortal: Free, 1 coach and 3 clients (coachingportal.io/pricing).
- HubFit: Free, up to 2 clients (hubfit.com/pricing).
- Trainerize and My PT Hub: a free plan for 1 client each (trainerize.com/pricing, mypthub.net/pricing).
A free plan suits a first few clients. Every free cap above is 5 clients or fewer. Coachway has no free plan.
What the cheaper plans list, and what they do not
A lower number is only a saving if the plan does what you use today. These are the differences we found by reading each vendor's own plan list, each checked on 12 November 2026. Kahunas has gates of its own: it lists recipes and automations from 25 seats, team seats from 50 and white label, the branded web app, from 200.
- HubFit. Standard (USD 39 monthly, up to 50 clients) lists nutrition and macros, check-in forms and habit coaching. Premium (USD 69, up to 100 clients) adds custom branding, group challenges, recipe books, a smart meal planner and payments and packages. (hubfit.com/pricing)
- Trainerize. Meal and macro tracking is listed from its Grow plan, and its plan table lists payment processing on Grow and Pro. Advanced Nutrition Coaching, with its meal planner and recipes, is an add-on: USD 20 a month on the small plans and USD 45 on Pro 30 to Pro 200. Stripe Integrated Payments is a separate USD 10 add-on. A custom-branded app on Pro is a one-time USD 169. At 25 clients, Pro 30 with Advanced Nutrition Coaching is USD 79 + 45 = USD 124 a month on our arithmetic, against Kahunas's USD 62.50, which lists nutrition plans in its 3 to 24 seat tier. (trainerize.com/pricing)
- Everfit. The free plan lists a workout builder, progress photos, tasks and messaging. Habit coaching, forms, meal plans and booking are listed from Pro, automation is an add-on from USD 29 a month, and white label is listed under Enterprise. (everfit.io/pricing)
- Superset. Base lists a 4% fee on each client payment on top of Stripe's, and Superset's FAQ says this fee can be passed to clients. If you absorb it yourself, USD 2,000 a month in client payments adds USD 80 (our arithmetic). Pro and Business list no Superset fee. (supersetapp.com/pricing)
- TrueCoach. The 5-client Starter lists no custom-branded app or wearable data; those come with Standard (20 clients) and Pro (50). Above 50 clients you email for a price. (truecoach.co/pricing)
- FitBudd. Payments sit in an add-on called Custom Website and Payments on Starter. A white-labelled app is Super Pro at USD 149 plus a USD 75 setup fee, and Appointments or Team are USD 50 a month each. (fitbudd.com/pricing)
- Hevy Coach. The page lists workout programming, an exercise library and tracking workouts and measurements. It does not list nutrition plans, check-in forms or client payments. (hevycoach.com/pricing)
- CoachingPortal. Its FAQ says it does not process client payments: there is no payment, invoicing or payout feature in the product, and no take rate on what you charge. (coachingportal.io/pricing)
- PT Distinction. Basic lists apps with no custom branding; Pro and Master list custom-branded apps. Its FAQ says features are not charged extra, and extra trainers are free. (ptdistinction.com/pricing)
- My PT Hub. Starter covers 3 clients. The branded app is a one-time EUR 95, a store listing is EUR 145 a month, and extra trainers, Check-Ins AI and Zapier are monthly add-ons. (mypthub.net/pricing)
Where Coachway sits on price
Coachway is not cheaper than Kahunas per client, at any client count. Our US price is USD 39 a month with 5 active clients included and USD 4.99 for each extra, so 10 clients cost USD 63.95 and 100 clients USD 513.05, against Kahunas's USD 50 and USD 150. Outside the US the Coachway price differs by country and is on our pricing page. Client payments run through your own Stripe, where Coachway takes 2.4% per transaction plus Stripe's fees; Kahunas lists 0% commission. Coachway has no free plan, and no white-label app: your clients use the Coachway app.
The higher price covers one plan with every feature at every client count and no feature tiers, month to month with no minimum term. That includes 1,700+ exercises with demos, a meal planner, check-in cards and payments, and a client app in eight languages, five of them reviewed by native speakers. If the lowest published price at your size decides it, the table above is the honest guide, and Coachway will not win it.
How to work out your own number
- Count active clients today and in twelve months, plus assistant coaches, since Kahunas counts team members as seats.
- List what you use every week: meal plans, check-in forms, payments, automations.
- Find the cheapest plan that lists all of them at your client count, then add the add-ons it needs.
- Add the payment fee on your own takings: 0% on Kahunas, 4% on Superset Base (which Superset says you can pass to clients), 2.4% on Coachway, each plus Stripe's fees where you use Stripe.
If the numbers point away from Kahunas, the guide on how to switch from Kahunas covers the steps, and our guide to Kahunas alternatives compares the options beyond price.
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Cheaper than Kahunas, frequently asked.
Is there anything cheaper than Kahunas?
It depends on your client count. On the vendors' own pricing pages, checked 12 November 2026, Kahunas lists USD 25, 50, 62.50, 100 and 150 a month at 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 clients. At 5 clients Everfit (free plan) and CoachingPortal list less. At 10 clients five of the rivals priced in dollars list less. At 25 clients HubFit, Hevy Coach, CoachingPortal and PT Distinction do. At 50 clients five do, and at 100 clients HubFit, CoachingPortal and Everfit do. Features, client caps and add-ons differ, so a lower list price is not always a like for like saving.
Is Coachway cheaper than Kahunas?
No. At 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 clients Kahunas lists USD 25, 50, 62.50, 100 and 150 a month. Coachway's US price is USD 39 a month with 5 active clients included and USD 4.99 for each extra, which comes to USD 39, 63.95, 138.80, 263.55 and 513.05. Outside the US the Coachway price differs by country and is on our pricing page. Coachway also takes 2.4% per transaction plus Stripe's fees on client payments, where Kahunas lists 0% commission. Coachway has no free plan. What the higher price buys is one plan with every feature and no seat tiers. Checked 12 November 2026.
What is the cheapest Kahunas alternative for 10 clients?
Among the platforms we priced, CoachingPortal (USD 19.99 for up to 10 clients) and Hevy Coach (USD 25 for 1 to 10 clients) list the lowest monthly prices at 10 clients. Hevy Coach's pricing page lists workout programming and tracking and does not list nutrition plans or client payments. CoachingPortal says it has no client payment feature. Check that what you need is on the plan before you compare the number. Checked 12 November 2026.
Is there a free alternative to Kahunas?
Several vendors publish a free plan with a client cap: Everfit up to 5 clients, TrainerStudio up to 3 active clients, CoachingPortal 3 clients, HubFit 2 clients, and Trainerize and My PT Hub 1 client each. Kahunas's pricing page lists no free plan. It lists a 14-day free trial and a 3-seat minimum, and its founder offers a refund within 3 months if you are not satisfied. Coachway has no free plan either. Checked 12 November 2026.
Does Kahunas cost less if I pay yearly?
Yes. Kahunas takes 20 percent off every seat when you pay yearly, billed once a year. At 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 clients that is USD 20, 40, 50, 80 and 120 a month instead of USD 25, 50, 62.50, 100 and 150. Several rivals also discount yearly billing, so compare like with like. Checked on kahunas.io/pricing on 12 November 2026.
What do the cheaper plans not list?
From the vendors' own plan tables: features held back for a higher tier (HubFit lists payments and packages, custom branding and its meal planner from Premium), paid add-ons (Trainerize lists Advanced Nutrition Coaching as a paid add-on), a fee on client payments (Superset lists 4% on its Base plan), a client cap, or no payment feature at all (CoachingPortal says it processes none). Kahunas also unlocks features by seat tier. Checked 12 November 2026.
I am already on Kahunas. Will my price change?
Not by Kahunas's own account. Its pricing FAQ asks "I already use Kahunas. Does my price change?" and answers: "No. You keep your current plan, price and features until you choose a seat plan yourself on Your plan. We never move you." Whether a seat plan would cost you more or less than your current plan depends on your client count and team, which the table on this page lets you work out. Checked 12 November 2026.
disclosure and sources
Coachway is our product, and it competes with Kahunas and with every platform named on this page. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. We read each vendor's own pricing page on 12 November 2026 and used only what the page states:
- kahunas.io/pricing (seat ladder, yearly discount, seat definition, commission, trial, existing-plan FAQ)
- kahunas.io/blog/kahunas-2-0 (Kahunas 2.0 post, pay-per-seat pricing; checked 11 November 2026)
- everfit.io/pricing
- trainerize.com/pricing (plan prices from the page's plan selector; add-ons from its FAQ)
- hubfit.com/pricing
- truecoach.co/pricing
- mypthub.net/pricing (euro prices as shown to us)
- ptdistinction.com/pricing
- hevycoach.com/pricing
- fitbudd.com/pricing
- supersetapp.com/pricing
- coachingportal.io/pricing
- trainerstudio.com/en/pricing
The totals in the tables are our own arithmetic from the published list prices, monthly billing, before tax, with no add-ons or introductory discounts. Prices change, so confirm on the vendor's page before you buy. If a vendor wants to send a correction or a statement, write to [email protected] and we will update the page and its date.
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