Kahunas vs Practice Better: a coaching platform and practice management software.
The two are built for different jobs, so the useful question is which job yours is. Below: price at 10, 25, 50 and 100 clients with the arithmetic shown, then app, training, nutrition, check-ins, payments, trial and moving in. For a wider list, see our Kahunas alternatives.
By Markus Evers · Published 12 November 2026
Disclosure: we build Coachway, which competes with both Kahunas and Practice Better. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by either. We checked every fact about them on 12 November 2026 on their own pages, linked where used (the move-out facts for Kahunas are from 11 November 2026). To send a correction, write to [email protected]. Our sources.
the short answer
Kahunas calls itself an all-in-one coaching platform, and its pages lead with workouts, meal plans, check-ins and payments. Practice Better calls itself all-in-one practice management software, and its pages lead with scheduling, charting, billing and nutrition protocols. On the prices each publishes, Practice Better is lower at 10, 50 and 100 clients and Kahunas is lower at 25 on monthly billing; the arithmetic is below.
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Kahunas vs Practice Better, side by side.
Each cell says what that vendor's own pages say, or that we did not find something on the pages we read. Checked 12 November 2026.
| Kahunas | Practice Better | |
|---|---|---|
| Describes itself as | "The all-in-one coaching platform for personal trainers and coaching professionals" | "All-In-One EHR Software", with pages for health coaches, nutritionists, dietitians and personal trainers among others |
| Pricing model | Per seat (an active client or a team member), USD 5.00 falling to 0.50 a month, 3-seat minimum, yearly 20% off | Four paid plans by client limit and features: USD 35, 69, 99 and 155 a month, or 25, 59, 89 and 145 billed annually. A free plan for up to 3 clients |
| Client app | A web app clients install from your link, on every plan. Branded (logo, colour) from 200 seats, no store listing | "Web portal & mobile app" on every plan. Portal branding from Plus (USD 99). No white-label app mentioned |
| Training | Workout builder from the smallest plan, a 1,700+ exercise library | Programs and courses with modules. No workout builder or exercise library on the pages we read |
| Nutrition | Meal plans with macros per meal, over 1.5 million foods, barcode scanning. Recipes from 25 seats | Food and lifestyle journals, 600,000+ foods, barcode scanning, protocols, That Clean Life integration for meal plans |
| Check-ins | Check-in forms in an inbox, each shown against the last, on every plan | No check-in feature page among those we read. Its pricing page lists forms and note templates and daily food and lifestyle journals |
| Payments | Your own Stripe or PayPal, 0% commission, Stripe's or PayPal's usual fees apply | Practice Better Payments, "Powered by Stripe". US online card processing other than American Express listed at 2.99% + USD 0.30 |
| Trial | 14 days, card taken at sign-up, nothing charged until the trial ends | 14 days on paid plans, 30 days on Team. "No contracts" |
| Moving in | We did not find a move-in service on the pages we read | Free basic migration service, five business days on average. Does not import online courses or programs |
Sources: kahunas.io, kahunas.io/pricing, practicebetter.io, practicebetter.io/pricing and the pages linked in the sections below, all checked 12 November 2026. Prices are in US dollars. Plans and prices change, so confirm them with each vendor before you commit.
Kahunas vs Practice Better price at 10, 25, 50 and 100 clients.
Kahunas publishes a per-seat price: each active client and each team member who is not archived takes a seat, the owner does not, and the minimum is 3 seats (kahunas.io/pricing, checked 12 November 2026). It is USD 5.00 a month per seat for 3 to 24 seats, 2.50 for 25 to 49, 2.00 for 50 to 99 and 1.50 for 100 to 199, with yearly billing at 20 percent off. Each count sits inside its tier and the next tier up would cost more, so the lowest-price rule does not change the result. Full ladder in our guide to Kahunas per-seat pricing.
Practice Better prices by client limit (practicebetter.io/pricing, checked 12 November 2026): Starter is USD 35 a month for 10 clients and Professional is USD 69 a month for 300 clients. Billed annually they show USD 25 and USD 59 a month. The Professional card says "Save $84/year" but the comparison table shows USD 59; we use the table.
| Clients | Kahunas, monthly billing | Kahunas, billed yearly | Practice Better, monthly billing | Practice Better, billed annually |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 10 x 5.00 = USD 50 | 10 x 4.00 = USD 40 | Starter, USD 35 | Starter, USD 25 |
| 25 | 25 x 2.50 = USD 62.50 | 25 x 2.00 = USD 50 | Professional, USD 69 | Professional, USD 59 |
| 50 | 50 x 2.00 = USD 100 | 50 x 1.60 = USD 80 | Professional, USD 69 | Professional, USD 59 |
| 100 | 100 x 1.50 = USD 150 | 100 x 1.20 = USD 120 | Professional, USD 69 | Professional, USD 59 |
What the table leaves out: Kahunas counts each team member as another seat, while the Practice Better Starter and Professional plans each include one practitioner license. Practice Better also lists add-ons, such as the AI Charting Assistant from USD 10. Features unlock by tier on both: Kahunas adds recipes from 25 seats and white label from 200; Practice Better adds evergreen and self-paced programs and portal branding on Plus (USD 99).
Coachway's prices are on our pricing page. They are not in this table because Kahunas's published price is lower than ours at each of these counts.
Client app and training.
Kahunas. Its web app page says the client app installs from your link in 3 taps, with no store download, and is included in every plan. Its branded app page says your logo and colour on that app are included from 200 clients, with no store listing. Its homepage says you can build programs from a 1,700+ exercise library (kahunas.io). For what Kahunas says changed in its 2.0 update, see our Kahunas 2.0 explainer. Checked 12 November 2026.
Practice Better. Its pricing page lists a "web portal & mobile app" on every paid plan. Its mobile app page says clients can log journal entries with barcode scanning or photos, message you and join a video session. Its branding page says PDF branding starts on Professional (USD 69 a month) and portal, email and invoice branding on Plus (USD 99 a month). We did not find a white-label app on the pages we read. For training, its programs and courses page describes modules, email sequences, quizzes and group programs. We did not find a workout builder or exercise library there or on its pricing page. Checked 12 November 2026.
The practical read: if you deliver a training program every week, the Kahunas pages describe tools for that and the Practice Better pages we read describe programs and courses built from modules. If you deliver sessions and written plans, the Practice Better pages describe tools for that.
Nutrition and check-ins.
Nutrition is where the two overlap most. Kahunas's nutrition page describes meal plan software with macro targets, meal swaps and over 1.5 million foods, where clients log in the app or scan a barcode and you see each day against target.
Practice Better's pricing page lists daily food and lifestyle journals on every plan including the free one, protocols for food and supplement recommendations, and on paid plans an enhanced food database of over 600,000 foods, barcode scanning and a That Clean Life integration for meal plans and recipes. Its journaling page adds nutrient targets and wearable sync (Garmin, Oura, Apple Health, Fitbit). On its health coaches page it calls itself "the best all-in-one health coaching software", which is Practice Better's own claim. Checked 12 November 2026.
On check-ins, the Kahunas check-ins page describes a form you build once, with every answer landing in one inbox beside the last check-in, included in every plan. We did not find a check-in feature page on Practice Better; its pricing page lists forms and note templates and daily food and lifestyle journals. Checked 12 November 2026.
Payments and free trial.
Kahunas's payments page says you sell packages through your own Stripe or PayPal account and Kahunas takes 0% commission, so you pay only the processor's usual fees. Practice Better's payments page describes its own product, Practice Better Payments, with invoices, packages, programs, memberships and installment plans. It lists, for the United States, 2.99% + USD 0.30 per online transaction on cards other than American Express, 3% + USD 0.30 on American Express and 0.80% per ACH transaction, and says it is "powered by Stripe". Rates differ by country on that page. Checked 12 November 2026.
On trials, Kahunas's pricing FAQ says you get 14 days with every feature of the plan you choose, that Stripe takes your card at sign-up and that nothing is charged until the trial ends. Practice Better's pricing page says "Try the Team plan for 30 days, or any other paid plan for 14 days", that there are no contracts, and that a free Sprout plan covers up to 3 clients. We did not see whether it takes a card at sign-up, so check the sign-up screen. Coachway has no free plan. Checked 12 November 2026.
Moving in from another platform.
Practice Better's migration page says its basic migration service is free, that migration is self-serve first, and that on average it takes five business days. It says its team can import files, charts, labs, text files and images, and does not import your online course or program. The page is written for people coming from health-record software and does not say whether Kahunas data fits, so ask Practice Better directly.
From the Kahunas side, its help centre documents two data copies, as we read it on 11 November 2026: a per-client export as a zip (chat messages are not included yet, and the download link works for 72 hours) and a copy of your own account data that its support team prepares and emails within one month. Our guide on how to switch from Kahunas walks through both. On the Kahunas side, client payment subscriptions sit in your own Stripe or PayPal account and are not part of those data copies, so they have to be set up again wherever you move.
Where Coachway fits, and where it does not.
We make Coachway, so weigh this section with that in mind. It is a coaching app for training and nutrition, closer in job to Kahunas than to practice management software.
where it fits
- Training: a workout builder with 1,700+ library exercises with demos, plus your own, and up to three fields per set, from reps and weight to RIR, RPE and tempo (workout builder).
- Nutrition: a meal planner with macros worked out as you build, and clients log food in the app by searching about 3.7 million foods or scanning a barcode. An AI food log gives an estimate that the client fixes and confirms before anything logs (meal planner).
- Check-ins: weight, photos and answers land in one check-in card with the change since last time.
- Payments: clients pay into your own Stripe account. Coachway takes 2.4% per transaction plus Stripe's fees (payments).
- Languages: the client app and coach dashboard are in 8 languages, and five of them (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and German) were reviewed by native-speaking coaches.
where it does not
- Price: Kahunas's published price is lower than Coachway's at every client count on this page.
- Commission: Kahunas says 0% on your sales. Coachway takes 2.4% plus Stripe's fees.
- No free plan. Practice Better lists one for up to 3 clients.
- No white-label app. Your logo and brand colours go on the progress images you share, not inside the client app. Kahunas lists white label from 200 seats.
- Practice management: we make no claim that Coachway covers appointment booking, telehealth, clinical charting or insurance billing. Practice Better's pages lead with those, so look there first if they decide the choice.
If you are leaving Kahunas and want to stay on a coaching app, the offer below covers the move.
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Kahunas vs Practice Better, frequently asked.
Is Kahunas or Practice Better better for an online coach?
It depends on what you sell. Kahunas's pages lead with a workout builder, a 1,700+ exercise library, meal plans, check-ins and payments through your own Stripe or PayPal. Practice Better's pages lead with scheduling, telehealth, charting, billing and nutrition protocols. If you write training programs for clients, the Kahunas pages describe tools for that. If you run a nutrition or wellness practice with appointments and notes, the Practice Better pages describe tools for that. Checked 12 November 2026.
How does Kahunas pricing compare with Practice Better pricing at 10, 25, 50 and 100 clients?
On monthly billing Kahunas is USD 50 at 10 clients, USD 62.50 at 25, USD 100 at 50 and USD 150 at 100. Practice Better lists Starter at USD 35 for up to 10 clients and Professional at USD 69 for up to 300. So Practice Better is lower at 10, 50 and 100 clients and Kahunas is lower at 25. Kahunas seats also count team members. Prices in US dollars, checked 12 November 2026.
Does Practice Better have a workout builder or an exercise library?
We did not find one on the Practice Better pages we read. Its programs and courses page describes modules, email sequences, quizzes and group programs. Kahunas lists a workout builder from its smallest plan and says it has a 1,700+ exercise library. If workout programming is the core of your offer, check Practice Better's current feature pages before you decide. Checked 12 November 2026.
How do Kahunas and Practice Better handle nutrition?
Both cover it. Kahunas says it offers meal plans with macros and over 1.5 million foods with barcode scanning. Practice Better lists food and lifestyle journals, protocols, and on paid plans a database of over 600,000 foods, barcode scanning and a That Clean Life integration for meal plans. Checked 12 November 2026.
How do client payments work on Kahunas and Practice Better?
Kahunas says it takes 0 percent commission: clients pay through your own Stripe or PayPal account and you pay only Stripe's or PayPal's usual fees. Practice Better runs its own payment product, Practice Better Payments, which it says is powered by Stripe, and for the United States lists a processing rate of 2.99 percent plus USD 0.30 per online card transaction other than American Express. Rates differ by country. Checked 12 November 2026.
Can I move from Kahunas to Practice Better?
Practice Better says its basic migration service is free and takes five business days on average, and that it does not import your online course or program. Its page is written for health-record software, so ask it whether Kahunas data is something it handles. On the Kahunas side, its help centre documents a per-client data copy and a copy of your own account data from support, checked 11 November 2026.
disclosure and sources
Coachway is our product, and it competes with Kahunas and with Practice Better. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by either. We checked every fact about them on this page on 12 November 2026 (except the Kahunas data-copy facts, which we read on 11 November 2026), on their own pages:
- kahunas.io/pricing, kahunas.io, /features/nutrition, /features/check-ins, /features/web-app, /features/payments, /features/branded-app
- practicebetter.io, /pricing, /features/payments, /features/mobile-app, /features/journaling, /features/programs, /features/branding, /who-we-serve/health-coaches, /make-the-switch
- Kahunas data export, as read from its help centre on 11 November 2026: help.kahunas.app, responding to a client data request
The costs in the price table are our own arithmetic from the published prices. Where a page did not mention a feature, we wrote that we did not find it, which is not the same as saying the feature does not exist. If either company publishes something that changes a fact here, or 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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