Kahunas vs Trainerize vs Everfit: what each costs and who each suits.
Three coaching platforms, one table. This page sets Kahunas, Trainerize and Everfit side by side on price at 5 to 100 clients, payments, branded apps and nutrition. Every figure comes from the vendor's own pricing or feature page, fetched on 12 November 2026 and linked where it is used.
By Markus Evers · Published 12 November 2026
Disclosure: we build Coachway, which competes with Kahunas, Trainerize and Everfit. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. We checked the facts on 12 November 2026. To send a correction, write to [email protected]. Our sources.
the short answer
On base monthly price Everfit is the lowest of the three at 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 clients, but Kahunas puts payments and nutrition plans inside its seat price while Trainerize and Everfit sell them as add-ons. Choose Kahunas for payments and nutrition plans in its seat price, with PayPal as well as Stripe, Trainerize for its three branded app levels, and Everfit for the free plan with 5 clients and the lowest base price. Prices were read from each vendor's page on 12 November 2026.
Kahunas vs Trainerize vs Everfit, side by side.
| Kahunas | Trainerize | Everfit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per seat (an active client or team member): USD 5.00 a seat at 3 to 24 seats, 3-seat minimum, falling to USD 0.50 from 1,000 | Plans by client count: Grow (2 clients) USD 10, Pro from USD 25 (5 clients) to USD 250 (200), Studio Plus from USD 275 | Plans by client count: Starter free, Pro from $19 (5 clients) to $220 (200), Studio from $105 (50 clients) |
| Free plan and trial | No free plan. 14-day free trial, card taken at signup | Free plan for 1 client. 30-day trial, no credit card required | Starter free for up to 5 clients. 30-day free trial |
| Payments | Stripe or PayPal in the seat price. States 0% commission on your sales | Stripe Integrated Payments add-on, USD 10 a month on Pro | Payments & Packages add-on, from $9 a month |
| Branded app | Logo and brand colour on its web app from 200 seats. No store listing | Custom Branded App: Pro level USD 169 one-time; Studio level has own listings in both stores | Logo and colours in its client app on Pro and Studio. Store white label: Enterprise, contact sales |
| Nutrition | Nutrition plans from 3 seats, recipes from 25 seats, over 1.5 million foods with barcode scan | Meal and macro tracking on Grow and up. Advanced Nutrition Coaching add-on, USD 20 or 45 a month | Food journal, macros and basic meal plans on Pro. Meal Plans & Recipe Books add-on from $39 |
| Exercise library | 1,700+ exercise library | Count not stated on the pages we read | 1000+ exercises, or your own with custom videos |
| Size, in its own words | 15,000+ coaches and 1,000,000+ users | 400K+ personal trainers and coaches and 45k+ businesses | Trusted by over 380,000 coaches |
Sources, all checked 12 November 2026: kahunas.io/pricing, the kahunas.io homepage, kahunas.io/features/branded-app and the Kahunas 2.0 post (kahunas.io/blog/kahunas-2-0), trainerize.com/pricing and everfit.io/pricing. The size figures are each company's own claim and we have not verified them. Kahunas and Trainerize state US dollars. Everfit's page shows a dollar sign without naming the currency.
What do Kahunas, Trainerize and Everfit cost at 5, 20, 50 and 100 clients?
Base plan, monthly billing, per month, no add-ons. Kahunas follows its seat ladder and its rule that a bigger tier is billed when it costs the same or less. Trainerize and Everfit are the plan prices their pages showed when we set the client count.
| Clients | Kahunas | Trainerize | Everfit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 clients | 25 | 25 | 19 |
| 10 clients | 50 | 50 (plan for up to 15) | 29 |
| 20 clients | 62.50 | 79 (plan for up to 30) | 49 |
| 50 clients | 100 | 135 | 95 |
| 100 clients | 150 | 225 | 140 |
Yearly billing does not change the order. Kahunas takes 20 percent off every seat, which gives USD 20, 40, 50, 80 and 120 at the same five sizes. Trainerize says annual billing saves 10 percent: its page showed USD 23, 45, 71, 122 and 203 for its 5, 15, 30, 50 and 100 client plans. Everfit's annual figures were $16, $24, $41, $79 and $117.
Kahunas has a 3-seat minimum, so its entry price is USD 15 a month. Treat all of this as a snapshot of 12 November 2026.
What does each base price leave out?
Kahunas lists payments and packages, nutrition plans, check-in forms and messaging at its first tier. Recipes, automations and Zapier or Make unlock from 25 seats, Crew assistants and team seats from 50, and the branded web app from 200 (kahunas.io/pricing, checked 12 November 2026).
Trainerize sells four add-ons on top of Pro: Advanced Nutrition Coaching (USD 20 a month, or USD 45 from the 30-client plan up), Video Coaching (USD 10), Business (USD 25) and Stripe Integrated Payments (USD 10). Studio plans include all four (trainerize.com/pricing, checked 12 November 2026). Our Trainerize pricing guide has the tiers.
Everfit prices Payments & Packages from $9 a month, Meal Plans & Recipe Books from $39, Autoflow automation from $29 and On-Demand Collections from $25, which Studio includes (everfit.io/pricing, checked 12 November 2026). See our Everfit pricing guide.
A worked example at 50 clients with payments and fuller meal planning, our own arithmetic from the figures above. Kahunas: USD 100. Trainerize: 135 + 10 + 45 = USD 190. Everfit: $95 + at least $9 + at least $39 = at least $143. Build your own total with only the add-ons you need.
Which one takes a cut of your client payments?
Kahunas says clients pay through your own Stripe or PayPal account, that it charges "0% commission on your sales", and that you pay only Stripe's or PayPal's usual fees (kahunas.io/pricing, checked 12 November 2026).
Trainerize's Stripe page says Stripe charges a fee on each successful transaction, and lists manual collection, such as PayPal, e-transfer or cash, for coaches without the add-on (trainerize.com/features/stripe-payments, checked 12 November 2026). Everfit's payments page lists recurring payments, coupons and refunds (everfit.io/payment, checked 12 November 2026). Neither page gives a platform commission figure, so ask each vendor.
Which one gives clients an app under your own name?
Kahunas: from 200 clients your logo and brand colour replace the Kahunas defaults across the client app, the login page and your coach portal, with "no store listing to manage". Below 200 your clients use the same app with Kahunas branding (kahunas.io/features/branded-app, checked 12 November 2026).
Trainerize calls its Custom Branded App a white-label mobile app and sells it at three levels. Pro level: a custom iOS icon, a shared Apple listing and your own Google Play listing. Studio level: your own listing in both stores. Its page says the Studio and Enterprise levels need an Apple Developer account, which requires a legal entity and a D-U-N-S number (trainerize.com/features/custom-branded-fitness-apps, checked 12 November 2026).
Everfit: on Pro or Studio you add your logo, set a colour theme and a splash screen inside the Everfit app. For a white-label app in the Apple and Google stores it points to a contact form, and its pricing page lists a white-label solution under Enterprise (everfit.io/branding, checked 12 November 2026).
Which one is better for nutrition coaching?
All three let clients log food, so the difference is in the planning side and in what you pay for it. Trainerize describes a Smart Meal Planner that uses AI-powered recommendations, a Flexible Meal Planner, your own recipes and grocery lists, with barcode scanning and meal photos for clients to log (trainerize.com/features/nutrition, checked 12 November 2026).
Everfit describes a meal plan generator, a library of 15K recipes with an AI recipe builder, and MacroSnap, which reads macros from a meal photo, a barcode or a label (everfit.io/nutrition, checked 12 November 2026). Kahunas cites over 1.5 million foods on its homepage. Its Kahunas 2.0 post adds barcode scanning and a Recipe Builder, and its pricing page lists recipes from 25 seats (all checked 12 November 2026).
who suits kahunas
Kahunas: one seat price, payments included.
Kahunas charges per seat and lists a workout builder, nutrition plans, check-in forms, habit tracking, client messaging, and payments and packages from the first tier. It states 0% commission, takes Stripe or PayPal, and cites a 1,700+ exercise library and over 1.5 million foods. The Kahunas 2.0 update presents pay-per-seat pricing and a client web app that installs from the coach's link (see our Kahunas 2.0 explainer). Kahunas says existing coaches keep their plan and price until they choose a seat plan themselves. Some coaches have said in public comments that they are comparing options since the update. We have not verified that and do not know how many coaches it covers.
Its branded app page says your own branding is included from 200 clients, and that below that your clients use the app with Kahunas branding. Its pricing page also carries a line from its founder offering a refund within 3 months.
Choose Kahunas if: you want payments, nutrition plans and check-ins in a per-seat price from the first tier, you take payments through Stripe or PayPal, and you do not need your own branding on the client app before 200 clients. For a closer look read Trainerize vs Kahunas.
who suits trainerize
Trainerize: modular, with three branded app levels.
Trainerize builds a bill from a plan plus add-ons. That suits a coach who needs only workouts and messaging, and wants to pay for payments, video calls or advanced nutrition only if they use them. It has a free plan for one client, a 30-day trial with no credit card, and three custom app levels, from your own Google Play listing at Pro level to your own listing in both stores at Studio level. It also sells to gyms and studios, so some of its pricing is built for businesses with locations.
Choose Trainerize if: you want your own listing in the Google Play Store at a one-time fee, or a plan you can shape add-on by add-on, and its tiers fit your client count.
who suits everfit
Everfit: lowest base price, free to start.
Everfit has the lowest base price of the three at each size we checked, a Starter plan that is free for up to 5 clients, and a 30-day trial. Its Pro plan includes the workout builder, forms, habit coaching, a food journal with macros, basic meal plans, booking and custom branding. Payments, fuller meal planning and automation are paid add-ons. Its FAQ says Everfit is free for your clients. Its white-label store app sits in the Enterprise tier. For a head-to-head with Kahunas read Everfit vs Kahunas.
Choose Everfit if: you are starting out or want the lowest base price, and you will add payments and meal plans only as you need them.
Which should you choose: Kahunas, Trainerize or Everfit?
- You are starting with a handful of clients. Everfit. Starter is free for up to 5 clients. Trainerize has a free plan for 1.
- You want payments and nutrition plans in one price. Kahunas. Both sit in its first tier, and PayPal is supported as well as Stripe.
- You want your own app listing in the stores. Trainerize, with its Custom Branded App. Check the legal entity rules for the Studio level on its page.
- You want the lowest base price at 50 to 100 clients. Everfit, then Kahunas, then Trainerize, before add-ons. Add up your add-ons first.
- You coach in a language other than English. None of the three pages we read lists the app's languages, so test the client app before you commit.
Where does Coachway fit next to these three?
We build Coachway, so weigh this section as the vendor's own. Coachway has no free plan. It has no white-label app: your logo and brand colours go on the progress images you share, not inside the client app. Payments run on your own Stripe account and Coachway takes 2.4% per transaction, plus Stripe's fees. Kahunas costs less per client than Coachway at every client count.
What Coachway has is a built-in recipe and ingredient library for meal plans, a 1,700+ exercise library, a check-in that opens as one card beside the chat, an AI food log where the client fixes the estimate before it logs, and a client app and coach dashboard in eight languages, five of them reviewed by native-speaking coaches. If nutrition and check-ins matter as much as workouts, compare it against whichever of the three you favour: Coachway vs Trainerize and Coachway vs Everfit go into the detail.
If you are on Kahunas and want a wider shortlist than these three, our guide to Kahunas alternatives covers more options. If you have decided to leave, how to switch from Kahunas lists the steps and the data copies Kahunas documents. The two other pairings are in Everfit vs Trainerize.
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Kahunas, Trainerize and Everfit, frequently asked.
Which is cheapest: Kahunas, Trainerize or Everfit?
On base monthly price Everfit is the lowest of the three at 5, 20, 50 and 100 clients: $19, $49, $95 and $140, against Kahunas at USD 25, 62.50, 100 and 150, and Trainerize at USD 25, 79, 135 and 225. The base price is not the whole bill. Kahunas includes payments and nutrition plans in its seat price, while Trainerize and Everfit sell payments and fuller meal planning as add-ons. Checked 12 November 2026.
Does Trainerize or Everfit have a free plan?
Both do. Trainerize has a free plan for 1 coaching client, and Everfit has a Starter plan that is free for up to 5 clients. Kahunas lists no free plan. It offers a 14-day free trial, and its pricing FAQ says Stripe takes your card at signup and charges nothing until the trial ends. Trainerize and Everfit each describe a 30-day free trial. Checked 12 November 2026.
Which one takes a cut of my client payments?
Kahunas states 0% commission on your sales; you pay only Stripe's or PayPal's usual fees. Trainerize sells Stripe Integrated Payments as a USD 10 a month add-on on Pro, and Everfit sells Payments & Packages from $9 a month. The Trainerize and Everfit pages we read give no platform commission figure, so ask each one. Checked 12 November 2026.
Which one gives my clients an app under my own name?
Kahunas does from 200 seats: your logo and brand colour on its web app, with no store listing. Trainerize sells a Custom Branded App: at Pro level USD 169 one-time for a custom icon and your own Google Play listing, at Studio level your own listing in both stores. Everfit puts your logo and colours inside its client app on Pro and Studio, and offers a white-label store app under Enterprise. Checked 12 November 2026.
Which is better for nutrition coaching?
All three let clients log food. Kahunas includes nutrition plans from 3 seats and recipes from 25 seats. Trainerize puts its Smart Meal Planner and grocery lists in the Advanced Nutrition Coaching add-on (USD 20 or 45 a month). Everfit puts a food journal, macros and basic meal plans in Pro and sells fuller meal plans and a recipe library from $39 a month. Checked 12 November 2026.
I am on Kahunas. Does my price change?
Kahunas says no. Its pricing FAQ answers "I already use Kahunas. Does my price change?" with: "No. You keep your current plan, price and features until you choose a seat plan yourself on Your plan. We never move you." Checked 12 November 2026.
Where does Coachway fit next to these three?
Coachway has no free plan and no white-label app. Payments run on your own Stripe account, and Coachway takes 2.4% per transaction plus Stripe's fees. Kahunas costs less per client than Coachway. Coachway offers a built-in recipe and ingredient library, a 1,700+ exercise library, check-ins in one card beside the chat, and a client app in eight languages, five reviewed by native-speaking coaches.
disclosure and sources
Coachway is our product, and it competes with Kahunas, Trainerize and Everfit. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. We read every vendor fact on this page on its own site on 12 November 2026:
- Kahunas: pricing, branded app, homepage and the Kahunas 2.0 post (updated 28 October 2026)
- Trainerize: pricing, custom branded apps, Stripe payments and nutrition
- Everfit: pricing, branding, payments, nutrition and homepage
Trainerize and Everfit prices were read with the client count and billing toggle on each pricing page. The worked totals are our own arithmetic. What coaches say is paraphrased from public comments, names nobody and is not verified. To send a correction or a statement, write to [email protected] and we will update the page and its date.
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