The self-hosted Zen Planner alternative
Gymora — Self-hosted gym membership manager with front-desk check-in guards and class-pack credit tracking. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying Zen Planner every month.
Stop renting Zen Planner
1 month of Zen Planner equals this one-time price.
Assumption: The core Studio product at its published starting price; the marketing site, automation and branded-app extensions are separate monthly lines on top, and the page itself footnotes further charges. Gymora is one payment with no extensions to buy.
How Zen Planner pricing grows with you
Zen Planner meters by MODULE: the core is $99/month "starting at", and website, marketing automation and the branded app are each another monthly line.
“*Additional charges and/or fees may apply.” — their own page, read 2026-08-30
What Zen Planner does that we don't
Zen Planner sells the full studio stack — membership, scheduling, marketing automation, a branded member app and integrated payments — from one vendor.
“Custom-branded mobile app for member engagement” — their own page
Who should stay with Zen Planner
Stay with Zen Planner if you want integrated payments, a branded member app and marketing automation from one hosted vendor. Gymora is the front desk — members, check-ins, class packs — on your own server, with no payments and no app store presence. Full honest limitations are on the product page.
Why owning beats renting Zen Planner
- One payment. No monthly, per-seat, or per-location fees — the license is perpetual.
- Your data stays on your server. It never lives in Zen Planner's cloud.
- No plan ceilings. Records and users are limited by your hosting, not a pricing tier.
- It keeps working if the vendor doesn't. Self-hosted software can't be sunset or price-hiked out from under you.
Fair trade-offs: you host it, back it up, and apply updates yourself — see the product page for honest limitations, and the full Gymora vs Zen Planner comparison.
Sources
- Zen Planner — price checked 2026-08-30 —
source “'Zen Planner Studio' ... 'Starting at' ... '$99/month' ... 'Website' ... '$99/month' ... 'Engage' ... '$249/month' ... 'Branded App' ... '$39/month' ... '*Additional charges and/or fees may apply.'”
Competitor prices change — always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown. This vendor is tracked in the Price Observatory — every figure verbatim, dated, re-checked quarterly.