Arketa vs ClubReady

Arketa provides fitness and wellness studio software for scheduling, payments, payroll, and business automations. Clients can book classes, appointments, and events, with waitlists and guest passes. The Individual plan includes class, private, and event scheduling, client management, an on-demand library, memberships and packages, and an embeddable booking widget. Higher-tier plans add features such as staff management, payroll reporting, email and text campaigns, automated workflows, lead management, and an AI-powered email builder. Studios can publish a branded app in the App Store and Google Play for clients to book, pay, and watch classes. Listed integrations include Google Calendar, Google Business, Facebook, ClassPass, Wellhub, Kisi, Mailchimp, and Zapier. Arketa targets businesses including yoga, Pilates, gyms, recovery, personal training, and massage, and says it supports operations from one to 100 locations. Individual costs $49 a month billed annually, plus a 3% Arketa transaction fee and Stripe fees. The stated U.S. Stripe card processing fee is 2.9% plus $0.30.

ClubReady is fitness management software for studios, gyms, health clubs, and wellness businesses, available on web, Android, and iOS. Its core operations cover scheduling, lead management, online forms, contract templates, check-in tools, POS, a corporate portal, and reporting. Listed capabilities also include online booking, automated billing, digital waivers, and multi-location support. The member app supports barcode check-in, booking, cancellations, billing, and purchases. ClubReady CORE includes lead tools for automated nurturing and online or in-person lead capture; staff features include permissions, scheduling, training, time recording, and disciplinary management. ClubReady Connect supports messaging, campaigns, templates, and reminders, with a limit of 2,500 messages per day per location. Its custom-branded myFitApp includes class booking and cancellation, content marketing, in-app purchases, at-home video programs, attendance and access control, and referral lead generation. The company also lists performance tracking, analytics, past-due communications, and payment products. It was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Chesterfield, Missouri. Pricing is on request, while the pricing page returns a 404 error; the site offers a demo request workflow.