Arketa vs Xoda Reach

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.

Xoda Reach is a marketing automation platform for gyms and fitness studios, handling lead capture, follow-up, nurture sequences, and winback campaigns. Forms or widgets collect leads and add them to a CRM with source tracking. Automations can follow up by SMS, email, or call, and use multi-step nurture sequences. Reporting includes conversion tracking, ROI reporting, funnel analytics, and custom dashboards. Reach is built into Xoda and can use member data, class schedules, and payment history in automations, with the same login and member records. XODA says Reach is included on every XODA plan at no extra cost. Its pricing page also lists the Reach add-on at $197 a month, described as an add-on to Premium for a $446/mo total with Premium. The add-on includes unlimited email sequences, SMS campaigns, lead capture forms, winback campaigns, and custom integrations. XODA serves gyms, studios, and wellness businesses, from independent operators to multi-location businesses. A 14-day trial with all features and no credit card is advertised. The platform is available on Android, iOS, and web; XODA says its branded member app is available on the App Store and Google Play.