Gymdesk vs Pembee

Gymdesk is gym management software for member records, billing, attendance, promotions, and bookings. It serves fitness gyms and businesses in martial arts, gymnastics, yoga, dance, Pilates, and CrossFit. Staff use the management system in a web browser, while members can use a mobile app to view schedules and attendance history, book or cancel classes, track rank progress, message the gym, and manage account details. The software supports onboarding, self check-in, and online or in-person payments, including one-time and recurring charges, automatic retries, and payment notifications. Listed payment options include Gymdesk Payments, Stripe, Square, Authorize.net, GoCardless, and Ezypay; other integrations include Zapier, Rhombus, ActiveCampaign, and Zoom. Plans are month to month, with a 14-day trial and no contract, setup fee, or cancellation cost. The Micro Gym plan is $75 a month for up to 50 active members. Each additional location costs $50 per month; a branded member app costs $100 per month.

Pembee is class booking software for clubs, camps, courses, and classes, available on Android, iOS, web, and through an API. Customers can book multiple attendees in one transaction and manage bookings, cancellations, and payment methods from a self-service portal. Organisers can offer terms, blocks, drop-ins, memberships, session passes, and pro-rated mid-term joining. Attendance tools include phone-based registers, no-show flags, and live capacity. Payments support cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Klarna, while organisers can reconcile cash and card payments. Premium adds automatic waitlists that offer cancelled places to the next person with a hold time. Listed integrations include Stripe, Zapier, Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, HubSpot, and Mailchimp; HubSpot and Mailchimp connect through Zapier. The documented API returns paginated activities and sessions with date-range and custom filtering. Support includes human live chat and a searchable help centre; Premium adds a one-to-one onboarding call. Standard costs $45 a month and Premium $105 a month, each with a 0.59% Stripe application fee.