“Other than my lease payment, Zen Planner is my most invested business piece. It does so much behind the scenes like recurring payments, and it tracks my members’ workouts. It helps me keep everything running smoothly.”
Trusted by 5,000+ gyms and fitness businesses
Gym and studio owners growing with Zen Planner
“When you have something like Zen Planner you’re able to devote more of your time back to the mat, back to the things that you’re really passionate about, and that’s getting back to connecting with students.”
“We redid all of our automations, all of our memberships, and built custom reports within Zen Planner…. Things just took off like a rocket ship.”
Feature Comparison
See how Zen Planner compares to Kilo
Zen Planner adds belt and rank tracking, family membership management, workout performance metrics, and direct SugarWOD integration — all built specifically for gyms and martial arts schools.
Core features
Membership management
Workout tracking
Belt & skills tracking
AI-powered tools
Reporting & dashboards
Payments & POS
Retail management
Branded member app
Active member pricing
Zen Planner
Kilo
Limited
Limited
Zen Planner
Kilo
Membership management
Workout tracking
Limited
Belt & skills tracking
Limited
AI-powered tools
Reporting & dashboards
Payments & POS
Retail management
Branded member app
Active member pricing
All-in-One Software
Complete fitness business management software
With member management software, integrated marketing, retention tools and self-service capabilities, Zen Planner gives you everything you need to spend less time behind your desk and more time building your community.
Customer Stories
Real gyms and schools. Real results.
Automated member management
“I’d say the biggest benefit we’ve had is just the ability to track our clients and have the option to extend memberships, renew memberships, even to create a new membership in a really easy automated way.”
Automated member management
“I’d say the biggest benefit we’ve had is just the ability to track our clients and have the option to extend memberships, renew memberships, even to create a new membership in a really easy automated way.”
Automated member management
“I’d say the biggest benefit we’ve had is just the ability to track our clients and have the option to extend memberships, renew memberships, even to create a new membership in a really easy automated way.”
Why Zen Planner
See why top gyms are making the switch
Run daily operations without the busywork
Manage attendance, scheduling, and payments in one system, so nothing falls through the cracks between check-in and checkout.
See what's working in real time
Real-time reports and dashboards surface the numbers that matter, so you can make decisions without exporting a single spreadsheet.
Turn more leads into loyal members
AI-powered marketing and automated retention tools bring in new members and keep the ones you have coming back.
Run daily operations without the busywork
Manage attendance, scheduling, and payments in one system, so nothing falls through the cracks between check-in and checkout.
See what's working in real time
Turn more leads into loyal members
Ready to switch from Kilo?
See how Zen Planner makes it easy to manage your gym, grow your business, and keep members engaged — all in one platform.
Frequently asked questions
Kilo is a gym management platform that bundles website creation, marketing automation, and gym management software into one package, with support for CrossFit, HYROX, martial arts, bootcamp, 24/7 access, personal training, and small group training gyms.
Kilo works well for gym owners who want a single vendor handling the basics of gym management. Gyms that need deeper, discipline-specific tools — structured belt and rank tracking, detailed workout performance metrics — may find Kilo’s management layer more general than what they need.
Kilo bundles a website, marketing automation, and management software as one package. Zen Planner pairs its management tools with Zen Planner Engage’s AI-powered marketing, a custom branded app, and revenue recovery tools — everything you need to take your business to the next level.
Most fitness businesses complete the switch from Kilo to Zen Planner within a few weeks. Zen Planner’s onboarding team handles member data migration and billing setup to keep operations running without interruption. See how our team makes switching to Zen Planner seamless and stress-free.
Zen Planner provides a dedicated US-based onboarding team for the full Kilo transition, including data migration, staff training, and go-live support by phone and chat.
The best software for a martial arts school is built specifically for how martial arts schools operate, not adapted from generic gym software. That means native belt and rank tracking, family billing, trial student conversion tools, and retention reporting built around long-term student relationships. Zen Planner was founded by a martial arts school owner and has been purpose-built for this business model since 2006.
Zen Planner is built for the full arc of running a fitness business, from your first members through multi-location growth. That means workout and belt tracking, AI-powered digital marketing tools, robust business reporting, and a dedicated customer success team as your business scales. Most platforms give you tools to manage what you have. Zen Planner gives you tools to grow beyond it.