“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.”
Trusted by 5,000+ gyms and fitness businesses
Gym owners growing with Zen Planner
“With our previous system, it was time for a change. I needed an app. I needed better reporting. And I needed support I could rely on.”
“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.”
Feature Comparison
See how Zen Planner compares to TeamUp
TeamUp covers scheduling and billing. Zen Planner adds belt tracking, retention reporting, and marketing automation that martial arts schools and CrossFit gyms need to actually grow.
Core features
Membership management
Workout tracking
Belt & skills tracking
AI-powered tools
Reporting & dashboards
Payments & POS
Retail management
Branded member app
Active member pricing
Marketing and retention tools
Zen Planner
TeamUp
Add-on integrations
Zen Planner
TeamUp
Membership management
Workout tracking
Belt & skills tracking
AI-powered tools
Reporting & dashboards
Payments & POS
Retail management
Branded member app
Active member pricing
Marketing and retention tools
Add-on integrations
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. Real results.
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, without digging for it
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, without digging for it
Turn more leads into loyal members
Ready to switch from TeamUp?
See how Zen Planner replaces basic scheduling with the workout tracking, reporting, and marketing tools TeamUp doesn’t include.
Frequently asked questions
TeamUp is a gym and fitness studio management software for scheduling, membership management, and payment processing. It serves fitness studios, personal trainers, and gym franchises with a focus on ease of use and third-party app integrations.
TeamUp works for smaller fitness studios and personal training businesses that need simple scheduling and member management. Martial arts schools, CrossFit affiliates, and growing gyms consistently find TeamUp’s feature set too limited for the belt tracking, retention reporting, and marketing tools their business needs.
Zen Planner is a complete fitness business platform with workout tracking, digital marketing services, advanced retention reporting, and a dedicated customer success team. TeamUp is focused on scheduling and billing. User reviews of TeamUp consistently cite limited features, poor customer support responsiveness, and membership management constraints as recurring friction points.
Most gyms and schools complete the switch from TeamUp to Zen Planner within a few weeks. Zen Planner handles data migration and billing setup to ensure your member relationships and revenue stay uninterrupted. See how we make switching to Zen Planner seamless and stress-free.
Zen Planner provides a dedicated US-based onboarding team for the full TeamUp transition including data migration, staff training, and go-live support by phone and chat.
Zen Planner assigns a dedicated onboarding specialist for the full TeamUp transition, plus live workflow training and access to Zen Academy, our on-demand training library, so your staff is confident from day one.
Yes. Zen Planner’s US-based customer success team is reachable by phone and chat well beyond your initial switch, with group success sessions and 1:1 business coaching available as your school or gym grows.
Zen Planner is built for the full arc of running a fitness business — from your first members through multi-location growth — with belt tracking, digital marketing services, and retention reporting built in from day one.
One of the biggest disadvantages of TeamUp is its lack of built-in marketing automation and lead management, requiring gym owners to rely on third-party tools to attract and retain members. It also lacks industry-specific tools like workout tracking and martial arts belt tracking, and users report its reporting capabilities aren’t highly customizable.