Zen Planner alternative: BoomCloud™ vs Zen Planner
Zen Planner is management software for gyms, boxes and martial arts schools — scheduling, attendance, belt tracking and recurring dues billing in one place.
Buy Zen Planner if your business
needs attendance, skills and belt tracking as the core of the business.
Buy BoomCloud™ if your business
wants recurring revenue treated as the product, not a dues line inside a check-in tool.
Membership is one module among forty. Keep the suite for booking and operations — BoomCloud is the dedicated engine that designs, prices, markets and grows the plan the suite only bills.
- $110M+
- in member revenue billed through BoomCloud™
- 3.4M+
- patients and members on plans we power
- 30 days
- free trial, no setup fee, month to month
- 100%
- of your members leave with you if you ever go
What Zen Planner does well
- — Strong attendance, skills and belt tracking for martial arts programs
- — Recurring dues billing built for gyms and boxes
- — Long track record with small independent gyms
When BoomCloud™ is the better fit
- — You want a membership engine focused on enrollment and retention, not just dues collection
- — You want memberships running now and one platform later — scheduling, classes, staff and gift cards are coming as add-ons
- — You want MRR, churn and lifetime-value reporting you can act on weekly
BoomCloud™ vs Zen Planner, side by side
| Zen Planner | BoomCloud™ | |
|---|---|---|
| Who owns the member relationship | Varies by platform — some route members through a branded network | Your practice. Your brand, your plan, your patient list, exportable any time. |
| Recurring billing & renewals | Included | Included — monthly or annual, auto-renew, dunning, and receipts handled for you |
| Membership depth | Recurring dues inside a gym management suite | Dedicated plan builder, online enrollment, retention tooling and live MRR reporting |
| Built for | Gyms and martial arts schools that want one system for check-in and billing | Businesses whose main goal is growing recurring membership revenue |
| Pricing model | Check their current pricing page | Flat software fee plus a per-member fee designed to be built into membership dues to support security, service, capacity, and member features as they scale — see /pricing |
| Booking, classes & gift cards | Available today as part of their platform | Membership, enrollment and recurring revenue are the core today — scheduling, classes, staff and gift cards are in development as paid add-ons, so you can consolidate onto one platform |
| Who is accountable for enrollment | You are — the software bills whoever signs up | A Success rep owns your member target, with enrollment campaigns and the Patient Marketplace included |
| What happens as you grow | Check how their fee behaves at 300 members before you sign | The per-member portion is built into membership dues, so the program funds its own capacity as it scales |
| Contract and exit | Confirm contract length and what happens to your member list on exit | Month to month, 30-day free trial, no setup fee — and every member leaves with you |
Details about Zen Planner are summarized from their public marketing and pricing pages and can change — always confirm current details with them directly.
Coming soon — optional add-ons
One platform for gyms and studios: memberships now, operations next.
You do not have to run your membership program in one system and the rest of your business in another forever. These four modules are being built on top of the same member record, so a member's plan, pricing and history follow them into every booking.
Calendar & appointments
One schedule for every location — member and non-member booking, capacity, waitlists and no-show rules.
Classes & group scheduling
Recurring class schedules, series and drop-ins, with member pricing pulled straight from their plan tier.
Staff & services
Coach and trainer profiles, availability, service menus and what each staff member is allowed to book.
Gift cards
Sell and redeem gift cards online, and use them as an on-ramp into a membership rather than a one-off sale.
These modules are in development and will be optional paid add-ons on top of the membership platform — pricing on request. Your membership plan, enrollment, recurring billing and reporting are live today.
Switching from Zen Planner
Keep Zen Planner for the work it already does well. We import your member roster, plans and renewal dates so billing continues without a gap, and run both side by side until the last renewal clears.
Add-on ladders and per-staff pricing scale with headcount, not success
Suites price by location, by staff seat or by tier, then add marketing, apps and automation as paid rungs — and the bill rises whether or not membership revenue does. BoomCloud is $197/mo + $4.50 per active member (Basic) or $397 + $3.50 (Pro), published, with the per-member portion designed to be built into membership dues so the plan funds its own capacity and support. Keep the suite. Add the engine.
One question to ask Zen Planner
“What happens to your bill when you double your members?”
Questions
- Can I use BoomCloud alongside Zen Planner?
- Yes. Today most gyms keep scheduling and attendance where they are and run the membership program, enrollment and billing in BoomCloud. Scheduling, classes, staff and gift cards are in development as optional paid BoomCloud add-ons, so you can consolidate onto one platform when you are ready.
- Will my members' billing dates change if I switch?
- No. We import renewal dates as they are so members stay on their existing cycle.
Switching from Zen Planner
Bring your plan over with renewal dates and members intact.
We import your roster, map your tiers, keep every member on their current billing cycle and run both systems in parallel until the last renewal clears. 30-day free trial, no setup fee, month to month — and if you ever leave, every member leaves with you.