Zen Planner is an established platform for martial arts, gyms and box-style studios, with strong belt and rank tracking, part of Daxko. Class Booking is built for yoga, pilates and class-based studios, with public pricing in EUR, GBP and USD and EU hosting. This page shows when each one fits.
Where we differ
Zen Planner and Class Booking both handle the core of running a studio: class booking, memberships and payments. They differ in focus, pricing model and setup. Below are the points where Class Booking takes its own approach, so you can judge which matters for your studio. For Zen Planner's current features and prices, check its own website.
Class Booking shows Basic, Pro and Studio on a public page, the same for everyone, so you can decide without a sales call. For Zen Planner, ask Zen Planner for a quote.
Class Booking is studio-first: classes, seasons, memberships and fixed spots are the core. Zen Planner centres on martial arts, belts and ranks.
Class Booking is built so a new admin is productive the same afternoon, with your migration done for you.
Class Booking is priced publicly in EUR, GBP and USD, and hosts all data in the EU, on servers in Germany.
A member keeps the same weekly spot with a waitlist behind it, and one subscription can cover several named family members, each with a profile.
Side by side
Both columns are based on what each company publishes at the time of writing. Features and prices change, so check each provider's own website before you decide.
| Class Booking | Zen Planner | |
|---|---|---|
| Belt / rank tracking | Not the focus | Yes, strong belt & rank tracking |
| Fixed spot (reserved recurring place) | Yes, same spot held every week, with waitlist | Check with Zen Planner |
| Pricing | Public (€10 / £8 / $13 / €30 / £20 / $35 / €50 / £40 / $60) | See Zen Planner's website |
| Family membership on one subscription | Yes | Check with Zen Planner |
| Built for | Yoga, pilates & class studios | Martial arts, gyms & boxes |
| Martial-arts features (belts, skills, testing) | Not the focus | Yes, native |
| Owned by | Independent, self-funded | Daxko |
| Annual contract | No, monthly rolling | See Zen Planner's terms |
| Automated recurring billing | Yes, via your Stripe account | Yes, integrated billing |
| Multi-language UI | EN, DA, DE, SV, NB, ES, FR | See Zen Planner |
| EU GDPR-compliant hosting | Yes, EU (Germany) | See Zen Planner's data terms |
Fair take
Different studios need different systems. Here's when Zen Planner may suit you better.
Tell us when you want to switch. We export your members, classes, schedules and active subscriptions from Zen Planner, import them to Class Booking, sit on a video call with you to verify everything looks right, and switch your domain over the weekend. Your customers don't notice.
Class Booking publishes Basic, Pro and Studio on one page, the same for everyone. For Zen Planner, ask Zen Planner for a quote for your setup, and compare the two side by side.
If belt and rank tracking, skills and testing are central to how you run your school, Zen Planner is built for exactly that and does it better than we do. Class Booking is strongest for yoga, pilates and class-based studios running seasons and fixed spots. If your martial arts operation is mostly scheduled classes and memberships, we may fit; if it leans on ranking systems, Zen Planner is the safer choice.
No. If tracking student progression through belts and ranks is core to your business, Zen Planner does it natively and we do not.
It depends on how billing is set up, which we confirm on the discovery call. Where subscriptions cannot move 1:1, members re-enter their card once on first login on Class Booking, and we provide an email template you can send the day before.
Zen Planner has the backing of a large parent company, with the scale and the sales process that come with it. Class Booking is independent and self-funded, with public pricing and direct European support. Both are valid choices; pick the model that suits how you like to buy and get support.
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