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TrainedBy vs Trainerize
Trainerize delivers the program. TrainedBy runs the business.
For online coaches who've stopped needing a better workout builder and started needing a better way to run the roster, the money, the renewals, and the growth loop. If Trainerize is your coaching app, TrainedBy is your coaching operating system.
Delivery stack
Program delivery works.
The problem starts when you become the person stitching the rest of the business together by hand.
What still lives elsewhere
Typical week-three drag
- Client paid, but renewal still lives in another tab.
- Check-in happened, but who needs you still lives in your head.
- Prospect wants to start, but the link stack still needs explaining.
TrainedBy
One account running the business
Weekly Cockpit
The roster sorted by who needs you this week, not by who messaged you last.
Payments
Stripe Connect routes money direct to your bank. TrainedBy's cut is zero.
Snap
Photo-first meal logging that actually gets used beyond week two.
AI Body Scan
Weekly physique signal from three client photos, in the same system as the coaching.
What changes in practice
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Who this is for
Coaches with 5–50+ active clients who want one system, not a stack.
This page is for coaches running a real practice — physique, strength, lifestyle, contest prep, body composition — who are evaluating Trainerize and TrainedBy side by side, or already on Trainerize and asking whether the friction is now worth removing. If your only need is a workout-and-messaging app, this comparison is not really about you yet.
Every difference on this page has proof elsewhere on the site: Payments, Weekly Cockpit, Snap, AI Body Scan, and Coach Page.
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The category
One delivers coaching. One runs the coaching business.
Trainerize is built around delivering programmed coaching. That is a real job, and it matters. TrainedBy is positioned differently: the coaching workflow, the money path, the roster surface, the public conversion surface, and the AI signal layer all sit on the same account. The difference shows up when the bottleneck stops being program delivery and starts being the business itself. If you want the categorical definition behind that phrasing, start with /glossary/coach-operating-system.
- Trainerize: program delivery, client app, messaging, check-ins, and nutrition coaching in one delivery workflow.
- TrainedBy: program delivery plus the cockpit, the money path, the public page, the AI signal, and the growth loop.
- The honest read: if delivery is your bottleneck, both can work. If running the business is your bottleneck, the comparison gets sharp.
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Where TrainedBy is stronger
Five differences that show up in your week.
This is the part of the comparison that matters commercially. None of these points depend on a speculative feature matrix. They are TrainedBy surfaces you can inspect on the site today.
0% platform fee
TrainedBy takes nothing from what your clients pay you. Stripe Connect routes payments direct to your bank. The subscription is the only line item you owe TrainedBy.
Weekly Cockpit
Your roster sorted by who needs you this week — at-risk, missed check-ins, payment issues, PRs, plateaus — instead of by name or by which thread shouted loudest.
Snap
Photo-first meal logging. Clients send the meal they actually ate; ingredients and macros are estimated from the photo. Less manual logging, less drop-off.
AI Body Scan
Three weekly client photos become a per-region physique read. It is coaching signal inside the same system, not a separate gimmick bolted on later.
Coach Page
A public page that sells the coaching, hands prospects into signup, and sits inside the same account as everything else. One link, not a stitched-together handoff.
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The money
The cut you don't pay is the easiest revenue you'll ever recover.
TrainedBy's commercial model is the cleanest part of this comparison. TrainedBy takes 0% of what your clients pay you. Standard Stripe processing still applies — that fee goes to Stripe, the same way it would if you ran Stripe yourself. If your current platform takes any percentage on top, run the math at your roster size against a flat subscription and it becomes obvious quickly.
- A 25-client roster at £150 a month puts £45,000 a year through the platform.
- A 5% platform cut is £2,250 a year. A 10% cut is £4,500.
- TrainedBy's cut on that same £45,000 is £0.
- If you're comparing pricing policies, confirm the current Trainerize model directly with them before deciding — payments models change.
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Honest framing
Where Trainerize might still be the right pick.
There are real cases where staying on Trainerize is reasonable, and saying that out loud is part of what makes the rest of this page honest.
- You only need a workout-and-messaging app. If delivery is the whole job for you, both products can serve that stage.
- Your current stack is working, and you are not trying to consolidate the roster, the money path, and the growth side of the business yet.
- If neither of those is you, the case for switching is really about removing operating drag, not swapping workout builders.
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Migration
How a switch from Trainerize actually works.
Migration is clean for the things that are yours, and slower for the things the old platform owned. Roster contacts and core client profile data can be moved with bulk import or CSV. Programs and check-in structures usually get rebuilt into TrainedBy's format. In-app message history does not come with you. That sounds annoying, but it is usually the moment coaches clean out templates and old workflows that were no longer earning their keep.
If you want the deeper objection-handling version of this, the FAQ already covers migration, exports, and what stays yours when you leave.
- Plan the move as one staged week and onboard highest-revenue clients first.
- Migration is usually spread across two or three evenings if you stage it well.
- Payments reconnect through TrainedBy using your own Stripe account, so the merchant relationship stays yours.
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FAQ
Common questions on TrainedBy vs Trainerize.
Is TrainedBy a Trainerize replacement?
For a coach whose bottleneck has moved past program delivery, yes. If you only need a workout-and-messaging app, both can work. TrainedBy's case gets sharp when the bottleneck is the roster, the money path, renewals, and growth.
Will my clients have to learn a new app to switch from Trainerize?
Yes. They download the TrainedBy client app on iOS or Android and onboard once into the new system. After that, training, nutrition, check-ins, messaging, and progress all live in the same place.
Does TrainedBy take a percentage of my client payments?
No. 0%. Stripe Connect routes payments direct to your bank, and the subscription on the pricing page is the only line item you owe TrainedBy.
Can I keep my Stripe account when switching?
Yes. You connect your own Stripe account during setup. Your Stripe dashboard, merchant relationship, and payout history stay yours.
What happens to my training program library if I switch?
Programs and check-in structures usually get rebuilt into TrainedBy's format. Roster contacts and core client data can be moved with bulk import or CSV, but the rebuild is often the moment coaches clean out templates that were no longer doing real work.
If I'm only coaching five clients, is TrainedBy overkill?
No. Starter is built for that stage. The point is to start on a system that can run the next version of the business too, not wait until forty clients are already scattered across tools.
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Final CTA
Built for coaches whose bottleneck has moved past delivery.
If running the business is starting to take more of your week than coaching it, TrainedBy is the system that takes that back.