Glofox built a slick app — but the pricing has crept up and the support has gone cold since their acquisition by ABC Fitness. Class Booking gives independent studios the modern UX without the enterprise overhead.
Why studios switch
Glofox used to publish prices. Now everything is "Contact sales" with bespoke quotes that always go up.
Studio owners report waiting days for responses to issues that used to be resolved in hours.
Locked in for 12 months at a price that may have changed. Class Booking is monthly rolling.
Glofox's "Member App" upsell is several hundred per month. Class Booking gives you a branded web experience that works just as well, on every plan.
You get a templated site you can colour-tweak. Class Booking gives you a full CMS with custom pages.
Side by side
No spin. Both columns reflect public pricing and published features at the time of writing.
| Class Booking | Glofox | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | Public (€15 / £12 / $19 / €55 / £45 / $59 / €110 / £89 / $119) | Quote only ("Contact sales") |
| Starting price | €15 / £12 / $19/month | ~$110/month (last public quote) |
| Annual contract | No — monthly rolling | Yes — 12 months |
| Setup fee | €0 | Often $500+ |
| Branded member app | Branded web app included | Native app — extra $$$ |
| Custom domain | From Pro plan | Add-on |
| Custom CMS pages | Yes — drag and drop | Limited templates |
| EU GDPR-compliant hosting | Yes — Denmark | Limited (US-based) |
| Free migration | Yes | Self-serve only |
| Per-booking fees | None | None |
| Stripe integration | Native | Stripe + their own gateway |
| Public API | Studio plan | Available |
Honest take
We're not the right fit for everyone. Here's when you should stay with Glofox.
Tell us when you want to switch. We export your members, classes, schedules and active subscriptions from Glofox, 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.
For 95% of independent studios, no — Class Booking matches or exceeds Glofox on features that matter (booking, memberships, payments, marketing). The exception is the native member app — we offer a beautifully branded web app instead, which most studios find sufficient.
Glofox's last public pricing was around $110/month for their entry tier. Class Booking starts at €15 / £12 / $19/month. For a typical 5-instructor studio, you save €70–€100/month. And Glofox now requires you to "Contact sales" for a quote, which usually comes back even higher.
Glofox typically requires you to wait until your annual contract ends. We can run both in parallel during your notice period and time the cutover to your contract end date.
Glofox supports both Stripe and its own internal payment gateway. Subscriptions on Stripe transfer cleanly via Stripe's official tokenisation — members don't notice. Subscriptions on Glofox's internal gateway typically require members to re-enter their card on first login. We tell you which case applies before we start.
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