ClassMetrix vs Gymdesk
Gymdesk is management software for gyms and martial-arts schools: memberships, billing, booking, a member website and door access, priced by active members from US$75 a month (US$100 without Gymdesk Payments) and by location. ClassMetrix is for drop-in classes where nobody is a "member": priced by classes on your weekly timetable (AU$29 to $129, US$19 to $89), with no bookings, no billing, and venues never counted. If you run a gym with members who pay monthly, Gymdesk. If you run classes in hired halls where people pay at the door, ClassMetrix.
Side by side
| ClassMetrix | Gymdesk | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | AU$29, $69 or $129 a month by classes a week (US$19, $49, $89). Students, check-ins, staff and venues never counted. | US$75 to $200 a month by active members (50 to 250) with Gymdesk Payments; US$100 to $240 with your own processor. Extra locations US$50 or $100 a month each. Over 250 members, custom. |
| Free trial | 30 days, everything included, no card. | 30 days, every feature, no card. |
| Takes card payments | No. Records cash, card, pass or IOU; you keep your own terminal and tin. | Yes, Gymdesk Payments (US and Canada) or a partner processor; using them lowers the software price. |
| Online booking | No. No bookings, class limits, waitlists or online sales. | Yes: class booking, schedules, a responsive gym website. |
| Memberships that bill automatically | No. Passes only; nothing bills automatically. | Yes, the core of it: recurring billing, freezes, member management. |
| Punch-card passes, shared passes, IOUs | Yes: punch cards on screen, shared by a couple, staff comp passes, IOU for a forgotten card. | Memberships and booking are the core; class packs are not mentioned on its pricing page. We found no shared-pass or IOU feature. |
| Profit per class after hall hire and teacher pay | Yes: per class night, after hall hire, teacher pay and one-off costs, with break-even. | Revenue and member reporting; per-class hall and teacher costs are not mentioned on the pages we checked. |
| Teacher pay owed and paid | Yes: flat, per head, share of takings or own rate; unpaid list; paid from bank or a cash tin. | Unlimited staff accounts; payroll is not mentioned on its pricing page. |
| Cash tin counts | Yes: what each tin should hold, and the count. | Not mentioned on the pages we checked. |
| Who has stopped coming | Yes: regulars not seen for two to four weeks, with the class they were last at. | Member retention reporting and automations. |
| What students need | No app, no account. A QR code sign-up with the waiver. | A member account; a branded member app is a US$100-a-month add-on. |
| Getting your records out | Student list and every check-in as CSV, any time. | Yes: members, attendance history, payment records, waivers and documents, self-serve, and no exit fee ("not for data, not ever"). |
Which to choose
Choose Gymdesk if
- You run a gym or martial-arts school with monthly members
- You want billing, booking and a website in one
- You want door access control
- You are in the US or Canada and want integrated payments
Choose ClassMetrix if
- Nobody is a member: people turn up and pay per class
- You run several hired halls and don't want to pay per location
- You want profit per class after the hall and the teachers
- You want to keep your own terminal and pay no card fees to the software
We make ClassMetrix, so read this as one side's honest account. Facts about Gymdesk come from its own website on the date below; if we have something wrong, email hello@classmetrix.app and we will fix it.
Sources
Checked on 8 October 2026 against each product's own website (pricing and feature pages); prices and features change, so check theirs before you decide.
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Questions
Why is Gymdesk priced by members and ClassMetrix by classes?
Gymdesk's customers have members who pay monthly, so members are the measure. ClassMetrix's customers have people who turn up when they like, so counting them would punish a busy month. The weekly timetable is the one thing a drop-in studio controls.
Does Gymdesk charge per location?
Its pricing page says the first location is included and each extra one is US$50 a month with Gymdesk Payments or US$100 with your own processor. ClassMetrix never counts venues.
Is ClassMetrix a Gymdesk alternative?
For a class business without memberships, yes. For a gym with members, no: ClassMetrix has no memberships and no billing.