A Zen Planner alternative built for fight gyms
Zen Planner serves every kind of fitness business. CornerDesk serves one: independent Muay Thai, boxing, BJJ, and MMA gyms — and it imports your Zen Planner roster in one upload.
The Zen Planner trade-offs
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Built for every fitness niche
Yoga studios, CrossFit boxes, franchise chains — you're paying for a platform designed around businesses you don't run, with the feature surface to prove it.
- 2
Members need an app
Another app-store download, another password, another 'I can't log in' at the door. Every barrier between a member and check-in costs you attendance data.
- 3
Pricing that grows with your roster
Zen Planner's Studio plan runs from $99 to $289 a month (US dollars, per its published pricing) across eight active-member tiers, and its website, marketing, and branded-app add-ons are extra. The better your gym does, the more the software costs.
Zen Planner vs CornerDesk
- Switching in
- Zen PlannerFree onboarding and migration, per their pricing page
- CornerDeskFree done-for-you switch, then 30 days free side by side
- Member experience
- Zen PlannerMember app plus a portal login
- CornerDeskA text-message link — no app, no password
- Pricing
- Zen Planner$99–$289/mo USD by active members (published pricing); website, marketing and app extra
- CornerDesk$99 CAD/mo flat at any size — every feature included. Level with their entry tier, then the gap opens as you grow
- Check-in
- Zen PlannerKiosk workflows inside a bigger system
- CornerDeskAny browser on any tablet — under 5 seconds at the door
- Focus
- Zen PlannerFitness businesses of every kind
- CornerDeskIndependent fight gyms, nothing else
CornerDesk is $99 CAD/month. Zen Planner’s figures are its published US-dollar prices; the two are compared as listed, with no currency conversion. Billed in Canadian dollars, including to gyms in the US. Card payments carry Stripe’s processing fee (see Stripe’s pricing) plus $1 for CornerDesk, which members pay as a service fee unless you cover it. Cash or e-transfer you record in CornerDesk has no fees.
What Zen Planner costs at your size
Zen Planner Studio: 101–150 active members.
Use your bank’s rate, or check the Bank of Canada. No exchange rate is assumed or fetched. Bank currency fees are excluded.
- Zen Planner, published list price
- $229 USD
- CornerDesk, any member count
- $99 CAD
These prices use different currencies. Enter an exchange rate to see the subscription difference in CAD.
Include payment fees in your budget
Enter the rates from each payment provider’s quote, in CAD. This estimate assumes your gym covers all card fees. CornerDesk’s $1 CAD per card payment is included, alongside your Stripe rates. The service fee starts November 20, 2026; this is an ongoing budget at those rates. Taxes, refunds, foreign cards and currency charges are excluded.
Check Stripe’s current rates. If members cover the service fee, your gym’s costs differ and members pay more at checkout.
Zen Planner prices checked November 1, 2026: official pricing. Select only add-ons you pay for separately; avoid counting bundled tools twice. CornerDesk includes booking pages and member texts, not a full website builder or branded app.
We move you off Zen Planner — free
Send us your Zen Planner exports and we import your members, memberships, class balances, ranks, notes, and payment history, and your weekly class schedule (paste it in, or we enter it with you). You review a full preview, run both systems side by side for 30 days free, and members add their cards from a text link — first charge on their usual bill date. Prefer to do it yourself? The importer reads Zen Planner CSVs directly.
Exact Zen Planner export steps and field mapping · Kawartha Combat’s move
- 1Send us your Zen Planner exports — we'll show you which reports
- 2We import members, plans and class balances, and your weekly schedule too (paste it in or we enter it); you check the preview
- 3Connect your Stripe — payments settle in your own account
- 4Members add their card from a text — charged on their usual date
Free migration · 30 days free · then $99 CAD/mo flat
Asked and answered
01Can I import my members from Zen Planner?
Yes — the importer is purpose-built for Zen Planner CSV exports. It detects the header row, auto-maps columns, flags duplicates by external ID, email, and name, preserves pack credits, and shows per-row warnings before you commit.
02Do my members need to install an app?
No. Members get a magic link by text message — their portal opens in a browser with their next class, booking, membership, and card-update button. Nothing to install, no passwords.
03How does pricing compare?
Zen Planner's published Studio pricing runs from $99/mo USD (up to 45 active members) to $289/mo USD (251+), with website, marketing, and branded-app add-ons on top (as of September 2026). CornerDesk is $99 CAD/mo flat for unlimited members, staff, and classes — month-to-month, cancel anytime, and the first 30 days are free. Up to 45 active members the two list the same $99 (in different currencies), so the difference shows up as your roster grows. We compare the numbers as listed, without converting currencies.
04What happens to my billing?
You connect your own Stripe account and member payments settle directly with you — CornerDesk never holds funds. Card payments carry Stripe's processing fee (see stripe.com/pricing) plus $1 for CornerDesk, which members pay as a service fee unless you cover it; cash or e-transfer you record in CornerDesk has no fees. Failed payments get flagged, texted an update link, and retried on a schedule.
Your corner is ready.
We move your gym for free. Your first 30 days are on us. Then it’s $99 CAD/month, flat.