Fitune vs Mailchimp

Fitune is aimed to bring all your business elements—bookings, classes, memberships—under one easily accessible platform. Mailchimp will provide marketing solutions that can hardly satisfy the needs of a fitness business.

This guide helps you understand why Fitune might be the better choice for a comprehensive, industry-specific solution. With the right tools, you can go from market research to opening day and beyond with ease.

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The image contains a screenshot of a customer review from a person named Tom, dated August 17, 2020, with a 5-star rating. The review is titled "An amazing booking system" and reads: "I considered many different booking systems for my fitness business - but none of them offered the simplicity and user clarity that Fitune offers. I run a small Pilates study and it's truly is an all-in-one solution for my business. My customers love it and it has definitely helped my increase my membership sales and one-off bookings."

The Best Mailchimp Alternative

Fitune simplifies your life. Build your website in 30 minutes with every feature you’ll ever need

Fitune delivers specialized tools designed for your fitness and wellness business. Simplify class booking, event coordination, client communications, payment handling, memberships, and more. Effortlessly manage your website in just 5 minutes each day.

Mailchimp

Basic overview

FEATURES

Access to basic features

Pre-built templates

Limited audiences

Limited email monthly sends

Basic segmentation

Basic reports

Audience insights

Audience dashboard

24/7 expert support

Transactional Emails Add-On

Fitune

Basic overview

FEATURES

Customizable website

Class booking & scheduling

Payment processing

1 on 1 appointments

CRM managment

Video on-demand

Automated emails

Membership management

Human customer support

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Mailchimp

Fitune

Starting price

🔒 A commerce plan can cost $29 monthly but you’ll need to consider the added costs
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🔒 Additional costs for marketing tools.
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🔒 No available tools for video-on demand, live stream, memberships, and courses.
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🔒 Linking a Wix or Shopify account could be a solution, but it increases the costs.

$0 - Free Forever includes:

✅ Website
✅ Class Scheduling
✅ Automatic Billing
✅ Client Management (CRM)
✅ Livestream Zoom integration
✅ Business Reports
✅ Automated Transactional Emails

To keep the Fitune lights on, we take a 6% transaction fee, but considering what you get, it seems fair.

Upgrade to Pro for just $49/month and get:

✅ 50 Active Clients
✅ 2% Transaction Fee
✅ 25GB video hosting space
✅ Publish courses
✅ Custom domain
✅ Waitlists
✅ Promo codes
✅ Analytics graphs

International reach

🔒 Mailchimp only supports online stores based in the US and UK.

✅ Fitune allows you to reach a worldwide audience.
✅ No matter where you or your clients are based, use your Fitune website to offer in-person and online appointments, events and classes.
✅ Link up your Stripe account and start receiving payments instantly from all over the world.

Industry focus

🔒 Mailchimp is a marketing automation and email marketing platform.
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🔒 Although its primary function is marketing, it also offers website building plans.

✅ Fitness and wellness industry
✅ Ideal for small studios
✅ Loved by gyms and multi-location studio owners
✅ Trainers and coaches across every discipline

Quick Launch

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🔒 Websites can be created with Mailchimp but require a high degree of commitment to customization.

🔒 With no available templates, all pages must be created from scratch which can take several days.

🔒 Essential features aren’t supported like on-demand video, live streams, courses and memberships.

✅ Launch in just 30 minutes and get help from our onboarding specialists.

✅ Your website is ready to go as soon as you sign up.

Product management

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🔒 Mailchimp isn’t optimized for the fitness and wellness industry.

🔒 Booking options are available but you’ll need to upgrade to a higher tier.

🔒 Advanced Scheduling plan due to limitations on the number of services that can be offered.

🔒 Video on-demand, live stream, memberships, and courses aren’t supported.

🔒 Some features can be added through third-party apps with added monthly fees that can go up to hundreds.

With a simple and intuitive interface you can manage your business in just 5 minutes a day.

Every feature you might need is fully integrated with the platform.

✅ Calendar: Schedule your in-person and live classes, one-on-one appointments and events.

✅ On-demand video management: Upload videos to create a constant stream of revenue with unlimited hosting space.

✅ Course management: Easily create routes and challenges for your clients to follow.

✅ Mix and matching on-demand video, lessons, online classes and in-person classes, and events.
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Video hosting

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🔒 No current support nor integration with third-party tools, only for email marketing purposes.

🔒 There’s no native way to design courses, nor sell or rent videos as a product.

Fitune offers unlimited space for your videos.
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✅ Monetize your online presence and upload videos to create a steady revenue stream.

✅ Charge for each video as a separate product, as part of a challenge, rent it for limited time, or include it in a membership tier.

✅ With Vimeo and Youtube integration you can integrate your existing videos to your Fitune website, just copy and paste the URL.
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Memberships and payment

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🔒 Mailchimp has no membership nor recurring payments support.

🔒 Mailchimp charges transaction fees in all their commerce plans.

🔒 No native membership support.

✅ Handle all your payments automatically through Stripe, just link your account.

✅ Create membership tiers and grant your clients access to online and in-person classes, events, courses, and videos

✅ Mix and match in any combination you can think of to keep your clients engaged and excited.

🤝 As any card processor, Stripe charges a small fee (1.4% - 3.6%) for processing transactions.
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Client Management

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🔒 Mailchimp has integrated CRM tools with pricing plans that go up to $400 monthly depending on the features you want to access.

✅ Manage your clients with a simple, customizable, and flexible database.

✅ New customers are added automatically or you can invite them yourself.

✅ Gain data driven insights into your clients with industry specific metrics and a customizable database.
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Sales reports

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🔒 Mailchimp’s reports focus on website traffic and email campaigns.

🔒 To get dedicated sales reports you’ll need a third-party app with added monthly costs.

✅ Quickly access your invoices and track payments per date, client, type, source, and status.

✅ Every metric tracked has been chosen based on the needs of your fitness and wellness business.

✅ Track your business growth with monthly sales reports.
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Emails

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🔒 Templates and automated emails are available in higher tier plans.
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🔒 An external app is used to manage transactional emails.
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🔒 This app needs you to set up a sending domain, configure a DNS, test your settings, verify ownership, amidst other time-consuming and highly technical steps.

✅ Email templates are ready for your prospective and already engaged clients. Fitune sends these automatically when needed.

✅These templates have been designed specifically for the needs of wellness and fitness businesses.

✅Customize each email or add new ones as needed.

✅Create fully customizable promo codes for prospective clients or to reward your current ones.
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Analytics

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🔒 Mailchimp’s analytics are comprehensive but focus on website traffic and email campaigns.

🔒You’ll need to filter out any non-relevant information for your business.

✅ Guide your business decisions based on data with an array of analytics specifically chosen for the fitness and wellness industry.

✅ Quickly gather information on sales and clients, including new, active and returning.
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✅ Use integrated comparison tools to review your periodic growth.
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✅ Generate comprehensive reports on your bookings, one-on-one appointments and sales.
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✅ Review your on-demand videos performance with metrics like views, watch time and playback devices.

Basic

Popular

$96/year

Basic features for up to 10 users with everything you need.

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Business

$192/year

Advanced features and reporting, better workflows and automation.

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Enterprise

$384/year

Personalised service and enterprise security for large teams.

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Overview

Basic features

Users

Unlimited

Individual data

20GB

40GB

Unlimited

Support

Automated workflows

200+ integrations

Reporting and analytics

Analytics

Basic

Advanced

Export reports

Scheduled reports

API access

Advanced reports

Saved reports

Customer properties

Custom fields

User access

SSO/SAML authentication

Advanced permissions

Audit log

Data history

*Pricing and features taken from Mailchimp and third-party providers on 11/18/2023. For more information please visit their pricing page.

Don’t take our word for it

4.9/5

I love how it allows me to manage both in-person and online group classes.

Sara

Founder Turn Studio
Spain

Glad I came across Fitune, really easy to set up, perfect for my yoga classes.

Mariel

Founder Kopo Yoga
Mexico

Excellent support. They been kind, patient, informative and an absolute pleasure to deal with. I was so scared about the IT side but they have been very encouraging. I’m beyond happy with support and the product itself.

Mrs Marks

United Kingdom

Fitune makes managing things super simple and the greatest part is it's all in one place.

Michelle

Spain

This is a game changer to my scheduling and payment placed in one place together.

Nikki Robs

Founder NRFit
United States

It does everything you need to run your online fitness business. It is so perfect for fitness Instructors and personal trainers.

Erika

United States

Finally found what i was looking for and it has not disappointed, Fitune has revolutionised my business, saved me a-lot of time, given me a professional edge and has been a smart investment.

Amy

United Kingdom

Fantastic service, the booking system is very easy to use. It helps participants to book the classes which in the minutes.

Deimante

Deimante Dance School
United Kingdom

Awesome experience with this platform so far. It’s extremely user friendly in my end and my clients end which is perfect. I love that I can teach my classes, course and coaching all in one place! Everything is organized so well.

Stephanie

United States

I found Fitune a great platform, really friendly to use as a business and for the customers. They have really good service and anything you need help with they make sure to solve it.

Ana Gaby

Mexico

These guys have really improved the software. Every time I login, I'm always looking to minor changes. I actually submitted some feedback, and they made those changes. it makes me feel part of a community.

Diego

United States

I've been looking for a reliable and affordable booking solution for a long time and I'm so glad I came across Fitune. I love how I can run all my services in one place. It's extremely easy to use for myself as well as for my customers.

Emily

United Kingdom

Really good tutorials, fantastic site to navigate round especially if you are a bit of a novice in this area.

Kylie Nicholls

United Kingdom

absolutely love the customer service that Fitune has offered me. They have been very accommodating and understanding with my needs. Love this platform!

C. Johnson

United States

I love how it allows me to manage both virtual and in-person sessions

Sara

Founder Turn Studio
Spain

Glad I came across Fitune, really easy to set up, perfect for my yoga classes.

Mariel

Founder Kopo Yoga
Mexico

This is a game changer to my scheduling and payment placed in one place together.

Nikki Robs

Founder NRFit
United States

I was so scared about the IT side but they have been very encouraging. I’m beyond happy with support and the product itself

Mrs Marks

United Kingdom

It does everything you need to grow your fitness business. Perfect for group classes and personal training.

Erika

United States

Boost Efficiency & Grow Your Fitness Business

You want to automate your business processes and streamline your management to reduce your workload, and provide clients with the convenience of online services like booking and video streaming.
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You have a website but aim to cut costs and simplify management, moving away from complex systems that lack fitness and wellness industry specialization.

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A positive review for Fitune from a user named Ana Gaby Q, who has given a five-star rating. The reviewer, marked as being from Mexico, appreciates the variety of offerings that Fitune allows them to manage in one place, such as drop-in classes, memberships, subscriptions, and one-on-one sessions. The reviewer ends the feedback with a cheerful note, expressing happiness about switching their platform to Fitune.

You'll Love That Everything's Included

Video-on demand

Monetize your online presence with videos to create a constant revenue stream. With unlimited hosting, course creation tools, and integrations with Youtbe and Vimeo, reaching a worldwide audience has never been easier.

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Time-saving integrations

Manage your bookings, finances, marketing, and online services from a simple easy-to-learn dashboard in just 5 minutes a day.

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Cost-efficient

Fitune has every management tool needed for your business. Eliminate the need for complex systems or excessive monthly fees.

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Unparalleled Support

Increase your revenue from day one with the help of our onboarding specialists, video tutorials, launch checklists and follow up communications.

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Clients love Fitune

Offer your clients an intuitive interface to ensure a seamless purchase experience and keep them coming back.

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Fitune includes the best tools for your fitness business

✅ In-person booking management
✅ Online booking management
✅ Staff management
✅ Payment processing
✅ One-on-one appointments

✅ Membership management
✅ Automated emails
✅ Live stream integration
✅ CRM management
✅ Industry specific analytics
✅ On demand video

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