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HQ.training vs PushPress

Free software paid for in card fees, or one flat price

PushPress runs boxes and studios on a real $0 plan that it pays for with card fees of 4.99% + $0.30, or $159 to $229 a month for lower rates. Workout tracking, marketing and the branded app are add-ons. HQ is $59 a month at Stripe’s standard rate, with coaching and members’ wearables in the plan.

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What this page says about PushPress comes from PushPress’s own pricing page, product pages and help center, read on 13 October 2026. Prices and features change, so check theirs before you decide.

The short version

HQ is the better pick if

  • You bill more than a few thousand a month: PushPress Free takes 4.99% + $0.30 of each card payment, HQ adds nothing to Stripe’s rate.
  • You want workout programming in the plan rather than a $79 add-on.
  • Your members wear Garmin, Apple Health, Oura or WHOOP, and your coaches want that data.
  • Your coaches write plans for individual members as well as the class.

PushPress is the better pick if

  • You want to pay nothing a month and accept higher card fees.
  • You want partner programming through Train.
  • You want a full marketing CRM with SMS, WhatsApp and a website (Grow).
  • You need ready-made Zapier or Mailchimp apps.

HQ.training and PushPress, side by side

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HQ.training PushPress
Price Included: $59 a month, published, for the whole staff and any number of members Partly, or at extra cost: Core Free $0, Pro $159, Max $229 a month; add-ons extra
Card processing Included: Stripe at its standard card rate; HQ adds nothing Partly, or at extra cost: 4.99% on Free, 2.89% on Pro, 2.75% on Max, each plus $0.30
Contract Included: Monthly or yearly, cancel from the billing page Included: Month to month, no contracts
Classes and waitlists Included: A recurring timetable, online booking, and a waitlist that fills a freed spot on its own Included: Recurring classes, waitlists and appointments
Memberships and packs Included: Unlimited or credit-based plans, class packs, day passes and PT packs; freeze, cancel or change plan Included: Plans, class packs, drop-ins and family memberships; prorating from Pro
Waivers Included: Signed online or in the phone app before a membership starts Included: Signed during sign-up
Check-in Included: By name or QR card at the desk, or, if you allow it, members check in from their phone with the code on your door Included: Self check-in in the app, a kiosk tablet, or staff
Point of sale Partly, or at extra cost: Retail with stock counts, passes, packs and account credit; Stripe Terminal card readers, and for Germany a TSE through your own fiskaly account with signed receipts and a DSFinV-K export. Built to both APIs, not yet tried with a live fiskaly account or a real reader; no DATEV Included: Retail from the dashboard, staff app or kiosk; Stripe readers and Tap to Pay
Staff and payroll Partly, or at extra cost: Five roles, 29 permissions, shifts, a time clock and a payroll report with CSV export; HQ doesn’t pay staff Partly, or at extra cost: Permissions and a payroll report; it doesn’t pay staff
Retention Included: Every member scored for risk of leaving each hour, on the Today board Included: Retention signals for members at risk
Leads Included: An enquiry form on your gym page, join page and own website, with separate marketing consent and double opt-in; a pipeline from new to joined that moves by itself when they book a trial or join Partly, or at extra cost: A CRM in Grow, $329 a month
Marketing Included: Sequences after an enquiry, a trial, an absence, a membership ending or a birthday, with emails and tasks for staff, only to people who agreed and never in your quiet hours; plus broadcasts by plan, status or risk of leaving Partly, or at extra cost: Email; CRM, SMS automation and websites in Grow, $329 a month
Workout tracking Included: Each member’s workouts, strength sets and plans, and the class whiteboard with scores, PRs and leaderboards, included Partly, or at extra cost: Display only on every tier; scores, PRs and leaderboards in Train, $79 a month
Members’ wearables Included: Members’ Garmin, Apple Health, Oura, WHOOP and more, with fitness, fatigue and form Not offered: None found
Member app Partly, or at extra cost: The HQ phone app, free for members: classes with the waitlist, the QR card, the membership and next payment, joining and door check-in; iPhone in testing, Android next, and the same screens in any phone’s browser Included: The PushPress member app, with booking and self check-in, on every plan
Branded member app Partly, or at extra cost: Your name, icon, colours and store listing, set on the Your app page; HQ builds your iPhone app and submits it, and members download it once Apple approves it. None is in the App Store yet; Android follows HQ’s own Android app Partly, or at extra cost: $97 a month, plus your own Apple developer account
AI Partly, or at extra cost: An AI plan builder for trainers Partly, or at extra cost: An AI assistant that takes actions, on Pro and Max
Integrations Partly, or at extra cost: A public API and signed webhooks; Zapier through its webhook steps; no Mailchimp or Slack apps Partly, or at extra cost: Zapier, Mailchimp, Slack and more, on Pro and Max
Several locations Included: Every location in one account at one price, each with its own address, hours and timetable; plans for one location or all, staff limited to theirs, and reports side by side Partly, or at extra cost: One account, and one Stripe account, per location

What sets them apart

What free costs

PushPress Free has no monthly fee and takes 4.99% + $0.30 of every card payment, and its own pages suggest moving to Pro, $159 a month, once you bill around $7,500 to $10,000 a month. HQ is $59 a month at Stripe’s standard rate, with nothing added.

Add-ons or included

Score tracking (Train) is $79 a month, marketing (Grow) $329 and the branded app $97; PushPress puts the full stack at about $559 a month. HQ’s coaching tools and class whiteboard come with the plan. It has no SMS marketing, and its branded app is new: HQ builds and submits it, and none is in the App Store yet.

Members’ own training

PushPress lists no wearable connection. On HQ, members connect a watch, ring or scale, and a coach they accept sees their sessions, HRV, sleep and fitness, fatigue and form.

Where PushPress is ahead

A free plan for a gym starting out, partner programming, a full marketing CRM and integrations.

Moving from PushPress

  1. Export what you need

    PushPress exports transactions, payroll and cancelled members as CSV. Its help article on exporting member data was a dead link on 13 October 2026, so ask its support for a member export.

  2. Check the branded app

    PushPress plans are month to month, but the branded app needs 30 days’ notice.

  3. Start on HQ

    Gym & Studio is 14 days free, then $59 a month or $590 a year, with no contract to sign.

Questions

Can I track water intake from a LARQ bottle?
Yes. Pair your LARQ Bottle PureVis 2 directly over Bluetooth in the HQ.training iOS or Android app, without LARQ’s cloud or Apple Health. See estimated water intake and a seven-day chart on your private profile, with optional bottle calibration. Account sync and Apple Health export imports are also available.
Can I connect Eight Sleep?
Yes. The unofficial beta imports your own sleep reports, stages and reported biometrics, and provides a private Pod dashboard. Temperature, schedule and alarm controls are supported; base, pillow and audio controls depend on what your hardware and account report. It works without Apple Health. Sleep Agent, Health Check alerts, proprietary Autopilot algorithms and device setup remain in the Eight Sleep app. Physical Pod 5/6 validation is still pending.
Is HQ cheaper than PushPress Free?
PushPress Free has no monthly fee, so for a very small gym it can cost less. It earns on card fees of 4.99% + $0.30. HQ is $59 a month at Stripe’s standard rate, so the more you bill, the more HQ saves you.
Can I track WOD scores on HQ?
Yes, on the plan. Members log their score for the class workout, Rx or Scaled, benchmarks show their PRs, and the leaderboard runs by class and for women and men, on the web, the phone and a TV.
Does HQ connect to Zapier or Mailchimp?
Zapier, through its webhook steps: HQ sends signed webhooks when members join, book, check in or pay, and has a public API for actions. HQ is not a listed Zapier app yet, and has no Mailchimp connection.

Sources

What this page says about PushPress comes from PushPress’s own pricing page, product pages and help center, read on 13 October 2026. Prices and features change, so check theirs before you decide.

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