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HQ.training vs Wodify

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Wodify is a box owner’s system, founder-funded since 2012, with whiteboards, leaderboards and partner programming. Its list prices run from $199 to $499 a month, plus onboarding and add-ons. HQ is $59 a month and brings each member’s own training, from runs to rides, onto the gym’s account.

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What this page says about Wodify comes from Wodify’s own pricing pages, terms 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 want one published price and no onboarding fee: $59 a month, against $199 to $499 at Wodify’s list prices.
  • Your members train outside class, and you want their runs, rides, HRV and sleep from Garmin, Apple Health, Oura or WHOOP in one place.
  • Your coaches write individual plans as well as the class workout.
  • You want at-risk scoring on the plan you start with.
  • You want the whiteboard, PRs and the TV board in the plan rather than as an add-on.

Wodify is the better pick if

  • You want comments and likes on members’ scores, and lift and movement history in the member app.
  • You buy programming from CompTrain, HWPO, PRVN or HYROX365 through its marketplace.
  • You want two-way SMS and a website built for you.
  • You want live class heart rate with Myzone belts.
  • You need QuickBooks, or a ready-made Zapier app.

HQ.training and Wodify, side by side

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HQ.training Wodify
Price Included: $59 a month, published, for the whole staff and any number of members Partly, or at extra cost: $199, $299 or $499 a month at list ($99, $199 or $399 when you book a demo by 31 October 2026), plus an onboarding fee
Contract Included: Monthly or yearly, cancel from the billing page Included: Month to month, with 30 days’ notice to cancel
Card processing Included: Stripe at its standard card rate; HQ adds nothing Partly, or at extra cost: Wodify Payments on Stripe, cards from 2.7% + 30¢
Classes and waitlists Included: A recurring timetable, online booking, and a waitlist that fills a freed spot on its own Included: Classes and appointments with automatic waitlists
Memberships and packs Included: Unlimited or credit-based plans, class packs, day passes and PT packs; freeze, cancel or change plan Included: Recurring billing, class packs and drop-ins; family billing from Accelerate
Waivers Included: Signed online or in the phone app before a membership starts Included: Waivers and contracts on every tier
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: Kiosk sign-in; barcode sign-in from Accelerate
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: In-person POS with a card reader, in-app retail, Shopify sync
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 Included: A payroll calculator on every tier
Retention Included: Every member scored for risk of leaving each hour, on the Today board Partly, or at extra cost: At-risk client identification from Accelerate
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 Included: Email and two-way SMS in the US and Canada; 2, 15 or unlimited automations by tier
Class results and leaderboards Included: The class workout with Rx and Scaled scores, PRs on benchmarks, leaderboards by class and for women and men, and a TV board; included Included: Wodify Perform: results, PRs, leaderboards, TV display; an add-on below Ultimate
Members’ wearables Included: Members’ Garmin, Apple Health, Oura, WHOOP and more, with fitness, fatigue and form Partly, or at extra cost: Live class heart rate with Myzone belts, a paid add-on; no Apple Health, Garmin or Oura sync found
Endurance training load Included: Fitness, fatigue and form for every athlete, free, with four weeks projected Not offered: Not offered
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 Wodify app for booking classes and logging results
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: An add-on on every tier
AI Partly, or at extra cost: An AI plan builder for trainers Included: Ask Wodify, an assistant that can act, with credits by tier
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 Included: Unlimited locations
API and integrations Partly, or at extra cost: A public API and signed webhooks on every gym plan; Zapier through its webhook steps; no QuickBooks or Shopify Partly, or at extra cost: API from Accelerate; Zapier, QuickBooks, Shopify
Leaving Included: One click: members, memberships, payments, attendance, timetable, waiver signatures and staff as CSV, or all of it in a ZIP Partly, or at extra cost: Client, attendance and financial reports yourself; performance history by emailing support

What sets them apart

The price you see

Wodify’s list prices are $199, $299 and $499 a month, with $100 off for demos booked by 31 October 2026. Onboarding is a separate fee it doesn’t publish, and Perform, the website and unlimited automations are add-ons below Ultimate; the branded app is an add-on on every tier.

The class, or the member

Both run the class whiteboard: the workout, scores, PRs and a leaderboard on the TV. Wodify is built around it. HQ is built around each member’s training as well, including what they do outside class, from a plan their coach writes to the run their watch recorded.

Wearables

Wodify shows live heart rate in class through Myzone belts you buy. HQ reads what members already wear, Garmin, Apple Health, Oura, WHOOP, Fitbit and Withings, and turns it into fitness, fatigue and form.

Where Wodify is ahead

A programming marketplace and partner programming, comments and likes on results, and two-way SMS.

Moving from Wodify

  1. Export before you deactivate

    Wodify asks you to export the People, Attendance, Financial and Performance Results reports first, and to email support for performance history.

  2. Give 30 days’ notice

    Wodify asks for 30 days’ notice to cancel.

  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.
Can HQ run the class whiteboard?
Yes. Coaches write the day’s workout, members log Rx or Scaled scores on the web or their phone, benchmarks mark PRs, and a TV board shows the leaderboard by class and for women and men. Comments and likes on scores aren’t there yet.
Does HQ charge an onboarding fee?
No. Gym & Studio is 14 days free, then $59 a month.
Does HQ work with Myzone belts?
No. HQ reads members’ own Garmin, Apple Health, Oura, WHOOP, Fitbit and Withings data rather than class heart-rate belts.

Sources

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

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