ChirplyChirply vs Mindbody: bring your gym and CRM together.
Manage members, classes, attendance and martial arts rankings in Chirply, alongside the marketing and conversations that grow your gym.
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Why choose Chirply
- Belt and stripe ranking with promotion eligibility built in
- A revocable lobby check-in kiosk on a signed link
- The gym sits inside the CRM that markets it, and can be white-labelled per client
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Manage members, classes, attendance and martial arts rankings in Chirply, alongside the marketing and conversations that grow your gym.
Choose your Chirply planPricing, product shape, and operating model
Mindbody does not publish list prices. Plans are quoted by sales based on business size, number of locations and the modules selected, and its consumer marketplace carries its own commercial arrangements. Ask for a written quote covering every module and any marketplace fees.
| Decision point | Chirply | Mindbody |
|---|---|---|
| Core product | A native gym app inside an all-in-one CRM: programs, belt ranks, member enrollments, class schedule, check-in kiosk and attendance | Dedicated studio and fitness management with a consumer booking marketplace |
| Ranking and progression | Per-program belt ladders with stripes, class-count and time-at-rank minimums, and a promotion-eligibility board that advises rather than decides | Class packages, memberships and attendance, without martial-arts belt ranking |
| Check-in | A lobby kiosk on a signed link whose key can be rotated, so a lost tablet is revoked in one click | Staff and client check-in through the platform and its apps |
| Filling the room | Funnels, forms, SMS, email, calling and AI reception in the same product | A consumer marketplace and app that surfaces your classes to new clients |
| Billing | Invoices and payments on your own Stripe, through the platform's billing rather than inside the gym module | Integrated recurring membership billing and retail point of sale |
Competitor facts were checked against Mindbody business pricing, Mindbody business software on August 11, 2026. This is a Chirply-authored comparison. Pricing and features can change; verify them before purchasing.
4 differences to evaluate
1. The marketplace is Mindbody's real product
Plenty of studios pay Mindbody partly for demand: people who find a class in the consumer app and book it. Chirply has no marketplace and does not pretend to. What it has instead is the acquisition stack, funnels, forms, texts, calls and AI reception, that fills the room from your own audience.
2. Belt ranking is a first-class object, not a custom field
Each program carries its own ladder with stripes, a class-count minimum and a months-at-rank minimum. One computation works out who holds what, how long they have held it, how many classes they have attended since their last promotion, and whether they meet the next rank's minimums, so the roster, the eligibility list and the member panel can never disagree. The instructor still decides; nothing hard-gates a promotion.
3. The kiosk is a signed link, not an account
The lobby tablet has no login. Its URL carries a signed token tied to a key stored on the gym's settings, so rotating that key revokes every link ever issued. That is the answer to a tablet that walks out of the building.
4. Where money is handled differs
Chirply's gym app tracks members, ranks, classes and attendance; charging them runs through the platform's own invoicing and payments on your Stripe rather than inside the gym module. A studio that depends on integrated recurring membership billing and retail point of sale should weigh that carefully.
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Map your customer journey
List the triggers, fields, reports, integrations and permissions your team relies on. Use that list to set up your first complete customer journey in Chirply.
Run a small pilot
Use sample records and an internal test audience. Recreate one complete workflow from lead capture through follow-up and payment, checking permissions and reporting at each step.
Budget the complete move
Compare the selected plan, optional apps, provider usage, implementation time and any subscriptions you will retain. Confirm export formats and retention requirements before scheduling a cutover.
Check the commercial terms
Everyone starts with the full platform free for 14 days on Scale. Scale is the only plan with a free trial. A card is required, and you pay nothing today. After your trial, stay on Scale at $97/month or downgrade to any other retail plan. Choose a lower plan in Billing before the trial ends to start there when billing begins, or cancel before then and pay nothing. Connected-provider usage is separate.
Reseller Partner is $297 a month and White-Label Partner is $497 a month. Each one is a complete subscription that includes a Scale-level account, so it replaces a retail plan rather than sitting on top of one. Lower founding rates exist, but only inside a timed window offered shortly after signup — the price on your own Billing screen is the one that applies to you.
Chirply vs Mindbody FAQ
Is Chirply a Mindbody alternative?
For martial arts academies and gyms whose priority is members, ranking, schedule and attendance living inside a CRM, yes. Studios that rely on Mindbody's consumer marketplace for new clients, or on its integrated membership billing and retail POS, should keep those in the comparison.
What is in the Martial Arts Gym app?
Programs, belt ranks with stripes, member enrollments, promotions with an eligibility view, a class schedule that runs on the workspace's business timezone, a lobby check-in kiosk, and attendance history and reports.
Can an agency run this for several gyms?
Yes. Each gym is its own workspace with its own programs, ranks, schedule and kiosk, and an agency can white-label the platform on its own domain and bill the gyms on its own Stripe.
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