Best Coaching Software

We make Coachful, one of the products judged here. Every recommendation states its criteria before its pick, and Coachful does not win every category. Read how this is scored, and who pays for it.

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What is the cheapest coaching platform?

What we judged it on

These criteria are about your situation, not about product quality. If you disagree with them, the recommendation below does not apply to you, and you should stop reading here rather than trusting it.

  • 1. Lowest published monthly price
  • 2. Covers booking, payment and contract
  • 3. No per-client pricing that punishes growth

The pick

Someone else’s product

Paperbell

coaching admin tool · $57/mo (per coach)

Consistently the lowest entry price among tools built specifically for coaching.

Paperbell — parts included4 of 11
  • 1SchedulingIncluded
  • 2Video sessionsBuy separately
  • 3PaymentsIncluded
  • 4ContractsIncluded
  • 5ProgrammesPartial
  • 6Habits and check-insBuy separately
  • 7CoursesBuy separately
  • 8CommunityBuy separately
  • 9WebsiteBuy separately
  • 10Email marketingBuy separately
  • 11Client appBuy separately

Where this pick falls down

Cheapest per month is not cheapest overall. Four cheap tools beat one mid-priced one on invoice and lose badly on hours.

When to buy something else instead

The alternative

Coachful

coaching platform · from $29/mo

You would otherwise buy two or three subscriptions to cover the same ground.

Coachful — parts included11 of 11
  • 1SchedulingIncluded
  • 2Video sessionsIncluded
  • 3PaymentsIncluded
  • 4ContractsIncluded
  • 5ProgrammesIncluded
  • 6Habits and check-insIncluded
  • 7CoursesIncluded
  • 8CommunityIncluded
  • 9WebsiteIncluded
  • 10Email marketingIncluded
  • 11Client appIncluded
Compare the two diagrams above. The difference between them is the set of parts you would be buying separately, which is usually a bigger cost than the difference in monthly price.

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