PushPress review
Transparent gym management — a genuinely usable free tier.
Refreshingly transparent gym/box software. A real free plan (higher processing fee) plus flat paid tiers, with Grow and Train sold as add-ons.
Overall · Great
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How we scored it
Six weighted categories. Weights are published and identical for every platform.
Pros
- Truly transparent, published pricing
- Usable free plan to start (higher card fee)
- Modern POS, membership and check-in tooling
Cons
- Free plan card processing is a steep 4.99%
- Grow and Train are paid add-ons
- Less brand recognition with consumers than Mindbody
Pricing, decoded
Transparent flat tiers + add-ons.
Headline price
Free
What the marketing shows
True monthly cost
$0 (4.99% fees) or $159–$229/mo flat
What you actually pay
Free
4.99% payment processing
$0/mo
Pro
Lower processing, full core
$159/mo
Max
Advanced automations & reporting
$229/mo
Common add-ons
- PushPress Grow (marketing)add-on
- PushPress Train (workouts)add-on
Payment processing
PushPress Pay (~2.9%) or 4.99% on Free
Real fee calculator
See the true monthly cost, not the headline.
- Base plan
- $159
- Processing (2.90%)
- $348
- Add-ons
- $50
- True cost / month
- $557
Switch to to see the ~15% savings.
Headline was Free. Based on published pricing.
Who should NOT buy PushPress
- Boutique studios needing deep class-marketplace reach like Mindbody’s.
- Anyone who wants every feature bundled — Grow (marketing) and Train (workouts) cost extra.
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