![]() ![]() Opmerkingen: I'd give it a B- on a grading scale. There was no way to easily see which coaches had availability at which times. Membership discounts (such as on retail or private lessons) are pretty standard in fitness businesses and not having that option was a major pain. Zenplanner does not offer automatically-applied membership discounts, so we had to have customers use offer codes. What customers could do from our primary domain was pretty limited, and it wasn't easy to switch back and forth between our site and the ZP site. Zenplanner offers some options to integrate with our existing website, but it didn't work in every circumstance. The software was very difficult for customers to use, so much that about half of our parents (and a couple of our coaches) just wanted me to do everything for them. I also appreciated the discounts they gave businesses at the start of the COVID shutdowns. Support was good - very responsive, with multiple ways to contact them. Best reporting I've seen, and it's pretty much the only thing I'll miss. There are a lot of customization options for emails you can send your customers, and it was easy to check which emails an individual had opened. Once you really know your way around, it's got almost everything you could think to want. I was the primary account administrator, and I could fix just about anything retroactively. We have now switched to Upper Hand, and while it has fewer features and the reports aren't as good, our customers are actually booking their own classes instead of making me do it. I could do just about anything from my admin account, but my fellow coaches who spent less time in it had a harder time working with it. ![]() Zenplanner is chock full of features (other than membership discounts, as mentioned above), but it's so full of features that it becomes clunky and hard to use. Opmerkingen: We switched from Mindbody to Zenplanner and used it for three years. The apps for desk login can be a little buggie sometimes and require an update or reset the iPad to get the software to work. Most gym software don't recognize all the small nuances that martial art schools need to track where their students stand. I was able to plan out all my belts, what skills are required and minimum of time with the school they need to have to test. ![]() I loved that they recognize how important it is for martial art schools to know where students rank. One of my favorite things you can do is designate belt rankings to students, and design your system in a way that when a student is ready to test for the next belt, whether its the amount of time they've been training with the studio, to achieving certain skills required, Zen Planner notifies you and helps you plan belt testing. You can tell this software was designed for martial artists. Customer support was very helpful during the onboarding. The software takes into account everything you need to keep your school running - from scheduling out classes students reserve for, to taking payments and setting up merchant accounts, to desk check-in software, to students having their own portal to track their membership and status. However, I bet there are better options on the market and I believe it's just a matter of time for another service to get Zen Planner's share.Opmerkingen: I was really impressed on how well they understand how martial art schools work. There's also an obvious lack of features like: - structured workout entry and formatting - proper purchase history - calendar reminders - body metrics - 3rd party integration (Strava?) - integration APIs Still, I give it 3/5 just because it somewhat does its basic job. Moreover, it would make sense if the web app (and the experience on the website as well) was somewhat contemporary but not stuck to and ugly UI and 15 years old UX. Providing a web app instead is good for starters but not for a company that makes good profits and can obviously afford something better. The lack of investment in native app development is obvious. ![]() In contrast with the business owners who commented here, I would like to share my experience as a regular guy who hits the box from time to time and happens to be involved in the software industry. ![]()
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