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.

There is no best coaching software

There is only the best one for a specific situation, and the situation does most of the work. So this guide is organised by situation, states its criteria before every recommendation, and shows each product taken apart so you can see what you would still be buying separately.

Of 16 situations, our own product is the pick in 9 and something else wins the other 7. If that ratio ever reaches 16, stop trusting this site.

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What an all-in-one actually contains

Every coaching business needs the same set of parts. The only question is whether one product ships them or you assemble them yourself. Here is our own product taken apart, on the same diagram used for every other product on this site.

Coachful — parts included11 of 11
  • 1SchedulingIncluded
  • 2Video sessionsIncluded
  • 3PaymentsIncluded
  • 4ContractsIncluded
  • 5ProgrammesIncluded
  • 6Habits and check-insIncluded
  • 7CoursesIncluded
  • 8CommunityIncluded
  • 9WebsiteIncluded
  • 10Email marketingIncluded
  • 11Client appIncluded

Compare that against a specialist. Calendly ships one part extremely well and leaves ten for you to solve. That is not a criticism: if scheduling is your only gap, buying ten parts you do not need is the more expensive mistake.

Calendly — parts included2 of 11
  • 1SchedulingIncluded
  • 2Video sessionsBuy separately
  • 3PaymentsPartial
  • 4ContractsBuy separately
  • 5ProgrammesBuy separately
  • 6Habits and check-insBuy separately
  • 7CoursesBuy separately
  • 8CommunityBuy separately
  • 9WebsiteBuy separately
  • 10Email marketingBuy separately
  • 11Client appBuy separately

Who wins what

Kajabi beats us on courses. Skool and Circle beat us on community. Calendly beats us on scheduling and on price. Paperbell beats us for a coach with two clients. Those are real answers and we would rather publish them than pretend a single product wins everything.

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