A flat price instead of a fee on every lesson
CoachIQ publishes a 1% + $0.20 transaction fee on top of Stripe. On Core and Elite, Elite Coach Booking adds no fee to your client payments. Stripe's standard processing applies either way.
TL;DR
Elite Coach Booking is the CoachIQ alternative for independent coaches. CoachIQ lists a $99 a month starter coach plan, prices facilities after a demo, and adds a 1% + $0.20 fee to every transaction. Elite Coach Booking is a flat $39 or $79 a month, adds no ECB fee on client payments, and needs no sales call.
Preview my coaching websiteThe CoachIQ alternative
The CoachIQ alternative for independent coaches.
CoachIQ is a demo-led system for coaches and training facilities. Elite Coach Booking is built for the independent coach: a premium website, booking that knows where you coach, packages, and payments straight to your own Stripe account. Core is $39 a month with no ECB fee on client payments, and you can start today without a sales call.
- Core $39 a month, Elite $79 a month
- Payments to your own account
- Live in days
A coaching website good enough to charge premium rates.
Every one of these is a real, published coach site. Yours is built the same way, with booking, payments, and your programs wired in behind it.
One app runs everything. And it is wired to your live website.
Configure it once. After that, you create a new offer in the app and it goes live on your public site the moment you save. You never open a website editor again.
- 1 Create the offer in the app
- 2 It publishes to your site instantly
- 3 Clients book and pay themselves
Change a price, add a camp, open a new date. It all updates your site automatically, from your phone.
Why coaches leave CoachIQ.
Start today, not after a demo
CoachIQ is demo-led, so pricing is confirmed on a walkthrough. Elite Coach Booking is $1 to activate, and AI Coach prepares your offers, places, and hours with you in the Launch Room.
Booking that knows where you coach
Elite Coach Booking's scheduling understands your venues, service area, and drive time, so travel and multi-venue coaching just work.
Video you can sell as its own product
On Elite, a video review is a product with your price, your turnaround, and a checkout on your own site, answered on the athlete's own clip.
The whole coaching business, in one place.
We handle scheduling, offers, payments, and your website in ways built for coaches, not classes. Most of it CoachIQ does not have.
Scheduling nobody else does
- Location-aware scheduling that knows your venues and service area
- Drive-time buffers, so you are never booked two places at once
- A real-time availability engine, not a static calendar
- Standing lessons and recurring weekly slots
- Travel and pop-up dates for coaching on the road
Offers built the way coaches sell
- Private lessons at any duration
- Packages and prepaid credits
- Clinics, classes, and multi-day camps
- Group-size pricing and bring-your-own-group
- Deposits or full payment, your choice
Payments that stay yours
- Paid straight into your own Stripe account
- Deposits, packages, and saved cards
- Apple Pay and Google Pay at checkout
- We never sit between you and your income
One system, run from your phone
- A premium coaching website, included
- Create an offer and it publishes to your site instantly
- Clients, programs, and booking history in one place
- Automatic reminders and confirmations
- AI Coach helps you set it all up in the Launch Room
Three tests for any booking tool, including ours.
Before you pick a tool, run the same three questions on every option you are weighing. Hold Elite Coach Booking to them too.
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Does the booking carry everything with it?
A real booking knows the lesson, the place, the length, and the price. If you still retype any of that, you have a calendar, not a system.
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Who holds the money?
The client should pay to confirm, and the payment should go to your own account. You own the calendar and the money.
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Does it know what kind of coaching you sell?
A private, a clinic, a camp, a package, and a membership are different things. Credits, seats, and prices should work the way each one does.
Elite Coach Booking vs CoachIQ.
Both give you a coaching website, scheduling, and Stripe payments. The difference is who each one is built for and how it is priced. CoachIQ lists a $99 a month starter coach plan, prices facilities after a demo, and adds its own 1% + $0.20 fee to every transaction. Elite Coach Booking is a flat $39 or $79 a month for the independent coach, and Core and Elite add no ECB fee to client payments.
Best fit for Elite Coach Booking
Independent coaches selling private lessons, packages, clinics, and camps who want a premium site, booking that knows their venues and drive time, and one flat monthly price with no ECB fee on their payments.
From $39/mo, flat
Best fit for CoachIQ
Training facilities and academies with several coaches or locations, and teams that want a shared inbox with SMS or a branded app in the app stores, which CoachIQ sells as an add-on.
$99/mo starter coach plan, plus 1% + $0.20 per transaction
| Feature | Elite Coach Booking | CoachIQ |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | Core $39 or Elite $79 a month, flat | $99 a month starter coach plan. Facility and multi-location pricing by quote |
| Fee on client payments | No ECB fee on Core or Elite. Stripe processing applies | 1% + $0.20 per transaction, plus Stripe processing |
| Getting started | $1 to activate. AI Coach sets it up with you in the Launch Room | Demo-led. Your package and total cost are confirmed on a walkthrough |
| Coaching website | Premium coaching website included | AI-powered website builder, on a domain you own |
| Scheduling | Venue-aware booking with drive-time buffers | Credit-based booking and multi-coach calendars |
| Packages and credits | Packages and prepaid credits | Credit packs with expiry you set, plus subscriptions and recurring billing |
| Client messaging | Automatic confirmations and reminders | Team inbox with in-app messages, SMS, and announcements |
| Payments | Straight to your own Stripe account | Stripe-powered payments |
| Video coaching | Paid video reviews on Elite, answered on the athlete's own clip | Video and training content delivered in the athlete portal |
| Built for | The independent coach | Coaches, training facilities, and multi-location teams |
CoachIQ details checked October 7, 2026 against CoachIQ pricing and CoachIQ features. Plans change, so confirm current terms on their site before you decide.
CoachIQ has grown into a full system for coaches and training facilities: a website, an athlete portal, scheduling, payments, messaging, and automations, sold through a demo. For a facility with several coaches, that breadth is the point.
An independent coach has a narrower job and a thinner margin. You need the website that wins the client, offers that match how you sell time, booking that knows where you coach, and payments that land in your own account without a platform fee on every lesson. Elite Coach Booking is built for exactly that coach, and on Elite it also lets you sell video reviews as their own product.
How much does CoachIQ cost?
CoachIQ’s pricing page, checked October 7, 2026, shows three setups. The starter coach plan for independent coaches is $99 a month. Training facilities are priced separately and vary by setup, and operators with more than one location get custom pricing. The page says a demo confirms the package, inclusions, optional add-ons, and total cost, so there is no self-serve checkout to price against.
Fees are the second half of the bill. CoachIQ uses Stripe, which charges 2.9% + $0.30 per successful U.S. card transaction, and CoachIQ adds its own 1% + $0.20 on top.
What does the fee difference look like?
Use your own numbers. Say you take $4,000 a month in lesson payments across 50 transactions. CoachIQ’s published fee of 1% + $0.20 per transaction comes to $50 that month, on top of the $99 plan. On Elite Coach Booking Core, the month costs $39 and no ECB fee is added to those payments. Stripe’s standard processing applies in both cases.
Who should stay on CoachIQ?
If you run a training facility with several coaches or locations, want one inbox for in-app messages, SMS, and announcements, or want a branded app in the app stores, CoachIQ is designed for that.
If you are deciding between CoachIQ and a lower-cost scheduler, the Skedence alternative compares both.
Click into a real coaching business.
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Common questions
Is Elite Coach Booking a good CoachIQ alternative?
Yes, if you are an independent coach selling private lessons, packages, clinics, or camps. You get a premium website, booking that knows your venues and drive time, and payments to your own Stripe account for a flat $39 or $79 a month, with no ECB fee on client payments. If you run a multi-coach facility that needs a shared inbox with SMS or a branded app, CoachIQ is built for that.
How much does CoachIQ cost compared with Elite Coach Booking?
CoachIQ lists its starter coach plan at $99 a month and prices facility and multi-location packages after a demo. It also adds a 1% + $0.20 fee to each transaction on top of Stripe's processing. Elite Coach Booking is $39 a month for Core or $79 a month for Elite, and Core and Elite add no ECB fee to client payments. Stripe's processing applies on both. CoachIQ figures were checked on its pricing page on October 7, 2026.
What does CoachIQ charge beyond the $99 a month plan?
CoachIQ's pricing page lists the 1% + $0.20 transaction fee and Stripe's processing, and says optional services are priced separately: a custom white-label app, done-for-you marketing, power-ups, migration support, and custom integrations. It also says your demo confirms inclusions and total cost, so ask for an itemized quote.
Does Elite Coach Booking include a website like CoachIQ?
Yes. Every plan includes a premium coaching website with booking built in, and a new offer publishes to it the moment you save it in the app.
Do I need a sales call to start?
No. Activation is $1 in the Launch Room, where AI Coach prepares your offers, places, and hours for you to confirm. Your monthly plan starts with your first booking.
Does Elite Coach Booking do video coaching?
Yes, on Elite at $79 a month. A client buys a review from your own site and uploads clips. You answer by recording your voice over their footage while you pause it, step through frames, slow it down, and draw on the frame.
How fast can I be live?
In the Launch Room, AI Coach asks about your coaching one question at a time and prepares each change for you to confirm. Your site stays private until you publish.