Looking for a Coach Catalyst alternative?
If Coach Catalyst feels like more platform than you need — a habit and nutrition stack, AI and community features, priced on a client-count slider that starts at $5/mo for 3 clients and climbs with your roster, with no free plan — a leaner 1:1 app may fit better. hiignite is a focused coaching app for trainers: a genuinely free tier, a published $9.99/mo Pro plan with 10 clients included and $6 per extra block of 10, no per-message fees, and Stripe payouts at a $0 platform fee.
Updated 1 September 2026 · Coach Catalyst pricing verified against their own pricing page
hiignite vs Coach Catalyst
Coach Catalyst prices by client count from $5/mo at 3 clients, with no genuinely free plan (just a 14-day trial), and bundles a lot of habit, nutrition, AI and community tooling you pay for whether or not you use it.
| Feature | hiignite | Coach Catalyst |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes — $0 forever, 1 active client | No free-forever plan; 14-day free trial, no card required |
| Entry paid price | $9.99/mo ($95.99/yr), up to 10 clients — launch price until 31 Dec 2026, regular | From $5/mo (Coach) or $25/mo (Coach Pro) at the 3-client slider stop; the figure rises with your roster — $39 (Coach) at 12 clients, $79 at 25 |
| Per-client fees | None for your first 10 clients, then $6 per extra 10 — or Unlimited at $49.99/mo with no cap | Yes, indirectly — the plan price itself is set by how many clients you have, on a slider whose stops end at 300 clients |
| Per-message fees | No | None stated |
| Program builder + templates | Yes — drag-and-drop, reusable templates | Yes |
| Form-check video | Yes — dedicated review flow | Yes — “Form Checks” is a named feature in the base Coach plan |
| Real-time chat | Yes — real-time 1:1 | Built-in messaging/centralized inbox plus communities/group feeds; 'real-time' is implied but not explicitly stated |
| Payments & payouts | Yes — automatic billing to your own Stripe, $0 platform fee | Electronic payments via a 'Create Products' feature; integrates with Stripe (per GetApp); any platform fee is not stated |
| Web + iOS + Android | Yes — web, iOS and Android | Yes |
Coach Catalyst’s pricing and plan structure were verified against its own pricing page on 1 September 2026 and may change — check current details on their site before deciding. Source: Coach Catalyst pricing. The comparison reflects what is available in hiignite today, not roadmap items.
Why coaches switch to hiignite
A genuinely free tier, not just a trial
Coach Catalyst gives you 14 days to evaluate, then it's paid (and listings indicate no permanent free plan). hiignite has a $0-forever plan for 1 active client (500 MB storage, 120s uploads, 1080p playback — the same video spec as the paid plans), so you can run real coaching and onboard your first clients before paying a cent.
A price you can look up, not slide to
Coach Catalyst's price is set by a slider: it starts at $5/mo for the Coach plan (or $25/mo for Coach Pro) at 3 clients and climbs with your client count — $39 at 12 clients, $79 at 25, $129 at 100, so your bill is a moving target you have to go and check. hiignite publishes one number — $9.99/mo (or $95.99/yr) for Pro with up to 10 active clients, then $6 per extra 10 clients, or a flat $49.99/mo for Unlimited with no client cap. Same arithmetic every month.
Keep more of every payment, in a leaner product
hiignite bills your clients automatically through your own Stripe account with a $0 platform fee and charges no per-message fees, so client payments land with you. Paired with a drag-and-drop program builder, reusable templates, real-time 1:1 chat and form-check video, it's a focused mobile coaching experience without the extra surface area you may not need.
What you get with hiignite
- A free-forever plan for 1 active client — no 14-day trial clock
- $9.99/mo Pro ($95.99/yr) for 10 clients, against $39/mo on Coach Catalyst's 12-client stop
- Extra clients past 10 are $6 per block of 10, or $49.99/mo Unlimited with no cap — and no per-message fees
- Stripe payouts at a $0 platform fee — you keep everything except Stripe’s standard processing
- Program builder + templates, real-time chat and form-check video review on one plan
Coach Catalyst pricing in 2026 — and what you’d pay on hiignite
hiignite’s price is arithmetic you can do yourself: $9.99/mo covers your first 10 active clients, and every extra block of ten is $6 — and past 70 clients, Unlimited at a flat $49.99/mo with no cap is always cheaper than adding blocks, so we switch you automatically. Coach Catalyst’s is a slider, and it does publish a figure at every stop: $5 at 3 clients, $39 at 12, $79 at 25, $99 at 50, $109 at 75, $129 at 100, rising to $219 at 300. Coach Pro is $20/mo above Coach at every stop. These are the figures each side actually states.
| Active clients | hiignite | Coach Catalyst |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0 — free forever | 14-day trial, then paid |
| 5 | $9.99/mo | $39/mo (12-client stop) |
| 10 | $9.99/mo | $39/mo (12-client stop) |
| 25 | $21.99/mo | $79/mo (25-client stop) |
| 50 | $33.99/mo | $99/mo (50-client stop) |
| 100 | $49.99/mo — Unlimited | $129/mo, or $108/mo billed annually ($1,290/yr) |
Coach Catalyst prices by client count, not by feature tier. Its pricing page is a slider: you tell it roughly how many clients you coach and it quotes a figure. Two plans sit on that slider — Coach, from $5/mo, and Coach Pro, from $25/mo, which adds unlimited coach seats, unlimited communities, its Habby AI assistant and priority support. Coach Pro is exactly $20/mo above Coach at any given client count. Both come with a 14-day free trial, no card required, and neither has a permanent free plan. Because the number moves with your roster, the simplest way to see your own price is to set the slider on their site — worth doing before you commit, since it climbs as you grow. hiignite’s pricing is published in full: $0 forever for 1 active client (500 MB storage, 120s uploads, 1080p playback), or $9.99/mo — $95.99/yr — for Pro with up to 10 active clients and 1 GB of storage, twice the free tier. Video is the same on both plans, full 120-second uploads at 1080p, so form check works properly even on the free one; what Pro buys you is roster size, storage, reusable templates and AI import. Past 10 clients every extra block of 10 is $6 — and past 70 clients, Unlimited at a flat $49.99/mo with no cap is always cheaper than adding blocks, so we switch you automatically. No add-on modules to switch on, no per-message fees, and Stripe payouts at a $0 platform fee. For a solo coach building a roster, that means you can work out next month’s bill in your head.
How to switch from Coach Catalyst to hiignite
1. Work out what actually has to move
Most coaches move far less than they expect. Your programs, templates and the clients you are actively coaching matter. Years of logged sets, old check-in photos and archived chat threads almost never get opened again — and carrying them across is what turns a two-evening job into a two-month one.
2. Rebuild templates, not history
Rebuild your five or six core programs as reusable templates in the block builder rather than importing every session you have ever written. It is usually faster than any export/import dance, and you end up with a cleaner library than the one you left behind.
3. Move clients in waves
Start with one client on the free plan to get a feel for the flow end to end. Then move a first wave onto Pro — 10 active clients are included — and keep both tools running for a billing cycle. Nobody has to be migrated on a deadline.
4. Point payments at Stripe last
Move billing once your clients are settled, not before. hiignite pays out through Stripe with a $0 platform fee, so you keep everything except Stripe’s standard processing — but give yourself a cycle of overlap rather than switching invoicing and tooling on the same day.
We wrote about why this is less painful than it looks in the migration problem isn’t the data — the short version is that the blocker is almost never the export file, it is deciding what deserves to come with you.
Questions, answered.
Yes, if you want a simpler 1:1 training app with a real free tier and a low, published price. hiignite gives you a $0-forever plan and a $9.99/mo Pro plan with no per-message fees and a $0 Stripe platform fee, plus a drag-and-drop program builder, reusable templates, real-time chat and form-check video. Every feature is included at that price — no feature paywalls — and 10 clients before you pay $6 for another block.
Coach Catalyst prices by client count on a slider rather than by fixed feature tiers. Two plans sit on it: Coach, from $5/mo, and Coach Pro, from $25/mo, both at the 3-client stop, which adds unlimited coach seats, unlimited communities, Habby AI and priority support. Both include a 14-day free trial with no card required, and neither has a permanent free plan. Because the quoted figure rises with your roster, those entry prices are a floor rather than what most working coaches pay — set the slider to your own client count on their pricing page to see your number.
Coach Catalyst prices by client count rather than by feature tier: its pricing page is a slider, and two plans sit on it — Coach from $5/mo and Coach Pro from $25/mo at the 3-client stop, the latter adding unlimited coach seats, unlimited communities, Habby AI and priority support. There is a 14-day free trial with no card required, but no permanent free plan. Because the figure moves with your roster, the simplest way to see your own price is to set the slider on their site. hiignite's pricing is published in full: $0 forever for 1 active client, or $9.99/mo ($95.99/yr) for Pro with up to 10 active clients, then $6 per extra block of 10 clients — or Unlimited at $49.99/mo with no client cap.
No permanent free plan. Coach Catalyst offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required, after which a paid plan is needed to keep coaching. hiignite has a $0-forever plan for 1 active client — 500 MB storage, with full 120-second uploads and 1080p playback, the same video spec the paid plans get — so you can run real coaching indefinitely before paying anything.
It depends on the size of your roster. Platforms like TrueCoach, PT Distinction and My PT Hub all cover 1:1 online coaching and are worth a look if you need a large feature surface or a white-label app. hiignite is aimed at the narrower case: a solo or small-roster coach who wants a genuinely free tier, one published price, and a fast program builder with form-check video, rather than a habit, nutrition, AI and community suite.
At the roster sizes hiignite is built for, yes. A coach with up to 10 active clients pays $9.99/mo against the $39/mo Coach Catalyst charges at its 12-client stop, and hiignite's free plan covers a first client at $0. Past 10 clients hiignite adds $6 for every extra ten, so 25 clients works out at $21.99/mo, and a 50-client roster at $33.99/mo — against a Coach Catalyst figure that keeps climbing with your list. At the top end: at 100 clients hiignite is $49.99/mo against Coach Catalyst's $129 billed monthly, or $108/mo billed annually — hiignite is cheaper on both. Coach Catalyst publishes a figure at each slider stop, so check your own client count on their site before switching.
Up to 10 active clients, the drag-and-drop program builder with reusable templates, real-time 1:1 chat, form-check video review, progress tracking and Stripe payouts at a $0 platform fee — $9.99/mo or $95.99/yr. No add-on modules to switch on, $6 per extra block of 10 clients and no per-message fees; Unlimited is $49.99/mo with no client cap.
There is no one-click importer. In practice most coaches rebuild their five or six core programs as reusable templates, which is usually quicker than reconciling an export file and leaves a cleaner library behind. Active clients move in waves, and you can keep both tools running for a billing cycle while you settle in.
How hiignite compares elsewhere.
Start coaching on hiignite.
The free plan is free forever — one active client, no card, no trial clock. Monthly plans are month-to-month, with no contract. Coach Catalyst is also month-to-month with no long-term commitment, and offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.