For one coach, run from a chat, with the no-show fee that charges itself.
Coach is the CoachIQ alternative made for a single coach who lives on the court, not for an academy front desk. You set up your booking page, payments, packs, and cancellation policy by describing how you work in a couple of sentences in a chat. From then on the chat is the remote: "invoice Anna", "move Tuesday to 6pm", "who owes me?" CoachIQ is built for coaches and academies, doesn't publish its pricing, puts you through a demo first, and takes about a week of concierge setup. Coach goes live in minutes and charges no-shows automatically.
Both are made for racket and court-sport coaches. The difference is who the product is shaped for and how much it does on its own.
CoachIQ is demo-gated with no public pricing and about a week of concierge onboarding. With Coach you describe your work in a chat and your booking page, payments, and policy are live in minutes.
Coach saves a card at booking and charges the penalty automatically per your own cancellation policy. The fee charges itself. CoachIQ has no automatic no-show penalty.
Invoicing, moving lessons, checking who owes you, all happen by typing a plain sentence. CoachIQ is a set of screens, not a chat that runs the studio.
CoachIQ is built for coaches and academies. Coach is built for one solo coach, so there's no team layer or front-desk overhead to wade through.
Coach ships a coach phone app you run your day from. CoachIQ has no coach phone app.
CoachIQ's Google Calendar sync is one-way and in beta despite what their FAQ says. Coach keeps your calendar, clients, and money in one place.
| Coach | CoachIQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | One solo coach | Coaches and academies |
| Setup | Minutes from a chat | Demo-gated, about a week of concierge setup |
| Public pricing | $19/mo or $190/yr, shown plainly | None published |
| Run the business from a chat | Yes ("invoice Anna", "move Tuesday to 6pm") | No |
| Automatic no-show penalty | Yes, per your own policy | No |
| Card saved at booking | Yes | n/a |
| Lesson packs, auto-deducted on attendance | Yes, client sees the balance | Packs, no automatic no-show fee |
| Platform fee on lesson money | 0% (Stripe processing still applies) | n/a |
| Coach phone app | Yes | No |
| Google Calendar sync | Calendar, clients, money in one place | One-way, beta despite their FAQ |
A card is saved when the client books. If someone misses a lesson, the penalty is charged automatically per the policy you wrote. Not a reminder that nudges people. The fee charges itself.
Sell a lesson pack once and one is deducted automatically when the client shows up. Take a deposit or full prepay the moment they book. The client can see their pack balance any time. You keep the lesson money at a 0% platform fee. Stripe's processing still applies.
$19/mo or $190/yr. A 14-day trial that needs a card. The first 50 coaches lock in a founder rate of $15/mo for life. WhatsApp is a paid add-on. CoachIQ doesn't publish pricing, so you find out the number on a demo call.
Yes. CoachIQ is built for coaches and academies; Coach is built for one coach who works on the court. You get a booking page, payments, packs, and a cancellation policy set up from a chat in minutes, plus a coach phone app.
Yes. The card is saved at booking and the penalty is charged automatically per your own cancellation policy. CoachIQ has no automatic no-show penalty.
Minutes. You describe how you work in a couple of sentences and your studio is assembled. CoachIQ is demo-gated with about a week of concierge setup.
No. Coach ships a phone app you run your day from. CoachIQ doesn't have a coach phone app, and its Google Calendar sync is one-way and in beta despite what their FAQ says.
$19/mo or $190/yr, with a 14-day trial that needs a card. The first 50 coaches get $15/mo for life. CoachIQ doesn't publish its pricing.
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