Most coaches who switched told us the same thing. Their bill kept climbing as they added clients, and the platform kept asking them to act like a marketer instead of a coach.

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Why coaches told us they left Trainerize.

We have spoken with coaches who came over from Trainerize in the past year. These are the things they told us mattered most. We are not here to talk down another team. We are here to be honest about the trade.

  • The bill kept climbing. The base plan is fair at the start. The add-ons stacked up. Nutrition was extra. The branded app was extra. As the roster grew, the monthly invoice did too.
  • A new payments fee landed on top. Coaches told us a transaction percentage was added on top of the subscription they already paid. That stacking is the part that hurt.
  • The product is built for group fitness and studios. Trainerize is owned by ABC Fitness and aimed at studios as much as one to one coaches. The flow felt heavier than what a solo coach with a focused roster needed.
  • The pressure to be a marketer. The dashboard pushed them toward funnels, lead capture, and ad copy. They wanted to coach, not run a sales motion every morning.
  • The athlete app felt generic. Branding was an add-on. Without the upgrade, athletes were inside someone else's product, not the coach's.

What Marrow does differently.

Marrow is a different shape on purpose. The room is built for the coach who wants to go back to coaching.

  • One price that does not punish growth. The base price is $99 a month per coach. It does not climb as you add clients. The 5 percent is opt in. It only applies if you let Marrow collect payments for you. Take payments your own way and the 5 percent does not apply.
  • No AI camera grading your athletes. Form is a coach's read. The Movement Analysis tool is for coach driven annotation only. The camera does not score.
  • No meal plans your athletes have to follow. Marrow runs on macro ranges and food principles. No prescription. No policing the fridge.
  • No chatbot between you and your athlete. The relationship is the product. Nothing sits in the middle of it.
  • No referral fees and no growth tax. Bring another coach in and you both get a free month when their first payment clears. Marrow shares upside with the network instead of skimming it.
  • The growth services are bundled in. Marketing kits, sales support, and trend briefs come with the 5 percent. They are not a separate add-on.

The five step migration path.

This is the path. Realistic time on each step. The Founder Cohort gets the migration concierge for free. We move you in.

Step 1

Apply to the Founder Cohort.

Tell us how many clients you have, what platform you are on, and what you need brought over. We confirm a fit and get you a migration concierge slot.

Time. About 5 minutes.
Step 2

Export your data from Trainerize.

Inside Trainerize, go to your account settings and request a full data export. The export covers your client list, your program library, and history. Trainerize emails the CSV bundle when it is ready. If the option is hidden, contact Trainerize support and ask for a full account data export in CSV format. They are required to provide it.

Time. 10 minutes of clicks. Up to a few hours for the export to land.
Step 3

Marrow imports it for you.

You hand the export to your migration concierge. We map your athletes, your programs, and your history into Marrow. Custom movements in your library become custom movements in your Marrow library. Workout history attaches to each athlete's Marrow profile.

Time. We do this. You get a confirmation when it lands.
Step 4

Your athletes get a warm welcome.

Each athlete receives a branded email and a magic link. They land in a short onboarding that says their coach moved to Marrow. Their plan and training history show up the moment they sign in. There is no app store search and no password reset for them to manage.

Time. 90 seconds per athlete on their end.
Step 5

Pick how you take payments.

Connect your own Stripe account through Marrow and the 5 percent applies. Keep collecting payments your own way through your existing processor and there is no 5 percent. The choice is yours and you can change it later.

Time. About 10 minutes if you go through Marrow.

The economic comparison.

Marrow, plain

Here is the deal, plain. It is $99 a month per coach, and your price never climbs as you take on more clients. If you let Marrow collect the money your clients pay you, Marrow keeps 5%, and only on the money it actually moves. Take payments your own way and there is no 5%. The 5% is not a tax. It comes with the marketing kits, the sales help, and the trend briefs our team makes for you every month. Bring another coach in and you both get a free month when their first payment clears. Your branded app is included. The 5% choice stays yours. That is how a network shares upside with its coaches.

Compared to Trainerize. On Trainerize, the base plan and the add-ons stack as the roster grows. There is no equivalent to letting one fee replace the whole stack. See the full side by side at /compare.

The five refusals.

These are on the page because the refusals are the proof. Anyone can promise the good parts. Few will tell you what they will not sell you.

We will not grade your athletes with a camera.
Form is a coach's read, not a camera's call. You stay the one who watches and writes the note.
We will not write meal plans your athletes have to follow.
Macro ranges and food principles only. You are not paying us to police anyone's fridge.
We will not promise you a six figure month.
If you wanted to be a marketer, you would already be one. This platform exists so you can stop.
We will not raise your price as you grow.
The five percent is opt in. It only applies to payments we process for you. The number never climbs.
We will not put a chatbot between you and your athlete.
The relationship is the product. A bot in the middle is the thing we are here to remove.

What you keep.

The move does not take your business. It carries it. You keep your athletes. They keep their training history. You keep your programs, your custom movements, and your library. You keep the relationships you spent years building. Marrow is the new room. The work is still yours.

If you change your mind in the first 90 days, we hand the export back. No retention games. The data is yours.

Ready to move?

The Founder Cohort closes once 50 coaches are in. After that the migration concierge becomes a flat fee. Apply now and we move you in.

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