The Best GoTeamUp Alternative for UK Gyms in 2026

Most "best alternative" articles are written by people who've never run a gym. This one isn't. Ravini is built by the owner of two gyms in Harrogate and York, and it's the software those gyms run on. So before we tell you to switch, here's the honest version of what you'd be leaving.

GoTeamUp is good. Here's what it's good at.

GoTeamUp earned its place. For class booking and direct debit at a small studio, it's clean, it's reliable, and there's no contract tying you in. Members find the booking easy, payments come in on time, and the schedule does what a schedule should. If that's the whole job, GoTeamUp does the whole job.

A lot of the gyms looking for an alternative aren't unhappy with GoTeamUp's booking. They've just outgrown what it's for.

Where GoTeamUp runs out of road

Three things send owners looking.

The bill grows with you. GoTeamUp's pricing scales with active member count. Cross a threshold and the price steps up. Want your own branded app instead of the shared one? That's an add-on on top. The tool you signed up to at one price quietly becomes a bigger line item every quarter you grow.

It manages members. It doesn't chase leads. This is the real gap. GoTeamUp is built around the people who already joined: booking them in, billing them, tracking attendance. It has basic lead management, but no visual marketing automation, no AI lead scoring, and nothing that pulls a Facebook lead-ad enquiry straight into an automated follow-up. If you spend money on ads, the leads land somewhere GoTeamUp doesn't really work, and follow-up falls to whoever remembers.

It's one tool in a stack of five. Booking in GoTeamUp, email in a separate platform, leads in a spreadsheet, messaging in another app. Every join between those tools is a place data goes missing and a job someone has to do by hand.

Ravini vs GoTeamUp: the honest comparison

Two things to be straight about. GoTeamUp matches Ravini on the fundamentals: booking, payments, no contract, no setup fee. And GoTeamUp added lead management, so the old line that it "has no CRM" isn't true any more. The difference isn't whether the feature exists. It's how far it goes. Ravini is built to run your marketing, not just store a lead's phone number.

The pricing maths

This is where it gets concrete. Say you're a growing gym that wants its members to have your own branded app, not a shared one.

On GoTeamUp, you pay the tier for your member count, around £99 a month to start for up to 100 members, plus the branded app add-on on top. Both can rise as you grow.

On Ravini, you pay £50 a month for the first 50 gyms, then £99 a month, with the branded app included and no per-member scaling. The number doesn't move when you sign your 250th member.

So you start cheaper, and even at the standard price you're getting the app for nothing and a bill that doesn't climb with your roster.

Who should switch and who shouldn't

Switch if you're running ads or want to, you're tired of the bill climbing as you grow, or you want one system instead of a booking tool plus four bolt-ons.

Stay if you're a solo PT or a small studio with no marketing ambitions and GoTeamUp's booking does everything you need. The simplest tool that does the job is the right tool. Don't move for novelty.

Frequently asked questions

Is Ravini harder to use than GoTeamUp? No. The member-facing booking and app are built to be simple, because gym members aren't technical. The extra power sits on the owner's side, where you want it.

Will switching disrupt my members? No. We migrate you, GoCardless direct debits move across without members re-authorising, and Ravini goes live the same day you switch off GoTeamUp.

Does Ravini work for CrossFit boxes and PT studios, not just gyms? Yes. Class booking, 1:1 PT booking, waitlists, and memberships all run on the same platform.

What does Ravini cost compared to GoTeamUp? Ravini is £50 a month for the first 50 gyms, then £99 a month, with the app included and no per-member scaling. GoTeamUp starts around £99 a month for up to 100 members and charges extra for a branded app, so Ravini comes in cheaper to start and, because it doesn't scale per member, the gap grows as your gym grows.

Is there a contract? No, on either. You can leave Ravini whenever you like, which means we have to keep earning it.

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