Glofox (now part of ABC Fitness) powers thousands of boutique fitness studios worldwide. OLM is the modern, martial-arts-native challenger with pay-as-you-grow pricing. Here's the honest comparison.
I train at a gym that uses this app, and I build the product. If the table below says Glofox beats us on something, it's because they do.
Glofox is a polished, enterprise-backed platform widely used in boutique fitness — HIIT, yoga, pilates, F45-style programming. It has the feature depth and international reach you'd expect from an ABC-owned product. But it's not martial-arts-native: belt tracking, seminar ticketing, and multi-discipline rank history aren't first-class. OLM is the opposite — purpose-built for martial arts, zero subscription, your Stripe account, your rails. Pick Glofox for boutique fitness at scale. Pick OLM for martial arts, period.
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OLM wins
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Glofox wins
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Ties
Built for
OLM
Martial arts academies (BJJ, Judo, Muay Thai, Karate, MMA)
Glofox
Boutique fitness (HIIT, yoga, pilates, functional)
Starting price
OLM
$0/mo · 2% on memberships ($2 min) · 3% on seminars/merch/drop-ins · free POS · zero processing markup
Glofox
Monthly subscription tiers (sales-quoted)
Per-member fees
OLM
None
Glofox
Tier-based member caps
Built for
Starting price
Per-member fees
Belt & rank tracking
Seminar & one-off ticketing
Billing rails
Training journal / AI coach
Churn prediction
White-labeled member app
Demand pipeline / member discovery
International / multi-currency
Integrations ecosystem
Onboarding
Contract
Pricing and feature sets change — this page reflects a best-effort snapshot from publicly available info. Check their site directly before deciding.
Best fit
Best fit
OLM uses Stripe Connect, which supports the same currency set as Stripe — so yes, multi-currency works. That said, OLM's marketing and support are US-centric (English first, US business hours). If your gym is outside the US and you want a vendor with local support presence, Glofox's international footprint is a real advantage.
Glofox is purpose-built for boutique fitness (HIIT, yoga, pilates, spin) — class booking, marketplace, brand-forward member experience. OLM is purpose-built for martial arts. If you're running a yoga studio, Glofox is the right tool; if you're running a BJJ academy, OLM is.
Glofox is owned by ABC Fitness Solutions and integrates with their broader ecosystem (membership card systems, club management at chain scale). OLM is independent and integrates with Stripe, Resend/SendGrid, S3, and Clerk — a narrow but well-tested set. If chain-fitness ecosystem features matter to you, Glofox has more.
Yes via CSV export. Member roster, contact info, and active subscriptions migrate cleanly. Belt / rank / journal records typically need to be created fresh in OLM (Glofox doesn't structure them the same way).
No credit card to sign up. No contract once you go live. If it's not the right fit, you keep your Stripe account, your member list, and your data.