Demosphere Comparison (Pricing, Features, & Benefits)

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Choosing software to run your business is a big decision that can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be, and by the end of this Demosphere review we hope that the best choice stands out.

There are many different aspects of your business that you will need to consider, and you want them all to run as efficiently as possible. Narrowing down your choices can be difficult, but we are here to help make the decision easy for you.

This comparison will discuss Demosphere, a sports management software company. We will kick things off by telling you about Demosphere’s background, move on to various features, and end with pricing information. We will also tell you about the company’s target market, along with some of the main competitors and their pricing.

As we go through our review, we will highlight Exercise.com and show you how it compares with Demosphere. We want to show you why we feel Exercise.com is the right choice for your fitness business. Every aspect of our software is customizable, so you will always have exactly what you need at every stage of your business’s growth.

With Exercise.com, you can manage every aspect of your business, from one place, to create greater efficiency. This is especially important since there are likely several different departments that require your attention. Thinking about solving a problem with one or more software platforms is the last thing you want to worry about, and we feel you shouldn’t have to.

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Demosphere Software Review

Demosphere is a software company that focuses on the management of sports organizations. The company was founded by Jay Baker in 1994. His original goal was to create a better way to manage soccer teams but he quickly noticed that the same need existed among other sports. Using his technical skills and database experience, he created Demosphere.

Demosphere’s goal is to positively impact every community they are a part of by providing technical solutions that make it possible for the ethical management of sports. The company wants to help leaders focus on creating and growing programs by developing tools to elevate the way sports organizations operate.

As with most sports management organizations, Demosphere wants to help coaches to spend their time coaching and parents to spend their time cheering for their kids. Some of the features the company employs to help with this include registration, reporting, data security, scheduling tools, group communication, roster management, customer support, and mobile apps.

Demosphere vs Exercise.com

One of the main distinctions between Demosphere and Exercise.com is the ability of a fitness business to operate efficiently. Demosphere focuses solely on sports organization management, but not every gym or fitness center directly deals with sports. There are likely athletes working out or training for an event, but sports are not the primary focus of fitness businesses. Even if your business does have sports leagues within the facility, you likely also have other departments like personal training and group fitness that need management. Demosphere would not be able to help you manage those other areas, so you would need to find third-party software.

Exercise.com is an all-in-one fitness business management software platform that is designed to help you create efficiency by giving you the ability to manage your entire business from one place. You can manage your memberships, keep track of schedules, automate communication, run reports, create marketing strategies, set up an e-commerce store, and much more, all from the same platform. You could even use our software to help manage sports leagues if they are a part of your facility.

Exercise.com simply has more applicable features to the running of a fitness business than Demosphere does. With efficiency and growth being the goal, it is important to utilize software you can trust to run your business without problems, and building this trust is one of our goals. Let’s begin to look at some software features that you’ll want to consider.

Unless otherwise stated, all images and reviews below are of/about the Exercise.com software platform.

Fitness Business Management Software

As we mentioned, one of the great things about Exercise.com is that you never have to worry about using multiple platforms to run your business; you can do everything from one spot. Our software is easy to learn so that your staff members don’t have to spend a lot of time and energy figuring out how to use it. The features are also easy for your members to use, meaning they are more likely to fully utilize the software.

Client/Class Scheduling

The Exercise.com software platform makes it easy for you to create group class and personal training schedules. Once they are finished, your members can view the calendars on your website or through your app. They can even reserve a spot in their favorite class or book a session with their trainer. Your schedules can easily be sorted by the instructor, trainer, date, time, modality, studio, or any number of different categories. Demosphere also has some scheduling features within its software that allow organizations to schedule events and practices.

Gym/Facility Management

When it comes time to make important business decisions, you want to have information available to help you make the right choice. With the Exercise.com software platform, you can customize reports to give you the exact information you need. Whether its running monthly membership numbers to decide on promotions or analyzing personal training sales to decide on pricing, our software can create whatever type of report you are looking for.

Client Automation

In order to maintain a smooth operation, you want your business to run as efficiently as possible. Part of this is finding ways to make your business processes work for you, and having the right software is an important step. With our automated features, Exercise.com can do a lot of your work for you, which results in you having extra time to spend in other areas of your business. Some of our features include:

• Automatic Emails and Texts
• Automate Workout Delivery
• Automate Resource Delivery
• Automate Assessment Delivery
• Automate Reminders/Alerts via app, text, and email

Dedicated Zapier Support

To keep the all-in-one functionality of our software, Exercise.com provides you with a plethora of integrations. We understand, however, that sometimes you might want to use a platform that is not organically integrated with our software, so we’ve teamed up with Zapier to help. Zapier allows you to integrate your web apps so they can share data, automate the passing of information between your apps, and innovate faster and more effective processes.

Our partnership includes dedicated Zapier support through every step of the process. With over 2,000 apps to choose from, you can be sure that your business’s website will always run efficiently and be user-friendly.

Dedicated Account Manager

At Exercise.com, we place a high value on customer service, which is why we provide all of our clients with a dedicated account manager to be with them, indefinitely, through every step of the process. If your business model changes and you want to redesign your website, your account manager will collaborate with our world-class development team to get it done. If you want to open an e-commerce store, your account manager will be there for you. Whether big or small, we will help you through any obstacle that may arise.

Customized Software

Exercise.com is a fully-customizable software platform which means that you can expect our product to be built just for you. We not only customize the look through custom-branding, but we also customize the function and design of your mobile app, website, and marketing tools. We want to help your business stand out from your competitors, and we believe that customization is an important part of the process.

Custom-Branded

If you want your business to be different from others, you need to make sure your look stands out. You can do this by creating a logo, choosing certain color schemes, or having pictures taken of your business. Once these items are finished, you can use them to custom-brand your Exercise.com software. By doing this, you can help your members and potential members feel connected to your business, even when they aren’t physically there.

iOS & Android Apps

Both Demosphere and Exercise.com provide apps for their customers, but only Exercise.com makes the app fully-customizable. We will bring your vision to life in both look and functionality so that your members have a positive experience. Through your app, members will be able to view schedules, make purchases from your e-commerce store, and even view their workouts.

Websites

Demosphere does not provide its customers with a website, which adds another step that owners would have to go through in order to successfully run their business. Exercise.com provides all of our customers with websites that are fully customized to meet their needs.

Much like with our app, we will add the design and functionality you’re looking for while making the site efficient and easy to use. Members will be able to view all kinds of important information and access their member profile through the site. Our websites provide:

• Responsiveness
• SEO optimization
• Unlimited theme changes
• Conversion of visitors to leads
• Custom graphic work
• Google Certified Partnership

Security Features

Demosphere does an adequate job of providing security features to its customers. They do not sell information or data and allow for permission based-access. At Exercise.com, security is also very important. We want you to feel that your information is safe with us so that, in the same way, your members will feel their information is safe with you. Some of our security features provide:

• SSL Security
• Privacy Shield Framework
• Google Cloud

Marketing Integrations

An important part of growing your business is delivering information to people so that new members are encouraged to join and current members are encouraged to utilize more of your services. Communicating this information is done through marketing. Exercise.com gives you all of the tools you need to effectively market your products and services, and we do so by providing integrations to popular platforms. Remember, if there is another platform you prefer to use, you can always utilize our partnership with Zapier to make it work within your software.

Some of our more popular integrations include:

• MailChimp
• ConstantContact
• ConvertKit
• Zapier
• Google Analytics
• Facebook Pixel

Workout Software

Workout software is one of the most important parts of the Exercise.com platform. You can help your members see more value from your current services by utilizing our workout creator and logger, and you can also use the same tool to create new products to sell as part of your e-commerce store. We will dive into that more shortly, but the possibilities are truly endless.

Since Demosphere is used for managing sports organizations from an administrative standpoint, there is no workout software included in their platform. The following several sections will focus only on Exercise.com.

Workout Creator/Logger

Tracking progress is one of the most crucial parts of client retention, which is why the Exercise.com software platform features a workout logger to help your clients collect and view information about their progress.

They can easily see changes in their performance, which will motivate them to continue using your service. In addition, our workout creator helps your trainers take their workouts to a digital platform. This can save time, increase efficiency, and make workouts more accessible for your clients. Our workout creator/logger provides users with endless possibilities for delivering workouts, tips, and encouragement to clients in any scenario, including:

1-1 Training

One-on-one training gives clients the opportunity to receive the coaching and motivation they need in a personal manner. Most gyms offer personal training, so, to help your department grow, you have to provide a better service than your competition. One way you can do this is by using the Exercise.com software platform to have your trainers create workouts and communicate with clients. This makes the experience more interactive for the clients, which will play a role in their success and, ultimately, your ability to retain them.

Group Training

Some people still want coaching and more personal accountability, but they feel more comfortable with a couple of friends. The Exercise.com software platform gives your clients, who are training in a group, the same benefits as those training individually. They can still view their workouts, communicate with their trainer, and track their progress. The experience doesn’t change, but it’s a way that you can make sure all of your clients are comfortable with the process.

Online Training

As our world shifts to a more virtual setting, the fitness industry is following suit. In-person training will never go out of style, but you can add a valuable service to your business by offering online training. Our workout platform is perfect for this service because our workout creator allows trainers to develop easy-to-follow workouts, clients to track their results, and the two sides to communicate about the program.

Exercise Library

In order to make our workout creator effective, we provide all of our customers with a pre-built exercise library to use when designing programs. Trainers can easily find exercises by searching for them by name or muscle group and then can drag them into a workout template. The exercises in our library contain explanations and demonstration videos so that you can be sure your clients will fully understand how to complete the workout with good form. As an added bonus, our platform even allows you to add your own exercises.

Custom Exercises

Videos with demonstrations that are performed by your own trainers show clients that your facility goes the extra mile to provide value. It is nice for the client to see a friendly face in the demonstration and also helps them feel a certain amount of trust in the workout. The ability to add custom exercises can also be especially beneficial if your facility is one that offers a more non-traditional style of fitness. This way, you can be sure that your video library contains exactly what you’re looking to give your clients.

TV Workouts

There is a lot of value in video demonstrations when it comes to creating workouts for clients to do on their own, but there is another way your gym can use them. During a training session or group class, you can cast video demonstrations of given exercises onto a TV screen so that your participants have a way to constantly refer back to the proper form of the exercises. It also gives your trainers and instructors a point of reference when explaining an exercise. This is a great way to provide the personal touch that so many people look for when choosing a gym.

E-Commerce Software

The Exercise.com software has a fully-customizable e-commerce platform to help you set up an online store and accept payments securely. In addition to products, you can use our workout creator to design workout-based products like pre-built plans, online workout memberships, or workout challenges. Demosphere does not offer a full e-commerce platform where products or services can be sold, however, the software is able to accept payments for things like player fees or tournament registration fees.

Payment Processing

The Demosphere website does not go into specifics as to which program it uses to process payments, but it does make it clear that its software can be used to create promo codes, develop in-house debit or credit cards, and offer financial aid options. Exercise.com uses Stripe to accept payments in a safe and secure manner. Your members can pay for a single group fitness class, a personal training package, membership fees, products, or a bill that includes all accrued expenses over a given period.

Sell Products

As your members or fans see what great offerings you have, they may want an item to represent their affiliation with your business. By offering products in your e-commerce store, you give them the flexibility to purchase convenient products from the comfort of their home. You can choose to sell clothing items, water bottles, sweat towels, or anything else you feel could be branded to represent your business.

Sell Workout Plans

In addition to products, your business can generate extra revenue by using our workout creator to design and sell pre-built workout plans. By selling workout plans, you are paving the way to connect with members who do not currently use your other services. For example, someone might want a professionally built workout but not want to commit to a trainer. Rather than leave this member to his or her own devices, you can still provide them with a service by offering a pre-built workout. You can also create these workouts for people with any type of goal. Create weight training plans for bodybuilders, endurance plans for runners, or routines for those wanting to improve their general fitness.

Offer Online Workout Memberships

As you gain more success with your pre-built archive of workouts, it might be worthwhile for your business to offer an online membership. Those who participate would receive your pre-built plans at regular intervals, allowing them to follow a training plan. In return, you could count on continuous revenue as long as the membership stays active. Best of all, you are creating even more potential value for no extra investment of time.

Sell Workout Challenges

Fitness businesses are successful when their members are excited about how the business is being run. A great way to create energy and excitement is to sell workout challenges. You bring everyone together for the same purpose and it doesn’t matter if they are competing individually or as a team; they just want to participate. You can gain extra revenue from these challenges, and you can even promote your other services by offering them as a prize for the winners of the challenge.

Performance Health Software

Demosphere may contain a performance health platform in its software, but the specifics are not clear on the company’s website. What we can be sure of is, since the software is not built for gym management, any performance health platform that is offered would likely not be applicable to fitness businesses.

Exercise.com knows that seeing progress is an important key for retaining your current clients and motivating them to tell their friends about your services. Our performance health software provides a platform to use customized assessments, customized performance reports, and even a nutrition tracker so that your clients are set up to succeed.

Assessments

You cannot track a client’s progress without knowing where they started. By delivering a customized assessment, you can establish a baseline of information that you will refer back to as a client completes steps in his or her training program. Your assessments will not be one-size-fits-all. Instead, you can create a series of tests based on an individual’s goals. For example, instead of testing a competitive runner on strength, you can develop an assessment to test his endurance.

Performance & Measurement Reports

As you gather more information throughout the course of a training program, you will want to show your clients how they are progressing. The information you collect can be put into customized performance and measurement reports that are easy to read and can automatically be delivered to your clients. You can send progress pictures, weight changes, strength changes, or any other metric you choose. Your clients will be happy to see their progress and happy to continue paying for your services.

Nutrition

Nutrition is an important part of any fitness goal. Exercise.com wants your clients to be successful, so that your business is successful, which is why we have included a nutrition tracker in our software. Your clients can log their food and water intake so they can see how it interacts with their workout program. The information that is logged is also available to trainers so they can get a more complete idea of how to proceed with the training program.

Demosphere Software Pricing

To gather information on pricing, potential Demosphere customers must contact the company directly. It is not clear on the Demosphere website as to whether or not the software program is purchased on a subscription basis or a one-time fee.

Demosphere Software Competitors

Listed below are four of Demosphere’s main competitors and some of the pricing structures associated with each. The prices listed in this table are accurate at the time this comparison was written (May 2020).

The Bottom Line: Pros and Cons

As we are nearing the end of our comparison, you are probably seeing that Demosphere and Exercise.com were built for different purposes. The bottom line is that Demosphere cannot effectively meet the needs of a fitness business because it was not built to include the management of all the different areas that need attention. Not all fitness centers even have a sports component, so it would take a very specific type of fitness business to find an effective use for Demosphere.

Additionally, the Exercise.com software platform could meet the needs of fitness businesses that contain a sports department, but that function is not reciprocated. Demosphere does an effective job when it stays within sports organization management, but a gym would have to employ third-party software in order to run the rest of the departments. This would lead to inefficiency and added expense.

Demosphere Cons

When speaking to function within a fitness business, Demosphere misses the mark for owners and managers. For starters, and most importantly, there is not a fitness business platform in the software. The program was not built for fitness business and, therefore, cannot be used to manage them. The software is also missing a workout platform, which takes away many potential revenue streams for fitness businesses. Whether or not a business chooses to utilize a workout platform to add new services, it can still benefit from adding value to current services. Demosphere also is lacking an e-commerce platform, meaning that members are not able to purchase products or services themselves through the software.

Exercise.com Pros

Exercise.com works for fitness businesses because it was built for fitness businesses. We know the challenges that owners face within the industry, and we designed our software to meet each and every one. Because our software is fully-customizable, you can count on getting a product that is built specifically for you and your business.

Our fitness business management platform allows you to create schedules so your clients can view and book appointments on their own. It also provides countless automated features to help streamline communication. All of our software is custom-branded to include your logo and other features so that your customers feel like they are part of your community whether they are there in person or working out from home.

Speaking of working out at home, our workout creator and logger give you the freedom to create programs that your members can purchase and then do them on their own wherever they are. This can all be done through your custom e-commerce store. They can log their progress and communicate with trainers along the way to stay on track. Another useful tool in tracking progress is our performance health software. You can create assessments for your clients and then automatically have the performance and measurement reports delivered.

At the end of the day, Exercise.com is the right fit for your business because we know what it takes to succeed and we’re willing to do everything we can to make it happen for you. We look at you as a partner, rather than a customer. By working together to create your vision, we are confident that we can achieve mutual success.

What elements of fitness business software do you feel are most important for your success?

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