Best vCita Alternative: Exercise.com vs. vCita

Exercise.com: Your vCita Alternative

Why Choose Exercise.com?

Here are five reasons why fitness professionals use Exercise.com vs. vCita.

If you’re ready to get started with an easy-to-navigate, all-in-one fitness software, designed to fuel your business, request a demo with Exercise.com today.

And, if you want to see how vCita’s additional features stack up to Exercise.com software features, check out our in-depth guide below.

What is vCita?

vCita was founded in 2010 by Itzik Levy and Eran Utmazgin and originally started as an online scheduling platform.

On Capterra, vCita has garnered solid reviews with a rating of 4.4/5 stars. For the basic management of clients, appointments, and payments, vCita seems to fit the bill. However, for a fitness business, much more is needed to manage and grow your business. In fact, negative reviewers of vCita often complained about the software’s faulty features in addition to the lack of customer service:

“Not one feature on this platform worked for scheduling clients, group classes, enrolling students, taking payments or event setting the calendar.” (Capterra)

“Product development is nonexistent. Customer support is a joke.” (Capterra)

On the contrary, Exercise.com provides you with an all-in-one solution for your fitness business. Our software not only equips you with features in management, appointments, and payments, but other important features as well, such as workout creation/delivery, performance and health assessments, ecommerce capability, and much more. You need the software you utilize to have well-rounded features that cover all facets of your business.

Unless otherwise stated, all images and reviews below are of/about the Exercise.com All-In-One Fitness Business Management software platform.

Fitness Business Management Software

The Exercise.com Fitness Business Management Software (FBM) platform is capable of schedule management for classes, members, and employees, as well as automatic notifications and reporting. vCita does offer some similar features in which we will compare below.

Client/Class Scheduling

Both vCita and Exercise.com allow for client and class scheduling. You also have the capability to integrate your schedule with Google and Apple calendars on both platforms. With vCita, however, it is unclear if you can sort clients in multiple ways as their website does not mention such a capability other than being able to include the location, duration, and pricing for each service you offer.

Exercise.com allows for that too while also being able to sort clients by:

• Trainer
• Location
• Service
• Recurring
• Time
• Availability

Gym/Facility Management

Both vCita and Exercise.com allows you to set up staff roles and permissions for employees. However, vCita does not state to offer reports on different areas of your business like Exercise.com does.

Business Dashboard Reports

For any business, knowing the trends and success of your operations lets you know what is working and what needs to be improved. vCita’s lack of reporting puts you at a disadvantage because you are unable to analyze your business. They do provide a dashboard that lets users see information such as their calendar, recent clients, and payments but there is no capability for reports.

Exercise.com wants you to be on top of your business which is why we allow you to run customized reports on revenue, clients/groups, and staff. On the Exercise.com dashboard, information such as your schedule for the day, recent clients, messages, and business reports are shown to you and can be customized to your preferred presentation.

Client Automation

Automation allows you to put your business on autopilot which helps tremendously when you are focused on other tasks. vCita does offer some automation features but they are mainly in SMS/email reminders and campaigns.

With Exercise.com you can:

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

Dedicated Zapier Support

Both Exercise.com and vCita are Zapier supported in which you’re able to integrate with over 2,000 applications such as Twitter, Instagram, Paypal, and LinkedIn, to name a few.

Dedicated Account Manager

A common bane among reviews for vCita is their customer support. When using any new software, assistance is often needed and it can be very frustrating and even a financial risk when you aren’t given the proper support.

With Exercise.com, you are given your own personal account manager to assist you with any of your needs or concerns. If you need to redesign your logo or set up an ecommerce store, your account manager will get it done for you. We help guide you every step of the way to ensure you have all the tools for success.

Customized Software

You want your business to be acknowledged and for customers to connect with your brand. Having the ability to customize the software you use can help bring in more potential clients because your business stands out.

Custom-Branded

At Exercise.com, we don’t just want to give you software to use, we want to make it your software. We allow for a wide range of customizable options so that your brand can be seen and recognized. vCita does not allow you to customize its software fully.

In fact, the only customizable options that vCita allows for is a profile picture, cover image, a logo, and brand color. All of these options can only be placed or utilized in specific areas of their software inhibiting you from customizing it the way you want. With Exercise.com, you’re able to fully customize your web and mobile apps with not just colors and logos but copy, integrations, custom videos, and more.

iOS & Android Apps

Both vCita and Exercise.com offer iOS and Andriod applications that allow you to utilize features on the go but there’s an important difference. vCita does not let you have your own branded app which means that it is vCita that customers or people will search for in the app stores, not your business. With Exercise.com, we give you your own custom branded app that is searchable in the Apple and Android app stores.

Websites

vCita does not offer you your own custom website, only their online portal. Exercise.com provides you with a fully customizable website with features like:

• SEO optimized
• Unlimited theme changes
• Built to convert visitors to leads
• Custom graphic work
• Google Certified Partner

Security Features

Both Exercise.com and vCita meet relevant requirements for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and are compliant with the Privacy Shield Framework. Exercise.com also utilizes SSL security and Google Cloud.

Marketing Integrations

The marketing integrations that vCita states to offer are Google Analytics and Zoom.

Exercise.com provides you with a wide range of marketing integrations. Some of our more popular integrations include

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

Workout Software

One of the major pitfalls of vCita is that they lack workout software. Workout features have proved to provide important revenue streams for many fitness businesses. Since vCita does not have capabilities in such features, we will focus on how Exercise.com empowers you with our workout software.

Workout Creator/Logger

Creating workouts is a pivotal component for any fitness business. Each client has specific areas they want and need to improve upon. Exercise.com’s workout creator/logger allows you to create and deliver workouts to clients in any scenario, including:

1-1 Training

Exercise.com allows you to design custom one-on-one training workouts for your clients.

Group Training

Exercise.com gives you the ability to create workout content for any group activity. No matter if you are training a sports team or offer a group training package at your gym, you’re ensured that any group can get the proper attention and content they need.

Online Training

The online world is as active as ever and you want to be sure your fitness business can take advantage. Exercise.com gives you the capability to train clients online anywhere, at any time.

Exercise Library

Creating workouts isn’t always easy, which is why Exercise.com wants to make this process as smooth as possible for you. We provide you with an exercise library comprised of thousands of exercises that you can search for and create your workout content with. These exercises include video demonstrations, tips, location of muscles worked, and more so that your clients can fully understand and perform these exercises adequately.

Custom Exercises

In addition to the pre-built library of exercises that you will have access to, you can also add custom exercises to this library. These exercises can be filmed anywhere and can feature you, your staff members, or anybody of your choice.

TV Workouts

Our software allows you to cast exercise demos onto television screens which paves the way for various means of engagement for your clients or staff.

Ecommerce Software

The utilization of computers and smartphones have allowed for a booming ecommerce market. With vCita, you are able to let clients pay for the services you list in their software, but if you are looking to sell products and workout content, vCita is not specifically designed to do so like Exercise.com.

Let’s take a look at how vCita stacks up to Exercise.com’s ecommerce features.

Payment Processing

Both vCita and Exercise.com utilize Stripe and gives clients the ability to pay a one-time or recurring fee with cash, check, credit card, or direct deposit online and in-store.

Sell Products

vCita software is not designed to sell products, only services. On the other hand, Exercise.com allows you to sell any type of merchandise online or in-store.

Sell Workout Plans

Selling your workout content online can be a great revenue stream for your business, which is why Exercise.com allows you to create and sell your custom workout plans to anyone, anywhere.

Offer Online Workout Memberships

Exercise.com saves you time by letting you automate the schedules of your clients with online workout memberships. These memberships allow for exercises to be sent automatically at a designated time/situation in which clients can perform these exercises at any location.

Sell Workout Challenges

Exercise.com allows you to engage your current clients and attract new ones by selling workout challenges online. These challenges can be a great way to catch the attention of the abundance of users that utilize social media platforms every day.

Health and Fitness Assessment Software

As vCita is not fully designed to cater to fitness businesses, there are no health and fitness features in assessments, reports, or nutrition.  With Exercise.com, you can not only assess the health of your clients but improve upon it as well by providing options to:

• Reengage clients through automated assessments
• Retain clients by showing progress
• Track measurement data, injuries, etc.
• Optimize the delivery of personalized workouts and nutrition

Assessments

With Exercise.com, you can create custom assessments that can automatically trigger custom workouts based on the data acquired. These assessments can be specifically designed for any individual with information like history, measurement data, injuries, photos/videos, and goals.

Performance & Measurement Reports

You also have the ability to run performance and measurement reports on metrics such as weight, height, activity level, distance runs, power output, range of motion measurements, and others. Exercise.com allows you to truly design custom regimens and profiles for any client.

Nutrition

Exercise.com allows you to monitor your client’s eating habits by tracking daily nutrients such as carbs, fat, protein, etc. You can also upload meal plans, files, and pictures to ensure your clients can meet their nutritional needs.

vCita Pricing

vCita offers an online scheduling plan for $12 per month for the basic scheduling features. From there, they offer an essentials plan for $19 per month, a business plan for $45 per month, and a platinum plan for $75 per month with each ascending plan having more features.

vCita Alternatives

Some common vCita competitors include:

The Bottom Line: Pros and Cons

vCita is a solid software platform for the management of clients and payments for your services, but if you’re looking to really grow your fitness business and provide workout and health content, vCita will not be enough.

vCita Cons

vCita’s lack of workout creation/logging capabilities, health and performance assessments, and ecommerce can really put your business at a disadvantage. For many fitness businesses, these are features that are critical to success. When you also take into account other capabilities that they lack, such as customization and reporting features, it wouldn’t make sense to put your business in a limiting situation.

Exercise.com Pros

Exercise.com is specifically catered to fitness businesses which is why we provide features that are known for growth and management in this industry. From workout and health software to marketing integrations and business reports, we got you covered. With Exercise.com, you’re ensured that you will have all the tools to succeed.

What features are you most interested in?

If you’re looking for an alternative to vCita and are ready to grow and manage your business with fully customizable software, book a demo with Exercise.com.