Honest Comparison

Combat Control
vs
PushPress

Modern, well-designed gym SaaS popular with boutique fitness studios. Rated 4.9 on G2.

PushPress is one of the best-designed gym platforms on the market. Modern UX, popular in the boutique fitness scene, 4.9/5 across 169 G2 reviews. Their model is modular: a Free, $159 Pro, or $229 Max core stack, with Train ($79), Grow ($329), and Branded App ($97) as separate add-ons. The full stack lands at $664+/mo. Combat Control bundles equivalent functionality in published AUD tiers without the modular upsell. Here's the honest comparison.

Where PushPress Wins

  • ✓Beautiful, polished UX. Consistently rated as the best-looking and easiest-to-use gym platform.
  • ✓4.9/5 G2 rating across 169 reviews. Strong customer love.
  • ✓Free starter tier. Actually runnable for very small gyms with no upfront cost.
  • ✓Self-checkout retail POS with multiple payment methods.
  • ✓Active product development with regular feature shipping.
  • ✓AI-marketed features including the Train workout-tracking module.

Where Combat Control Wins

  • ✓BJJ-specific. Belts, stripes and IBJJF promotion readiness as first-class. PushPress treats martial arts as one of many verticals.
  • ✓Australian-first. BECS direct debit, AUD pricing, AU compliance context.
  • ✓Single bundled price versus PushPress's modular Pro plus Train plus Grow plus Branded App stack that adds up to $664+/mo.
  • ✓Lifecycle re-engagement automations targeting BJJ-specific moments: trial conversion, at-risk students, promotion eligibility.
  • ✓Multi-gym and franchise dashboard built for AU regional networks.
  • ✓Cohort retention matrix and gym health score. BJJ-tuned diagnostic depth.
  • ✓Embeddable trial booking widget with brand-customisable colours and logo.
  • ✓Injury reports with automatic Stripe subscription pause and resume.

Feature by Feature

Feature Combat Control PushPress
BJJ belts + stripes + IBJJF promotion readiness Generic rank tracking only ✓ ✗
Lifecycle re-engagement automations CC: BJJ-tuned · PP: general fitness ✓ ✓
BECS direct debit (Australia) ✓ ✗
AUD pricing published ✓ ✗
All features in one bundled price PP modular: Pro + Train + Grow + Branded App ✓ ✗
Free starter tier ✗ ✓
Self-checkout retail POS ✗ ✓
Workout tracking (Train module) ✗ ✓
Multi-gym / franchise dashboard ✓ ✓
Embeddable trial booking widget ✓ ✓
Tablet kiosk check-in ✓ ✓
Cohort retention matrix + gym health score ✓ ✗
Injury freeze with auto subscription pause ✓ ✗
Direct Stripe (your money, your account) CC: transparent 2.5% platform fee on member payments ✓ ✓
Badge + streak gamification ✓ ✗
Trilingual student app (EN · PT-BR · ES) ✓ ✗
Class capacity heatmap ✓ ✗
Brand-customised transactional email templates ✓ ✓
Automated Google review requests ✓ ✗

The Bottom Line

Boutique fitness studio with broad needs that wants the most polished gym SaaS available? PushPress is hard to beat. BJJ academy in Australia that wants bundled pricing without the modular upsell stack and BJJ-specific operational depth? Combat Control is the better fit.

Honest math, your numbers

Combat Control vs PushPress: your numbers

Drag the sliders to match your gym. We show Combat Control's all-in monthly cost (SaaS + 2.5% platform fee + Stripe processing) next to your current platform's loaded equivalent.

Combat Control
per month, all-in
SaaS :
2.5% platform fee:
Stripe processing:
per month, all-in
Difference
25500
A$80A$400
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Combat Control: tier auto-selected by member count (Academy ≤75, Pro ≤200, Unlimited above). Application fee 2.5% on member payments via Stripe Connect. Stripe AU rates: 1.7% + A$0.30/txn on cards · 1% capped at A$3.50/txn on BECS direct debit.

Estimates only. Real costs depend on payment mix, FX, and tier. Run the numbers against your own statement before deciding.

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