Compare · Checked on November 3, 2026
How OpenAthlete compares
Six platforms people weigh against us, compared on what you can check: price, watch support, coaching, AI, and who owns the code. Where a competitor is the better pick, we say so.
The landscape
Open or locked in, cheap or expensive
Our reading of the market. Across: what a coach or a committed athlete pays. Down: how portable the software and your data are.
Positions are a judgement from public prices and licences, not a measurement.
At a glance
Seven platforms, one table
Checked against each vendor's own pages on November 3, 2026. Pick a name for the full comparison, sources included.
- Yes
- Partly
- Not offered, or not listed on the vendor's own pages
| OpenAthlete | TrainingPeaks | Nolio | intervals.icu | Final Surge | Runna | Strava | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open source | |||||||
| Self-hosting | |||||||
| Free athlete account | Every feature | Basic: no workouts on the watch | Not a planner | ||||
| Planned workouts sent to the watch | Garmin, Suunto, COROS | Premium only | Garmin, COROS | ||||
| Coaching athletes | |||||||
| AI with your own key | Connector, on Supporter | ||||||
| Native mobile apps | Coming soon | Third-party apps | |||||
| Self-coached athlete, per year | €0Supporter optional | $134.99Premium, before tax | €0Premium: €82.80 | $0Supporter: $48 | $0 | $119.99 | €0Subscription: €59.99 |
| Coach with 10 athletes, per year | €50Any roster size | $1,187.28Athletes on Premium | €358.80Classic plan | $0Teams need Supporter | $468Pro plan, monthly | Not for coaches | Not for coaches |
USD prices are before tax, as published; euro prices include VAT. Bar lengths convert at about 1 USD = 0.87 EUR.
Honest picks
Who should pick what
Sometimes the answer isn't us. Here's when.
Pick OpenAthlete if
OpenAthleteYou want every feature free, workouts on Garmin, Suunto or COROS, AI with your own key, and code nobody can take away from you.
Checked on November 3, 2026
How we compare
We only list what we could check on a vendor's own pages or in a public press release, on the date shown. If we couldn't verify something, we left it out rather than guess. Prices are list prices: USD before tax as published, ours with VAT. Competitors change their offers; if you spot an error, write to contact@openathlete.org and we'll fix it.
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