Alternatives to Wellhub, grouped by what each one buys

Employers look for a Wellhub alternative for a handful of reasons. In Ireland and the UK its company price comes only with a quote, employees contribute to their own plans, and what anyone gets from it depends on the plan they choose and how they use the network. The alternatives buy quite different things, so the useful comparison is by what the money pays for first and by price second.

Another pass to gyms and studios

ClassPass is the nearest match to Wellhub's model, with subsidised plans offered as a benefit, giving access to fitness studios, gyms, salons and spas in one app. Its explainer describes a level of contribution the employer chooses, and its packages page describes a charge only for the team members who activate their membership, so the company pays for the people who take it up rather than for the whole headcount. The same page notes that rates may vary and additional fees may be included. There is a team package for fewer than 50 employees, with a choice of three monthly plans, and a company package for 50 or more employees, with a dedicated account manager, launch and onboarding materials and a choice of five monthly plans. The price is not published on its corporate pages, where the pricing link opens an enquiry form.

A second pass changes the supplier and leaves the benefit much as it was. It suits staff who already know how they like to train and want more places to do it.

An allowance or a local gym deal

Some employers skip the platform and pay towards fitness directly, either as a negotiated rate at a gym near the office or as an allowance each person spends on the gym, class or kit they choose. The cost is whatever the company sets. Like a pass, it pays for access, and how the time in the gym is spent is left to each person. A wellness stipend set against coaching seats weighs that choice in full.

Mental health apps and platforms

If the need behind the search is stress, sleep or mental health, the alternatives are different companies altogether. Headspace sells an annual Headspace Core licence for each seat, giving a year of unlimited access to the Headspace Core content library, and its published price for a small business is €540.20 a year for 10 seats, which is €54.02 a seat. Calm publishes plans for organisations of 5 to 300 people, and one of its listed prices is $637.80 a year for 10 people, or $63.78 a person, in US dollars. Unmind offers therapy, coaching, training, crisis care and proactive tools, all in one place. Its price is not published, and the route to a price is booking a call with its team.

These look after the mind side of wellbeing. A company that buys one still has the question Wellhub was bought to answer, which is how its people get fitter and stronger, and a coaching seat sits beside a mental health benefit without either doing the other's job.

Perks platforms and employee assistance

Perkbox bundles wellbeing support with an employee assistance programme, salary sacrifice benefits, discounts, and reward and recognition. Its price is not published, and its pricing page offers flexible packages quoted after you fill in a form. Spectrum.Life, with offices in Dublin, Manchester and Dubai, offers a wellbeing platform, an employee assistance programme, an AI companion, return-to-work support, GP and physio services, and insights and analytics. Its price is not published, and its pricing page is an enquiry form that asks for the size of your workforce.

Both suit a company that wants one supplier for several needs at once, with the scope and the price agreed in a sales conversation.

Coaching seats

TriageFit coaching seats pay for a coached plan for each person who holds one. Each seat is a full membership, funded by the company, with nothing for the person to pay. It starts with an intake of about thirty minutes, and the programme built from it runs in phases our coaches designed, four to six weeks long, with every exercise chosen for the equipment the person has and the injuries they reported. Food targets are matched to their metabolism, and a weekly check-in of a few minutes brings a coaching message back within seconds, which a real coach reads as well.

Prices are published per seat for the year, with VAT included, at €500 a seat for 10 to 24 seats, €450 a seat for 25 to 49 seats, €415 a seat for 50 to 99 seats and €375 for 100 or more. The company sees who holds a seat and a report of group figures with anything below five people held back, and nothing about how anyone uses their seat.

The options side by side

A consultancy in Belfast choosing between them

Say an engineering consultancy in Belfast with sixty staff has a Wellhub quote on the table, and a staff survey in which people asked for help with training and food more often than for a gym. The HR lead sets each option against that answer. A second pass or an allowance buys what the quote buys. A mental health app answers a different need, and the firm already has an employee assistance programme. Coaching seats answer the survey directly, so the firm prices 25 seats in sterling at £405 each, £10,125 for the year with VAT included, and offers them to the people who asked. Its announcement tells staff that a seat is optional and that the firm sees only the roster and group figures, and a month later the report shows how many people finished their intake, naming nobody.

How to start

The business page prices a pack before anyone signs in, and packs of up to 50 seats are bought online, with the portal ready once checkout completes. What Wellhub costs a company sets out its prices from its own pages, and corporate wellness companies compared covers the wider market.