Zen Planner API
Zen Planner's API lives on the Daxko Partners portal with a public OpenAPI reference, OAuth 2.0 client credentials and signed webhooks. Credentials come only through a Daxko sales rep, and the legacy integration is being retired in favour of this API 2.0.
Frequently asked questions
Zen Planner scores D+ on Supergood's API Report Card. Zen Planner's API lives on the Daxko Partners portal with a public OpenAPI reference, OAuth 2.0 client credentials and signed webhooks. Credentials come only through a Daxko sales rep, and the legacy integration is being retired in favour of this API 2.0.
Without a usable official API, teams fall back on manual exports, file drops, or one-off vendor integrations. The other option is an unofficial API layer like Supergood that automates the authenticated web app directly. Site terms may apply to any integration approach, and how they apply is a determination each team makes for itself.
Zen Planner is an all-in-one membership, billing, scheduling and attendance system for martial arts schools, CrossFit boxes, gyms and boutique studios.
Fitness & Wellness, small and mid-sized gyms, martial arts and jiu-jitsu schools, CrossFit and functional fitness boxes, yoga and boutique studios. Front desk and coaches check members into classes with the staff app or kiosk, manage reservations and waitlists, and record attendance that drives belt promotions and skill tracking.
Zen Planner served more than 5,500 gyms, martial arts schools and studios in 58 countries when Daxko acquired it in 2017, and it remains a standard shortlist option for martial arts and CrossFit operators alongside Wodify, Kicksite, PushPress and Gymdesk.
Member and prospect PII including minors and family accounts, belt and skill progression records, class reservations, attendance and check-in history, membership contracts and holds, recurring billing and stored payment methods (PCI scope through Zen Planner's processor), retail sales, staff time punches and payroll inputs, and waiver and health questionnaire responses.
Founded 2006, and the studio application still runs on ColdFusion paths (studio.zenplanner.com/zenplanner/studio/index.cfm) while third-party reviewers describe the UI as dated with a redesign promised for 2026.
API Evangelist's profile notes the Zen Planner API is partner-gated, access is requested through a Daxko sales representative, and live traffic could not be exercised for its review. Reddit gym owners describe the Daxko-owned platforms as changing things for the worse after private equity ownership, which is the context in which the legacy Zen Planner API is being replaced. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include Wodify, Kicksite, Gymdesk, PushPress, Mindbody. Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
Supergood's grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? Supergood checks six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and rolls them into a letter grade. Supergood re-verifies grades, and they only move on evidence.
Not that we could find. There is no official Zen Planner MCP server in any public registry, and no maintained community server we're aware of. We re-verify this periodically — report an inaccuracy below if we missed one.
Not natively. Zen Planner doesn't publish an MCP server, so MCP clients like Claude, Cursor, and Codex have nothing to connect to out of the box. If that changes, this page will reflect it.