Zivvy vs Spark
Here is the honest version. Spark Membership is martial arts school software — CRM, funnels, email automation and member management, sold by people who say they've run schools for thirty-plus years. Zivvy is the growth platform for martial arts schools — it connects to the machinery you already run and finds the money hiding inside it.
first, an honest question
Owners search "Spark alternative" for two very different reasons. The first is the software — a feature is missing, the fit is wrong, you want different machinery. If that's you, Zivvy is not your answer, and we won't pretend it is. Gymdesk, Kicksite, MyStudio and Zen Planner all compete for that job.
The second reason is the money — the software works, the funnels run, and the bank account still doesn't match the effort. That's not a software problem. That's hidden profit: failed payments nobody chased, students drifting toward the door, leads that never got a second call. That problem doesn't get fixed by switching school software. It gets fixed by finding it.
If the software is the problem, switch software. If the money is the problem, you don't have to switch anything.
two different jobs.
The school's marketing engine.
Spark Membership is martial arts school software — CRM, email and marketing automation, funnels and member management, sold as replacements for named tools like MailChimp, ClickFunnels and MindBody. The martial arts proof is real: a claimed 2,000+ schools and a logo wall with Gracie Barra, ATA Martial Arts, American Top Team and Krav Maga Worldwide. If you want a consolidated marketing-and-management stack from martial arts people, that is the job they're built for.
The money the school already earned.
Zivvy is the growth platform for martial arts schools. It doesn't run funnels, blast email, or manage memberships — and it doesn't ask you to leave whatever does. It connects to the school you already run and finds the hidden profit: the failed payments sitting unrecovered, the students quietly going cold, the follow-ups that never happened. Then it helps you recover it — or does the recovering for you.
Spark runs the school's marketing. Zivvy finds the money the school already earned.
we both ask for a dollar. read what comes after.
Spark's offer is 8 weeks of membership for $1. Zivvy's is 14 days for $1. Fair's fair — both are real risk reversals, and theirs is longer. Here's the difference that matters: what you know before the dollar leaves your pocket. Spark's pricing page shows no prices — it's a demo-booking form, so you learn the monthly number on a sales call. Zivvy's pricing is on the pricing page: $397, $597, $897, explained. And before either dollar, Zivvy's free Diagnostic shows you what your school is hiding — so the decision isn't "do I like the demo," it's "is the number real."
A dollar should buy a decision, not a sales call.
side by side, honestly
Yes means yes, no means no. Nobody wins a row they don't earn.
| Feature | Spark | Zivvy |
|---|---|---|
| Runs CRM, funnels, member management | Yes — that's the job | No — works alongside yours |
| Martial arts focus | Yes — schools first, member businesses second | Yes — schools only |
| Replaces marketing tools (email, funnels) | Yes — sold as replacements for named tools | No — different job |
| Publishes full pricing on the site | No — demo form in place of prices | Yes — $397 / $597 / $897 |
| Zapier integration | Yes — documented contact and lead actions [Verify two-way trigger/action depth] | Yes — two-way, it's how Zivvy connects alongside |
| Finds unrecovered failed payments in your data | [Verify] | Yes — The Vault |
| Flags students likely to quit before they quit | [Verify] | Yes — The Family Room |
| Works without replacing your current software | No — it is the software | Yes — that's the whole point |
| Trial | 8 weeks for $1 | 14 days for $1 |
| Take your data if you go | [Verify] | Yes — always |
[Rows marked verify are pending a documented capture of Spark's current feature set. Do not publish unverified rows as No.] Spark rows reference sparkmembership.com and help.sparkmembership.com pages as of August 2026.
you can keep Spark. really.
If Spark runs your funnels and follow-ups and runs them well, keep it. Spark documents a Zapier integration with contact and lead actions — and Zapier is exactly how Zivvy connects. We integrate with any provider that allows two-way Zapier integrations. No switching, no migration, no hostages. Spark keeps working the front of the school — leads, funnels, campaigns. Zivvy watches the back: the payment that failed in month eight, the kid whose attendance faded in October, the member the funnel won but the follow-up lost. Different layer, same school.
Keep the software. Add Zivvy.
when to choose which
Choose Spark if
You want a consolidated marketing stack from martial arts operators — funnels, email, CRM in one place — and you're comfortable learning the price on a demo call. The logo wall is real.
Choose Zivvy if
Your systems already mostly work and the money still doesn't add up. The gap between effort and bank account has a name — hidden profit — and finding it is the entire job.
Choose both if
You want Spark filling the pipeline and Zivvy making sure what's already inside never leaks out. They were built for different layers of the same school.
the questions owners actually ask.
Is Zivvy a Spark replacement?
No. Spark is school software with a marketing engine; Zivvy is a growth platform. Spark documents a Zapier integration, and Zapier is how Zivvy connects — alongside, not instead.
What does Zivvy actually cost?
$397, $597, or $897 per month — REVEAL, RECOVER, and RUN. The difference is how much of the recovery work Zivvy's team does for you. Full detail is on the pricing page.
Spark's trial is 8 weeks for $1. Yours is 14 days. Why shorter?
Because the Diagnostic does the convincing before the trial starts. You'll know what your school is hiding before you spend the dollar — 14 days is for confirming the number, not discovering the product.
Do I have to migrate my data to use Zivvy?
No. Nothing moves. And if you ever leave, you take your data with you.
What support does Zivvy include?
In-app chat, live one-on-one calls, a ticketing system, and email — staffed Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm Central. When something's wrong with your money, you talk to a person.
Where do I start?
The Diagnostic. It's free, it takes minutes, and it shows you what your school is hiding before you spend a dollar. No card, no call.
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see what your school is hiding.
Run the free Diagnostic. If the number surprises you, start the full platform — 14 days for $1.