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PLT4M is a software company similar to TeamBuildr in functionality at a higher price.
They offer similar functionality in providing an iOS, Android and Tablet apps. However, PLT4M does not offer an integration with student wearable devices while also missing several other features.
PLT4M's customers are primarily high school football programs and markets their product primarily to head football coaches at high schools; the service provides CrossFit programming to high school athletes.
The company does not indicate itself as a product for colleges, pro teams, private facilities, trainers or other strength and conditioning programs or professionals.
PLT4M no longer publicly publishes their pricing after the most recent price hike.
Their older pricing model provided 5 separate pricing plans - all of which are higher than TeamBuildr. A coach with less than 50 athletes will shell out $600 per year while a school with more than 250 athletes will pay out $1,500 per year.
Organizations with more than 500 athletes are not given a transparent price on the website. PLT4M does offer all features and unlimited coach accounts with every price plan, and only differentiates on athlete count.
TeamBuildr and PLT4M both other discounts for multi-year agreements.
PLT4M offers 12 training programs to choose from while TeamBuildr offers more than 80 programs designed by a committee of experienced high school, collegiate and professional coaches. TeamBuildr releases new training programs on a monthly basis and will build programs to customer requests with our in-house Program Design Coach and Sport Scientist.
PLT4M states they will provide dedicated support at every price plan. The company does not specify what kind of support will be provided. TeamBuildr offers unlimited phone, email and Zoom support to ALL customers.
PLT4M provides CrossFit-style training and terminology to high school athletic programs while also allowing coaches to write their own programming or edit the training programs provided.
The software provides similar features to TeamBuildr including Leaderboards, training maxes, reporting and analytics. However, PLT4M seems to be missing basic functionalities strength and conditioning coaches require such as weight room timer, sub-maxes (Front Squat 1RM = 80% of Back Squat 1RM), and much more.
TeamBuildr provides custom questionnaires whereas PLT4M does not offer any sports science capabilities.
TeamBuildr offers a TV Timing system (Whiteboard), which allows coaches to keep athletes on pace throughout their workout. PLT4M does not offer this feature.
Within the TeamBuildr mobile app, athletes can video their movements for coaches to provide feedback. PLT4M does not offer this feature.
Lucas Stanton, Anamosa High School
"We decided to make the switch for a variety of reasons but the main reason was we felt it was what was best for our kids and our program.
We had been with PLT4M for two years but just felt like something was missing. When we started doing our research and finding out what a lot of the best programs and coaches were using we continually saw TeamBuildr as the “go to” app. On the surface it seemed like it was similar to what we were already doing. However, the more research we did the more impressed I became with the people at TeamBuildr and what they created. Their customer service has been superior and awesome to work with. I was surprised to find out all that they have to offer and for a cheaper price than PLT4M. The switch was a no brainer!
I truly feel that this is the best app for strength and conditioning. With PLT4M we never felt like the workouts and program design was really geared for true athletic performance. The exercise database in TeamBuildr is using the same terminology that we as high school strength coaches use. In PLT4M we always got the crossfit feel which turned a lot of our athletes off.
At the end of the day this is really about what is best for our student-athletes and our kids really seem to enjoy this app better. We feel that this app is way more user friendly and way more accessible for us."
TeamBuildr provides a full feature table on its pricing page here.
