Set the allowance by the number of visits you want to fund, then convert that into credits. Credit values differ by country and by activity, so a credit number that works in one market can be too low in another.

Step 1. Decide how many visits to fund

The World Health Organization recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate physical activity per week. In practice that is two to three sessions a week, or roughly 8 to 12 sessions a month. Most companies fund somewhere between 4 and 12 sessions per employee per month.

Step 2. Convert visits into credits

Indicative credit values across the FitKit network: a gym visit is 4 to 8 credits, a group class 7 to 10, tennis 10 to 20, a spa visit 15 to 30, a massage 15 to 50. Exact values are set per activity and shown in the app.

An allowance sized for 8 gym visits is not the same as one sized for 8 massages, so decide which behaviour you want to fund before fixing the number.

Step 3. Check the floor

Do not go below an allowance that funds about 4 visits a month. Below that, employees stop using the benefit and it acquires a reputation for being unusable, which is harder to repair than the original budget gap.

What you are charged for: allocated or spent

Before you fix the allowance, settle which basis your contract uses, because it changes what a generous allowance costs you.

• Per allocated credit. You pay for the credits issued that month whether or not they are used. Here the allowance is a purchase, so size it close to what you expect people to use.
• Per spent credit, also called pay per use. The allowance is a ceiling and you are invoiced only for credits spent on completed check ins. Unused allowance is not charged, so you can set the ceiling generously without paying for it, but the monthly invoice varies with usage.

Ask FitKit which basis applies to your quote, and ask for the cost under both. Roughly half of allocated credits go unspent in a typical month, so the same allowance can produce very different invoices.

The alternative: subscriptions

Instead of credits you can assign a subscription tier per employee. A subscription is a fixed monthly cost with a daily activity ceiling, which makes budgeting simpler but removes any saving on employees who do not show up.

Who to contact

Not sure which fits? Write to the address for your country and we will send the figures side by side before you decide.

• North Macedonia and all other enquiries: info@fitkit.app
• Serbia: infors@fitkit.app
• Bulgaria: infobg@fitkit.app
• Slovenia: infosi@fitkit.app
• Greece: infogr@fitkit.app