There is no single best one: the right choice depends on who runs the club and how it bills its pilots. For a member-run flying club or aircraft partnership that bills its pilots from the flight log, Pilot-Next settles every flight on the Hobbs or Tacho meter, turns it into an invoice that is debited to the pilot’s account balance, bills membership dues per month, quarter or year, enforces the booking limits the club sets for its members, and tracks maintenance due by flight hours and calendar months; it is priced per club rather than per aircraft, so one €45 a month ULTRA plan (billed annually) covers an unlimited fleet and unlimited pilots. For US flight schools running Part 61 or 141 training, FlightCircle ($10 per aircraft or simulator per month) and Flight Schedule Pro (no published price) are aimed at that market. For European aero-clubs that need formal credential and regulatory record-keeping, OpenFlyers is worth evaluating and has a free Solo plan. For clubs that mainly need a scheduler with flat tiers, PilotSchedule starts at $20 per month for 2 resources.
| Your club | Look at | What decides between them |
|---|---|---|
A member-run club, 2 to 10 aircraft, that bills pilots per flight | Look at: Pilot-Next · FlyClub · Holdshort · AircraftClubs | How the price grows with the fleet. Pilot-Next charges per club (€45/month on ULTRA, billed annually, for any fleet), FlyClub by fleet-size tier, Holdshort by tier plus $5 a month per extra aircraft, AircraftClubs per aircraft ($12–$18 a month each). How a club bills a flight → |
One shared aircraft with a handful of pilots | Look at: Pilot-Next · FlyClub · Holdshort · Flyout · Coflyt | Whether every co-owner needs a seat. Pilot-Next BASIC is €9/month (billed annually) for 1 aircraft and 5 pilots; FlyClub Lite $8.99/month and Holdshort Shared Plane $10/month; Flyout £10/month per aircraft with unlimited members; Coflyt $24/month for 1 aircraft and 1 seat. Software for aircraft partnerships → |
A US flight school with Part 61 or 141 training | Look at: FlightCircle · Flight Schedule Pro | Both are aimed at training. FlightCircle publishes $10 per aircraft or simulator per month; Flight Schedule Pro sells modules on a quote. |
A European aero-club with regulatory record-keeping | Look at: OpenFlyers · plus 15 European platforms on a page of their own | Language, local accounting and credential tracking. OpenFlyers is priced per resource per year and has a free Solo plan. Flying club software in Europe → |
A club that mainly needs a booking calendar | Look at: PilotSchedule · Schedule Master | Flat tiers by resource count (PilotSchedule, from $20/month for 2 resources) against a quoted range per resource (Schedule Master, $8–$12 a month in its own words). Aircraft scheduling software compared → |
This comparison was written by the Pilot-Next team, so treat our own entry accordingly. Every competitor price on this page was read off that vendor’s own website on the date shown next to it — not from a review site, not from another comparison page, and not from memory. Where a vendor states nothing, we write “Not stated” rather than guessing.
Across the twelve platforms below, published entry prices run from €0 to $24 per month, checked on 16 October 2026. Three platforms are free at the smallest size: Pilot-Next SOLO (1 aircraft, 1 pilot), the OpenFlyers Solo plan (1 resource, 5 users), and the Pilot Partner free fleet level — though that last one requires every pilot to hold their own eLogbook subscription at $29.95 per year. The single biggest cost difference is not the headline price but the model: most of these platforms charge per aircraft, so every aircraft added raises the bill. Four tier instead: FlyClub and Holdshort by fleet size, PilotSchedule by the number of schedulable resources, and Pilot-Next per club — its €45 ULTRA tier (billed annually) covers an unlimited fleet from three aircraft upward.
The other thing worth knowing before you start: only Flight Schedule Pro publishes no price at all — it routes pricing through a quote request, so comparing it on cost means asking first. Two others publish in a form that is easy to miss: FlightCircle as an image on its homepage, and Flyout only once its site has loaded in the browser.
What makes the bill grow
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Every aircraft adds to the bill
A price per aircraft or per schedulable resource, so each aircraft added raises the bill.
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The price steps up at fleet-size limits
Flat tiers that each cover a set number of aircraft or resources. The bill jumps when the fleet outgrows a tier.
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Tiers per club by aircraft and pilots; the top tier has no aircraft or pilot limit.
| Platform | Pricing model | Entry price | Free tier or trial | Price published? | Source checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot-Next | Tiered per company (unlimited aircraft on ULTRA) | €0 (SOLO) · €9/month (BASIC) | Free forever — 1 aircraft, 1 pilot | Yes | pilot-next.com · 2026-10-16 |
| AircraftClubs | Per aircraft, per month | $12 per aircraft/month (HALF-THROTTLE; $18 FULL-THROTTLE) | 30-day free trial | Yes | aircraftclubs.com · 2026-10-16 |
| Coflyt | Per tier, plus per extra aircraft | $24/month or $170/year (1 aircraft, 1 seat) | 30-day trial; afterwards the account keeps “freemium features” it does not list — no free plan on its pricing page | Yes | coflyt.com · 2026-10-16 |
| FlightCircle | Per aircraft/sim | $10/mo per aircraft/sim (shown on its homepage) | 60-day trial | Yes | flightcircle.com · 2026-10-16 |
| Flight Schedule Pro | Per aircraft — amount not stated | Not stated — quote on request | Not stated | No | flightschedulepro.com · 2026-10-16 |
| FlyClub | Tiered by fleet size | $8.99/month (Lite, 1 aircraft) | 1-week trial | Yes | flyclub.app · 2026-10-16 |
| Flyout | One subscription per aircraft, unlimited members | £5/month (Basic, own aircraft) · £10/month (Syndicate) | £0 for members invited into a Syndicate; no trial stated | Yes | flyout.app · 2026-10-16 |
| Holdshort | Tiered by fleet size | $10/month (Shared Plane) | 60-day trial | Yes | holdshort.com · 2026-10-16 |
| OpenFlyers | Per resource, per year | €0 (Solo) · from €120 per resource/year plus €120 | Free Solo plan — 1 resource, 5 users | Yes | openflyers.com · 2026-10-16 |
| Pilot Partner | Per aircraft, volume-tiered | $14.95/month or $149.50/year (1 aircraft) | Free fleet level — every pilot needs their own eLogbook subscription ($29.95/year) | Yes | pilotpartner.net · 2026-10-16 |
| PilotSchedule | Flat tiers by resource count | $20/month, or $16/month billed annually at $192/year (Solo, 2 resources) | Not stated | Yes | pilotschedule.com · 2026-10-16 |
| Schedule Master | Per resource, per month — quoted per organisation | Their own words: “typically cost $8 to $12 per resource per month” | 30-day trial | A range only | schedulemaster.com · 2026-10-16 |
Most flying club platforms charge per aircraft with unlimited members, so a club with two aircraft pays the same whether it has 10 or 30 members. On the vendors’ own websites on 16 October 2026, a year for two aircraft costs $170 on Holdshort (Shared Plane plus one extra aircraft), $192 on PilotSchedule Solo (as long as no instructor is on the schedule), $216 on Wingmint, $228 on FlightCircle, £240 on Flyout, $288 on AircraftClubs and €696 on Aviatize. Pilot-Next prices by pilots instead: €216 a year for up to 10 pilots on PRO, and €540 a year above that on ULTRA, with unlimited aircraft and pilots. The amounts are close; what separates these platforms for a club is whether flown hours become member invoices and account balances, or stay a booking calendar. Besides Pilot-Next, FlightCircle, Schedule Master, Pilot Partner, OpenFlyers, Coflyt and Aviatize say on their own sites that the logged hours are billed to the member; Flyout calculates the cost of each flight without stating that it invoices it; PilotSchedule, Wingmint, AircraftClubs, FlyClub and Holdshort do not state that flown hours are billed to the member.
| Platform | Published price | 2 aircraft, 10 members, per year | 2 aircraft, 30 members, per year | Bills the logged hours to the member? | Worth knowing | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot-Next | Per club by pilot count: PRO €18/month for 2 aircraft and 10 pilots; ULTRA €45/month unlimited (billed annually) | €216 | €540 | Yes — Hobbs/Tacho priced, invoiced and booked to the pilot’s balance | Above 10 pilots ULTRA, with unlimited aircraft and pilots | |
| PilotSchedule | Solo plan: $192 a year for 2 schedulable resources, unlimited members | $192 | $192 | Not stated | Instructors on the schedule count as resources; with one, Basic at $480 a year | |
| Wingmint | $9 per aircraft per month, unlimited members, billed monthly | $216 | $216 | Not stated — monthly statements, dues by ACH | Optional ACH payments cost 0.92%, capped at $5.75 per transaction | |
| FlightCircle | $10 per aircraft per month, 5% off billed annually, unlimited users | $228 | $228 | Yes — checked-in flight charged to the user’s ledger | Price shown as an image on the homepage | |
| Schedule Master | “typically cost $8 to $12 per resource per month”; quote per organisation | $192–$288 | $192–$288 | Yes — usage billing at the end of a reservation | An estimate from the published range; the quote form also asks for instructors and users | |
| Flyout | Syndicate plan: £10 per aircraft per month, unlimited members | £240 | £240 | Partly — cost of each flight calculated when it is logged, monthly cost summary per member; invoicing not stated | One subscription per aircraft | |
| Pilot Partner | $129.50 per aircraft per year (2–6 aircraft), eLogbook for all pilots included | $259 | $259 | Yes — Hobbs/Tach time logged after each flight is added to the member’s next invoice | The free fleet level instead needs a $29.95 yearly eLogbook for every member | |
| AircraftClubs | $12 (Half-Throttle) or $18 (Full-Throttle, adds logging and accounting) per aircraft per month, unlimited users | $288 / $432 | $288 / $432 | Not stated — Tach and Hobbs entry, QuickBooks integration | Instructors on the schedule add $6 a month each | |
| FlyClub | Plus: $24.99 a month for up to 5 aircraft, unlimited members | $299.88 | $299.88 | Not stated | No annual price stated | |
| Holdshort | Shared Plane $110 a year for 1 aircraft plus $5 a month per extra aircraft (Flying Club $330 a year covers up to 5), unlimited users | $170 | $170 | Not stated — invoice per reservation (billing module in beta) | 60-day free trial on every plan; extra-aircraft add-on read 6 October 2026 | |
| OpenFlyers | First Price: €120 per aircraft per year plus a €120 platform fee, excluding VAT (associations only) | €360 | €360 | Yes — billing formulas per activity, entries posted automatically, account statement per member | French flying clubs as associations; excluding VAT | |
| Coflyt | Plus: $430 a year for 1 aircraft and unlimited users, plus $100 a year per additional aircraft | $530 | $530 | Yes — hourly rate on Tach or Hobbs, charges created automatically (Plus) | 30-day free trial | |
| Aviatize | Core: €29 per aircraft per month billed annually (€348 a year), unlimited users | €696 | €696 | Yes — Hobbs time becomes an invoice line | Onboarding self-serve free; guided from €1,000 one-time |
The software is the smallest line in a club’s budget; the aircraft is the largest. Our free aircraft ownership cost calculator turns a type, a purchase value and your annual hours into a five-year profit and loss, with the fixed cost per owner and the variable cost per flight hour — the same split a club or partnership bills its members with.
Feature-by-feature for the seven platforms we have used or that document their features in full. The five further down the page are in the price table above but not here — we would rather leave a cell empty than fill it with a guess.
| Feature | Pilot-Next ⭐ | FlightCircle | Coflyt | FlyClub | Holdshort | Pilot Partner | Flyout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier | SOLO (free forever) | 60-day trial only | 30-day trial; “freemium features” after | 7-day trial only | 60-day trial only | Free fleet level (eLogbook per pilot) | £0 for invited members only |
| Pricing model | Tiered per company (unlimited aircraft on ULTRA) | Per aircraft/sim | Per tier + per aircraft | Tiered by fleet size | Tiered by fleet size | Per aircraft, volume-tiered | Per aircraft, unlimited members |
| Starting price | €0 / €9/mo | $10/mo per aircraft/sim | $170/year (1 aircraft, 1 seat) | $8.99/mo | $10/mo | $14.95/mo | £5/mo Basic · £10/mo Syndicate |
| Aircraft booking | 2-click | Plus tier and up | |||||
| Pilot balance management | credit balances, auto-pay | contributions & charges (Plus and up) | Not stated | invoices & payment history | unpaid-invoice balance | cost breakdown; payments “coming soon” | |
| Automated invoicing | Plus tier and up | Not stated | invoice per booking (beta) | Not stated | |||
| Membership dues | monthly, quarterly or yearly | recurring items, Auto Pay | fixed monthly contribution | Not stated | Not stated | monthly dues on the invoice | Not stated |
| Club booking limits | length, open bookings, days ahead, balance | future reservations, length, credit | Not stated | Not stated | event length, future events | Not stated | Not stated |
| Maintenance tracking | included | ||||||
| FAA AD tracking | manual AD reminders | Not stated | custom AD inspections | manual recurring ADs | Not stated | ||
| Calendar sync | invite per booking (Google/Outlook/Apple) | Not stated | Google/Apple/Outlook (Plus and up) | Not stated | Google Calendar | Not stated | |
| Mobile-optimized | native app | native app | native app | Not stated | |||
| AI / MCP integration | built-in MCP server | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Pilot credential tracking | medical, flight review, insurance | document upload only | Not stated | ||||
| Training (Part 61/141) | Not stated | via AOPA Flight Training | CFI training dashboard | Not stated | |||
| European-native (EUR/GDPR) | US-hosted | US-hosted | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | UK/GBP | |
| Aircraft partnership model | built for co-owners | lists partnerships as users | Plus tier and up | Shared Plane plan (no billing) |
Choosing mainly on one thing? Each of these pages goes deeper on that one question, with every other platform read on its vendor's own website:
Pricing: Free – €45/mo (billed annually)
Best for: Aircraft partnerships, small flying clubs
Pilot-Next is built around the aircraft partnership and co-ownership model rather than the flight school. Pilot balance management, automated invoicing, and per-company pricing in four tiers — with one ULTRA fee covering an unlimited fleet from three aircraft upward — mean costs stop growing with the fleet past that point.
Free SOLO tier — no credit card required
Per-company tiers, not per aircraft — unlimited aircraft on ULTRA (€45/mo)
Automated invoicing and pilot balance management
Membership dues billed per month, quarter or year; club booking limits enforced
Built-in AI integration via MCP — connect Claude, ChatGPT
Mobile-optimized, works on any device
European-native — EUR pricing, GDPR-friendly
No pilot license/medical validity tracking (yet)
No formal training module (Part 61/141)
No QuickBooks or Xero integration (Exact Online on request)
Pricing: $10/mo per aircraft/sim
Best for: Flight schools, flying clubs (US)
FlightCircle combines scheduling, billing, training records, and maintenance in one platform. A strong choice for US-based clubs that also run Part 61 or 141 training programs, with payment processing built in. We checked flightcircle.com on 14 September 2026: its homepage shows an Unlimited plan at $10 per aircraft or simulator per month (5% off billed annually) with unlimited users, instructors and support, and a 60-day free trial — as an image, not on a pricing page.
Part 61/141 training compliance built in
Apple Pay, ACH, and card payment processing
Google Calendar / iCal sync
Automated billing and recurring charges
Unlimited users and instructors on every plan
Prices published in USD; its privacy policy says all data is stored and processed in the U.S.
Price shown only as an image on the homepage — no pricing page
No permanent free tier stated — after the 60-day trial it is $10 per aircraft/sim per month
Overkill for simple partnerships without training programs
No AI or MCP integration stated
Pricing: $170 – $1,200/year
Best for: Individual owners, co-owners (US)
Coflyt is built primarily for US-based individual aircraft owners who need strong FAA compliance tools — airworthiness directive tracking, FAA-compliant digital logbooks, and Foreflight integration. Scheduling and financial tools are available, but only from the Plus tier upward.
FAA Airworthiness Directive import (direct from FAA)
FAA-compliant digital logbooks
Foreflight automatic flight import
Native iOS and Android apps
A&P / mechanic collaboration built in
30-day free trial on every tier
No scheduling or invoicing on the entry tier — both start at Coflyt Plus ($43/mo or $430/year)
Payments to a central account only from Coflyt Plus upward; settlement per flight not described
Prices published in USD; servers in the United States (its privacy policy)
Calendar sync not stated
No AI or MCP integration stated
Pricing: $8.99/mo (Lite), $24.99/mo (Plus), $79.99/mo (Advanced)
Best for: Aircraft partnerships, small clubs
FlyClub is a modern app that covers scheduling, maintenance, and training. While it has native apps, its pricing scales as your fleet grows — $24.99/mo up to 5 aircraft, $79.99/mo up to 20 — so it is nominally lower than Pilot-Next ULTRA (€45/mo) from three to five aircraft, and higher from six.
Native iOS and Android apps
Maintenance & document tracking
Training module included
Pricing scales with fleet size
Pilot balance management not stated
Prices published in USD
Pricing: $10/mo (Shared Plane), $30/mo (Club), $55/mo (School)
Best for: Clubs and flight schools
Holdshort offers tiered aircraft scheduling with FAA credential enforcement, and native iOS and Android apps. Its billing module — an invoice per reservation, with each member’s payment history — is marked as beta and is not available on the Shared Plane plan.
Affordable entry point ($10/mo)
FAA certificate enforcement
Unlimited users per plan
Billing module still in beta, and not on the Shared Plane plan
A running pilot balance is not stated
No AI or MCP integration stated
Pricing: $14.95/mo (1 aircraft) · $12.95/mo each for 2-6 · $9.95/mo each for 7+
Best for: Flying clubs and schools
Pilot Partner combines an electronic logbook with fleet management. While it has strong invoicing features, its per-aircraft pricing can quickly become expensive for larger clubs.
Automated invoicing
Integrated pilot logbook
Free fleet level with unlimited aircraft and pilots
eLogbook has a 60-day trial with no credit card
Paid pricing scales directly with fleet size
The free fleet level requires every pilot to hold their own eLogbook subscription ($29.95/year)
Pricing: £10/month per aircraft (Syndicate) · £5/month Basic
Best for: UK aircraft syndicates
Flyout is a UK-based platform for group aircraft management: one subscription per aircraft, unlimited members on it. Its site lists the Syndicate plan at £10/month (bookings, payment summaries), Basic at £5/month for a pilot managing their own aircraft, and a free level for invited members; managed payments are marked as coming soon and invoicing is not stated. Read on flyout.app on 23 September 2026.
Unlimited members per subscribed aircraft
Tailored for UK syndicates
Simple flight logging
Every aircraft is its own subscription
Payment tracking still marked “coming soon”; invoicing not stated
Priced in GBP
No API or AI integration stated
Flat tiers by resource count rather than per aircraft, so adding an aircraft only raises the bill when it takes you past a tier’s resource limit — the same shape as Pilot-Next, whose tiers are set by aircraft and pilot count. Solo covers 2 schedulable resources for $20/month, or $16/month billed annually; Basic covers 10 for $50/month. Pilots and members are unlimited on every tier. No free plan or trial length is stated on the pricing page.
www.pilotschedule.com →Long-established among larger US flying clubs, with QuickBooks integration and a per-aircraft price that is published openly: $12 per aircraft per month on HALF-THROTTLE and $18 on FULL-THROTTLE (read 28 September 2026), for the first six aircraft, after which a volume discount applies. For a three-aircraft club on FULL-THROTTLE that is $54/month, so the cost grows with every aircraft. Its sign-up page offers a 30-day free trial.
www.aircraftclubs.com →A French platform aimed at aero-clubs and regulated training organisations, priced per resource per year. There is a genuinely free Solo plan for 1 resource and 5 users; paid plans start at €120 per resource per year plus a €120 base, rising to €600 per resource per year on Première. Worth evaluating if you need formal credential and regulatory record-keeping rather than cost splitting.
openflyers.com →A scheduling-first system for clubs, flight schools and training centres that also handles billing and maintenance. It is the only platform here that publishes a range rather than a price: in its own words, “typically cost $8 to $12 per resource per month”, with a 30-day trial and a quote per organisation.
www.schedulemaster.com →A modular suite — scheduling, billing, training, maintenance and reporting sold as separate hubs — aimed at flight schools and larger operators. The pricing page describes “simple per aircraft pricing” but states no amount and no trial length; everything routes through a quote request.
www.flightschedulepro.com →This comparison focuses on the needs of aircraft partnerships, co-ownership groups, and small flying clubs — typically 1–10 aircraft, 2–50 pilots, with a need for simple scheduling, cost sharing, and basic maintenance tracking.
Every price, tier limit and trial length on this page is read off the vendor’s own website, and the date we read it is printed next to it. We do not take figures from review sites, from other comparison pages, or from what we remember being true last year. When a vendor’s site says nothing about a price or a feature, the cell says “Not stated” — because “we could not find it” and “it does not exist” are different claims, and only one of them is ours to make.
That protocol exists because it caught us out. When we first checked this page against source in September 2026, two of the seven platforms we had been describing for months turned out to be wrong — including one where the correction made our own product look less favourable, not more. Those corrections are live on this page.
The seven platforms in the feature matrix are the ones we have used or that document their features in full. The five in the section above are included for their verified pricing only. Pilot-Next is our own product — we have disclosed that throughout the page.
Pilot-Next is priced per club in four plans, by the number of aircraft and pilots; the paid plans are billed annually. What that comes to next to per-aircraft pricing is worked out in the table for a club with two aircraft.
SOLO
Free
forever
1 aircraft · 1 pilot
Start FreeBASIC
€9
per month (billed annually)
1 aircraft · 5 pilots
Choose BASICPRO
€18
per month (billed annually)
2 aircraft · 10 pilots
Choose PROULTRA
€45
per month (billed annually)
Unlimited aircraft and pilots
Choose ULTRAEvery plan has every feature; the plans differ only in the number of aircraft and pilots. Every account starts on SOLO, free and without a credit card; a paid plan is chosen in the app after sign-up.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 by 9 aircraft partnerships and flying clubs across Europe.
Pilot-Next has been a game-changer for our flying club. The 2-click booking and automatic invoicing saves us hours of administrative work every month. The best aircraft partnership software we've used!
Mike
YouFly B.V. ·
We switched from spreadsheets to Pilot-Next and it transformed how we manage our aircraft partnership. Settlement used to take hours — now it's done in seconds. Highly recommended for any flying club.
Thomas
Rotterdam Flying Club ·
The maintenance tracking alone is worth it. We get automatic alerts before inspection deadlines, and the digital logbook keeps everything in one place. Our aircraft has never been better managed.
Sarah
Alpine Aero Club ·
Finally an aircraft scheduling tool that just works. Setup took less than 30 minutes and all our pilots were on board the same day. The AI assistant integration is a brilliant touch — we use it every week.
Jan
Vliegclub Noord ·
We tried two other systems before Pilot-Next and both were either too complex or too basic. Pilot-Next hits the sweet spot — simple enough that every pilot picked it up in minutes, powerful enough to handle everything our club actually needs.
Peter
Aeroclub Eindhoven ·
The design is clean and modern — nothing like old aviation software. Everything is where you expect it to be, and it works just as well on mobile as on desktop. Standing at the airfield with your phone and booking in two taps is exactly what we needed.
Lisa
Flugclub München ·
Before Pilot-Next, our treasurer spent a full weekend every quarter sorting invoices and balances. Now it's completely automated. The time savings alone pay for the subscription many times over.
David
Brussels Flying Society ·
What I appreciate most is that it does exactly what you need and nothing more. No bloat, no features you'll never use. Our pilots actually log their flights now because the interface is so straightforward.
Emma
Helvetic Air Club ·
Running a small flying club used to mean endless group chats about who booked what. Pilot-Next solved that completely. The schedule is always clear, invoicing is automatic, and disagreements about costs are a thing of the past.
Hans
Vliegclub Zeeland ·
Rated 5.0 / 5 · Based on 9 customer reviews
Across the twelve platforms compared here on 16 October 2026, published entry prices run from €0 to $24 per month. The free end is Pilot-Next SOLO (1 aircraft, 1 pilot, free forever) and the OpenFlyers Solo plan (1 resource, 5 users). Paid entry points are Flyout at £5/month (Basic, for a pilot managing their own aircraft; £10/month for a Syndicate with bookings), FlyClub at $8.99/month, Holdshort at $10/month, Pilot-Next BASIC at €9/month (billed annually), Pilot Partner at $14.95/month, PilotSchedule at $20/month, and Coflyt at $24/month. AircraftClubs charges $12 per aircraft per month and FlightCircle $10 per aircraft or simulator per month, and Schedule Master states its price as a range of $8 to $12 per resource per month. Flight Schedule Pro publishes no price at all.
Ten of the twelve publish a price you can act on without contacting sales: Pilot-Next, AircraftClubs, Coflyt, FlightCircle, FlyClub, Flyout, Holdshort, OpenFlyers, Pilot Partner and PilotSchedule — FlightCircle as an image on its homepage rather than on a pricing page. Schedule Master publishes a range rather than a price ($8 to $12 per resource per month) and quotes per organisation. One publishes nothing at all: Flight Schedule Pro routes pricing through a quote request. Checked against each vendor’s own website on 16 October 2026.
There is no single best one: the right choice depends on who runs the club and how it bills its pilots. For a member-run flying club or aircraft partnership that bills its pilots from the flight log, Pilot-Next settles every flight on the Hobbs or Tacho meter, turns it into an invoice that is debited to the pilot’s account balance, bills membership dues per month, quarter or year, enforces the booking limits the club sets for its members, and tracks maintenance due by flight hours and calendar months; it is priced per club rather than per aircraft, so one €45 a month ULTRA plan (billed annually) covers an unlimited fleet and unlimited pilots. For US flight schools running Part 61 or 141 training, FlightCircle ($10 per aircraft or simulator per month) and Flight Schedule Pro (no published price) are aimed at that market. For European aero-clubs that need formal credential and regulatory record-keeping, OpenFlyers is worth evaluating and has a free Solo plan. For clubs that mainly need a scheduler with flat tiers, PilotSchedule starts at $20 per month for 2 resources.
Yes, three of the twelve have a free level that does not expire. Pilot-Next offers a permanent free SOLO tier for 1 aircraft and 1 pilot, with no credit card required. OpenFlyers has a free Solo plan for 1 resource and 5 users. Pilot Partner has a free fleet level with unlimited aircraft and pilots, but every pilot then needs their own eLogbook subscription at $29.95 per year. Flyout has a £0 level, but only for members invited into a paid Syndicate subscription. Beyond that it is trials rather than free tiers: Holdshort 60 days, FlightCircle 60 days, AircraftClubs 30 days, Coflyt 30 days (after which an account keeps “freemium features” Coflyt does not list), Schedule Master 30 days, FlyClub 1 week. PilotSchedule and Flight Schedule Pro state no free tier or trial length on their own sites, and Flyout states no trial.
For a single aircraft, Pilot-Next SOLO and the OpenFlyers Solo plan are both free and do not expire. Among paid plans the lowest published entry price is FlyClub Lite at $8.99 per month for one aircraft, with Pilot-Next BASIC at €9 per month (billed annually), Holdshort Shared Plane at $10 per month and FlightCircle at $10 per aircraft or simulator per month close behind. The picture changes with fleet size, because most of these platforms charge per aircraft and Pilot-Next does not: from three aircraft upward Pilot-Next ULTRA is €45 per month (billed annually) for an unlimited fleet. That is not the lowest at every size. In nominal terms and different currencies, at three aircraft Holdshort ($20: Shared Plane plus two extra aircraft at $5 a month), FlyClub Plus ($24.99), FlightCircle ($30) and Flyout (three Syndicate subscriptions, £30) cost less per month; at six aircraft ULTRA is below AircraftClubs FULL-THROTTLE ($108), FlyClub Advanced ($79.99), Pilot Partner ($77.70), Flyout (£60) and FlightCircle ($60), while Holdshort ($35: Flying Club plus one extra aircraft) and PilotSchedule Basic ($50, or $40 billed annually, for 10 resources) are still lower.
Pilot-Next is built for aircraft partnerships: per-company pricing in four tiers, per-pilot balance management, an invoice on the pilot’s balance for every flight a pilot settles, and a mobile-first interface. OpenFlyers is a French platform aimed at aero-clubs and regulated training organisations, priced per resource per year — a free Solo plan for 1 resource and 5 users, then from €120 per resource per year plus a €120 base, up to €600 per resource per year on Première. Pilot-Next is the better fit for a small group splitting the cost of shared aircraft; OpenFlyers is the better fit for a club whose main problem is formal record-keeping.
Pilot-Next is priced per company in four tiers, with one €45/month ULTRA fee (billed annually) covering an unlimited fleet from three aircraft upward, while AircraftClubs charges per aircraft per month — $12 on HALF-THROTTLE and $18 on FULL-THROTTLE, with a volume discount after the first six aircraft. For a growing club that is the main difference: on ULTRA a fourth aircraft costs nothing extra, on AircraftClubs FULL-THROTTLE it adds $18 per month. AircraftClubs offers a 30-day free trial. Pilot-Next also includes automated PDF invoicing, per-pilot balance management and a built-in MCP server for AI assistants. AircraftClubs integrates with QuickBooks and is well established among larger US flying clubs.
Most flying club platforms charge per aircraft with unlimited members, so a club with two aircraft pays the same whether it has 10 or 30 members. On the vendors’ own websites on 16 October 2026, a year for two aircraft costs $170 on Holdshort (Shared Plane plus one extra aircraft), $192 on PilotSchedule Solo (as long as no instructor is on the schedule), $216 on Wingmint, $228 on FlightCircle, £240 on Flyout, $288 on AircraftClubs and €696 on Aviatize. Pilot-Next prices by pilots instead: €216 a year for up to 10 pilots on PRO, and €540 a year above that on ULTRA, with unlimited aircraft and pilots. The amounts are close; what separates these platforms for a club is whether flown hours become member invoices and account balances, or stay a booking calendar. Besides Pilot-Next, FlightCircle, Schedule Master, Pilot Partner, OpenFlyers, Coflyt and Aviatize say on their own sites that the logged hours are billed to the member; Flyout calculates the cost of each flight without stating that it invoices it; PilotSchedule, Wingmint, AircraftClubs, FlyClub and Holdshort do not state that flown hours are billed to the member.