Simple, transparent pricing
All features included on every tier. Unlimited members, instructors, and students — you only pay for aircraft.
Every plan includes every feature.
No “upgrade to unlock” on dispatch chaining. No “Enterprise-only” on QuickBooks sync. Solo, Pro, and Enterprise ship the full platform — tiers differ by aircraft count, not by feature gate.
Every paid plan includes a 30-day free trial — card on file at signup (industry standard), but you won't be charged until day 30. Pay monthly with no forced annual contract, or save 2 months with annual prepay.
Every student pilot, free
Sponsored by their school or club on every paid tier — no per-seat fee, no roster cap.
Priced low enough for small clubs to say yes — and fair enough to keep me building.
Pricing calculator
Build your plan.
Drag the slider to your organization's fleet size. Members, instructors, and students are unlimited at every tier. Solo pilots flying without an organization can stay at 0 aircraft for the Free Personal tier (your personal logbook, currency, and weight-and-balance for your own plane).
Auto-set from fleet size (~0.7 CFIs per aircraft). Drag to override.
Only Pilotbase and Aircraft-club charge per CFI. Your Hobbstack price stays the same — unlimited instructors, students, and members at every tier.
Pro plan
$79/mo vs $206/mo at Pilotbase (FSP) for the same scope.
or $790/yr · save $158/yr with annual prepay
Cancel in two clicks. No phone call required.
Migration discount: 50% off your first 12 months.
Pay with the card you already have — no charge until day 30.
Compared to other platforms at this scale.
$79/mo
Pilotbase (Flight Schedule Pro)
$60 base + $25/aircraft + ~$7/CFI (instructors are billable resources)
$206/mo
MyFBO
$134 base (CORE + Accounting + Service Orders) + $6/aircraft (scheduling + dispatch)
$164/mo
Aviatize
$29/aircraft · no per-user fees
$145/mo
Aircraft-club suite
$15/aircraft + $6/CFI (instructors billed as resources)
$93/mo
Coflyt
Maintenance only. $43 Plus (1 aircraft included) + $10/aircraft beyond first · unlimited users
$83/mo
Flight Circle
Scheduling only. $10/aircraft + $25/mo processing floor when accepting cards · unlimited instructors
$75/mo
Pilot Partner
Partnership only. $14.95 solo · $12.95/aircraft (2-6) · $9.95/aircraft (7+, whole fleet re-rates) · unlimited members
$65/mo
Compared to other platforms at this scale.
$79/mo
Pilotbase (Flight Schedule Pro)
$60 base + $25/aircraft + ~$7/CFI (instructors are billable resources)
$206/mo
MyFBO
$134 base (CORE + Accounting + Service Orders) + $6/aircraft (scheduling + dispatch)
$164/mo
Aviatize
$29/aircraft · no per-user fees
$145/mo
Aircraft-club suite
$15/aircraft + $6/CFI (instructors billed as resources)
$93/mo
Coflyt
Maintenance only. $43 Plus (1 aircraft included) + $10/aircraft beyond first · unlimited users
$83/mo
Flight Circle
Scheduling only. $10/aircraft + $25/mo processing floor when accepting cards · unlimited instructors
$75/mo
Pilot Partner
Partnership only. $14.95 solo · $12.95/aircraft (2-6) · $9.95/aircraft (7+, whole fleet re-rates) · unlimited members
$65/mo
~65% less than full-stack alternatives
A 10-aircraft school with 8 CFIs typically pays $400–500/month at Pilotbase (FSP) or MyFBO — base fee plus per-aircraft plus per-CFI surcharges. Hobbstack at the same fleet is $149/month, unlimited instructors and students included.
Every plan ships the full platform
Eight modules, all included on Solo, Pro, and Enterprise. Pick a tier by aircraft count, not by which features you need.
Scheduling
- Day and week views with real-time conflict detection
- Automatic double-booking prevention for aircraft and instructors
- Standby waitlist — first to confirm wins when a slot opens
+5 more in scheduling
Flight Wizard
- Step-by-step pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight checkout
- Works fully offline and syncs when connectivity returns
- Auto-generated logbook entries and billing from checkout
+2 more in flight wizard
Fleet & Maintenance
- Live Hobbs and tach tracking updated at every checkout
- Squawk reporting with severity levels and grounding flags
- 100-hour, annual, and oil change forecasting
+3 more in fleet & maintenance
Weather
- Real-time METAR, TAF, NOTAMs, and TFR retrieval
- Go/no-go recommendations with plain-language briefing
- One-click dispatch packet PDF with weather data
+1 more in weather
Billing
- Auto-calculated charges from Hobbs time and rates
- Rate management: wet, dry, block, and tach-based
- Per-member balance tracking with statement PDF export
+2 more in billing
Logbook
- FAR 61.51 compliant digital pilot logbook
- Sign-with-edits CFI workflow with full audit trail
- Paper logbook OCR — scan photographed pages for transcription
+3 more in logbook
Currency
- BFR, night, instrument, and tailwheel auto-tracked
- Currency cascade rules — fly the 172, stay current in the 152
- IFR currency per FAR 61.57 (six approaches + one hold)
+2 more in currency
Offline & PWA
- Full offline support — schedule, fleet, flights cached on device
- Background sync with retry and failure visibility
- Install to home screen for native app-like experience
+1 more in offline & pwa
Pricing FAQ
How does pricing actually work?
Free Personal is $0/mo forever for individual pilots flying with no organization — personal logbook, currency, weather briefings, and weight-and-balance for one personally-owned aircraft. Solo is $19/mo for an organization (partnership, owner-operator, discovery-flight provider, or single-aircraft training op) running one aircraft, with the full multi-user platform. Pro covers 2-50 aircraft on a smooth marginal-per-unit schedule — the per-aircraft price drops as your fleet grows. Enterprise (51+ aircraft, or any fleet that needs SSO/SAML, white-label email, or a custom SLA) is quoted from $899/mo. Use the calculator above to see your exact monthly cost.
Will I get hit with per-user, per-instructor, or per-transaction fees?
No. Unlimited members, instructors, students, and staff at every paid tier — you only pay for aircraft and simulators. There are no per-seat, per-instructor, or per-transaction surcharges. Stripe charges its standard processing rate directly to you (we add no platform markup on payments). The number you see in the calculator is the number you pay.
I'm migrating from FSP, Pilotbase, AircraftClubs, or Flight Circle. Is there a switch discount?
Yes — 50% off your first year on any paid tier (Solo, Pro, or Enterprise), monthly or annual billing. Upload a screenshot or PDF of your current account (an invoice, dashboard, or member roster works) during signup; in most cases it verifies automatically in seconds. Edge cases route to a quick manual review (typical turnaround under 24 hours). Enterprise customers get the discount applied to the negotiated contract during sales onboarding. Full eligibility and timing details in our Terms (section 5.1).
How does the trial work, and can I pay monthly?
Free Personal is $0/mo forever — no card, no trial mechanic, just sign up and use it. Paid plans get a 30-day free trial: card on file at signup (industry standard), but you won't be charged until day 30; cancel before then and the card is never touched. Every paid plan is month-to-month by default with no minimum commitment — annual billing is offered as an optional discount (pay for 10 months, get 12), never as a requirement.
Can I cancel, switch plans, or export my data?
Yes to all three. Cancel any time in two clicks from the billing page — no phone call, no retention dance. Switch between Solo, Pro, and Enterprise whenever you need (or add and drop aircraft mid-cycle); your data carries forward intact. Export everything (logbook, billing history, fleet records, member roster) as CSV, PDF, or JSON in one click — or via our public REST API on every paid tier. Data-retention details after cancellation are in the Terms; contact support@hobbstack.com if you need a specific retention guarantee for compliance.
Who am I trusting with my flight school's operational data?
Hobbstack runs on Railway (US-east region) with daily PostgreSQL backups, encryption at rest, and TLS for everything in transit. Auth is JWT in httpOnly cookies (never localStorage, never URL parameters) — that's been the choice since day one, so no migration debt. Refresh tokens rotate on every use with reuse-detection: if an old refresh token shows up after rotation, the whole session chain is revoked, so a stolen token can't be replayed. Permissions are capability-based rather than role-name based, with allow-list enforcement on every protected endpoint — customized admin roles can't accidentally bypass checks, because the check asks "does this user have this capability?" not "does this user have this role name?". CSRF protection is double-submit-cookie pattern on every mutation. Auth-endpoint rate limiting fails closed (a Redis outage rejects login attempts rather than letting them through). Sensitive integration tokens (QuickBooks Online OAuth, for example) are Fernet-encrypted at rest with quarterly key rotation. Error logs scrub PII before they're written — no emails, names, tokens, or payment data leaks into observability surfaces. Payment flows route through Stripe (and Stripe Connect Express for org-side collection) — we never see or store card data, and members enter cards on Stripe's hosted page, not ours. Full data-handling shape, retention policy, and subprocessor list in our Privacy Policy and Terms — and if your IT or compliance team needs a deeper writeup before purchase, email support@hobbstack.com and we'll send one.
What does support look like?
Email support at support@hobbstack.com on every tier — typical response within one business day, often same-day. Onboarding for any new org includes hands-on help moving your existing data over: aircraft, rates, member roster, recurring schedule blocks, currency state. Enterprise tier adds a dedicated onboarding contact, priority queue, and a custom SLA with response-time targets written into your contract.
I have a weird situation — military aero club, partnership of three, Part 141 with a parent organization. Does Hobbstack fit?
Probably yes — the platform is built generic enough to absorb most aviation org shapes without forcing them into a flight-school-shaped workflow. Military aero clubs: per-member dues plus per-hour flight billing both supported; capability-based permissions let you delegate without giving full admin. Aircraft partnerships of 2-N owners: Solo ($19/mo, one shared aircraft) or Pro for multi-aircraft partnerships, with member-level cost tracking (per-partner automatic cost-split is on the roadmap; currently handled via billing categories). Part 141 with a parent organization: each entity gets its own org and pays its own per-aircraft subscription, and member accounts can belong to multiple orgs (one login, multiple rosters) — SSO/SAML on Enterprise handles federated identity. Solo owner with one personally-owned aircraft and no org: Free Personal covers the logbook, currency, weather, and W&B side. If your shape isn't in the list, email support@hobbstack.com — happy to talk through fit before you commit.
What's actually shipped in Enterprise today versus on the roadmap?
Shipped today: 51+ aircraft pricing, dedicated onboarding contact, priority support queue, capability-based admin role customization, public REST API access (on every paid tier), full data export in CSV/PDF/JSON, and the ability to negotiate annual contract terms with your migration discount applied. On the active roadmap: SSO/SAML, white-label email branding, and custom SLA contracts above the standard support tier. If a roadmap item is a deployment blocker for you, reach out — we can align timing with your rollout or build it into your contract.
What payment methods do you accept?
All major credit cards via Stripe on monthly plans. ACH and invoiced payment are available on annual prepay (Pro and Enterprise) and on every Enterprise contract.
Ready to fly?
All features on every plan, unlimited members forever, and only ever pay for aircraft. Set up your org in under ten minutes — no sales call required.
Start free- Free Personal tier — no card required, ever
- Paid plans — 30-day free trial, no charge until day 30
- Cancel in two clicks from the billing page, any time