If you landed here looking for Today's Plan — here's the bad news: it's shut down. Today's Plan has been retired and is no longer available as a product. So if you were weighing TrainingPeaks against Today's Plan, the comparison that actually matters now is TrainingPeaks vs Vekta — the two cycling-coaching platforms most riders end up choosing between in 2026.
Here's the good news: this one's a lot more clear-cut than it used to be. Let me break it down.
The Honest Read
TrainingPeaks is the gold standard. Genuinely. Most of the coaches we talk to on the podcast — the ones working with World Tour riders, the ones running successful amateur coaching businesses, the ones with the published research behind them — all use TrainingPeaks. That's not marketing copy, that's just where the industry is. Two decades of platform development, the deepest analytics in the sport, and the WKO5 pipeline that high-performance teams quietly rely on.
The Performance Management Chart (PMC), CTL/ATL/TSB, the fitness/fatigue model — these aren't niche features. They're the language coaches use when they sit down to plan your season. Open TrainingPeaks and a coach can read your last six months in about thirty seconds. That matters when you're paying for their time.
The plan marketplace is the other unfair advantage. Thousands of structured plans built by coaches you'd happily hire — Joe Friel's plans, Tim Cusick's WKO-built blocks, Carmichael Training Systems, the pro coaches who've published books you've already read. If you're self-coaching and you want a plan written by someone who actually knows what they're doing, TrainingPeaks is where they put it.
Vekta is a clever, newer platform. Quick context so you know where we're coming from: Roadman Cycling's paid Not Done Yet community uses Vekta to deliver training plans to members, so we know the platform well. The plan auto-adjustment is genuinely useful — sessions ahead in the calendar shift based on what you actually completed, which is a nice touch. The interface is clean. The team behind it ships updates regularly.
But Vekta is a smaller platform with a smaller coach base. The third-party integration list is shorter. There's no WKO5 pipeline. The plan marketplace is much smaller. The years-of-data continuity isn't there yet. None of that makes Vekta a bad platform — it makes it a newer one. For a community-delivered plan inside a fixed coaching system, Vekta does the job. For an athlete building a multi-year training history with the platform every serious coach in the sport already uses? TrainingPeaks, every time.
The honest answer for most cyclists: if you're hiring a coach in 2026, ask them what platform they use, and you'll almost always get TrainingPeaks back. Sign up there. If your coach happens to use Vekta, sign up there. If you're self-coached and want the deepest tools and the biggest plan library, TrainingPeaks is the one to commit to.
FAQ
Is Today's Plan still available?
No. Today's Plan has shut down and is no longer available as a cycling training platform. If you were comparing it against TrainingPeaks, the practical comparison now is TrainingPeaks vs Vekta — those are the two platforms most coached cyclists choose between in 2026.
Which platform do most cycling coaches actually use?
TrainingPeaks. It's the industry default — the platform the vast majority of professional and serious amateur coaches have built their workflow on. If you hire a coach in 2026 without specifying a platform, there's a very high chance they'll deliver your plan through TrainingPeaks.
Do I need TrainingPeaks Premium, or is the free tier enough?
If you're working with a coach, the free tier is often enough — your coach pushes structured workouts to your calendar and you complete them. If you want to see your own Performance Management Chart, fitness/fatigue trends, and the full analysis suite, Premium ($19.95/mo) unlocks the tools that make the platform genuinely powerful for self-directed athletes.
What is WKO5 and why does it matter?
WKO5 is TrainingPeaks' high-performance analysis software — the desktop tool serious coaches use for power-duration modelling, durability analysis, and individualised zones beyond standard FTP. It's the same software many WorldTour and high-performance teams use under the hood. The fact that TrainingPeaks owns it and integrates with it directly is a meaningful advantage if you ever work with a coach who runs WKO.
Is Vekta a bad platform?
Not at all — Vekta is a well-built, well-maintained platform with some genuinely useful features, particularly the auto-adjusting plan structure. It's just newer and smaller than TrainingPeaks, with a smaller coach base and fewer third-party integrations. It's the right tool inside a community that's chosen it (like Roadman's Not Done Yet plans). For an athlete building their own long-term setup independent of a specific community, TrainingPeaks is the broader, deeper choice.
Can I use both?
Yes — and many serious athletes do. You might run TrainingPeaks as your home platform for analysis and history while following a Vekta-delivered plan from a coach or community. They both connect to Garmin, Wahoo and Zwift, so your rides land in both places. The only friction is structured-workout delivery, which has to come from one platform or the other.
Roadman uses Vekta — why is the verdict still TrainingPeaks?
Because the verdict is about the platforms, not about who we work with. Roadman uses Vekta to deliver plans inside the Not Done Yet community because it suits that specific delivery model — a defined community, a fixed plan structure, riders all moving through similar blocks. That doesn't change the broader truth for an individual cyclist building their own setup: TrainingPeaks is the industry-standard platform with the deepest analysis tools, the biggest coach base, and the longest data history. The honest answer for most riders is TrainingPeaks, full stop.