19 Brands Like Fabletics for Stylish Activewear
A monthly bill is a strange way to buy leggings. Fabletics is built around a VIP membership that costs $69.95 a month, which works beautifully until the month you don't want anything.
The sets, the prints and the squat-proof tights all exist elsewhere without a standing commitment. We checked the 19 brands below against each company's own storefront this week, added an item to the cart to confirm the shop still takes orders, and quoted only prices we could see with our own eyes. Four names from the last version of this list have closed or stopped selling clothes, so they're gone.
Quick comparison: all 19 brands, the price we verified this week, and the job each one does best.
| Brand | Verified price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Alo Yoga | $98 to $168 on leggings | Studio-to-street polish |
| Gymshark | $38 to $70 on leggings | The cheapest swap |
| Lululemon | Premium | Technical fabric and fit |
| Outdoor Voices | $88 to $118 on leggings | Dog walks and doubles |
| Nike | From $55 on women's tights | Hard training |
| Aerie | Budget | Soft, low-effort movement |
| Sweaty Betty | $118 to $134 on leggings | Print and sculpting fabric |
| Vuori | $78 to $118 on leggings | Quiet colour, coastal cut |
| P.E Nation | A$79 to A$129 on leggings | Loud retro sportswear |
| Beyond Yoga | $71 to $89 on leggings | Soft fabric, wide size run |
| Zella | Mid-range, Nordstrom only | Plain reliable basics |
| KORAL | A$119 to A$169 on leggings | High-shine, going-out gym kit |
| Lorna Jane | Mid-range, priced by region | Bright supportive tights |
| Athleta | Mid-range | B Corp buyers, size range |
| Alphalete | Mid-range | Gym-first fit |
| Varley | $98 to $128 on leggings | Muted sets you can wear out |
| Resoluna | $92 on the Luna Legging | Recycled-bottle prints |
| Terez | $94 to $148 on leggings | Prints louder than Fabletics |
| Tommy John | $64 to $98 on women's bottoms | Comfort-first basics |
Alo Yoga
Alo Yoga is the Los Angeles label that turned yoga clothes into something you'd wear to lunch. Leggings on aloyoga.com run $98 to $168, with the Airlift High-Waist 7/8 Speedwork Legging at $144 and the softer Alosoft capris at $98.
That's a real step up from Fabletics, and you're paying for the fabric hand and the black-on-black styling more than for any performance claim. Alo photographs well, which is half the reason people buy it.
Best for: the person who wants one pair of leggings that reads as an outfit.
Gymshark
Gymshark is the closest thing here to a straight price swap. Women's leggings on the US site run $38 to $70, with Training Leggings 2.0 at $38, the Soft Sculpt Leggings at $60 and the Energise range topping out at $70.
The UK brand grew out of gym culture rather than yoga studios, so the cuts are tighter and the branding is louder. If your Fabletics habit is mostly about leggings and bras in the $40 to $60 band, this is where that money goes furthest.
Best for: lifting kit under $70.
Lululemon
Lululemon sits at the premium end of this list and sells the fabric rather than the print. Its leggings are named and re-run season after season, so fit advice for any given style is easy to find second-hand before you buy.
Expect to pay more per piece than Fabletics charges, and expect the piece to outlast the trend cycle it was bought in. Our brands like Lululemon guide covers the cheaper lookalikes if the price stings.
Best for: one pair you'll still wear in three years.
Outdoor Voices
Outdoor Voices makes clothes for moving around rather than for training hard. Leggings run $88 to $118, from the soft Puddle Legging at $88 to the TechSweat Core 7/8 Legging at $118, and the range leans on soft colour instead of gym black.
The catalogue is smaller than it once was, and the shop is still taking orders. If Fabletics feels aimed at the gym and you spend more time on a trail or a court, the fit here suits that better.
Best for: walking, hiking and racquet sports.
Nike
Nike covers a wider spread than any other brand here. Women's tights and leggings start at $55 and climb past $150 for the technical running and training styles, and there's a matching shoe for whatever you're doing.
Nike's advantage over Fabletics is depth. You can buy a bra graded by support level, a tight cut for a specific sport, and replace either one in the same colour two years later. The trade-off is that nothing arrives styled as a set.
Best for: running, training and anything you sweat properly in.
Aerie
Aerie is American Eagle's answer to the same shopper. Think flare leggings, cropped bras and soft joggers rather than compression fabric.
Aerie sits at the budget end of this list and discounts hard, and the fabrics are cut for comfort ahead of support. Nothing in the range targets heavy training, and Aerie doesn't pretend otherwise.
Best for: lounging, pilates and the school run.
Sweaty Betty
Sweaty Betty is the London brand that made sculpting fabric its signature. On the US site, Power Workout Leggings are $134, the Power 7/8 Piping version is also $134, and the softer Ultimate Studio Yoga Leggings are $118.
You're paying roughly double what a Gymshark legging costs, and the difference shows up in the print work and the waistband construction. Sweaty Betty also cuts jackets and wide-leg pants that don't read as gym clothes, which Fabletics does less of.
Best for: patterned leggings you'll wear until they die.
Vuori
Vuori built its reputation on fabric softness and a muted California palette. Women's leggings run $78 to $118, and the joggers and sweats get as much shelf space as the training pieces.
Vuori's clothes read as loungewear that happens to work for a class, which is the opposite of Fabletics's trend-led sets. Buy it for the days you leave the house at nine and get home at seven.
Best for: travel days and weekends.
P.E Nation
P.E Nation is the Sydney label for people who want their gym kit to look like 1990s team sportswear. Leggings on pe-nation.com run A$79 to A$129, with the Metro Full Length Legging at A$129, and the jackets and shorts carry oversized graphics.
The store prices in Australian dollars and ships internationally, so budget for the exchange rate and the freight before you compare it with a Fabletics set. Nothing else on this list shouts as loudly.
Best for: colour-blocked kit that photographs well.
Beyond Yoga
Beyond Yoga is the softest option in this price band. Leggings on beyondyoga.com run $71 to $89, including the Spacedye styles the brand is known for, and the size run on that collection goes from XXS to 4X.
The fabric is the point here. Spacedye has a brushed hand that suits pilates, stretching and sitting on a plane more than it suits sprint intervals. Prices land close to what Fabletics charges non-members.
Best for: wide size runs and soft fabric under $90.
Zella
Zella has no store of its own. It's Nordstrom's in-house activewear label, so you can only buy it at Nordstrom, and zella.com doesn't resolve to anything.
What you get for that is well-made basics in the mid-range, with solid colours doing most of the work. There are no prints to speak of and no membership to manage, which is exactly the appeal for some Fabletics customers.
Best for: black leggings you don't have to think about.
KORAL
KORAL makes the high-shine, liquid-looking leggings that turn up on fashion editors. The working storefront is koral.au, priced in Australian dollars, where leggings run A$119 to A$169. The Lustrous Infinity Cropped Legging is A$119.
US shoppers should know that koral.com no longer resolves, so buying direct means ordering from Australia or going through a stockist. The look is worth the hassle if you want gym clothes with a going-out finish.
Best for: shine, texture and a fashion silhouette.
Lorna Jane
Lorna Jane is the Australian brand with the deepest range of bright supportive tights and bras on this list. Collections are sorted by activity, so there are separate edits for yoga, running, tennis and thermal training.
The store reprices by country, so the figure you see depends on where you shop from. Sit it in the mid-range next to Athleta. Phone-pocket tights run across most of the leggings collections here, which Fabletics offers less often.
Best for: supportive tights sorted by sport.
Athleta
Athleta is the Gap-owned brand whose own site footer reads "We Are a Certified B Corp", which is a certification the company holds rather than one belonging to a mill or a fabric. Sizing runs wide, and the catalogue covers yoga, swim, hiking and workwear-adjacent pants.
Athleta sits in the mid-range, above Gymshark and below Alo. Our brands like Athleta comparison goes deeper on how it stacks up against the premium names.
Best for: one brand that covers most of your week.
Alphalete
Alphalete is a gym-wear brand built around fit rather than fashion, with a following among lifters who care about how a legging holds through a squat.
Alphalete sits in the mid-range, in the same territory as Gymshark. Designs are plain by the standards of this list, and that's the reason its customers keep coming back rather than a drawback.
Best for: gym sessions where nothing should move.
Varley
Varley splits the difference between activewear and ordinary clothes. Leggings run $98 to $128, with the FreeSoft High-Rise Legging at $98 and the firmer Assure High-Rise Legging at $128, and shorts start at $62.
The palette is muted, and a good part of the range is knitwear and skirts you'd wear without a workout attached. We've written more about the label in our brands like Varley guide.
Best for: sets that pass as regular clothes.
Resoluna
Resoluna is the brand you might know as Niyama Sol. It rebranded in October 2024, and the old address now serves the new site. The Luna Legging is $92, and the product pages still list the fabric as 84% RPET with 16% spandex, RPET being recycled plastic bottles.
The artwork is the reason to shop here. Where Fabletics prints follow the season, Resoluna's read as illustration, and every legging in the collection sits at the same $92 with nothing marked down.
Best for: bold prints with a recycled-fabric story.
Terez
Terez out-prints the rest of this list. Leggings on terez.com run $94 to $148, from the TLC Leggings at $94 to the DuoKnit styles at $148, and the range covers leopard, glitter, team tie-ins and matching kids' sizes.
The New York brand asks premium money for a fun product, and the people who buy it own several pairs. If Fabletics prints feel a little safe to you, start here.
Best for: loud leggings and matching family sets.
Tommy John
Tommy John is a comfort-basics brand first, and its women's range reflects that. The Luxe Traveler Knit Jogger is $98, the Micro Rib Lounge Pant is $64, and the Flare Legging lists at $98.
Underwear, sleep and lounge take up most of the catalogue, so this isn't a place to kit out a training wardrobe. Buy it for the fabric and the fit through the waist, which is where the brand puts its engineering.
Best for: rest days rather than training days.
How to Pick Your Replacement
Start with what you bought from Fabletics. If it was leggings and bras around $50, Gymshark and Beyond Yoga cover that without a membership. If it was the matching sets, Varley and Vuori do the same idea in quieter colours, and Terez does it louder.
Anyone training seriously should look at Nike or Lululemon and buy fewer pieces. Anyone who mostly wants to feel put together on a walk should look at Outdoor Voices or Aerie. P.E Nation and KORAL both price in Australian dollars and Lorna Jane reprices by country, so check the total at checkout before you fall for the photos.
More comparisons like this one live in our article library, and the sustainable collection is the place to start if recycled fabric matters to you.
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Written by
Spencer Lanoue
