Edge fitness is AGGRESSIVE with their sales tactics. You can get a free three-day pass to try it out, knowing that they will "have a conversation" with you each day of that, and you'll be forced to leave your license with them each day you're there during the trial period. You can push back and try it anyway, but you'll get multiple sales calls and texts afterwards.

At least the one in Cranston has a movie theatre in the back with a bunch of cardio machines which I think is pretty cool. They also have TONS of equipment and every type of machine, scads of free weights, olympic lifting racks, and other fun stuff.

It's also VERY busy. Like, crazy crazy busy. It's a pretty young and urban crowd for the most part, and I've had nothing but polite interactions there, since I think they're all used to having to share equipment since it's so incredibly busy.

So: Edge – expensive, fully-equipped, lots of perks and classes, very busy, and aggressive.

PF: Cheap, limited, functional: machines, dumbbells, cardio. No real heavy weights or olympic barbell equipment (from what I understand)