Kicksite
Kicksite is a management platform for martial arts schools, academies, dojos, and gyms.
What Kicksite is
Kicksite is a management platform for martial arts schools, academies, dojos, and gyms. It brings student and family profiles, memberships, enrollment details, and records together with billing and attendance tools. Billing supports automated recurring charges, one-time charges, inventory sales, overdue-invoice monitoring, and integrated card payments. Attendance options include PIN or barcode kiosk check-in, bulk check-ins, a live feed, and filterable history. Schools can customize belt curricula, schedule tests, track promotion eligibility, and promote students with one click. Lead tools include landing pages and forms, online membership signups, shortlinks, and QR codes. Communication includes one-way texts and emails, segmented bulk announcements, automated alerts, and prospect nurturing flows. Students and guardians can use a mobile web portal to view announcements, achievements, classes, and events, check in by barcode, and manage payment methods. Kicksite runs on web, iOS, and Android.
Good
- Automates recurring billing
- Supports attendance check-in and history
- Includes belt tracking and promotion tools
- Member portal works on mobile web
Watch out
- No free plan
- Starting plan covers 0–25 active students
Who it suits
Kicksite is built for martial arts schools, including Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, Taekwondo, Kickboxing, and MMA programs. It suits schools looking to manage students, billing, attendance, and communications in one platform.
Verdict
Kicksite combines school administration, billing, attendance, and member-facing tools for martial arts programmes. The starting plan is capped at 25 active students, and the service has no free plan.
Plans and prices
From Kicksite's own pricing page, checked 21 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| 0–25 students | $49 a month | 0–25 active students · access to all features · $49 per month |
| 26–50 students | $99 a month | 26–50 active students · access to all features · $99 per month |
| 51–100 students | $149 a month | 51–100 active students · access to all features · $149 per month |
| 101+ students | $199 a month | 101+ active students · access to all features · $199 per month |
The facts
Each one read from Kicksite's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Money
- Annual billing limitation
- Annual subscriptions renew every 12 months and the terms say cancellations before the term ends are not prorated or refunded.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Billing
- Billing tools support automated recurring billing, one-time charges, inventory sales, past-due invoice monitoring, and integrated card payments.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Billing and payments
- The billing tools support recurring tuition, failed payment alerts, invoices, and payment collection.checked 21 Oct 2026
What it does
- API and credentials
- The Zapier setup uses a school subdomain, client ID, and client secret, but the reviewed materials did not expose public API reference documentation or an SDK.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Attendance
- Attendance tools include PIN or barcode kiosk check-in, bulk check-ins, a live attendance feed, and filterable attendance history.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Attendance tracking
- The platform lets schools record attendance through student check in and kiosk workflows.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Kicksite says it is built specifically for martial arts schools, including Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, Taekwondo, Kickboxing, and MMA programs.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Belt tracking
- Schools can customize belt rank curricula, schedule testing events, view promotion eligibility, and promote students with one click.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Cancellation limitation
- The terms require a written 30 day cancellation notice and state that purchases are non refundable.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Communication
- Kicksite offers unlimited one-way texts and emails, segmented bulk email announcements, automated alerts, and prospect nurturing flows.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Communications
- Kicksite supports member communications including automated messages and announcements.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Data hosting
- The terms state that the site is hosted in the United States.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The online knowledge base includes categorized articles, how to videos, onboarding guides, FAQs, and recent product updates.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Events
- The software includes event management and belt testing event workflows.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- GetApp lists Stripe Billing and Versapay as Kicksite integrations.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Lead management
- Lead tools capture prospects and support follow up and conversion workflows.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Leads
- Lead tools include custom landing pages and forms, online membership signups, shortlinks, and QR codes.checked 7 Oct 2026
- License and hosting
- The terms prohibit copying or reverse engineering the software and say Kicksite uses third party vendors and hosting partners; no open source license is stated.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: student calendar
- A G2 reviewer said students and families lack access to a monthly calendar.checked 21 Oct 2026
The company
- Company legal name
- Kicksite's terms identify Echon Corporation as the company doing business as Kicksite.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Kicksite as having 11–50 employees.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Founded
- Kicksite says its software first launched in 2007.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Kicksite lists its headquarters at 7360 W 161st St, Overland Park, Kansas 66085.checked 21 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Limit: app availability
- The maker's help article says there is no administrator app to install from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and explains how to create a browser shortcut instead.checked 21 Oct 2026
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