Rosterra vs Kicksite

If you are weighing Rosterra against Kicksite, here is an honest comparison.

Where Kicksite has more

• Long track record. Kicksite has been around since the early days of martial arts software. They have many years of stability and a long customer roster.
• Custom website builder. Kicksite includes a website builder for your school's marketing site. Rosterra does not; it expects you to use your own site (Wix, Squarespace, WordPress) or none.
• In-house messaging app between instructors. Some Kicksite users like the built-in staff chat. Rosterra has audit and announcement tools but no real-time chat (yet).

Where Rosterra has more

• Mobile app for families. Every Rosterra school gets a branded mobile app for parents and students. Kicksite's mobile experience is much lighter.
• Multi-vertical support. Rosterra works for martial arts, ninja gyms, gymnastics, and dance. Kicksite is martial-arts-focused with limited support for other styles.
• Per-location pricing. Rosterra charges flat per location regardless of member count. Kicksite scales pricing with member count, which gets expensive past 200 members.
• Tournaments built in. If you run tournaments, Rosterra has a real tournament engine with brackets and judging. Kicksite does not.
• Faster updates. Rosterra ships new features every 2 weeks. Kicksite ships much more conservatively.
• AI-assisted operations. Rosterra is building toward an AI operator that drafts replies and suggests interventions. Kicksite has not announced anything in that direction.
• Modern parent portal. Rosterra's parent portal is the main interface families use day to day. Kicksite's portal is more peripheral to the product.

Where they are similar

• Online member signup and enrollment.
• Recurring tuition via Stripe or similar processors.
• Attendance, kiosk check-in, and instructor roll-call.
• Belt and rank progression with stripes.
• Lead pipeline.
• Waivers.
• Basic reporting.

Pricing

Kicksite uses tiered pricing based on active member count. Schools with under 75 members get a discount; mid-size schools pay a monthly minimum; large schools (300+) can run into 200 to 400 dollars per month.

Rosterra is flat per location. Same price whether you have 50 members or 500. Two locations means two subscriptions; one location means one. No per-member fees, no per-transaction surcharge on top of Stripe.

For a school of 200+ members at a single location, Rosterra is meaningfully cheaper. For a school under 75 members, Kicksite may come in lower for a year or two.

Migration

If you decide to move, plan for 2 to 4 weeks of overlap (both systems running) and one day to actually cut over. Rosterra's import tool accepts a Kicksite CSV directly. Cards on file get re-collected from families (Kicksite cannot export them; standard PCI rules).

The migration article walks through the specific steps.

Recommendations

• Single-location martial arts school under 100 members: Either works. Choose based on which interface feels better in a trial.
• Single-location school with 100 to 400 members: Rosterra is likely cheaper and has a more capable mobile app.
• Multi-location school: Rosterra is built for this. Multi-location in Kicksite often means multiple separate accounts.
• Non-martial-arts vertical (ninja, gymnastics, dance): Rosterra is the better fit.
• You love your current Kicksite setup and have no specific frustration: Stay. Switching costs are real.

How to decide

Sign up for a Rosterra trial. Configure one program and a small group of families for two weeks. Compare on actual daily use, not feature lists.