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NextKick Alternative for Martial Arts Schools

NextKick prices software, website and marketing as separate monthly services. We price a one-time build plus a flat retainer. Here is every published number on both sides.

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What NextKick does and who it suits

NextKick is martial arts school management software. Its pricing page lists a unified admin dashboard, class scheduling, automated attendance tracking, belt testing and rank management, custom certificates, test scoring, homework and curriculum management, automated billing and payment reminders, lead management, an eStore, tip management, face recognition check-in, student and admin mobile apps, and a student map. Its website and marketing products are sold as separate monthly services.

Best suited for

NextKick's own positioning is focus: "You didn't build your school with generic tools. Your software shouldn't be either. NextKick is designed specifically for martial arts schools — so everything works the way your school actually runs." Its pricing page adds that "each service is independent. Start with what your school needs most and expand when you're ready," with no contracts or setup fees and real phone support.

Where NextKick shines

  • Each service is priced independently, so you can buy the desk without the website or marketing
  • "No contracts or setup fees", cancel anytime, and phone support listed on the Pro plan
  • Deep testing workflow: belt testing, rank management, custom certificates, and test scoring
  • Face recognition check-in, plus separate student and admin mobile apps
  • Pro is published with no feature limits
  • The Ultimate Bundle is $319/mo against $348 bought separately — the page states "Save $29/mo"

Trade-offs to weigh

  • Full stack means several lines: Core $79/mo, Pro $179/mo, Website $169/mo, Marketing $550/mo (reduced from $700 as a limited-time promo)
  • The Ultimate Bundle, which is Pro plus the website, is $319/mo — $3,828 a year
  • Core is the lean tier by design: staff accounts are "1 staff + owner (2 total)", trial memberships "Up to 3", events "Up to 3", forms are "Trial form only", and kiosk mode covers "Attendance & trial sign-up only"
  • Two-way SMS, multi-location support, and the after-school program are add-ons on both Core and Pro
  • Card processing is published only as "from 2%*" with the footnote "*varies by card type & volume", so your actual rate is not knowable from the page
Head-to-head

NextKick vs. CyberKnockouts

The NextKick column is what NextKick publishes, read on 2026-09-26. Where it publishes nothing, the cell says so rather than guessing.

  • Published monthly price

    NextKick
    Core $79/mo · Pro $179/mo · Website $169/mo · Ultimate Bundle $319/mo (from $348) · Marketing $550/mo (from $700)Promo: No contracts or setup fees, cancel anytime. Bundle saves $29/mo; Marketing is a limited-time promo price.
    CyberKnockouts
    $50/mo (website) or $99/mo (admin panel)

  • Credit card processing

    NextKick
    Published on the savings calculator as "from 2%*" with the footnote "*varies by card type & volume".
    CyberKnockouts
    Stripe at 2.9% + 30¢ flat per card

  • Custom website included?

    NextKick
    Website is $169/mo on its own, or included in the $319/mo Ultimate Bundle.
    CyberKnockouts
    Custom 5-page site, copy included, loads under 1s ($999 one-time)

  • School website

    NextKick
    $169/mo on its own, or inside the $319/mo Ultimate Bundle
    CyberKnockouts
    Custom 5-page site, copy included — $999 one-time + $50/mo retainer

  • Software plus website, published

    NextKick
    $319/mo Ultimate Bundle — $3,828 a year
    CyberKnockouts
    $2,250 one-time + $99/mo all-in — $1,188 a year after the build

  • Staff accounts

    NextKick
    Core: 1 staff plus owner (2 total). Pro: unlimited
    CyberKnockouts
    No per-seat charge in our published pricing

  • Card processing

    NextKick
    Published as "from 2%*" — "varies by card type & volume"
    CyberKnockouts
    Your own Stripe account at Stripe's published 2.9% + 30¢ per domestic card charge

  • Whose name is on the statement

    NextKick
    Not stated on the pricing page
    CyberKnockouts
    Your academy's name, because the Stripe account is yours

  • Accounting

    NextKick
    Not stated on the pricing page
    CyberKnockouts
    Automatic sync to QuickBooks Online

  • Testing and curriculum tools

    NextKick
    Belt testing, rank management, custom certificates, test scoring, homework and curriculum
    CyberKnockouts
    None. Our panel covers members, plans, failed cards, and who showed up

  • Before you pay

    NextKick
    No contracts or setup fees, cancel anytime
    CyberKnockouts
    Free 24-hour working preview of your own academy's site

Every NextKick cell above is quoted or paraphrased from the page we read on 2026-09-26.

Read the source (nextkick.ai/pricing) →

Where we differ

Our published prices and what they cover. Nothing here is a comparison — it is what you get from us.

The Rebuild

$999 + $50/mo

Custom 5-page site, copy included, mobile-first, loads in under 1 second, and local SEO. The $50/mo retainer covers hosting, updates, and keeping the site fast.

Web + Admin Bundle

$2,250 + $99/mo

Save $248 against buying separately. The Rebuild plus a custom admin panel for members, plans, failed cards, and who showed up last night. Priority support and same-day fixes come with the panel.

Direct Stripe Processing

2.9% + 30¢

Stripe standard card rate vs gym-software rates up to 5%. Apple Pay, Google Pay, ACH, and cards. Your academy's name on student bank statements.

Accounting Simplicity

QuickBooks Sync

Charges sync to QuickBooks Online, so your accountant does not rebuild the month from a CSV export.

Zero Lock-In

No Contracts

No contracts. You see the preview before you pay, and you can cancel the retainer at any time.

Risk-Free Validation

Free 24h Preview

We build a working preview of your school's new website within 24 hours. You review it live on your own smartphone before paying a single cent.

Published prices, side by side

Published prices side by side, on $22,000 a month of card tuition

Published prices only, and the closest like-for-like pairing we can make: NextKick's Ultimate Bundle (software plus website) against our Web + Admin Panel. NextKick's bundle includes a deeper feature set than our panel, including belt testing, curriculum, and face recognition check-in. Read both feature lists before you read the numbers.

NextKick, as published

Ultimate Bundle, Pro + website ($319/mo × 12)
$3,828
Core on its own ($79/mo × 12)
$948
Website on its own ($169/mo × 12)
$2,028
Setup fee
None — "no setup fees"

CyberKnockouts, as published

Web + Admin Panel, one-time
$2,250
All-in retainer ($99/mo × 12)
$1,188
Website only: one-time
$999
Website only: retainer ($50/mo × 12)
$600

The arithmetic on those published prices

Bundle against bundle: $3,828 a year against $1,188 a year is a $2,640 a year difference, and our $2,250 one-time build equals about ten months of it ($2,250 ÷ $2,640 = 0.85 years). Website against website: $2,028 a year against $600 a year is a $1,428 a year difference, and our $999 build equals about eight months of it. Card processing is excluded on both sides, because "from 2%" is a floor, not a rate.

Card processing: check your own statement

NextKick publishes "from 2%*" with the footnote "*varies by card type & volume", and its own calculator says "Estimates only — not a quote or guarantee." That means the page does not tell you what you would actually pay, so neither will we. Your own statement does: total processing fees for the month divided by total card volume billed.

  1. 1Every 1 percentage point on $22,000 a month of card volume is $220 a month, or $2,640 a year. That is just $22,000 × 0.01.
  2. 2Stripe publishes 2.9% + 30¢ per successful domestic card charge (stripe.com/pricing, read 2026-09-26).
  3. 3On $22,000 a month across 160 charges, Stripe's published rate is $22,000 × 2.9% = $638, plus 160 × $0.30 = $48. That is $686 a month, $8,232 a year.
  4. 4Subtract $686 from your own monthly fee total to see your own gap. Multiply by 12 for the year.

Stripe's published rate: stripe.com/pricing, read 2026-09-26. For the step-by-step version of this arithmetic, including how to work out your own effective rate from a payout report, read what martial arts schools really pay for gym software and card fees.

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What switching from NextKick actually involves

Four steps, in this order. We build the site in 24 hours while you pull your member data at your own pace, so nothing has to move until you are ready.

  1. 01

    Export member and testing data

    Pull your student directory, testing records, and recurring billing plans out of your current portal.

  2. 02

    Inspect your 24-hour preview

    We build a live version of your school's new site. Test the speed, the mobile trial form, and the layout yourself.

  3. 03

    Connect your own Stripe account

    You keep control of payouts and customer records, and charges sync to QuickBooks Online.

  4. 04

    Keep what you need, drop what you replaced

    Move your domain and billing across, then cancel only the services you no longer use.

Questions

NextKick Alternative FAQ

Why does NextKick charge $169 a month for a website?
Because it sells the website as an ongoing service. Its published description is custom conversion-focused design, local SEO architecture, a lead capture funnel, mobile-first performance work, and monthly updates and technical maintenance. We price a site as a one-time $999 build plus a $50/month retainer for hosting, updates, and keeping it fast. At the published numbers that is $2,028 a year against $600 a year, after our one-time fee.
Do you offer face recognition check-in?
No. NextKick does and we do not. We focus on two things: a sub-second website that turns local searches into trial students, and recurring billing on your own Stripe account. We do not build biometric check-in hardware.
Can I use NextKick for student tracking and you for the website?
Yes, and NextKick's own pricing model allows it: "each service is independent." You could run Core at $79/month for the front desk and pair it with our $999 site plus $50/month instead of NextKick's $169/month website service.
What happens to my site if I stop paying the retainer?
The $50/month covers hosting and updates, so the site stops being hosted and maintained by us. Talk to us before you cancel and we will tell you exactly what you have and what moving it would take.
What is included in the $50/month website retainer?
The $50/month retainer covers hosting, updates, and keeping the site fast. You are not paying a developer by the hour to change a class time.

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Pricing and trademarks

Prices as published on NextKick's site on 2026-09-26; check NextKick for current pricing. NextKick is a trademark of its owner. CyberKnockouts is not affiliated.

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