Comparison

Axion Dojo vs. Kicksite

Kicksite has been serving martial arts schools for close to two decades and is a genuinely focused product — this is a closer comparison than most.

The short version

Both are built for martial arts specifically, rather than adapted from gym software. Kicksite has the longer history and a well-regarded flat-feature pricing model. Axion Dojo is newer, and differs most in where your tuition lands and in how it connects to the website you already have.

Side by side

Axion DojoKicksite
Built forMartial arts schools onlyMartial arts schools only
Feature gatingAll features at every tierAll features at every tier
Where tuition landsYour own Stripe account, straight to your bankIntegrated billing and processing
WebsiteConnects to the site you already have, via API and embeddable formsWebsite development offered as a service
Rank laddersOne per styleCustomizable progression
Published priceNot yet published$49–$199/mo by student count

Kicksite figures are its own published rates, checked September 2026. Check kicksite.com for current pricing.

Where Kicksite is the better choice

Kicksite has been doing this for close to twenty years across thousands of schools. If a long track record and a large base of schools that have already been through every edge case is what you weigh most heavily, that is a real argument and Axion Dojo cannot match it yet.

If you want your website built and hosted by the same company that runs your management software, Kicksite offers that as a service. Axion Dojo takes the opposite position: keep your website, and we will connect to it.

Where Axion Dojo differs

Tuition runs through your own Stripe account to your own bank, rather than through the vendor. And the Website API plus embeddable sign-up forms are built for schools that already have a site they like on WordPress, Squarespace or Google Sites, and want their live schedule and their lead capture to come from their school data.

Want the detail?

This page is the summary. The guide is the manual — written for people running a school, not for people shopping for software. Read how the Website API and sign-up forms work, or start at the contents page.

Common questions

Which is cheaper?

Kicksite publishes its rates; Axion Dojo's are not published yet, so an honest comparison is not possible here. Both charge a single monthly subscription tiered by student count with no gated features.

Do both handle belt ranks properly?

Yes. Both are martial-arts-specific products with real rank tracking, which is exactly why this comparison comes down to billing structure and website approach rather than to core features.

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