Roll Payments vs Kicksite
The Kicksite alternative that takes billing off your desk
Kicksite is martial arts specific, so the vocabulary already fits. The difference is economics and labour: who pays the card fees, who chases the bounced payment, and whether your website and your student count are extra. Roll Payments is $199.99 per gym flat, with processing at zero cost and a billing team included.
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The short version
What you pay, and who does the work
Software tiers are easy to compare and rarely the biggest number. Card processing and staff hours are where academies actually spend, so those are the two columns worth reading first.
Roll Payments
$199.99 per gym, per month
Flat. No tiers and no per student fees.
- Card processing cost to the academy: $0 with dual pricing
- A billing team that contacts members about failed cards, as your academy
- Website designed, built and hosted, with registration and waivers wired in
- Month to month, no lock in, and no transfer fee from Roll
- Built for Jiu Jitsu and martial arts academies
Kicksite
~$49 to $199+ per month
Martial arts specific.
- Tiered software fees, with additional user and student fees on top
- Card processing around 2.9% or more per transaction, paid by the academy
- Website is an optional add on
- Nobody calls your members about a failed card
- Leaving can cost around $500
The subscription is not what makes the difference
A school running $30,000 a month through cards at roughly 2.9% is paying about $870 a month to accept payment, before the Kicksite tier and before per student fees. Dual pricing moves that cost to the card price the member chooses to pay, so the academy keeps its cash price and the processing line goes to zero.
You post a cash price and a card price. The card price carries a clearly labeled service fee that the member pays, cash payers pay the cash price, and your processing cost is $0 with your cash price intact. It is compliant when both prices are clearly disclosed, and our signage and receipts are built for it.
Checkout Adult membership, monthly
Member pays by card$205.99
Card service fee, paid by the member$6.00
Your processing cost$0.00
Deposited to your accountNext business day$199.99
Example checkout with dual pricing active. The 2.9% figure is a common card rate used for illustration, not a Roll Payments rate.
Every platform reports a failed payment. One of them fixes it.
This is the line item that does not appear on any pricing page. A card expires, the charge bounces, and somebody at your academy has to notice, find the member, ask for new details and retry. On Kicksite that somebody is you or your front desk.
With Roll Payments the system retries, the card updater refreshes reissued cards, and our billing specialists follow up by email and phone as your academy until it is resolved. You get weekly recovery reports. Owners tell us it gives back 20 to 40 hours a month, and one academy reported a 42% improvement in collections after handing the follow up over.
Illustration of the recovery sequence described above.
Fit
Built for the mat, or adapted to it
Kicksite is martial arts specific, so belts and programs will feel familiar in both products. Where they part company is what happens to your money and your time: Roll Payments charges one price regardless of roster size, removes card processing cost through dual pricing, and staffs the follow up on failed payments rather than handing you a report.
Belts and stripes
Promotion history and instructor notes on the student record, with plans by belt level or program.
Kids and adults
Separate programs, schedules and pricing inside one academy account.
One report
Payments and memberships in the same system, so there is no processor statement to reconcile.
Side by side
Roll Payments vs Kicksite, line by line
| Feature | Roll Payments | Kicksite |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly fee | ✓$199.99 per gym, all inclusive | –Tiered, about $49 to $199+ per month |
| Website included | ✓Designed, built and hosted by us | –Optional add on |
| Managed billing team | ✓Included. We contact members about failed cards | –Not provided |
| Card processing cost | ✓Dual pricing puts it at $0 | –No dual pricing, about 2.9% or more per transaction |
| Waiver storage | ✓Kept indefinitely, copy sent to the owner | –Limited, or extra cost |
| Term | ✓Month to month | –Monthly plan |
| Pricing transparency | ✓One price, no student count | –Additional user and student fees |
| Leaving fee | ✓None from Roll. The gateway may charge | –About $500 |
| Built for | ✓Jiu Jitsu and martial arts academies | –Martial arts specific |
| Support | ✓U.S. billing and tech support, included | –Limited hours |
| Website and payments | ✓One account, one report | –Limited website integration |
| Contract | ✓Month to month, simple California terms | –Standard subscription terms |
Leaving Kicksite costs you nothing and takes one meeting
The reason academies stay on software they have outgrown is the migration, not the price. We do that part. Your member roster, your plans by belt level and program, and your waivers all move across, and you give us one guided setup session.
Kicksite is a monthly plan, so there is usually no renewal date to wait for. Roll does not charge a transfer fee, though a gateway provider may assess around $500, which is industry standard.
Free transition What we do and what you do
Illustration of the transition described above. Cost to the academy: $0.
Common questions
Questions about moving from Kicksite
See also the Jiu Jitsu gym FAQ and the Zen Planner comparison.
See the difference on your own numbers
Bring a recent processing statement and your current software invoice. We will show you the same month on a flat fee with dual pricing. Questions? Call 1-800-409-0555 or email support@rollpay.co.