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Every studentgets the member app, at no extra charge
0%Konjo markup on card processing
NoneContracts or minimum terms
Before the rows
How to read this table.
The five products a martial arts school shortlists, compared on belts, testing, what the student gets, and what it costs to leave.
What the marks mean
- Included — the product does this
- Partial — it does part of this
- Not offered — it does not do this
- Not published — its own pages do not answer this row, so we do not score it
Why Konjo’s price is not a number here
The model is published in full on the pricing page: one flat monthly price for your location, every feature in it, no plan levels and no per-student fee. Founding-dojo pricing is open while we launch, so you get the figure on the call and in writing.
Every number here is dated
Each price and rating was read on the product’s own site on the date printed beside its source under the table. Other people’s prices move. If one of these has changed since we read it, the link is there to check it against.
Row by row
24 rows, in the order an owner asks them
The rows Konjo loses are in among them: how long each product has been around, what its customers say, and whether you can try it without talking to anyone. Every claim about another product has a dated source under the table.
How to read the marks. Sources in the other columns are that product’s own pages, or a third party where the note says so. Every Konjo cell links to the Konjo page that describes it — our own word, not an outside check. A mark scores what a product does, not what it charges for it: where a feature costs extra, the mark stands and the price is in the note beside it.
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| Feature | Konjo | MyStudio | PushPress | Spark Membership | Kicksite | Zen Planner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built for martial arts schools | ✓Belts and curriculum are the product. Source 3 | ✓A main market, and the deepest ranks here. Source 9 | ◐Built for gyms, with ranks added on. Source 15 | ◐Sold to six kinds of studio. Source 19 | ✓Martial arts schools are its stated market. Source 21 | |
| A belt ladder for each style | ✓A ladder per style, on one profile. Source 3 | ✓Belt systems per style, with history. Source 9 | ✓Rank tracking you set up yourself. Source 15 | ◐Claimed on comparison pages, not on its features. Source 18 | ✓A custom belt curriculum, tied to programs. Source 22 | ◐Rank on a profile. No per-style ladder. Source 26 |
| Years in market and schools served | NewLaunching with its first schools. Source 4 | 2,000+ studiosThe figure its own site publishes. Source 12 | 5,000+ gyms5,000+ gyms in 46 countries. Source 15 | 2,000+ businessesIts own figure. It launched in 2019. Source 19 | 2,100+ schools2.1K+ schools over 18 years. Source 21 | –No count published. Daxko is behind it. Source 25 |
| Reviews on independent sites | None yetNone yet. They will be linked here. Source 4 | 4.5 of 5From 171 reviews on Capterra. Source 13 | 4.7 of 5Its Capterra score, from 196+ reviews. Source 16 | 4.7 of 5Google 4.7 from 99 reviews; Capterra 4.6. Source 17 | 4.8 of 5From 127 reviews on Capterra. Source 22 | –No rating on its own pages. Source 25 |
| Belt testing workflow | ✓Test events, rosters, results, bulk promotion. Source 3 | –Testing is not on its feature list. Source 18 | ✓Testing events, eligibility list, one-click promotion. Source 22 | ◐Rank shows who is next. No workflow. Source 27 | ||
| Curriculum with video, scoped to a rank | ✓What this belt requires, with video. Source 6 | ✓Technique videos and kata held against ranks. Source 9 | ✕Its workout builder is fitness programming. Source 15 | –Not on its feature list. Source 18 | ◐A belt curriculum, plus a media library. Source 22 | ✓Shared curriculum, with example technique videos. Source 27 |
| Training journal for the student | ✓A class or a solo session, logged and kept. Source 6 | –Not on its member app page. Source 10 | –Not on its martial arts page. Source 15 | –Not on its feature list. Source 18 | ✕A portal, with nothing to log in. Source 22 | ◐Fitness workout tracking, not a training journal. Source 25 |
| Practice that repeats what you forget | ✓Spaced flashcards for what a test asks. Source 6 | –Not on its member app page. Source 10 | –Not on its martial arts page. Source 15 | –Not on its feature list. Source 18 | –Not on its feature list. Source 22 | –Not on its martial arts or pricing pages. Source 26 |
| Video coaching with written feedback | ✓Video in, structured feedback back. Source 6 | –Not on its member app page. Source 10 | –Not on its martial arts page. Source 15 | –Not on its feature list. Source 18 | –Not on its feature list. Source 22 | –Not on its martial arts or pricing pages. Source 26 |
| Instructor tools on the floor | ✓Class mode, attendance and readiness, in-app. Source 6 | ◐Tablet check-in, on its middle plan up. Source 8 | ◐Attendance and check-in. No readiness view. Source 15 | ◐A kiosk app. No instructor floor tools. Source 18 | ◐Kiosk check-in at the desk. No instructor app. Source 22 | |
| Member app included at no extra charge | ✓Included for everyone. Browser today, iOS in TestFlight. Source 6 | ◐Included. Your dojo’s name on the $239 plan. Source 10 | ◐Included. A branded app is $81 to $97. Source 14 | ◐Listed. Whether it costs extra is unpublished. Source 17 | ◐A portal and mobile web. No native app. Source 22 | ◐Included. A branded app is $39 a month. Source 25 |
| Family accounts | ✓One parent login for every child. Source 6 | –Not on its membership page. Source 11 | ✓Family plans, sibling discounts, guardian signing. Source 15 | –Not on its feature list. Source 18 | ✓Parents and children on one profile. Source 22 | ✓One household account, one family sign-up. Source 27 |
| Public dojo page with trial booking | ✓Your own address, schedule and trial form. Source 3 | ✓A website on every plan, from $79. Source 8 | ✓With Grow, at $329 a month. Source 14 | ◐Funnels and checkout. No school page. Source 18 | ✓Landing pages with trial lead forms. Source 22 | ✓Its Website product, $99 a month on top. Source 25 |
| Email and SMS automations | ◐Email and opt-in texts. No AI follow-up. Source 3 | ✓Ten on the $159 plan, unlimited on $239. Source 8 | ✓With Grow, at $329 a month. Source 14 | ✓Email, SMS, and an AI answering leads. Source 18 | ✓Unlimited text and email, plus automated alerts. Source 22 | ✓In the package. Engage is $249 on top. Source 25 |
| Full website builder | ◐One public page, not a site. Source 3 | ✓A built-in website on every plan. Source 8 | ✓With Grow, at $329 a month. Source 14 | ◐Funnel pages, not a website builder. Source 18 | ✓Its team builds it. Price not published. Source 23 | ✓$99 a month on top of a plan. Source 25 |
| Memberships and billing | ◐Stripe Connect, launching with your dojo. No school is billing live yet. Source 3 | ✓Memberships, trials, events and retail, online. Source 8 | ✓In every Core plan, the free one included. Source 14 | ◐Payments listed. Terms not published. Source 18 | ✓Recurring automated billing, on every tier. Source 22 | ✓Billing and processing at every price level. Source 25 |
| Markup on card processing | NoneStripe’s own rate. No Konjo markup. Source 1 | From 2.9% + 30¢Its pricing page says processing rates start there. Source 8 | 2.75% to 4.99%4.99% free, 2.89% Pro, 2.75% Max. Source 14 | –Not on its pricing page. Source 17 | 2.9% + 25¢Through its processor, plus $29 a month. Source 24 | |
| Price published as a number | On the callModel published. Figure quoted on the call. Source 1 | ✓$79, $159 and $239 a month for one location. Source 8 | ✓Free, $159 or $229, plus add-ons. Source 14 | ◐A promotion only. No plans or terms. Source 17 | ✓$49 to $199, by student count. Source 20 | ✓Eight bands, $99 to $289. Source 25 |
| Try it before you talk to anyone | ✕No trial. A 30-minute demo instead. Source 7 | ◐No trial. A self-guided tour, then a demo. Source 12 | ✓Core Free is $0 a month. Source 14 | ◐Eight weeks free, on its promotion. Source 17 | –Not on its martial arts or pricing pages. Source 25 | |
| Same price whatever your size | ✓40 students or 400, the same price. Source 1 | ✓No student-count limit on single-location plans. Source 8 | ✓Unlimited users on every Core plan. Source 14 | –Not on its pricing page. Source 17 | ✕Steps at 25, 50 and 100 students. Source 20 | ✕Eight bands on active members. Source 25 |
| Contract or minimum term | NoneNone. Cancel before your next renewal. Source 1 | –Not on its pricing page. Source 8 | –Not on its pricing page. Source 14 | –Its promotion runs for 12 months. Source 17 | –Not on its plan and billing page. Source 20 | 12 monthsTwelve months, reported (third-party). Source 28 |
| Getting your data back out | ✓Full CSV, and 30 days after you leave. Source 1 | –Not on its pricing page. Source 8 | –Not on its pricing page. Source 14 | –Not on its pricing page. Source 17 | –Transactions export. Member and rank data unpublished. Source 20 | ◐About $750, reported (third-party). Source 28 |
| Who sets your school up | ✓In every plan, from $79 a month. Source 8 | ✓Setup, import and training. Not split by plan. Source 14 | ✓A dedicated rep. What it migrates is unpublished. Source 17 | ✓A specialist, through your first 60 days. Source 22 | –Not on its martial arts or pricing pages. Source 25 | |
| How you get help after launch | ◐One person, by email or Studio. One business day. Source 2 | ✓An account manager and care team, every plan. Source 8 | ✓Published by plan. 48 hours on the free one. Source 14 | ◐A status page. No channels or hours. Source 17 | ◐Two phone numbers and a help center. Source 25 |
Sources
- 1. Konjo — how pricing workshttps://getkonjo.com/pricingRead Sep 5, 2026.
- 2. Konjo — support after your first 90 dayshttps://getkonjo.com/pricing#after-launchRead Sep 5, 2026.
- 3. Konjo Studio — what the owner’s dashboard doeshttps://getkonjo.com/product/studioRead Sep 5, 2026.
- 4. About Konjohttps://getkonjo.com/aboutRead Sep 5, 2026.
- 5. Konjo — how switching workshttps://getkonjo.com/switchRead Sep 5, 2026.
- 6. Konjo — the member app, and where it runs todayhttps://getkonjo.com/product/appRead Sep 5, 2026.
- 7. Konjo — what a demo is, and what happens after you ask for onehttps://getkonjo.com/demoRead Sep 5, 2026.
- 8. MyStudio — pricing for a single locationhttps://www.mystudio.io/pricing/single-locationRead Sep 5, 2026.
- 9. MyStudio — rank and belt managementhttps://www.mystudio.io/product/rank-belt-managementRead Sep 5, 2026.
- 10. MyStudio — member apphttps://www.mystudio.io/product/member-appRead Sep 5, 2026.
- 11. MyStudio — membership managementhttps://www.mystudio.io/product/membership-managementRead Sep 5, 2026.
- 12. MyStudio — home pagehttps://www.mystudio.ioRead Sep 5, 2026.
- 13. MyStudio — reviews on Capterrahttps://www.capterra.com/p/177467/MyStudio-App/reviews/Read Sep 5, 2026.
- 14. PushPress — pricing, including card processing rateshttps://www.pushpress.com/pricingRead Sep 5, 2026.
- 15. PushPress — martial arts softwarehttps://www.pushpress.com/fitness-business-software/martial-artsRead Sep 5, 2026.
- 16. PushPress — home pagehttps://www.pushpress.comRead Sep 5, 2026.
- 17. Spark Membership — pricinghttps://www.sparkmembership.com/pricing/Read Sep 5, 2026.
- 18. Spark Membership — featureshttps://www.sparkmembership.com/features/Read Sep 5, 2026.
- 19. Spark Membership — home pagehttps://www.sparkmembership.comRead Sep 5, 2026.
- 20. Kicksite — plan and billing informationhttps://kicksite.com/knowledge-base/plan-and-billing-information/Read Sep 5, 2026.
- 21. Kicksite — home pagehttps://www.kicksite.comRead Sep 5, 2026.
- 22. Kicksite — martial arts software featureshttps://kicksite.com/solutions/martial-arts-software-features/Read Sep 5, 2026.
- 23. Kicksite — martial arts websiteshttps://kicksite.com/solutions/martial-arts-websites/Read Sep 5, 2026.
- 24. Kicksite — payment processing, and what its processor chargeshttps://kicksite.com/payment-processing/Read Sep 5, 2026.
- 25. Zen Planner — pricing tiershttps://www.zenplanner.com/pricing-tiers/Read Sep 5, 2026.
- 26. Zen Planner — martial arts management softwarehttps://zenplanner.com/martial-arts/Read Sep 5, 2026.
- 27. Zen Planner — martial arts school softwarehttps://zenplanner.com/martial-arts-studio-software/Read Sep 5, 2026.
- 28. Zen Planner review, by a competitor (third-party)https://www.gymdesk.com/blog/zen-planner-reviewRead Sep 5, 2026.
Take the row that decides it for your dojo and we will answer it with the product open — including the rows Konjo loses.
Where we lose
Where each one is ahead of Konjo today
Konjo is new. These are the things each product does better right now, said plainly, so you can decide whether they matter to your dojo.
MyStudio
Owners of studios that sell memberships, trials, events and retail online, and want belts handled properly.
- Its billing is running today. MyStudio sells memberships, trials, events and retail online on every plan. Your dojo’s own Stripe account is connected during Guided Launch, and no school is billing live on it yet.
- Belt testing goes further than ours, on the plans that carry it. Konjo runs test events, rosters, requirements and promotions. MyStudio also works out who is eligible from attendance minimums and time in rank, and it keeps track of your belt stock — on its $159 plan and above. Its $79 plan tracks ranks with no testing workflow in it.
- It builds you a website. Konjo gives your dojo one public page, not a site you can add pages to.
- It answers leads with AI. Konjo has messages and automations, and no AI follow-up.
- It has a track record. Its site says more than 2,000 studios, and it has 171 reviews on Capterra. Konjo is launching with its first schools.
- Setting you up is inside the monthly price. Its pricing page says every plan, from $79 a month, includes white-glove onboarding, data migration, a dedicated account manager and a care team on call, chat and email. Konjo charges Guided Launch separately, because a founder building your school section by section is real hours — and you get that figure quoted next to your monthly price before you commit to anything.
PushPress
Gyms of any kind that want billing, booking and check-in to be reliable, and buy the rest as add-ons.
- Its billing is running today. Billing and payments are in every PushPress Core plan, the free one included. Your dojo’s own Stripe account is connected during Guided Launch, and no school is billing live on it yet.
- It is far bigger. Its martial arts page says 5,000+ gyms in 46 countries, and it shows ratings from three review sites. Konjo has none of that yet.
- Its marketing goes further. Grow does websites and a lead pipeline on top of the messaging both products send. Konjo has no lead funnel and no AI that answers a new lead.
- It publishes a phone number and a mailing address, and it answers support on a stated schedule.
- There is a free plan. If your school is small and you can live with 4.99% on every card, PushPress costs nothing a month.
Spark Membership
Schools that want lead generation first: funnels, checkout pages, SMS and an AI that answers new leads and books them in.
- Its billing is running today. Spark has been selling to schools since 2019 and lists payments among its features, though it does not publish its processing terms. Your dojo’s own Stripe account is connected during Guided Launch, and no school is billing live on it yet.
- Its founders are two seventh-dan black belts, and it has been selling to schools since 2019.
- Its marketing tools go further than ours: funnels, checkout pages, and an AI that answers new leads and books them in.
- It has more reviews than Konjo does, and it runs a public status page.
- Its first year is heavily discounted, and the discount is published with numbers.
Kicksite
Martial arts schools that want a straightforward front desk: members, attendance, belts and billing.
- Its billing is running today. Kicksite runs recurring automated billing, one-time charges and past-due tracking on every tier. Your dojo’s own Stripe account is connected during Guided Launch, and no school is billing live on it yet.
- Eighteen years and 2.1K+ schools. Konjo is launching with its first schools.
- A very small school pays less. Kicksite starts at $49 a month up to 25 active students.
- You can see the price before you talk to anyone. Kicksite publishes four numbers on its site; Konjo publishes the model and gives you the figure on the call.
- It builds and maintains your school’s website for you — basic through multi-location, with lead forms wired into the software. Konjo gives your dojo one public page, not a site somebody else runs.
Zen Planner
Established gyms and studios that want a large platform priced on active members, with the marketing and website pieces bought alongside it.
- Its billing is running today. Billing and payment processing are in the Zen Planner package at every price level. Your dojo’s own Stripe account is connected during Guided Launch, and no school is billing live on it yet.
- It has been in the market far longer, and it is part of Daxko, with a help center and a support organization behind it.
- It does belts, families and shared curriculum on its martial arts pages: rank on a profile, one household account, and technique videos for the skills a student needs to rank.
- It sells a website at $99 a month and a branded member app carrying your school’s name at $39. Konjo has neither.
- Zen Planner Engage, at $249 a month, carries marketing automation and a lead funnel that Konjo does not do.
- A small school pays less. At 45 active members or fewer, the whole Studio package is $99 a month.
Where we are different
What Konjo does that the others do not
None of these is a feature. They are the reasons the product is shaped the way it is.
Students log, instructors see it, owners run on it
Students log real training. Instructors see who is ready from those records and the requirements your dojo actually sets. Owners run the school on the same numbers. Most school software starts and ends at billing and booking.
The app and the floor tools are included
Every student and every instructor gets the app, and instructors get class mode, attendance and readiness inside it. Elsewhere the app with your dojo’s name on it is an upgrade: the $239 plan at MyStudio, $81 to $97 a month at PushPress, $39 a month at Zen Planner.
No tiers, no markup, no contract
One flat monthly price for your location with every feature in it. Card processing is Stripe’s own rate, paid to Stripe. No minimum term, and a full CSV export while you are a customer and for 30 days after.
The founder sets your school up
You send your exports and Konjo builds your dojo in the system — people, programs, ranks, curriculum. You read every section and approve it before anyone is invited.
Next step
See it against the school you actually run.
Bring your dojo’s ranks, classes and curriculum. We will show you Konjo running with them, and answer any row in this table with the product open.
Three boxes and a tap, and the rest is optional. Galen replies within one business day. The call takes about 30 minutes. It runs on a sample dojo set up with ranks like yours.