Akada vs Experience Dance

Akada is management software for dance studios, including ballet, hip hop, and multi-discipline performing arts academies. It provides online registration, student profiles, enrollment history, family accounts, and class rosters. Scheduling tools enroll students and identify conflicts among students, instructors, and rooms. Free texting and two-way messaging support announcements and direct messages. Billing covers automated tuition, recurring charges, balance tracking, and secure Stripe payments; the listed processing rate is 3.5% plus $0.30 per transaction. Akada Studio and Akada Portal apps support attendance, schedules, enrollment, messaging, and payments on mobile devices. Performance tools handle recital scheduling, costume sizing and billing, dancer spacing, and keeping family members together. The software tracks staff hours by hour or class and generates payroll reports. More than 200 reports cover finances, enrollment, attendance, accounts, and students. It runs on Android, iOS, and web, with Zapier and Stripe integrations. The plan costs $60 a month and includes all features.

Experience Dance is a web-based studio management platform for scheduling, billing, enrollment, and communication. Its tuition billing supports monthly, session-based, and drop-in cycles, tracks paid and pending payments, retries failed payments, and sends notifications. Scholarships and discounts are built in. Studios can create visual schedules and track attendance from any device, while automated parent messages cover schedule changes, closures, and reminders. Stripe supports major credit cards, debit cards, and ACH transfers. Teachers receive a phone-accessible dashboard for upcoming classes, attendance, notes, and participation. Agreement acceptances are timestamped and tied to their specific versions. The maker says migration tools and support are available for existing student and class information. The Free plan includes unlimited classes, staff and teacher users, and calendar scheduling. Pro costs $50 a month and adds a registration portal, Stripe billing and tuition management, and agreements and waivers.