Akada vs YourFee

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.

YourFee is paid academy-management software for Indian dance, music, martial-arts, sports, art, and tuition academies, studios, coaching centres, and educational centres. It runs on Android, iOS, and the web, with parent and staff mobile apps. Academies can collect UPI, debit-card, credit-card, and net-banking payments through Razorpay or Cashfree, or record cash payments; money settles directly in the academy bank account. Parents can review fee history, attendance, receipts, and online payments in a portal. Official Meta WhatsApp Business API reminders are available. Its Progressive Web App records attendance and cash payments offline, then synchronizes when connected. Event tools handle paid or free events, capacity limits, online payments, QR tickets, and smartphone check-in. iCal feeds synchronize schedules with Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook. Plans start at ₹299 per month after a 7-day trial; the free trial supports up to 10 active students.