Kananas vs Rosterra

Kananas combines membership CRM, a communication website and a member portal. Its dance-school offering covers recurring classes and private lessons, teacher assignment, student progress, tuition billing and access for students and parents. Studios can manage events and recital ticketing, and import data from spreadsheets or systems such as Mindbody and Jackrabbit. Kananas supports USD billing, and its FAQ names Stripe as a local payment gateway for US studios. The service offers a REST API, webhooks and a sandbox; Kananas says Zapier or Make can connect it to over 2,000 applications. Its dance-school page describes a built-in AI assistant for task automation and studio reports and insights. Members and administrators can use the iOS and Android app. The Free plan supports up to 50 contacts. Paid plans start at $99 a year for 250 contacts, while the M plan costs $366 a year for 1,000 members. A free 30-day trial has no commitment and converts to the Free version afterward. If a suggested tip covering payment fees is refused, the FAQ lists transaction fees of 2.4% plus $0.25.

Rosterra is management software for activity businesses, with tools for dance studios to manage rosters, attendance, billing, events, communications and student progression. Studios can track distinct grades and syllabuses for each dance style, publish exam sessions, collect entries and fees, and add recital or costume charges to recurring family bills. Billing supports card and ACH autopay, automatic family and sibling discounts, and failed-payment alerts. Members can check in at a tablet kiosk; staff can take class registers on a phone or tablet. Families can view schedules, progress, invoices and waivers in a web portal or the school's branded app. Listed connections include Square POS, two-way Zoho Books sync, Google Calendar sync and SMS through the customer's provider. Plans are billed monthly per location: Core costs $30 a month for up to 25 active members, Growth costs $60 a month for up to 150, and Unlimited costs $90 a month with no member cap. The terms describe a 30-day trial without a card, while the dance page also states 14 days.