Choosing booking software for a boxing studio (2026)
A buyer's guide to booking software for a boxing or kickboxing studio: class scheduling, memberships and packs, waitlists, and payments — plus KADRE's honest fit.
If you run a boxing or kickboxing studio, your booking software has to handle group classes capped to bags or stations, memberships and packs, and waitlists that fill quickly. This guide covers what actually matters when you choose software for a boxing studio in 2026, and where KADRE fits honestly.
What a boxing studio needs from booking software
Class scheduling capped to your space
Boxing and kickboxing classes are usually capped to the number of bags, stations, or floor spots you have. You want to build a repeating weekly schedule fast, cap each class precisely, and offer waitlists so a full class still captures demand. Look for genuine waitlist support, not just a "full" label.
Memberships and class packs
Boxing members buy a mix: recurring memberships, prepaid packs, intro offers, and drop-ins. Your software should handle memberships and packs side by side and manage the everyday lifecycle — pauses, renewals, cancellations — without you fighting the tool.
Payments you actually keep
A studio with a solid membership base moves real revenue, and two questions decide how much you keep:
- Does the platform take a cut of your sales? Some booking tools pair with a marketplace (Mindbody owns ClassPass) where a cut can apply on network-sourced bookings.
- Who's the merchant of record? If you are, payments land in your own account and you keep the full price less card processing.
Your own brand and channel
Boxing studios build a strong identity. Members should book on your site under your brand — not discover you through a shared marketplace directory where the platform owns the relationship.
Fast, self-serve setup
A single-location studio shouldn't need a multi-week enterprise rollout. Look for software you can set up yourself in days, not something sold only through an implementation team.
Where KADRE fits
KADRE is built for the independent boutique studio to get live quickly and keep its economics. For a boxing studio, here's the honest picture:
- General class-booking fit — not a dedicated boxing profile (yet). KADRE does class-based scheduling, per-class capacity, and waitlists well, which covers the core of a boxing studio's daily schedule. It does not currently have a dedicated boxing/kickboxing studio type with sport-specific features (no sparring-partner matching, ring/station assignment, or fight-record tracking). The fit is a solid general class-booking tool, not a boxing-specific product.
- Memberships and packs. Recurring memberships and prepaid class packs are first-class, so members and pack-buyers can both book cleanly.
- 0% platform cut. You're the merchant of record; payments go straight to your own Stripe account. The only fee is Stripe's standard processing, paid to Stripe — no KADRE markup. (That's a 0% platform cut, not "no fees ever.")
- Your own branded site. Members book on you.kadre.fit (or your own domain as an add-on), not a shared marketplace. KADRE can draft a storefront from your existing website to get you live fast.
- Predictable, capped pricing. Free up to 50 active members, then $1 per active member per month, hard-capped at $99/month. Add-ons (AI Coach, SMS, branded app, custom domain) are off by default.
- An operator, not just software — supervised. KADRE includes an AI that can draft a weekly training plan (coach-gated) and draft a nudge to help fill an under-booked class. It's recommend-and-approve: it drafts, a human approves every send, and it never messages your members on its own.
An honest note: KADRE is a strong fit for the booking, membership, and payments side of a boxing studio, and it lets you keep your economics. It doesn't add boxing-specific tooling beyond general class booking. We also don't claim proven fill or retention numbers — that's being validated with early studios.
How to run your evaluation
- List your must-haves: class scheduling capped to bags/stations, waitlists, memberships and packs, your own branded booking page.
- Do the money math: subscription + any platform/marketplace cut + processing + add-ons, on your member count.
- Check the setup path: can you go live yourself this week, or does it need an implementation team?
- Try a real demo and confirm it covers what you actually need.
Frequently asked questions
- What's the best booking software for a boxing studio?
- The best fit handles class scheduling capped to your bags or stations, waitlists, and both memberships and packs while letting you own your channel and keep your sales. KADRE covers all of that as a general class-booking tool, with a 0% platform cut and your own branded site.
- Does KADRE have boxing-specific features?
- No — KADRE is general class-booking, not a boxing-specific product. There's no sparring-partner matching, station assignment, or fight-record tracking. For scheduling, memberships, waitlists, and payments, it fits well.
- Will the platform take a cut of my membership revenue?
- On KADRE, no — 0% platform cut, with payments going to your own Stripe account and only Stripe's standard processing applying. Some marketplace-connected platforms can take a cut on network-sourced bookings.
- Does the AI message my members automatically?
- No. It's recommend-and-approve: it drafts a weekly plan or a class-fill nudge, but a human approves every send.
- How fast can I get set up?
- KADRE is built for a single studio to self-serve quickly, and can draft a storefront from your existing website — no enterprise implementation project required.
See also: For boxing gyms · Booking software for a BJJ / martial-arts studio · KADRE pricing · KADRE vs Mindbody · Do booking platforms take a cut?
Questions about your studio? Email support@kadre.fit.