Disclosure: Mako CRM publishes this comparison and is one of the products discussed. This is vendor-authored analysis, not an independent review or hands-on product test.
Method: We checked the official sources below on September 1, 2026. Features, prices, fees, promotions, limits, and contract terms can change. Quote-only or unverified items should be labeled; absence from an official page is not proof that a feature is unavailable.
| Publisher | Source | What it supports | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martialytics | Martialytics pricing | Active-student pricing displayed by monthly and annual columns; leads/inactive free; multiple currencies shown | Page mixes pricing cards and processing claims; qualify context and currency |
| Martialytics | Martialytics | Martial-arts student management billing communication app rank and attendance features | School student growth and retention statistics are vendor-reported |
| Mako CRM | Pricing - Transparent Plans for Service Businesses | Public plan prices, annual totals, included team members, additional-location price, and month-to-month contract statement | Vendor-authored and changeable; checked date required; does not independently prove value, superiority, or competitor differences |
| Mako CRM | Invoicing and Payment Software for Service Businesses | Invoice creation, payment links, partial-payment tracking, reminders, recurring billing, Stripe processing, and Mako fee statements | Vendor-authored; Stripe fees can vary by market and account; sample collection and speed figures are not independent outcome evidence |
Martialytics is purpose-built dojo software — grading, curriculum tracking, attendance, and the progression mechanics that define a martial arts program. Mako is the business platform underneath a school: memberships, payments, instructor pay, pro shop, and the financial reporting that tells you which programs pay for themselves. Neither replaces the other cleanly, and pretending otherwise would waste your time.
Martialytics: Published and banded by active student count. 0–50 students $69/month, 51–100 $99, 101–200 $129, and 200+ $199. Straightforward and openly posted.
Mako: Pulse is free. Basic at $139/month — the complete platform with three team members. Team at $249/month — fifteen team members, extra locations at $75/month each, advanced reporting, QuickBooks sync. Enterprise at $999/month — unlimited students. Roughly 20% off annually, no contract, and no charge based on student count.
The crossover: Martialytics is cheaper at every band up to 200 students — $69, $99, and $129 all sit under Mako Basic's $139. Past 200 students it is $199 against Mako Basic at $139, and Mako moves ahead. For most schools under 200 students, Martialytics costs less. That is simply true.
Grading and curriculum. Syllabus tracking, grading eligibility, rank progression, and the record of who is ready for what. This is the operational heart of a martial arts school and Martialytics is built around it. Mako has no grading system — rank would live outside the platform.
If your syllabus drives everything, that is the deciding factor and no amount of financial reporting changes it.
Purpose-built, and the reason schools choose it. Nothing general-purpose replicates a syllabus properly.
$69 to $129 undercuts Mako across the range most independent schools live in.
Class check-in tied to grading eligibility, which is exactly the loop a dojo runs on.
It does martial arts and does not sprawl into things you will never use.
Profit per program after instructor pay and mat time, cash-flow forecasting, unit economics, LTV. Martialytics tracks students and gradings; it is not built to tell you whether the kids' program funds the adults' or drains it.
Per-class rates, splits, tips, timesheets and payouts — native, and historically accurate against the rate in force on the day.
Uniforms, gear, belts and patches with stock levels, low-stock alerts, and margin per item — rather than a shelf and a notebook.
If you run BJJ alongside kickboxing and a fitness class, or a second site, Mako handles memberships and reporting across all of it on one platform, with extra locations at $75/month.
Pulse compares your retention against market averages and surfaces students who have quietly stopped showing up. Free, imports from other platforms, and worth running beside whatever you use.
Pick Martialytics if:
Pick Mako if:
Your school is a business. Not a hobby, not a side project, not a calendar with a cash register. It deserves software that treats it accordingly. If your platform cannot tell you whether you are financially healthy, it is not doing its job. And in 2026, you have better options.
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