Registration for community education and continuing ed. Clubsmith is enrolment, term fees and per-meeting attendance for clubs, tutors and activity providers. Here is how the two compare, including where CourseStorm is the better choice.
It serves large continuing-education programmes with complex catalogues and waitlists.
Best for: A community college or large non-profit running hundreds of courses.
It charges a flat subscription only — no fee per enrolment — and is built for a club's term with guardians and per-meeting attendance.
Best for: A club or tutor where every dollar of a fee should stay with the club.
| CourseStorm | Clubsmith | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Subscription, roughly $99–$399 a month, plus a fee per registration | Flat subscription, free up to 20 members |
| Pricing model | Subscription + per-registration fee | Flat subscription only |
| Cut of your payments | Yes, per registration | None |
| Guardians | Not modelled | Children linked to guardians |
| Attendance | Basic | Per meeting |
| Custom fields | Limited | Self-serve, no schema change |
| Bank transfer | Not a focus | Built in with reconciliation |
Yes — a subscription plus a fee per transaction. Clubsmith takes no percentage and no per-enrolment fee, so a club keeps 100% of its fees.
CourseStorm. It is built for hundreds of courses with a catalogue and waitlists. Clubsmith is aimed at a club running its own terms.
For a typical club, substantially — there is no per-transaction fee to scale with your enrolments.
With limits. Clubsmith lets a club define fields on people, sessions and enrolments without a schema change.
Start free, publish a term and share one link. Your families enrol and pay into your own account.
Start free