Pricing
ChessCore prices its AI chess academy software in flat capacity tiers, sized by how many students your academy has. Prices are in USD, billed monthly or annually, and there is a Free plan with no credit card required.
Each tier covers up to a set number of students and costs the same however many of them are active this month. Count the students on your roster and find the smallest tier that covers them, then check the features you need. Razorpay UPI AutoPay, Stripe billing and WhatsApp payment links start on Grow, and Lichess and Chess.com auto-sync starts on Pro, however few students you have.
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Billing
148 students fit
Grow$109/mo
Billed annually ($1308/year) · 352 seats open on Grow
Core1 to 100 students
Grow101 to 500 students
Pro501 to 1,000 students
EnterpriseMore than 1,000 students
Each block is flat: a tier costs the same at its first student as at its last. Prices in USD.
1 to 100 students
Perfect for small academies getting started with batch scheduling.
Billed annually ($828/year)
Includes:
Fits 101 to 500 students
For growing academies requiring more billing control.
Billed annually ($1308/year)
Includes:
501 to 1,000 students
Advanced features for large networked training centers.
Billed annually ($1788/year)
Includes:
More than 1,000 students
For large organizations with specific requirements.
Tailored to your needs
Includes:
Yearly prices are shown as a monthly equivalent and are billed annually, paid upfront for the year. Prices are in USD. A person sets up your academy within one business day.
Free
Run a small roster free, with core scheduling and the same daily AI allowance as every plan. No credit card required. Confirm your Free roster limit during setup.
Knight's Gate Chess Academy is an example academy with 42 students, so it fits Core, which covers up to 100 students. That is $89 a month billed monthly, or $69 a month billed annually ($828 a year). Core includes batches, attendance, copilot drafts and the guardian portal. If it also wanted Razorpay UPI AutoPay, the same 42 students would need Grow at $139 a month billed monthly, or $109 a month billed annually, because the feature sets the tier, not the headcount. The academy charges its own families in rupees; ChessCore's subscription is billed in USD. See how a chess academy runs a week on ChessCore to check fit.
Core, Grow, Pro and Enterprise
The tier sets how many students you can enrol and a few billing and sync features. The platform under it is the same: scheduling, attendance, student chess profiles, the approval queue and the guardian portal. Free runs a small roster with core scheduling and the same daily AI allowance.
Batches and recurring schedules, attendance by class, and make-up credits when a student misses one.
Reviews, reports and personal fee notes drafted by AI, plus 200 copilot turns a day on every plan. AI drafts wait for a person to send unless recap auto-publish is on.
Stockfish game analysis on every plan, with PGN upload and a library of each student's games.
Every fee, payment and receipt on one ledger per family, kept apart from your ChessCore subscription.
A custom academy portal where families see classes, homework and fees.
Email support is included from Core up. Enterprise adds support terms agreed in your contract.
Every plan includes the core platform: scheduling, attendance, student chess profiles, the approval queue, and the guardian portal.
| Feature | Core$69/mo yearly | Grow$109/mo yearly | Pro$149/mo yearly | EnterpriseCustom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | ||||
| Students | Up to 100 | Up to 500 | Up to 1,000 | Custom |
| Batches and recurring schedules | ||||
| Attendance and make-up credits | ||||
| Coaching and AI | ||||
| Stockfish game analysis | ||||
| AI copilot drafts: reviews, reports, personal fee notes | 200 turns a day | 200 turns a day | 200 turns a day | 200 turns a day |
| AI drafts wait for a person to send | ||||
| PGN upload and game library | ||||
| Lichess / Chess.com auto-sync | ||||
| Payments and billing | ||||
| Invoices, receipts and family ledger | ||||
| Razorpay UPI AutoPay and Stripe billing | ||||
| WhatsApp payment links and reminders | ||||
| Portals and branding | ||||
| Guardian and student portals | ||||
| Custom academy portal | ||||
| Custom domain | ||||
| Support | ||||
| Email support | ||||
| Support terms agreed in your contract | ||||
The free plan covers a small roster with core scheduling and the same daily AI allowance as every plan: 200 AI copilot turns a day for each academy, where a turn is one request to the copilot. No credit card required.
Every academy gets 200 AI copilot turns a day on ChessCore. A turn is one request to the copilot: one message you send it, or one copilot action an automation runs. The allowance is shared across the academy and is the same on every plan, including Free, so no plan buys a bigger one. It resets at midnight UTC. When the 200 turns are used up, the copilot pauses and resumes the next day (UTC). Stockfish game analysis is included on every plan.
For the full list of what the AI drafts and what it leaves to a person, read the ChessCore AI page.
Prices are in USD. Paid plans are billed monthly or annually, as you select. A yearly price on this page is a monthly equivalent that is billed annually, paid upfront for the year:
Fees your academy collects from families through Razorpay or Stripe are separate from this subscription, which is billed in USD. For the rupee side, read what Indian academies charge families or see running an academy in India on ChessCore.
You can upgrade, downgrade or cancel from your dashboard. Upgrades take effect immediately. Downgrades and cancellations take effect at the end of the current billing cycle. The Free plan needs no payment method. Fees paid are non-refundable except where the law requires otherwise. The refund and cancellation rule is in section 4 of the terms of service.
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