Caissa (caissachess.net) is an all-in-one US tournament management tool, and for pure tournament administration it's the biggest overlap with Chess67 on this list: online registration with Stripe, USCF Golden Database uploads and membership lookups, Swiss, round-robin, and Scheveningen pairings, tiebreaks, prize calculation, financial reports, and check-in support, with cloud backup behind it.
The comparison comes down to two things: what surrounds the tournament — families, members, messaging, the next event — and whether you can see the price up front. Caissa offers a free trial and a paid license with no public list price; Chess67 publishes its model.
For deep day-of tournament administration, both are credible. Chess67 wins on what comes before and after the event; Caissa's TD-desk feature set runs deep if that's all you need.
| Fact | Chess67 | Caissa |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Web platform for chess clubs and tournaments: registration, payments, pairings, standings, and member management | All-in-one US tournament management tool with cloud storage |
| Runs on | Any browser — phone, tablet, or laptop | Cloud-backed app; organizer-oriented rather than mobile-first |
| Price | Free to use*; 2% platform fee on Chess67 sales, plus processor fees that may include Stripe nonprofit discounts | Free trial, then a paid license; no public list price — ask for a quote |
| Payments | Stripe or PayPal/Venmo checkout built into registration | Online registration with Stripe |
| Formats & reporting | Swiss, round robin, double round robin, and quads; USCF tiebreaks and rating report export; FIDE TRF preparation | Swiss, round robin, Scheveningen; tiebreaks, prizes, financial reports, check-in |
| Best for | Organizers who want the event plus the families, members, and club around it | US TDs who want deep tournament administration in one tool |
Caissa doesn't publish a list price; confirm license pricing, trial terms, and Stripe setup at caissachess.net before comparing costs.
*Free to use means no base subscription: publish events, run tournaments, and manage members at $0. Chess67 takes a 2% platform fee only on sales processed through Chess67; merchant processing fees are separate. Eligible nonprofits may qualify for Stripe's discounted nonprofit processing rates where available. The optional PayPal add-on gives a 0% platform fee on PayPal and eligible Venmo sales while active. Full details on the pricing page, and Stripe's nonprofit-pricing details are available from Stripe.
Venmo appears only where PayPal marks it eligible: US merchant and buyer, USD checkout, supported browser/device, and the Venmo app installed. PayPal eligibility docs
Chess67 replaces the toolchain, not one link of it. The club website, the registration form, tournament day, and the rating report all read and write the same records — and the people who register become the club that fills your next event.
Everyone who registered is already in your member list — there is no export at the end and no starting over.
Where Caissa fits: Caissa covers the event line deeply, especially at the TD desk. What it doesn't do is the loop underneath: members, dues, email, and the next event.
Caissa's depth is at the director's desk: prize distribution, financial reporting, player-database management, check-in. Chess67 covers the desk — pairings, tiebreaks, results, USCF report export, check-in from phones — and then aims outward at everyone else in the room: players following live standings, parents managing kids from one account, and the club messaging all of them about the next event.
Caissa keeps a director-maintained player database — its USCF Golden Database data syncs monthly and you manage membership lists at the desk. Chess67's players are accounts: they register themselves, their ratings sync, their USCF membership gets validated at signup, and their history accumulates across your events without anyone maintaining a database.
Chess67's model is published: free to use, 2% platform fee on sales processed through Chess67, merchant processing separate with eligible Stripe nonprofit discounts where available. Caissa is a free trial followed by a license quote. Before deciding on cost, get that quote in writing and compare it to 2% of what you actually process per year.
Both screenshots come from public pages, linked below each image.
Chess67Chess67's round control screen: pairings, results, byes, and board operations in the browser. Real product, sample data.
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CaissaCaissa's public site: registration, live updates, player data, pairings, tiebreaks, prizes, and cloud storage for the TD.
SourceTakeaway: Both run a serious tournament. Caissa's center is the director's desk; Chess67's includes the phones in everyone else's hands.
The screens behind the claims on this page — real product, sample data.
The TD roster: pull fresh ratings for the whole field at once and see ID warnings before round one.
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USCF membership checked live during signup: current ratings, status, and expiration before the entry is accepted.
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Standings update for players and parents the moment results go in — no separate publishing step.
See it liveScored from each product's public documentation and pricing pages — the rubric is at the bottom of this page.
| Capability | Why it matters | Chess67 | Caissa |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public online registration pages | Players sign themselves up and the roster builds itself — nobody re-types entries from email. | Yes | Yes |
| Payments collected at signup | Entry fees arrive with the registration, so there's no cash box reconciliation afterward. | Yes | Yes |
| Pairings and tiebreaks built in | The same product that took registrations can pair round one — no export into separate pairing software. | Yes | Yes |
| Round robin and quad formats | Club championships, K-3 sections, and small invitationals often aren't Swiss events. | Yes | Yes |
| Live pairings and standings for players | Players check their board on a phone instead of crowding a printed wallchart between rounds. | Yes | Yes |
| USCF rating report export | Rated US events have to file a report — exporting it beats assembling one by hand on Sunday night. | Yes | Partial |
| FIDE report (TRF) preparation | FIDE-rated sections need a TRF file with complete player and arbiter data. Final reporting still goes through your arbiter and federation. | Partial | No |
| Custom registration questions and per-section pricing | School, team, bye requests, T-shirt size, different fees per section — real events need flexible forms. | Yes | Partial |
| Family accounts (one parent, several kids) | Scholastic events run on parents. One login that manages every child beats re-typing each kid every event. | Yes | No |
| Check-in from a phone on site | Morning check-in moves faster when any TD can work the line from a phone instead of one desk with one laptop. | Yes | Partial |
| Messaging and announcements to players | Round delays, room changes, and next-event announcements reach everyone without a separate email tool. | Yes | Partial |
| Member history (attendance, payments, engagement) | Recurring clubs need to know who's active, who paid, and which families are drifting away — per member, over time. | Yes | No |
| Full product works on phones and tablets | Parents register from phones and TDs walk the floor. Desktop-only software puts a laptop between you and both. | Yes | Partial |
Chess67 is free to set up — publish a tournament page, take a few registrations, and pair a round. You'll know within an hour whether it fits how you direct.
We build Chess67, so read these pages knowing that. We base each comparison on the other product's public pricing and documentation, and we say plainly when the other tool is the better pick. Verify prices and features with each vendor before you buy — they change theirs, and we change ours.
Updated 2026-06-10