Chess67 / Pricing
Simple pricing.
No subscription.
Run your club, tournament, or coaching business for free. Chess67 earns 2% only when you collect a payment through the platform.
Platform fee
2%
Only on payments processed through Chess67. If you never charge players, you never pay us.
How it works
One fee.
Three simple rules.
- 01
Build for free
Create your club, publish events, run tournaments, and manage members without a software bill.
- 02
Charge when you need to
Collect entry fees, dues, lesson payments, or store sales through Chess67 checkout.
- 03
Pay 2% on those sales
Free events and money collected outside Chess67 never trigger a platform fee.
Processor fees are separate. Stripe processing fees are separate; eligible nonprofits may qualify for Stripe's discounted nonprofit processing rates where available. Stripe nonprofit rates
Included from day one
The whole operation, not a starter version.
There is no feature-gated starter tier and no software subscription required to begin. One custom club page is included; club plans add unlimited pages and sub-pages.
Explore all features- Clubs, events, and memberships
- Tournament registration and payments
- Pairings, live standings, and reporting
- Messaging and organizer tools
- Family accounts and player profiles
- A custom club page built with the drag-and-drop editor
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Browse all comparisonsFull feature comparisonChess67, WinTD, ChessRegister, SwissSys, and KingRegistration
| Capability | Why it matters | Chess67 | WinTD | ChessRegister | SwissSys | KingRegistration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public online registration pages | Players sign themselves up and the roster builds itself — nobody re-types entries from email. | — | Partial | |||
| Payments collected at signup | Entry fees arrive with the registration, so there's no cash box reconciliation afterward. | — | Partial | |||
| Pairings and tiebreaks built in | The same product that took registrations can pair round one — no export into separate pairing software. | — | — | |||
| Round robin and quad formats | Club championships, K-3 sections, and small invitationals often aren't Swiss events. | — | — | |||
| Live pairings and standings for players | Players check their board on a phone instead of crowding a printed wallchart between rounds. | — | Partial | Partial | — | |
| USCF rating report export | Rated US events have to file a report — exporting it beats assembling one by hand on Sunday night. | 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 | — | — | ||
| Custom registration questions and per-section pricing | School, team, bye requests, T-shirt size, different fees per section — real events need flexible forms. | — | Partial | 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. | — | — | — | — | |
| 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. | — | — | — | Partial | |
| Messaging and announcements to players | Round delays, room changes, and next-event announcements reach everyone without a separate email tool. | Partial | Partial | Partial | 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. | — | — | — | — | |
| 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. | — | — | — | — |
FIDE-related rows describe organizer preparation aids only. Chess67 is not approved, certified, or endorsed by FIDE. Comparison based on public product positioning and common organizer workflow feedback; verify key details in current vendor documentation. Updated 2026-06-10.
FAQ
A few straight answers.
Is Chess67 only tournament software?
No. Tournaments are one part of it — Chess67 also handles online registration, payments, club memberships, family accounts, messaging, and a storefront, so the event and the club around it live in one product.
Do I need a monthly software subscription to run my club on Chess67?
No. There's no base subscription: clubs can create their organization, publish events, run tournaments, and manage members before paying anything.
When does Chess67 actually charge fees?
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 drops the platform fee to 0% on PayPal and eligible Venmo sales while it's active.
Can Chess67 replace separate tools for registration, payments, messaging, and tournament day?
Yes — that's the design. Registration pages, checkout, pairings, live standings, member messaging, and club operations run in one system, so the roster never has to be exported from one tool into another.
Is Chess67 a better fit for tournaments, ongoing clubs, or scholastic programs?
All three, but it shines with recurring activity: clubs and scholastic programs that run events month after month, where family accounts, member history, and built-in communication keep paying off between tournaments.
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