Kolva Club vs Coacha
Looking for a Coacha alternative?
Coacha is a well-established UK club platform, and plenty of clubs are happy on it. This page is for the ones who aren't — usually because of the monthly subscription, the admin still left to do by hand, or wanting to keep Direct Debit without starting from scratch.
Coacha is used by a wide range of UK sports clubs, from martial arts to swimming. Kolva is built specifically around how cheerleading, gymnastics and dance clubs run: squads, competitions, kit, and families with more than one athlete.
Pricing, side by side
Figures from each platform's public pricing page, last verified October 2026.
Kolva Club
Our 0.75% sits on top of Stripe (1.5% + 20p) or GoCardless (1% + 20p, capped at £4).
Full pricingCoacha
From Coacha's public pricing page. Plans change — always check before deciding.
Coacha PricingWhy clubs move
What Kolva does differently — not a list of what Coacha doesn't.
No subscription
Kolva has no monthly fee. You pay 0.75% on money you actually collect, on top of the normal Stripe or GoCardless processing fee. A club collecting nothing pays nothing.
We do the move for you
We import your athletes, parents and teams, so parents don't re-enter their details. Each parent then sets up a new Direct Debit from an email link, and you keep collecting on Coacha until theirs is live.
Ask, don't click
"Who hasn't paid this month?", "Create a taster for Saturday 10am", "Message the Seniors about Sunday" — the AI assistant does the admin, with a confirmation step before anything goes out.
One Direct Debit per family
Monthly fees, kit and competition fees all collect on the same mandate. Sibling discounts and crossover athletes are handled in the fee schedule, not a spreadsheet.
Feature by feature
“Check current plans” means we could not confirm it from public material. It is not a cross.
| Feature | Kolva Club | Coacha |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
Monthly subscription | £0 | Free up to 50 members, then £36/mo |
Card payments Total including processor fee | 2.25% + 20p | 2.5% + 20p |
UK Direct Debit (GoCardless) Total including processor fee | 1.75% + 20p | 2.2% + 24p |
Cash payment tracking | Free | Check current plans |
Athlete / member limits Coacha plans are tiered — check which tier fits your numbers | Unlimited | Check current plans |
| Money | ||
Direct Debit for monthly fees | ||
Automatic monthly invoicing from a fee schedule | Check current plans | |
Kit & competition fees on the same Direct Debit | Check current plans | |
Sibling discounts & crossover pricing | Check current plans | |
Per-family "who hasn't paid" chase | Check current plans | |
Supplier disbursements kept out of revenue | Check current plans | |
| Running the club | ||
Member database & registers | ||
Parent portal / app | ||
Email messaging to parents | ||
Inbox with AI draft replies & suggested actions | Check current plans | |
AI assistant ("who hasn't paid this month?") | Check current plans | |
Taster sessions with public signup links | Check current plans | |
Competitions & events with cost splitting | Check current plans | |
Club shop | Check current plans | |
Staff DBS / First Aid expiry tracking | Check current plans | |
Digital accident book | Check current plans | |
| Compliance | ||
UK GDPR tooling — exports, deletion, audit log | Check current plans | |
Signed DPA available | Check current plans | |
Policy versioning with parent acceptance | Check current plans | |
Free done-for-you onboarding | — | |
Moving off Coacha, for free
Done with you on a call. Here is exactly what happens and what comes across.
- 1
Export members, parents and teams from your Coacha admin as CSV (about 30 minutes).
- 2
Send us the files. We run the import with you on a call, or do it for you — AI maps the Coacha columns, you review the summary before anything goes live. Importing never emails parents; you choose when they are invited.
- 3
When you are ready, each parent gets an email invite to set a password and set up a new Direct Debit with GoCardless. Bacs takes around three working days to activate it; keep collecting on Coacha until then.
Comes across
- Athletes, parents and emergency contacts
- Teams and squads
- Coaches and admins, with the right role
- Sessions with day-of-week and timing where Coacha provides it
Stays in your archive
- Past attendance — stays in your Coacha archive
- Past invoices and receipts — Kolva starts a clean ledger from cutover day
- Direct Debit mandates — each parent sets up a new one from an email link; keep collecting on Coacha until theirs is live
- Internal notes — copy across any you want to keep
Questions clubs ask about leaving Coacha
They don't re-register: we import their details and their children's for you. They do set a password and a new Direct Debit, which takes a couple of minutes from an email link. Keep collecting on your old platform until each parent's new one is live. If you already collect through GoCardless, ask us about keeping your existing mandates instead.