Club Ladder vs ChessCore
ChessCore is software for running a paid chess academy: enrolment, attendance, fees, a parent portal and Stockfish analysis of students' games. If you run that kind of business, it does far more than Club Ladder. If what you need is your students' Lichess and chess.com ratings over time, you'd be paying for the whole academy suite to get it.
| ChessCore | Club Ladder | |
|---|---|---|
| Plans | Free (small roster), Core $69/mo, Grow $109/mo, Pro $149/mo, billed annually | Free for 15 players; Club pass $19 once |
| Lichess sync | Pro and up | Free plan |
| chess.com | Import (read-only), Pro and up | Free plan, read every 10 minutes for active players |
| A year of both sites | $1,788 (Pro, annual) | $0 up to 15 players, $19 total above that |
| Rating chart over time | Yes | Yes, both sites per time control |
| Game analysis | Stockfish reviews of new games | No |
| Parent reports | Monthly, drafted by AI and approved by a coach | Monthly page with the numbers in plain sentences and a coach's note |
| Fees, attendance, enrolment | Yes | No |
| Public club page, embed, share cards | No | Yes |
| Benchmarks against other players | No | Yes |
| Account needed | Yes | No; an admin link |
Using both
If you only use ChessCore for rating sync, Club Ladder does that job for a fraction of the price. If you use its billing and attendance, keep it and add Club Ladder for the public side.
Moving over
Export your student list with their Lichess and chess.com usernames, then paste it into your ladder's admin page: one line per student. ChessCore's history doesn't transfer, but I read the last month or two of games on both sites when each student joins.
See your club on both sites.
Free for up to 15 players.
ChessCore prices and features from chesscore.io, checked October 31, 2026. Club Ladder isn't affiliated with any of these products. Other comparisons: Lichess Classes ยท ChessKid report cards