Free
A real free tier: not a trial with a clock on it.
Full functionality of Cadence with all options available to everyone. Plus, a lower payment processing fee than most competitors!
Pricing
Two-tier pricing, easy to understand
Full Cadence functionality comes with both tiers. The price changes with your volume, not the features you need.
Paid
Why a paid tier? To save you money.
Most software makes growth expensive: more students, more staff, a higher tier. Cadence keeps full functionality on both tiers, the paid tier lowers your processing rate, and as your volume grows, that discount outruns the monthly fee. You actually pay less as you grow.
There's a free tier and a paid tier, and the difference between them is monthly revenue, not headcount. Classes, students and accounts are unlimited on both, active or retired, so a growing roster or an account that went dormant years ago does not raise your bill.