At Kinetic, we don’t just deliver software, we deliver partnership, expertise, and a commitment to helping your institution unlock its full potential.
Kinetic Software is the trusted technology partner for higher education housing, residence life, camps, conferences, and events. From residence halls to event spaces, our solutions keep pace with today’s campus demands and help teams adapt, collaborate, and deliver exceptional service.
Our mission is simple:
Empower institutions to streamline operations, elevate the campus experience, and build communities where people thrive.
Our software is intuitive, flexible, and future-ready, supported by a deep commitment to customer success. Your goals guide our roadmap, and your experience inspires improvement. We work closely with every institution to understand needs, support growth, and create meaningful impact.
Together, we accelerate progress, expand opportunities, and strengthen meaningful community connection.
When your institution relies on mission-critical technology, stability matters. As part of the Volaris Group and its Buy, Hold, and Grow Forever philosophy, Kinetic is committed to long-term partnership. Your investment remains protected, and your software partner stays with you.
With Kinetic, you gain confidence, continuity, and the reassurance that we are here for you.
Founded in 1998, Kinetic Software now partners with more than 350 institutions worldwide, fueled by decades of innovation and standout leadership in conferences and events.
Our growth is driven by one goal: helping institutions elevate every moment of the campus experience for students, guests, and communities.
Our journey in housing software began in 1998, when the foundations of Kinetic’s accommodation solutions were first created. From the very start, the focus was on making life easier for accommodation teams and delivering exceptional student experiences.
We cleared paper-filled conference team desks and office filing cabinets with our conferencing management solution, KxConferencing.
We brought food to the table on time with our catering management solution, KxCatering.
We began the summer bedroom revolution with residential bedroom management, KxResidential.
We took the student experience to the next level by introducing online applications portal instead of paper student applications.
Hello new era!
We started saving trees, replacing 40-page accommodation contracts with a simple online contracts process. Imagine how many trees been saved in the last 15 years!
Just 8 years since the beginning of the company, we celebrated our 100th customer! Another 13 years later, we now have over 350 customers worldwide.
Started our global journey by launching our operation in North America!
We made orientation days a thing of the past with our online induction process. We also ditched the
9-5 telesales process for non-student bedrooms with our direct booking portal - KxB&B.
We kicked-off the year by making stressful arrivals days a thing of the past with mobile Arrivals Passes; saving parents and university staff across the world the anguish of traffic management and unnecessary queuing.
We made finding space easier with online meeting room finder and availability checker, KxCalendar.
As online shopping accelerated, 'next-day' deliveries remain next day and prevent accommodation offices becoming new storage solutions, courtesy of KxParcels.
The new generation has prepared for university and so do we with new online portals allowing students to make requests with KxRequests. Accommodation teams' inboxes and painful reception experiences become a thing of the past. Wicked!
The commercial competition intensifies but thanks to KxProposals business development teams stay one-step ahead with data-driven proposal generation and analytics. We also celebrated our 300th customer!
We joined the Volaris Group, providing us with extra strength on the way to being the industry leader.
Kinetic saves universities thousands of hours in repetitive strain injury claims as BedBooker does the heavy lifting with a two-way live-interface with over 90 online travel agents.
The desktop ball and chains are removed for commercial operation teams with KxMobile.
Our superusers are armed in their quest for user happiness, engagement and data safety with KxArchiver. The phrase "being compliant" becomes a reality.
In 2018, we strengthened our long-established housing offering by acquiring Occam and its powerful Room Service platform. This brought together two long-running housing technology paths under one roof.
We launched our brand-new and exciting cloud-based platform -
Kinetic Pulse! So our move to the cloud has begun...
Our student wellbeing management solution, Student Life, made a real difference to the student mental health crisis.
We've revolutionized student payment management with the launch of KxPayments, including the first Open Banking solution for the higher education sector.
We've then taken your customer's experience to the next level by delivering your customer-facing event booking portal, Customer Hub.
We developed a brand new customer-centric team, Customer Success, with a focus on empowering our customers to gain maximum benefit from their Kx products and reach their desired business outcomes. We also began our journey to becoming number #1 on the APUC framework.
A major year indeed!
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Our core values fuel our commitment to positively impacting students, higher
education institutions, and the broader community. They are:
Community
Building relationships that uplift, strengthen, and endure.
Leadership
Guiding with vision, inspiring progress, and shaping a more connected future.
Student Success
Helping students dream big, achieve more, and thrive on every campus.
KxFactor
The passion, innovation,
and heart that set Kinetic
apart.
We uplift authentic campus voices and champion initiatives that build community and create meaningful, lasting impact.
Humans of Campus Housing shares real campus stories. Hosted by Ben Whicker, Florida State University, Aja Holms, University of San Francisco, and Leo Llanos, Kinetic. The podcast highlights the voices shaping housing and residence life through engaging conversations and memorable insights across the profession.
At Kinetic, our Green Team leads meaningful sustainability efforts across our organization.
Through ongoing climate action, community initiatives, and environmental partnerships, we support impactful outcomes including avoiding 100 tonnes of CO2e, funding 1,000 trees, and contributing to continued progress toward a more sustainable future.
Our people are innovators, problem-solvers, and partners dedicated to helping higher education housing, residence life, and event teams thrive.