SportPadi vs OpenSports
A pickup-sports platform for discovering games and collecting payments, popular with large drop-in communities.
Looking for a OpenSports alternative? Here's the honest version: what OpenSports does well, what each platform costs, and how to decide — including when OpenSports is the right answer.
What OpenSports does well
- Purpose-built for pickup: public game discovery, waitlists, memberships
- Established communities in North American drop-in sports
- Flexible payment collection for organizers
Pricing
SportPadi
Free for players and for running a group (scheduling, check-ins, teams, scores). Ticket buyers pay a small processing fee on top of your price, so your group receives what you set. Paid group plans unlock the full money stack: group wallet, ticketing, dues and fines.
OpenSports
Organizer subscription (Recreational Group and Full Time Club tiers; prices quoted on contact, 10-day trial) plus OpenSports transaction fees on payments, with Stripe's processing fees on top.
Their published pricingCompetitor pricing summarised from their own published pages as of September 2026; always confirm current pricing with the provider.
Where SportPadi differs
SportPadi has no organizer subscription just to run games — creating a group, posting events and taking check-ins starts free; paid plans only gate the advanced money stack (wallet, ticketing, dues).
Game day goes further on SportPadi: QR check-in feeds automatic balanced team assignment, live scores, per-player stats and leaderboards — not just an attendee list.
SportPadi ticket pricing is what-you-set-is-what-you-get: the buyer covers the processing fee at checkout.
Which should you pick?
Pick OpenSports if…
You run a large, established drop-in community that lives on memberships and waitlists and you're happy paying a monthly organizer subscription for those tools.
Pick SportPadi if…
You want to start free and grow into paid tools, you care about balanced teams and live results — or your community plays in Canada and wants local-first discovery.