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Spond is The Free Sports Team Management App Chosen by 1000's of Teams Worldwide! Start Scheduling Events, Sending Invites & More Today! - spond.com

· 1 month ago

Buy if you run a grassroots sports team or club that needs scheduling, invites, chat, and simple payments — the core app is free and users praise its ease of use. Skip it if you need deep club-level features or want to avoid per-transaction payment fees.

Confidence

High. Based on 24 public sources including G2, Trustpilot, Reddit, competitor comparisons, and Spond's own help docs.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

Free

Spond App (teams)

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Spond ClubFree app; payment fees apply

Best for

  • Volunteer grassroots sports teams
  • Clubs collecting membership subs
  • Youth sports coaches and parents
  • Non-sport groups like schools and round tables

Not for

  • Large clubs needing deep registration or roster workflows
  • Anyone allergic to per-payment transaction fees
  • Buyers wanting guaranteed feature depth beyond scheduling and chat
  • Organizations that want paid-vendor support and SLAs

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Payments cost roughly 2.5% + 20p per transaction (per comparison sites) — free app isn't free for collecting money

medium

Clubs needing more than chat and scheduling report hitting walls and switching to rivals

low

Fee figures partly come from competitor comparison pages — verify in Spond's own payment docs before budgeting

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free for teams and clubs
  • Users consistently praise ease of use
  • Combines scheduling, invites, payments, fundraising, and safeguarding in one app
  • Proven across football, hockey, rugby, rowing, and even fire crews

Cons

  • Feature depth thins out for larger clubs
  • Per-payment fees hit the core money-collection use case
  • Some admins publicly look for replacements after adopting it

Sources & method

- 12 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. Spond runs a vulnerability disclosure program, publishes platform security docs, employs a security engineer, and offers a club DPA.

official x2review x5security x2news x3

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • Free

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Free core; fees only on payments
  • Ease of use: 5/5. Users consistently praise simplicity
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Strong basics, thin for bigger clubs
  • Support quality. No support evidence in sources
  • Security posture: 4/5. Public vulnerability program, security staff, published docs
  • 4.8/5 G2 rating 41 reviews
  • Free Starting price Core team app costs nothing
  • Yes Free tier Revenue comes from payment fees
  • 40%/yr Payment growth Reported in Stripe customer case study

Pricing

Spond App (teams)

Free

  • Event scheduling and invites
  • Team chat
  • Group fundraising tools

Spond Club

Free app; payment fees apply

  • Club-wide member management
  • ~2.5% + 20p per payment (per comparison sites)

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

Spond runs a vulnerability disclosure program, publishes platform security docs, employs a security engineer, and offers a club DPA.

What users say

Users praise Spond's simplicity and free pricing, especially for team payments, while some clubs find features thin as they grow.

“Use Spond for my football team payments”
Trustpilot review
“Our club uses Spond.”
Singletrack World forum

Companies that use it

  • Invicta Volleyball
  • Essex Round Table
Full analysis

Based on 24 public sources including G2, Trustpilot, Reddit, competitor comparisons, and Spond's own help docs.

Free, easy team management for grassroots sports; costs only show up as payment fees. Deep club features are where it thins out.

Methodology

Based on 24 public sources including G2, Trustpilot, Reddit, competitor comparisons, and Spond's own help docs.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Spond Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features (G2)g2.com
    review
  2. Spond Products | Read 41 Reviews on G2g2.com
    review
  3. Read Customer Service Reviews of spond.com (Trustpilot)trustpilot.com
    review
  4. App for organizing team : r/bootroomreddit.com
    review
  5. Free Sports Team Management App | Spondspond.com
    official
  6. Payments Costs in the Spond App (Help Center)help.spond.com
    official
  7. What Does Spond Cost? Fees, and an Alternative (ClubPal)clubpal.app
    news
  8. FireBounty spond.com Vulnerability Disclosure Programfirebounty.com
    security
  9. Spond Platform Security (Help Center)help.spond.com
    security
  10. Spond achieves 40% annual payment growth (Stripe)stripe.com
    news
  11. To Spond or Not to Spond (Substack)leweslenny.substack.com
    review
  12. Best Spond Alternative 2026 (WareSport)waresport.com
    news

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