# The best ticketing and registration for sports and races — Box Office Fees

> Source: https://boxofficefees.com/category/sports-races (curated, re-verified)
> Updated 1 November 2026 · Reviewed by the Box Office Fees editorial team

Entries and tickets for races, tournaments and sports events.

6 ticketing platforms in this category, ranked by what we can confirm about each (a public price, an API and docs, independent sources, stated limits; payment never changes the order). Each name links to its answer-first markdown twin.

## Facts

- Free to start: 3 of 6
- API: 5 of 6
- First paid plan a month: none of the 6 publishes one
- Checked against their own sites: 27–30 October 2026 (6 of 6)
- Added in November 2026: 1

| Name | What it is | Pricing | API |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [ACTIVEWorks Endurance](https://boxofficefees.com/active-network.md) | Race registration with first-party ACTIVE.com discovery and race-day operations. | On quote | Yes |
| [AXS](https://boxofficefees.com/axs.md) | AEG-owned primary ticketing for arenas, theatres, festivals and teams, sold through a demo request. | On quote | Yes |
| [Race Entry](https://boxofficefees.com/raceentry.md) | Free race management software paid for by one per-registration fee that already covers card processing. | Free | Yes |
| [RunSignup](https://boxofficefees.com/runsignup.md) | Free endurance-event registration platform billed only through per-transaction processing fees. | Free | Yes |
| [Tixr](https://boxofficefees.com/tixr.md) | Enterprise live-event ticketing and commerce platform with quote-only fees. | On quote | Yes |
| [UltraSignup](https://boxofficefees.com/ultrasignup.md) | Race registration, results and free timing for trail, ultra and endurance events in North America. | Free, then $2.50 per registration | — |

## Ticketing and registration for sports and races compared

| Ticketing platform | Price on its site | MCP server | API | Open source | Self-host |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [ACTIVEWorks Endurance](https://boxofficefees.com/active-network) | On quote | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [AXS](https://boxofficefees.com/axs) | On quote | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Race Entry](https://boxofficefees.com/raceentry) | Free | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [RunSignup](https://boxofficefees.com/runsignup) | Free | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Tixr](https://boxofficefees.com/tixr) | On quote | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [UltraSignup](https://boxofficefees.com/ultrasignup) | Free, then $2.50 per registration | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |

All 6 ticketing and registration for sports and races we list.

## Questions buyers ask

### Which ticketing platform here costs the least?

3 of the 6 have a free plan: Race Entry, RunSignup and UltraSignup.

### When were these prices checked?

Fees read between 27 October 2026 and 30 October 2026 from each platform's own fee schedule.

## Sources and method

Ranked by the fees on the same event, read from each platform's own fee page. [How we rank](https://boxofficefees.com/methodology/)

Every fee is read from the platform's own fee schedule.

- [ACTIVEWorks Endurance](https://boxofficefees.com/active-network): [activenetwork.com/activeworks-endurance/plans-pricing](https://www.activenetwork.com/activeworks-endurance/plans-pricing), checked 30 October 2026
- [AXS](https://boxofficefees.com/axs): [solutions.axs.com/us/contact](https://solutions.axs.com/us/contact/), checked 28 October 2026
- [Race Entry](https://boxofficefees.com/raceentry): [raceentry.com/race-entry-pricing](https://www.raceentry.com/race-entry-pricing), checked 28 October 2026
- [RunSignup](https://boxofficefees.com/runsignup): [info.runsignup.com/pricing](https://info.runsignup.com/pricing/), checked 28 October 2026
- [Tixr](https://boxofficefees.com/tixr): [creators.tixr.com/products/platform](https://creators.tixr.com/products/platform), checked 27 October 2026
- [UltraSignup](https://boxofficefees.com/ultrasignup): [help.ultrasignup.com/hc/en-us/articles/30362746490637-What-are-the-event-hosting-fees-on-UltraSignup](https://help.ultrasignup.com/hc/en-us/articles/30362746490637-What-are-the-event-hosting-fees-on-UltraSignup), checked 27 October 2026

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