# Race Entry — Free race management software paid for by one per-registration fee that already covers card processing. > Source: Box Office Fees — https://boxofficefees.com/raceentry (structured, researched, re-verified) Race Entry is online race registration and race management software for running, cycling and triathlon organizers, covering entries, merchandise, sponsors, volunteers, charity fundraising and club memberships. Organizers pay nothing; a per-registration service fee is charged on each card transaction. **Best for:** Race directors and running clubs who want signup fees carried by participants | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Website | https://www.raceentry.com/ | | Category | Race and sports registration, Free for organizers, Lowest fees on 200 tickets, Sports and races | | API | Partly | | Open source | No | | Price | Free | | Price checked | 28 October 2026 | Screenshot of Race Entry: https://boxofficefees.com/img/1920/screenshots/raceentry.webp, captured 28 October 2026 **What we checked** - Pages last read: 28 October 2026 - Price on its site: Free plan (From its pricing page) ## Race Entry price and terms **Terms** - Free plan: Yes — The software, race setup and results hosting are free to organizers with no plan to buy — the cost falls on participants as 4.97% + $1.25 per registration, membership and booth, and 4.97% + $0.50 on products, sponsorships and donations. No fee on uploaded registrations or cash and check sales. - Sign up without sales: Yes ## For AI agents - API: Partly Read on https://www.raceentry.com/race-entry-pricing, 28 October 2026. ## What we checked on Race Entry ### What the fees come to **Fees on 200 tickets at $25** · Yes — $498.50 in fees on 200 tickets at $25 on Free, all paid by buyers: each ticket costs the buyer $27.49 and the organizer keeps $5,000. > 4.97% + $1.25 per registration, membership, and booth > — https://www.raceentry.com/race-entry-pricing · Pricing page, first bullet of the fee list, checked 28 October 2026 **Fees on 50 tickets at $25** · Yes — $124.62 in fees on 50 tickets at $25 on Free, all paid by buyers: each ticket costs the buyer $27.49 and the organizer keeps $1,250. > 4.97% + $1.25 per registration, membership, and booth > — https://www.raceentry.com/race-entry-pricing · Pricing page, first bullet of the fee list, checked 28 October 2026 **The fee per ticket** · Yes — A percentage plus a fixed amount on every paid registration, with no cap or minimum published anywhere on the pricing page. > 4.97% + $1.25 per registration, membership, and booth > — https://www.raceentry.com/race-entry-pricing · Pricing page, fee list under "our service fees below include credit card and merchant fees", checked 28 October 2026 **Who pays the fees** · Yes — Participants pay the service fee by default, and the vendor says most organizers pass it on, implying an organizer may instead pay it out of the registration price. > Instead of charging you for our software, we collect a service fee on all credit card transactions. Your participants and members pay these fees. > — https://www.raceentry.com/race-entry-pricing · Pricing page, "Here's our business model" paragraph, checked 28 October 2026 **Card processing** · Yes — Race Entry processes the cards itself through its own card processor, and says its single service fee already contains the card and merchant cost. > our service fees below include credit card and merchant fees > — https://www.raceentry.com/race-entry-pricing · Pricing page, sentence introducing the fee list, checked 28 October 2026 **Plans and subscriptions** · No — There is no monthly or yearly software plan at all: the vendor states it charges organizers nothing and earns from the per-transaction service fee. > Here's our business model: Instead of charging you for our software, we collect a service fee on all credit card transactions. > — https://www.raceentry.com/race-entry-pricing · Pricing page, "It's free" section, checked 28 October 2026 **Donations and tips** · Yes — Donations can be taken on a charity page or inside the registration form, including a round-up prompt, at a lower fixed fee than a registration. > 4.97% +$0.50 on product sales, sponsor sales, and donations > — https://www.raceentry.com/race-entry-pricing · Pricing page, second bullet of the fee list, checked 28 October 2026 **Sales tax on tickets** · Yes — collects and remits sales tax in marketplace facilitator states, and elsewhere lets the organizer set a local tax rate that Race Entry collects and passes back. > Some states have marketplace facilitator laws that require RACE ENTRY to collect and remit the sales tax to those states on your behalf. > — https://www.raceentry.com/terms-and-conditions · Terms and Conditions, section 3 Sales Tax, checked 28 October 2026 ### Getting paid **When you get the money** · Partly — Money is held and paid after the event under the terms, within fifteen business days of the event end date and only once $100 has been processed, while the benefits page describes bi-monthly payments instead. > RACE ENTRY will submit payment for the balance due to the Organizer within fifteen (15) business days after the event end date > — https://www.raceentry.com/terms-and-conditions · Terms and Conditions, section 3 Payment Process, checked 28 October 2026 **Disputed charges** · Yes — Race Entry contests the dispute itself but passes any unreversed amount and associated bank fees back to the organizer, by deduction or invoice. > Chargeback cases where RACE ENTRY does not successfully secure a reversal or deems the chargeback to be warranted as stated, shall be charged back to the Organizer of such event. > — https://www.raceentry.com/terms-and-conditions · Terms and Conditions, section 3 Credit Card Chargebacks, checked 28 October 2026 **Your buyers’ details** · Yes — Organizers get participant records and can email them from the platform at no extra cost, and the vendor states the organizer owns the data. > You own your data, and the focus is entirely on your races. > — https://www.raceentry.com/benefits-of-race-entry · Benefits page, "No Third Party Offers" section, checked 28 October 2026 ### Selling the tickets **Ticket types and discounts** · Yes — Entry categories with scheduled price increases, promo codes, group and club discounts, early access codes and team registration are all documented. > Automatic Price Increases—Create a sense of urgency with automatic price increases. You can increase prices based on date or increase prices based on how many people have signed up. > — https://www.raceentry.com/benefits-of-race-entry · Benefits page, "Customizable Pricing Tools" section, checked 28 October 2026 **Questions at checkout** · Yes — Organizers can add their own custom questions to the registration form and also restyle it and the confirmation messaging. > Yes! Race Entry allows you to add your own custom questions. You can also customize your form colors, edit your confirmation page, and add your own messaging to your confirmation email. > — https://www.raceentry.com/race-director-faq · Director FAQ, "Can I have custom questions on my form?", checked 28 October 2026 **Registration forms and waivers** · Yes — A fully customizable two-page registration form with your own questions and branding; the site does not say whether a signed waiver can be attached to it. > Customizable Forms—Fully brand and style your registration form, vendor booth sales page, and sponsor sales page. > — https://www.raceentry.com/benefits-of-race-entry · Benefits page, "Digital Brand Building" section, checked 28 October 2026 **Online events** · Yes — Virtual races are supported and marketed, with a dedicated virtual race calendar and marketing page; delivery of a stream link to entrants is not documented. > Adding your virtual race to our online virtual race calendar, your virtual event will receive exposure from thousands of people looking for a virtual race. > — https://www.raceentry.com/virtual-race-calendar · Virtual Race Calendar page, "Submit My Virtual Race to the Race Calendar", checked 28 October 2026 **Sell on your own website** · Yes — Registration forms and results pages can be embedded in the organizer's own site so entrants complete signup without leaving it. > Boost your SEO and keep people on your website with our embeddable results pages and registration forms. Your participants never have to leave your site. > — https://www.raceentry.com/benefits-of-race-entry · Benefits page, "Embeddable Forms & Results Pages" section, checked 28 October 2026 **Add-ons** · Yes — Merchandise and extras sell inside the registration flow or from a separate store, with rules showing items by category or gender. > Support for multiple charitable donations and product purchases during the online registration process. > — https://www.raceentry.com/comparison-of-online-registration-systems · Compare page, bulleted list of race services, checked 28 October 2026 **Recurring events** · Yes — A series or several managed events can be entered on one combined form with a single payment, rather than set up one at a time. > Yes. If you have a race series or multiple events that you manage, your participants will have the option of completing one registration for multiple events with one payment. > — https://www.raceentry.com/race-director-faq · Director FAQ, "Does Race Entry allow participants to sign up for more than one of my events at the same time?", checked 28 October 2026 **Refunds and transfers by buyers** · Partly — Entrants can edit, transfer and defer their own registration from the confirmation email where the organizer allows it, but refunds cannot be done by the entrant and must be requested from the organizer. > No, we cannot cancel your registration. You'll need to reach out directly to the race director to do that. > — https://www.raceentry.com/race-entry-faq · Participant FAQ, "Can you cancel my registration?", checked 28 October 2026 ### At the door **Check-in app** · Yes — Bibs can be scanned at check-in and the vendor's app handles volunteer check-in; the site does not say whether scanning works without a connection. > You can easily manage bib with dynamic assignment—by scanning at check-in or assigning bibs as people sign up. > — https://www.raceentry.com/benefits-of-race-entry · Benefits page, "Simple Bib Management" section, checked 28 October 2026 **Door sales** · Yes — Race-day signups run on the same two-page form, and the vendor charges no service fee on cash or check sales taken offline. > We also stand out because we do not charge a fee on uploaded registrations, cash, or check sales. > — https://www.raceentry.com/race-entry-pricing · Pricing page, paragraph above the fee list, checked 28 October 2026 ### Finding buyers **Listed where buyers browse** · Yes — Events appear on Race Entry's own race calendar and partner calendars, and no higher fee or commission is published for signups that arrive there. > Calendar Listing—List your race on our race calendar and others we've partnered with. Every little bit helps to make it easier to find your race. > — https://www.raceentry.com/benefits-of-race-entry · Benefits page, "Digital Brand Building" section, checked 28 October 2026 **Email to buyers** · Yes — A mass email tool with segmentation, templates, scheduling and open and click reporting is included at no additional cost to the organizer. > Yes. Your race director account allows you to email your participants at no additional cost. > — https://www.raceentry.com/race-director-faq · Director FAQ, "Does Race Entry provide a solution for emailing participants?", checked 28 October 2026 **Promoter links** · Yes — A referral system gives entrants their own share links with rebates per signup, and the organizer sees reports of registrations each referral brought in. > Fully track the effectiveness of your social integrations. See reports on how many new registrations come through direct referrals from your participants. > — https://www.raceentry.com/online-race-registration-software-with-social-integration · Social integration page, "Track the Effectiveness of Your Social Integration", checked 28 October 2026 ### What it connects to and where it is sold **API** · Partly — A documented REST API exists for participants, teams and races, but access is restricted to authorized timing partners rather than open to any organizer. > API users can be created for users who are already in the Race Entry user database. Only an authorized Race Entry API partner (timer) can use this feature. > — https://www.raceentry.com/documentation/timerapi/index · Timer API Documentation, "API USER LOGIN" section, checked 28 October 2026 ### Starting and getting help **Free to start** · Yes — The organizer pays the platform nothing: setup and the software are free and the per-transaction fee is charged to participants. > It's free. We almost didn't bother writing this page because, well, it really is free to race directors and club organizers. In fact, we even cover your credit card and merchant fees. > — https://www.raceentry.com/race-entry-pricing · Pricing page, opening section, checked 28 October 2026 **Sign up without a sales call** · Yes — You can open an account, add an event and activate registration immediately without talking to sales, though a demo is also offered. > You can activate your race immediately if you want. Alternatively, you can choose to set a specific open date. > — https://www.raceentry.com/race-director-faq · Director FAQ, "How long will it take to activate my race registration page?", checked 28 October 2026 **Contract** · No — No long-term commitment or exclusivity is required, so an organizer can stop using it between events without a contract. > We do not require you to make any long-term commitments in order to use our services or to get our great rates. > — https://www.raceentry.com/race-director-faq · Director FAQ, "Does Race Entry lock me into a long-term commitment?", checked 28 October 2026 **Support on event day** · Yes — A direct US phone number, email support and a dedicated account manager are published; the hours of cover are not stated anywhere. > Direct number: 801-851-5520 > — https://www.raceentry.com/contact-us · Contact page, "Phone Number" section, checked 28 October 2026 ## Race Entry alternatives - [Eventbrite](https://boxofficefees.com/eventbrite) · Free plan, then $69 a month: Ticketing platform with a buyer-discovery marketplace and optional fee transfer. - [RunSignup](https://boxofficefees.com/runsignup) · Free plan: Free endurance-event registration platform billed only through per-transaction processing fees. - [TicketSpice](https://boxofficefees.com/ticketspice) · From $0.99 per ticket: Flat 99¢-per-ticket ticketing for events and attractions, with in-house payments and a box office app. - [Ticket Tailor](https://boxofficefees.com/ticket-tailor) · Free plan, then £0.60 (about $0.80) per ticket: Flat per-ticket fee ticketing paid into your own Stripe, PayPal or Square account. - [Humanitix](https://boxofficefees.com/humanitix) · Free plan, then $1.29 per paid ticket: Nonprofit ticketing: 5% + $1.29 a paid ticket, card processing included, profits to charity. - [UltraSignup](https://boxofficefees.com/ultrasignup) · Free plan, then $2.50 per registration: Race registration, results and free timing for trail, ultra and endurance events in North America. - [RSVPify](https://boxofficefees.com/rsvpify) · Free plan, then $0.90 per ticket: Registration, ticketing, guest management, seating, and QR-code check-in in one platform. - [Auctria](https://boxofficefees.com/auctria) · Free plan, then $375 a year: Fundraising event and auction platform with admission tickets, bidding and an event website, sold as an annual license. - [Givebutter](https://boxofficefees.com/givebutter) · Free plan, then $33.80 a month: Free nonprofit fundraising platform with event ticketing, auctions and a built-in donor CRM. All 9 publish a price. [All 9 alternatives](https://boxofficefees.com/raceentry/alternatives/) ## Sources and changes Last changed 28 October 2026 **Sources on raceentry.com** (10) - https://www.raceentry.com/race-entry-pricing, read 28 October 2026 - https://www.raceentry.com/benefits-of-race-entry, read 28 October 2026 - https://www.raceentry.com/race-director-faq, read 28 October 2026 - https://www.raceentry.com/terms-and-conditions, read 28 October 2026 - https://www.raceentry.com/comparison-of-online-registration-systems, read 28 October 2026 - https://www.raceentry.com/contact-us, read 28 October 2026 - https://www.raceentry.com/documentation/timerapi/index, read 28 October 2026 - https://www.raceentry.com/online-race-registration-software-with-social-integration, read 28 October 2026 - https://www.raceentry.com/race-entry-faq, read 28 October 2026 - https://www.raceentry.com/virtual-race-calendar, read 28 October 2026 ## Is this yours? 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