KeepsYa™ vs SportsEngine
An all-in-one sports platform suite, or registration software you own. The trade is real; here are both sides.
Updated August 18, 2026 · KeepsYa 0.185.2 + KeepsYa Pro 0.26.55 · SportsEngine pricing, verified June 19, 2026
The short version: SportsEngine (NBC Sports Next) is a deep suite for clubs, leagues and governing bodies, with team management, background checks, livestreaming and a national network. That breadth is the point, and the price of it: registration is largely quote-based, the platform hosts your data, and fees ride on registrations. KeepsYa makes the opposite bet: free core on the WordPress site you already own, a flat Pro license, and no per-registration fee.
The structural difference outweighs any single feature. SportsEngine is a platform you rent, with your families, registrations and history in its cloud and a technology fee on registrations (SportsEngine Motion, for class-based businesses, starts at $295 with no monthly subscription, then a 1% technology fee plus 2.9% + $0.30 processing; club and league registration is quote-based). With KeepsYa, the software and every byte live in your WordPress database, families register on your domain, and the only cut is your own payment processor’s.
Side by side
| KeepsYa | SportsEngine | |
|---|---|---|
| You own your data ⓘ | ✓ | — |
| Per-registration platform / technology fee | — free core; flat yearly Pro license |
✓ 1% technology fee + processing on Motion; club/league quote-based |
| Runs on your own WordPress site and domain | ✓ | — hosted platform / subdomains |
| Offline payments tracked (cash, Zelle, Venmo, check) | ✓ | — |
| Family accounts, rosters, scheduling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team management apps for coaches and parents | rosters + QR check-in | ✓ |
| Background checks and SafeSport workflows | — | ✓ |
| Livestreaming | — | ✓ SportsEngine Play, $1,500/yr |
| National network / recruiting reach | — | ✓ |
| Referral program with store credit | ✓ | — |
| Rename the app to your program’s words (participant, coach, roster) | ✓ | fixed platform terms |
| Built-in AI (discovery interview, content & ad writer, flyer maker, parent chatbot) | ✓ Pro: discovery interview, writers, flyer maker, chatbot |
— no native AI suite |
Where KeepsYa wins
The bill never grows
Free core, flat Pro license. No quote, no per-registration technology fee, no surprise at renewal as your numbers climb.
Your brand, your domain
Families register on yoursite.com, and the data lives in your WordPress, not in a platform you would have to export under deadline.
Cash-friendly by design
Offline payments are tracked, reminded and reconciled, with QR pay links for Zelle and Venmo, not an afterthought.
Private clubs and delegated partners
Run hidden, invite-only sessions and give a partner club its own member group, share link and a delegate who invites and manages their own families, all on your site with the same booking and no per-player fee.
Where SportsEngine fits better
Large orgs and governing bodies
Multi-team clubs, leagues and national bodies that need one platform across thousands of members.
Safety and compliance built in
Integrated background checks and SafeSport workflows matter for many youth organizations.
Broadcast and reach
Livestreaming, recruiting and a national network are things a self-hosted plugin simply does not provide.
The money math
KeepsYa’s cost never scales with your success: the core plugin is free forever, and KeepsYa Pro is one flat yearly license. Platforms priced per month, per player or per registration take a growing cut as you grow. Run your season’s numbers against their pricing page; the gap usually pays for your whole website.
What they cost
A suite (NBC Sports Next). SportsEngine HQ team management is free to start; club and league online registration is largely quote-based. SportsEngine Motion (class-based businesses) starts at $295 with no monthly subscription, then a 1% technology fee plus 2.9% + $0.30 payment processing. SportsEngine Play livestreaming is $1,500/yr. See their pricing →
Keepsa: free core, flat yearly Pro license. We re-check these figures weekly; tell us if you spot a change.
or lock founders pricing: KeepsYa Pro at $149/yr for the first 500 (regular $199/yr)
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Our 30-day, no-questions-asked guarantee
Try KeepsYa Pro and love it, or get a full refund, automatically. If Pro is not right for your program, just log in and cancel within 30 days of your purchase and we will refund your charge automatically. No emails, no hoops, no questions. And if you ever get stuck before then, a real person replies within one business day.
More than an affiliate program: a growth flywheel
KeepsYa Pro turns your own families into your marketing engine and rewards them for it. Affiliate commissions, family referrals and the stored-value ledger are not three features, they are one self-perpetuating loop:
A family shares their link
Every family gets a personal referral link, and partners get an affiliate link, straight from your KeepsYa site.
A friend signs up
The new registration is tracked automatically and attributed to the referrer, first-touch, no codes to chase.
The family earns spendable credit
They receive real, owner-funded account credit (or a cash commission), held in your stored-value ledger and payable after the service is delivered.
They come back and spend it
That credit pulls the family into next season, and their friend now has a link of their own.
The result: your customers promote you, get rewarded, and keep coming back, while you keep every dollar and own all the data. One referral can pay for a whole year of Pro. See how the Pro flywheel works →