200 participants · $50 per ticket
What each platform
takes from that race.
You keep vs. Eventbrite
$470
on a single race
* Rates sourced from official pricing pages as of June 2026. Eventbrite: 3.7% + $1.79 service fee per ticket + 2.9% payment processing per order. RunSignUp: 6% + $1 per cart under $250 (5% from $250, 4% from $1,000). Field: 3.5% + $0.99 per paid registration (3.0% on carts of $250 or more). All rates subject to change. Race Roster and Active.com aren't shown in the fee comparison — we couldn't find a published rate on their own pricing pages, so we don't have an official source to compare against.
Feature by feature.
Every feature you'd expect. Plus several they don't have.
| Feature | Field | Eventbrite | RunSignUp | Active | Race Roster |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform fee on a $50 ticket | 3.5% + $0.99 | ~10% | ~8% | — | — |
| Transparent, all-in pricing | |||||
| Payouts during registration | — | ||||
| Apple Pay / Google Pay | — |
| Feature | Field | Eventbrite | RunSignUp | Active | Race Roster |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital waivers (built-in) | |||||
| Divisions & waves | — | ||||
| Bib number assignment | |||||
| Volunteer shift management | Partial | — | |||
| Tournament bracket generation | |||||
| Merchandise / add-ons | |||||
| Cart abandonment recovery | Partial | — | |||
| Team collaboration (included) | Paid add-on | Paid add-on | — | ||
| Coupon / promo codes | — |
| Feature | Field | Eventbrite | RunSignUp | Active | Race Roster |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built for sporting events | |||||
| No participant login required | |||||
| Team / group registration | |||||
| Waitlist management | Partial | Partial | — | ||
| Post-registration self-edit | Partial | — | |||
| Registration transfer | |||||
| Mobile-optimized registration |
Feature data based on publicly available information, re-verified against each platform's own live product, help center, and organizer marketing pages as of August 2026 (Race Roster's organizer dashboard requires an account to access, so its column reflects their public product pages only; a dash means that page doesn't address the feature, not that they lack it). Capabilities vary by plan tier. Verify with each platform before switching.
What we saw on Race Roster's own registration flow.
From a real walkthrough of their live, public registration page.
Fee-inclusive, not itemized
Their checkout shows one all-in price with a note that fees are included — no line-item breakdown. Field shows the fee as its own line whenever the participant pays it (when the organizer absorbs the fee, there is no added fee to show).
Refund protection, sold at checkout
Race Roster adds refund protection as its own step before payment. Field's approach is different, not necessarily worse: a clear, organizer-set refund policy shown up front — no add-on to buy.
No forced account creation
Neither platform makes participants create an account just to register — both support guest checkout.