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An independent home
for your club.
SportsEngine is now part of PlayMetrics, alongside Sports Connect and Stack Sports. Team Boss is an independent company built for the owner who coaches, collects the money and answers the parents. Here is an honest look at both.
No subscription today. Platform free for 90 days for Founding Members. Last verified October 20, 2026.
What changed
SportsEngine is a family of products: HQ for clubs and leagues, Motion for swim and class programs, Tourney, Play for streaming, and AES for volleyball events. PlayMetrics bought substantially all of SportsEngine on May 1, 2026, and says customers can expect the same service.
Team Boss covers registration, payments and payment plans, tryouts, schedules, team chat and attendance for youth clubs, with coaches and families working from the same club record on their phones.
SportsEngine details checked October 20, 2026 on sportsengine.com and playmetrics.com.
Where SportsEngine fits best
Published pricing
HQ is $67 a month billed yearly or $79 month to month, with a published processing rate. That is rare in this category.
Many products
Separate products for clubs, swim and class programs, tournaments, volleyball events and streaming.
Mature payments
Multiple payment plans per registration, autopay, optional fee recovery from families and a QuickBooks integration.
Background checks
Background checks through JDP as an add on, from $15 per check.
Where Team Boss fits best
Tryouts to roster
Every coach scores on their phone with the same rubric. You place players, send every offer at once, families pay in full or on a plan, and paid players land on the roster.
Coaches and parents on the same page
Team chat channels are made for every team. Coaches keep a playbook and can share plays with parents and answer their questions.
Money you can see
Invoices with a pay link that needs no login, payment plans that charge on their own with retries, refunds, and payouts in one Financials view.
Check in with a scan
Every player has a QR code, even kids without a login, so check in at the door takes seconds and attendance fills itself.
Which one is right for you?
Choose SportsEngine if
- You want background checks as an add on from your platform.
- You run swim or class based programs and want Motion.
- You want QuickBooks connected to your registration payments.
Choose Team Boss if
- You coach and run the business, and families mostly use their phones.
- Tryouts, offers and payment plans are where your season is won or lost.
- You want coaches, parents and payments on one club record, with no setup fee and no subscription.
The details
SportsEngine details come from sportsengine.com and playmetrics.com, checked October 20, 2026. Pricing and features change, so confirm details with each company before you decide.
How Team Boss is different
Independent
Team Boss is its own company, built by a club owner for club owners, not one product among many inside a larger group.
One club record
Registration, schedules, payments, rosters and messages read from the same record, so a paid player is on the roster and in the team chat without anyone copying a list.
No subscription
No setup fee and no monthly bill. Founding Member clubs get the platform free for 90 days, and the only charge is a 1.09% fee on payments they take through Team Boss, plus card processing, locked for the first year.
How to move from SportsEngine
- Send us your list. Export your families and players as a spreadsheet and share it with our team.
- We move your families. We load your families and players into Team Boss for you, with guardians matched to their kids.
- We set up your programs. Together we rebuild your programs, prices and payment plans, and you connect your bank through Stripe.
Payment history stays in SportsEngine; export the reports you want to keep before you close your account.
Frequently asked
Is SportsEngine shutting down?
SportsEngine has not announced a shutdown. PlayMetrics bought SportsEngine on May 1, 2026, and says SportsEngine customers can expect the same service they have today.
Is Team Boss a SportsEngine alternative?
Yes, for clubs that run registration, payment plans, tryouts, schedules and team chat for every team and want an independent company behind it.
When is SportsEngine a better fit than Team Boss?
When you want background checks as an add on, run swim or class programs on Motion, or need QuickBooks connected to your payments.
How does pricing compare?
SportsEngine HQ is $67 to $79 a month plus 3.25% and $1.50 per payment on its preferred rate. Team Boss has no setup fee and no subscription: Founding Member clubs get the platform free for 90 days, and the only charge is a 1.09% fee on payments they take through Team Boss, plus card processing, locked for the first year.
Can we move our families from SportsEngine?
Yes. Export your families and players as a spreadsheet and our team loads them into Team Boss for you.
Do parents need to download an app?
No. Team Boss runs in the phone browser at teamboss.app, so families sign in from a link and can pay, register and message without an app store download. The Team Boss mobile app arrives in December 2026.
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