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Two all-in-one platforms. Everything else covers a slice.

Baseline is built around the building: bookings, memberships and a point of sale first, with tryouts as an event category. Game Mode is built around the club: the tryout, the offers and the season registration first, with the facility run beside them. The other tools each do one part well, a tryout app or a registration system or a parent app, and hand the rest to something else.

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What a year costs

Software plus processing, from published rates only

Only three vendors publish both a price and a card rate: Game Mode, Baseline and SportsEngine HQ. The rest are shown with what they do publish, never with a guess.

$25,000$1,000,000
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1,000 payments a year at this average. An installment plan counts each installment as a payment.

Only the evaluation-only tools below are priced by athlete. Game Mode has no per-athlete fee.

  • Game Mode Base

    $99/month. Tryouts, recruiting, registrations, payments, teams, messaging, parent portal, app and AI.

    $7,338a year

  • Game Mode Growth

    $199/month. Adds facility booking, memberships, the training library and your own branding.

    $8,538a year

  • Game Mode Pro

    $399/month. Adds your own branded app in the stores.

    $10,938a year

  • Baseline Base, first year

    “$0/mo” with a “$250” setup fee. Card processing “3.9% + $2.79”.

    $8,890a year

  • Baseline Base, second year on

    “$0/mo” once the setup fee is paid. Same processing rate.

    $8,640a year

  • SportsEngine HQ Premium

    “$749/year”; “3.25% and $2” per transaction, read from a partner page because no public HQ pricing page exists today.

    $7,624a year

Upper Hand, TeamGenius, LeagueApps, TeamSnap ONE, PlayMetrics publish no processing rate, so no yearly total can be worked out for them. What their pages do publish is listed under “How we calculated this”.

Evaluation-only tools, priced by athlete

  • SkillShark Rookie

    “$5 USD” “Per Athlete, Per Year”, “sold in blocks of 25”. Evaluation only: no registration, no payments.

    $1,000a year

  • SkillShark All-Star

    “$10 USD” per athlete per year, blocks of 25. Adds draft mode, check-in, attendance reports and the message center.

    $2,000a year

  • TeamGenius

    “As Low As” a yearly price for an athlete cap: $1,050 up to 150, $1,500 up to 500, $2,900 up to 1,000, $6,500 unlimited per location. Registration and payments included; processing rate not stated.

    $1,500a year

These take no payments from families, so a club using one still needs a registration and payment system beside it; that system’s cost is not in these figures.

How we calculated this

$150,000 ÷ $150 average = 1,000 payments a year. Each line is the yearly software price plus that many processing fees, with the fee on one payment being the payment times the percentage plus the flat part. The club pays every fee.

  • Game Mode Base: 3.5% + $0.90 on $150 = $6.15 a payment. 1,000 × $6.15 = $6,150.00. Software $1,188. Total $7,338.00. Source
  • Game Mode Growth: 3.5% + $0.90 on $150 = $6.15 a payment. 1,000 × $6.15 = $6,150.00. Software $2,388. Total $8,538.00. Source
  • Game Mode Pro: 3.5% + $0.90 on $150 = $6.15 a payment. 1,000 × $6.15 = $6,150.00. Software $4,788. Total $10,938.00. Source
  • Baseline Base, first year: 3.9% + $2.79 on $150 = $8.64 a payment. 1,000 × $8.64 = $8,640.00. Software $250. Total $8,890.00. Source
  • Baseline Base, second year on: 3.9% + $2.79 on $150 = $8.64 a payment. 1,000 × $8.64 = $8,640.00. Software $0. Total $8,640.00. Source
  • SportsEngine HQ Premium: 3.25% + $2.00 on $150 = $6.88 a payment. 1,000 × $6.88 = $6,875.00. Software $749. Total $7,624.00. Source
  • SkillShark Rookie: 200 athletes → 8 blocks of 25 = 200 licenses × $5 = $1,000. Source
  • SkillShark All-Star: 200 athletes → 8 blocks of 25 = 200 licenses × $10 = $2,000. Source
  • TeamGenius: 200 athletes → Starter+, “Up to 500 athletes”, “As Low As” $1,500. Source
  • Upper Hand: Start “$79* USD/ month” and Grow “$199*”, “*Monthly cost paid annually”; processing not stated (Paysafe). Source
  • TeamGenius: “As Low As” “$1,050 USD” “Per Year” for up to 150 athletes; registration runs on the club’s Stripe account at a rate the site does not state. Source
  • LeagueApps: “No subscription fees”; “a small fee as a percentage of each payment transaction”, number not stated; a one-time setup fee, amount not stated. Source
  • TeamSnap ONE: “Flexible, customized pricing tailored to your organization”; no figure and no rate. Source
  • PlayMetrics: “REQUEST PRICING”; no figure and no rate. Source

Game Mode’s rate is the all-in card figure when the club absorbs the fee: Stripe’s 2.9% + $0.30 plus Game Mode’s 0.6% + $0.60. Bank transfer is 1.5% + $0.90 and is not modeled here. No line includes a vendor’s setup fee beyond Baseline’s, a branded-app add-on, or a per-installment multiplier.

Three kinds of software

What each one does well, and what you still need beside it

Tryout apps

SkillShark and TeamGenius

What it does well
Both are built for the evaluation itself: custom forms with weights and rating scales, an app that scores offline on the field, video of a skill, and tools that turn scores into balanced teams. TeamGenius adds a registration form for the evaluation event itself.
What a club still needs beside it
Everything on either side of the tryout. SkillShark takes no payments and imports players from TeamSnap, SportsEngine or a spreadsheet; TeamGenius syncs teams back out to SportsEngine, TeamSnap or LeagueApps for the season. Neither has a parent chat app, season registration with payment plans, or offers that handle a family who never answers (TeamGenius sells offer tracking on its Elite tier, counted by hand in an inbox).
What Game Mode replaces
Game Mode is the scoring app and the registration system in one: the same board the scores land on sends the offers, moves the ones nobody answered, and takes the season registration and its payment plan. There is no per-athlete fee and no second system to sync.

Facility software

Baseline and Upper Hand

What it does well
Both run a building well: a public booking page for lessons and rentals with a rate per cage or court, memberships that renew on their own with join fees and agreements, retail and a point of sale, and staff and payroll tools. Baseline’s $0 tier includes most of that; Upper Hand prices from the independent coach to the franchise.
What a club still needs beside it
The tryout. Baseline compares named metrics in a roster builder and Upper Hand keeps custom fields on an event; neither describes a rating-scale scoring form, coaches scoring on a phone, or anything automatic when an offer goes unanswered. Push notifications to parents need Baseline’s $149-a-month branded app, and Upper Hand’s chat is still “Coming Soon”. Baseline processes cards at 3.9% + $2.79 through its own facilitator; Upper Hand publishes no rate at all.
What Game Mode replaces
Game Mode is built around the club rather than the building: the tryout, the offers and the season registration come first, and lessons, rentals, memberships and the point of sale run beside them on the Growth plan, paid into your own Stripe account at 3.5% + $0.90.

Club management

TeamSnap ONE, LeagueApps, SportsEngine HQ and PlayMetrics

What it does well
All four take season registration with payment plans, build rosters and schedules, and give parents a team chat app. LeagueApps and PlayMetrics also score tryouts in their apps (LeagueApps up to ten attributes), and PlayMetrics sends offers and shows who accepted, paid and declined.
What a club still needs beside it
TeamSnap and SportsEngine send evaluations to TeamGenius or SkillShark; TeamSnap’s own compare page says tryout evaluation dashboards are “not compatible”. None describes an automatic step when an offer goes unanswered. Facility booking is absent from TeamSnap, partial on SportsEngine and unverifiable on PlayMetrics; memberships with recurring billing are new at LeagueApps and in beta at PlayMetrics. No AI drafts a parent reply at any of them. And three of the four publish no price: TeamSnap ONE, LeagueApps and PlayMetrics quote per club, and SportsEngine HQ has no public pricing page any more (PlayMetrics bought it in May 2026 and is migrating its clubs).
What Game Mode replaces
Game Mode keeps the registration, rosters, schedule and parent app and adds what these hand off: the scoring form and the phone scoring, video, the decisions board that moves on its own, lessons and rentals, memberships, a point of sale and the AI that answers parents and staff. At a published price.

Feature by feature

Sixteen things a club buys, across nine platforms

Read from each company’s own pages on November 1, 2026. Every cell links to its source.

Feature comparison of Game Mode and eight other platforms, read from each company’s own pages on November 1, 2026
FeatureGame ModeBaselineUpper HandSkillSharkTeamGeniusTeamSnap ONELeagueAppsSportsEngine HQPlayMetrics
Tryout registrationYes. A public form with your own questions, terms and age cutoff. No tryout fee is collected at signup.Partial. A tryout is an ordinary event with a “Tryout” category: admins add questions and pricing, publish it and export a CSV. Source: https://help.baselinepro.com/en/articles/11680816-how-to-create-and-export-a-tryoutPartial. No tryout product; generic event and team registration with custom fields, and “private evaluations for tryouts”. Source: https://help.upperhand.com/event-evaluations?hsLang=enNot offered. Players are imported from a spreadsheet or from TeamSnap, SportsEngine or TeamLinkt. Source: https://www.skillshark.com/product-tourYes. “A custom registration form with Stripe integration to collect payments for evaluation events.” Source: https://www.teamgenius.com/features/Yes. General registration forms, including private forms sent by link for makeup tryouts; no dedicated tryout module. Source: https://teamsnapone.launchnotes.io/announcements/june-2026-new-features-enhancementsYes. “Tryouts” is a program type; “Tryouts pull from an existing registration program.” Source: https://support.leagueapps.com/hc/en-us/articles/40446909456151-TryoutsPartial. No tryout product; the “Tryout to Commitment Roadmap” is two ordinary registrations, a tryout sign-up and a season commitment. Source: https://www.sportsengine.com/tryout-to-commitment-roadmap/Yes. “Sortable tryout registration lists synced across all staff in real-time”; walk-ups and tryout numbers. Source: https://home.playmetrics.com/clubs/tryouts-and-team-formation
Custom scoring formsYes. Modules, criteria and weights you define, 1 to 10 ratings, timed and velocity criteria, a starter template for your sport.Partial. Named metrics (60-yard dash, exit velocity) compared in the Roster Builder; no rubric, weighting or rating-scale form is described. Source: https://www.baselinepro.com/features/teamsPartial. Event Evaluations with custom fields (multiple choice or a number); no rating scale, weighting or ranking described. Source: https://help.upperhand.com/event-evaluations?hsLang=enYes. “Build custom evaluation forms to measure skills, attitude, and coachability”; the template builder is on every tier. Source: https://www.skillshark.com/product-tourYes. “Customizable Evaluation Templates” with “scoring ranges, weights, and evaluator instructions”. Source: https://www.teamgenius.com/features/Not offered. TeamSnap’s own compare page lists “Tryout evaluation dashboards not compatible”; evaluations are through TeamGenius or SkillShark. Source: https://info.teamsnap.com/teamsnap-vs-stack-sports.htmlYes. “You can add up to 10 attributes”, on 1 to 3, 1 to 5, yes/no or measurement scales. Source: https://support.leagueapps.com/hc/en-us/articles/40446909456151-TryoutsNot offered. The roadmap’s evaluation step is “Use TeamGenius”, which syncs athlete lists from SportsEngine. Source: https://www.sportsengine.com/tryout-to-commitment-roadmap/Partial. Evaluations “filtered by scores and ratings” and shareable templates; no page says a club defines its own tryout criteria in so many words. Source: https://home.playmetrics.com/clubs/tryouts-and-team-formation
Coaches score on a phoneYes. Coaches score in the Game Mode app and scores sync live to the Results tab.Not verified. No page describes score entry on a device; stats are uploaded from spreadsheets or device exports. Source: https://www.baselinepro.com/changelogNot verified. The app page lists scheduling, check-in, payments and booking; the evaluations article does not mention the app. Source: https://upperhand.com/mobile-app/Yes. An iOS and Android app “designed to be used offline”. Source: https://www.skillshark.com/faqYes. An iOS and Android evaluation app with offline mode, plus a web scoring app. Source: https://www.teamgenius.com/features/Not offered. Mobile scoring is described only for the partner apps. Source: https://www.teamsnap.com/blog/how-to/make-your-tryouts-easier-with-skillshark-and-teamsnapYes. “All check-in and scoring happens on the LeagueApps Play app.” “You cannot check in athletes or score from the web.” Source: https://support.leagueapps.com/hc/en-us/articles/40446909456151-TryoutsNot offered. Scoring on tablets is TeamGenius; the SportsEngine app scores games. Source: https://www.sportsengine.com/tryout-to-commitment-roadmap/Yes. “Evaluate players, log notes, and identify any missed participants all in the app”. Source: https://home.playmetrics.com/clubs/tryouts-and-team-formation
Video clips at tryoutsYes. Coaches film clips in the app; they sit on the player’s results, grouped by module.Partial. Athletes upload a clip from their phone during a workout; nothing ties video to a tryout event. Source: https://www.baselinepro.com/features/programmingNot offered. Evaluations allow a photo upload; no current page mentions video capture. Source: https://help.upperhand.com/event-evaluations?hsLang=enYes. “coaches & evaluators can take a video of an athlete performing a skill”. Source: https://www.skillshark.com/sports-academy-appYes. Video and photo capture in the app; “Media (Video & Photo)” is Pro and above, or an add-on for Starter+. Source: https://www.teamgenius.com/pricing/Not verified. Game live streaming, replays and highlight clips; no page ties video to tryouts. Source: https://www.teamsnap.com/one/for-parentsNot offered. The complete Tryouts article has no video or photo capture. Source: https://support.leagueapps.com/hc/en-us/articles/40446909456151-TryoutsNot offered. SportsEngine Play clips come from livestreams; nothing records players at a tryout. Source: https://www.sportsengine.com/play/Not verified. The tryouts page does not mention video. Source: https://home.playmetrics.com/clubs/tryouts-and-team-formation
Offers with tracked responsesYes. Offers by email or text; opens, bounces and replies are tracked on the board, and a family accepts by registering.Partial. Invite groups with their own payment plans, player limit and expiry; the dashboard shows “Unanswered offers”. Source: https://www.baselinepro.com/features/teamsNot offered. No offers, acceptance or decisions feature on the teams, software or help pages. Source: https://upperhand.com/teams/Not offered. The Message Center tells athletes about placement decisions; there is no offer with a response. Source: https://www.skillshark.com/pricingPartial. “Offer Sending & Tracking” is an Elite feature or add-on; the offer letter is an email and responses are tracked by hand in an inbox. Source: https://help.teamgenius.com/support/solutions/articles/69000101639-how-to-send-a-team-placement-roster-offer-letterNot verified. Team assignments can be published or emailed from the import wizard; nothing describes offers with accept or decline. Source: https://teamsnapone.launchnotes.io/announcements/september-2026-new-features-enhancementsPartial. Team Builder “creates an invitation the player must accept before they join”; no decline, deadline or expiry described. Source: https://support.leagueapps.com/hc/en-us/articles/39888808871703-How-To-Create-Teams-Using-Team-BuilderPartial. “Tryout to Commitment” is an “Upcoming Beta” that notifies families of a placement; no accept, decline, deadline or expiry. Source: https://help.sportsengine.com/en/articles/12110292-product-updates-july-2025Partial. “Get offers out quickly”; “your staff will always know who has accepted, paid, and declined”. Automatic expiry on no response: not verifiable. Source: https://home.playmetrics.com/clubs/tryouts-and-team-formation
Automatic handling when a family does not respondYes. An offer with no answer after the days you set moves to “no response” on its own, so the column is always current.Not offered. Follow-up is “Magic reminders”, pressed by staff and confirmed before anything is sent; no automatic action on expiry or no response. Source: https://www.baselinepro.com/features/teamsNot offered. No offers to respond to; even the event waitlist “is not automated”. Source: https://help.upperhand.com/create-fixed-schedule-eventNot offered. No offers, so nothing to respond to. Source: https://www.skillshark.com/pricingNot verified. No expiry, deadline or automatic step on any fetched page. Source: https://help.teamgenius.com/support/solutions/articles/69000101639-how-to-send-a-team-placement-roster-offer-letterNot verified. No offer flow is described, so no automatic handling of one. Source: https://teamsnapone.launchnotes.io/announcements/september-2026-new-features-enhancementsNot verified. Admins can “Resend invites”; no automatic handling is described. Source: https://support.leagueapps.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039863833-Program-to-Program-Player-InvitesNot verified. No offer response flow is described, so no automatic handling of one. Source: https://help.sportsengine.com/en/articles/12110292-product-updates-july-2025Not verified. Only waitlist invitations carry “acceptance deadlines”. Source: https://home.playmetrics.com/clubs/in-house-rec-leagues
No-show flag and follow-upYes. Players who never checked in are flagged when the session ends; one click emails them a link to reschedule or withdraw.Not verified. No page mentions no-shows; the closest is automatic reminders before each lesson. Source: https://www.baselinepro.com/industries/baseballNot offered. No-shows appear in a report only; trigger-based email automation is “COMING SOON”. Source: https://help.upperhand.com/no-show-reportNot offered. Attendance reports “spot attendance trends and no-shows”; no automatic message. Source: https://www.skillshark.com/pricingNot verified. Messages are sent by hand; the check-in article does not mention no-shows. Source: https://help.teamgenius.com/support/solutions/articles/69000101638-how-to-send-email-messages-within-an-assessmentNot verified. Pre-event RSVPs, registration reminders and overdue-invoice reminders only. Source: https://www.teamsnap.com/oneNot verified. “Tryout check-ins do not trigger parent or athlete notifications.” Bulk messaging is manual. Source: https://support.leagueapps.com/hc/en-us/articles/40446909456151-TryoutsNot verified. A help search finds nothing on no-shows; Motion marks attendance and credits absentees. Source: https://www.sportsengine.com/hq/features/private-lessons/Not verified. Staff can filter by attendance and “message non-responders” by hand; no automatic message. Source: https://help.playmetrics.com/hc/en-us/articles/23662665996567-PlayMetrics-Release-Notes-05-22-24
Team assignment from tryout resultsYes. Drag players from their scores onto teams, the waitlist or not selected.Yes. The Roster Builder shows tryout metrics and staff drag athletes into an invite group; no automatic placement from scores. Source: https://www.baselinepro.com/features/teamsPartial. Rosters with profiles, waivers and payments; no page links evaluations to team placement. Source: https://upperhand.com/teams/Yes. “Automatically assign players to balanced or ranked teams”; Draft Mode on All-Star. Source: https://www.skillshark.com/product-tourYes. “Team Formation Tools”: sort, compare and sync teams to SportsEngine, TeamSnap or LeagueApps; “Live Drafting” is Elite. Source: https://www.teamgenius.com/features/Partial. Auto-rostering from registration and drag-and-drop rostering; assignment from scores only through a partner syncing teams back. Source: https://helpme.teamsnap.com/article/1818-drag-and-drop-rostering-on-the-rostering-tabYes. “Team Builder opens with this tryout already set as the source”, with ratings on player cards. Source: https://support.leagueapps.com/hc/en-us/articles/40446909456151-TryoutsPartial. The Rostering Tool drags registrants onto teams with no evaluation data; scores live in TeamGenius. Source: https://help.sportsengine.com/en/articles/2876231-how-to-roster-using-the-rostering-toolYes. “Team assignments made simple with integrated tryouts data”, by drag and drop. Source: https://home.playmetrics.com/clubs/tryouts-and-team-formation
Season registration with payment plansYes. Deposit plus installments, by card or bank, charged to the saved card on each due date with retries.Yes. “$2,000 over 1, 3, 6, or 10 payments”, scheduled for auto-draft, with plans per invite link. Source: https://www.baselinepro.com/features/teamsYes. “Pay in full or pay as you go, with the ability to set up payment plans”. Source: https://upperhand.com/software/integrated-payments/Not offered. No payments, registration or installments on any page. Source: https://www.skillshark.com/pricingNot verified. Registration is for evaluation events with a single fee; no plans, installments or deposits are described. Source: https://help.teamgenius.com/support/solutions/articles/69000181275-step-2-creating-editing-a-registration-formYes. Monthly or twice-monthly plans, 2 to 12 installments, an optional deposit, custom plans up to 20. Source: https://helpme.teamsnap.com/article/1314-select-payment-methods-and-automatic-adjustmentsYes. “Customize payment plans” and “Set up auto-pay at registration”. Source: https://leagueapps.com/youth-sports-management-platform/registration/Yes. “Create custom payment terms”, up to three per registration; each installment carries the $2.00 transaction fee. Source: https://www.sportsengine.com/hq/features/registration/Yes. “Completely customizable payment plans”; “Implement overdue fees and schedules”. Source: https://home.playmetrics.com/clubs/registration
Direct Stripe payouts to the clubYes. Every payment is a direct charge to your own Stripe account, with your name on the statement.Partial. “WHY WE DON'T USE STRIPE”: money moves through Baseline’s own payment facilitator, and each team can have its own bank account. Source: https://www.baselinepro.com/features/teamsPartial. Direct deposit to the club’s bank through a Paysafe sub-merchant account; Stripe is never mentioned. Source: https://help.upperhand.com/submit-paysafe-applicationNot offered. SkillShark collects no family money. Source: https://www.skillshark.com/integrationsPartial. The club must “activate a Stripe account” through TeamGenius; how payouts settle is not stated. Source: https://help.teamgenius.com/support/solutions/articles/69000827156-step-1-enabling-your-registration-accountYes. A Stripe connected account the club controls, paid out to its bank; the terms let TeamSnap delay payouts during investigations. Source: https://helpme.teamsnap.com/article/1816-merchant-account-creation-guidePartial. The default is LeagueApps Gateway, “powered by Stripe”, with LeagueApps as the gateway of record; a club’s own Stripe account is an opt-out. Source: https://support.leagueapps.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039381674-Stripe-Payment-Gateway-SetupPartial. A payment processing application and a bank account; the processor is never named and the club does not own a merchant account. Source: https://help.sportsengine.com/en/articles/6380354-how-to-fill-out-your-financial-settings-us-customersNot verified. No fetched page says where registration money settles or when it pays out. Source: https://home.playmetrics.com/clubs/registration
Facility booking: lessons and rentalsGrowth and Pro plansYes. Lessons, cage, court and field rentals, booking boards and coach availability. Growth and Pro.Yes. A booking page that takes lessons around the clock; each cage, tunnel, field or studio has its own hourly rate. Source: https://www.baselinepro.com/features/facilityYes. “Offer up any or all resources to be rented out”; Grow and Scale tiers only. Source: https://upperhand.com/software/facility-resource-management/Not offered. Not on any feature list. Source: https://www.skillshark.com/pricingNot offered. Nothing on booking, lessons or rentals on the features page or the help index. Source: https://www.teamgenius.com/features/Not offered. Not on the published feature list. Source: https://www.teamsnap.com/oneYes. Bookings for “lessons, training and facility bookings”; Facilities manages spaces owned and rented. Source: https://support.leagueapps.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039866933-BookingsPartial. HQ Pro bookings for recurring sessions, classes and private events; no cage, court or lane rental wording. Source: https://www.sportsengine.com/hq/features/private-lessons/Not verified. Field, rink, court and gym plans for internal scheduling; lessons and rentals are on no fetched page. Source: https://home.playmetrics.com/Clubs/In-Season-Operations
Memberships with recurring billingGrowth and Pro plansYes. Monthly plans billed to the card on file, with joining fees, commitments and signed agreements. Growth and Pro.Yes. “Memberships renew automatically every cycle”; included in the $0 tier. Source: https://www.baselinepro.com/features/membershipsYes. Automated recurring payments and renewals, join fees, commitment lengths and membership agreements. Source: https://upperhand.com/software/membership-management/Not offered. Not on any feature list. Source: https://www.skillshark.com/pricingNot offered. Nothing on the features page, the pricing page or the help index. Source: https://www.teamgenius.com/features/Not offered. Not on the published feature list; the nearest thing is installments. Source: https://www.teamsnap.com/oneYes. Recurring billing, monthly or twice monthly, new in Q3 2026. Source: https://support.leagueapps.com/hc/en-us/articles/42704049945495-Recurring-Billing-An-OverviewPartial. “custom membership programs” with eligibility and digital cards on HQ Premium; no recurring billing stated. Source: https://www.sportsengine.com/hq/features/memberships/Partial. “Recurring subscription programs are currently in beta availability.” Source: https://help.playmetrics.com/hc/en-us/articles/32392030994967-PlayMetrics-Release-Notes-05-27-25
Point of sale with inventoryYes. Products with sizes, colors, photos and stock counts; cash, check, a card at the counter or a pay link.Yes. Point of sale is in the Operate package (Plus or Pro); a POS terminal is “$380+” one-time. Source: https://www.baselinepro.com/pricingYes. “Retail & Inventory” on Grow and Scale. Source: https://upperhand.com/pricing/Not verified. Not researched for this vendor; nothing on the pricing page. Source: https://www.skillshark.com/pricingNot verified. Not researched for this vendor; nothing on the pricing page. Source: https://www.teamgenius.com/pricing/Not verified. Not researched for this vendor; nothing on the feature list. Source: https://www.teamsnap.com/oneNot verified. Not researched for this vendor. Source: https://leagueapps.com/pricing/Not verified. Not researched for this vendor. Source: https://www.sportsengine.com/hq/Not verified. Not researched for this vendor. Source: https://home.playmetrics.com/pricing
Team chat app for parentsYes. Team chat, direct messages and polls in the Game Mode app, with block and report.Partial. Two-way messaging and group chats inside Baseline, off by default; push goes only to members on the “$149/mo” branded app (Plus and Pro). Source: https://www.baselinepro.com/features/teamsNot offered. “Message Team Roster” is one-way email from an admin; “Loop (Coming Soon)” is not released. Source: https://upperhand.com/mobile-app/Not offered. The app is the evaluator scoring app; parents receive emailed report cards. Source: https://www.skillshark.com/faqNot offered. The app is for coaches and evaluators; the Player Portal is a web account with opt-in text updates, no chat. Source: https://help.teamgenius.com/support/solutions/articles/69000881938-setting-up-the-player-portalYes. “team chat, polls, and instant updates” in the TeamSnap ONE app; web chat for parents added September 2026. Source: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6670517733Yes. Announcements, team chats and direct messages with push notifications in LeagueApps Play. Source: https://leagueapps.com/leagueapps-play-mobile-app/Yes. “Send a message directly to the coach or chat with the entire team for free”. Source: https://www.sportsengine.com/hq/features/mobile-app/Yes. “email, chat, text, alerts, and push notifications” in free Apple and Android apps. Source: https://home.playmetrics.com/clubs/team-management
AI-drafted replies to parentsYes. AI drafts a reply in the inbox from your own past answers and documents; staff edit and send.Not verified. The changelog lists “Ask AI” in the email designer and an “AI Chat”; no page describes drafting a reply to a parent message. Source: https://www.baselinepro.com/changelogNot offered. No inbox or AI reply feature today; Loop is “Coming Soon”. Source: https://upperhand.com/software/client-experience/Not offered. No inbox or AI messaging on any page. Source: https://www.skillshark.com/pricingNot offered. The only AI writing feature suggests evaluation comments; no inbox, no parent replies. Source: https://help.teamgenius.com/support/solutions/articles/69000856427-ai-feedback-assistant-for-coaches-and-evaluatorsNot verified. No page describes AI in the inbox. Source: https://teamsnapone.launchnotes.io/Not verified. Message Center is compose-and-format email; no AI reply handling found. Source: https://leagueapps.com/product-updates/Not offered. The communication page lists messaging, newsletters, emails, texts and team chat, and no AI. Source: https://www.sportsengine.com/hq/features/communication/Not verified. No marketing page mentions AI; a help-center search for “AI” returns nothing. Source: https://home.playmetrics.com/oversight
AI assistant inside the productYes. Answers from your live data with the click path, and actions behind a preview and confirm.Yes. “Assistant AI” on the homepage; “AI support” is in the Operate package (Plus and Pro), not Base. Source: https://www.baselinepro.com/Partial. Upper Hand AI is a predictive-analytics add-on under Scale, “Contact for pricing”; no conversational assistant. Source: https://upperhand.com/aiNot offered. The only AI is “AI Swing Score”, a hitting-mechanics score, not an assistant. Source: https://www.skillshark.com/pricingPartial. The comment assistant and “AI Score Analysis & Reporting” (Elite or add-on); no conversational assistant. Source: https://www.teamgenius.com/pricing/Partial. An AI assistant in the website builder only. Source: https://www.teamsnap.com/one/websitesPartial. An AI-powered schedule importer; no conversational assistant. Source: https://support.leagueapps.com/hc/en-us/articles/25277201523863-New-Club-Schedule-ImporterNot offered. No AI assistant on HQ, any HQ feature page, or the 2026 product updates. Source: https://www.sportsengine.com/hq/Not verified. “auto-generated insights” with no statement of how. Source: https://home.playmetrics.com/oversight

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Switching

Before you move

Do I have to switch in the middle of a season?

No. Switch whenever you are ready. We import your players, families, staff and teams, bring your current season over with its registrations, and connect your Stripe account, so the season you are running keeps running here. Most clubs are live within two weeks, and tryout season is simply the most common time to start.

Can I import what I have?

Players come in from a CSV for a tryout or a season roster, and every Game Mode plan exports your players, rosters, registrations and payment history at any time. Growth and Pro include guided setup and help moving your existing data across.

Is there a contract or a setup fee?

No. Every plan is month to month with a 30-day free trial, no setup fee and no minimum. Of the vendors above, Baseline charges a $250 setup fee on its $0 tier and a 12-month commitment on its paid tiers, SportsEngine HQ Premium is an annual contract after 90 days, SkillShark bills annually and does not refund, and Upper Hand’s prices are paid annually.

Who holds the money?

You do. Every payment is a direct charge to your own Stripe account, your club’s name is on the parent’s statement, and Game Mode never takes custody of your funds. Baseline and Upper Hand move money through their own facilitator or processor; LeagueApps is the gateway of record by default; SportsEngine does not name its processor; TeamSnap uses a Stripe account the club controls, with terms that let it delay payouts.

See it on your own tryout.

A 30-minute walkthrough with our team. Bring your rosters, your fee structure, and whatever your current setup can’t do.

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Baseline, Upper Hand, SkillShark, TeamGenius, TeamSnap, LeagueApps, SportsEngine and PlayMetrics are names that belong to their owners. Game Mode is not affiliated with any of them. Every figure and every feature answer about them on this page was read from that company’s own public pages on November 1, 2026, is quoted as the page wrote it, and may have changed since. “Not verified” means their site does not state it; it is never a guess. If something here is wrong, tell us and we will correct it.