Race Roster
Athletic competition management software
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What is Race Roster
Race Roster is an event registration and fundraising platform used to manage endurance and athletic events such as runs, rides, and triathlons. It supports online registration, participant data management, payments, and event-day operations workflows for race directors and organizing teams. The product also includes tools for charity fundraising and participant communications, and it is commonly used by events that need integrated registration plus donation handling.
Integrated registration and fundraising
Race Roster combines participant registration with donation and fundraising workflows in one system. This reduces the need to connect separate registration and charity platforms for events that rely on fundraising. It supports common use cases such as participant fundraising pages and donation collection during registration. For organizers, this can simplify reconciliation of participant and donation records.
Event operations workflow support
The platform is designed for race organizers who need more than basic sign-ups, including tools that support event setup, participant management, and communications. It provides configurable registration options (for example, categories, add-ons, and pricing rules) that map to typical endurance-event requirements. These capabilities align with the operational needs of timed events and multi-distance races. It is generally positioned for organizers running recurring events with structured registration processes.
Payments and reporting features
Race Roster processes online payments as part of registration, enabling end-to-end transaction capture. It provides reporting outputs that help organizers track registrations, revenue, and participant status. This supports routine tasks such as monitoring capacity, auditing transactions, and exporting participant lists for downstream uses. Having payments and reporting in the same system reduces manual consolidation work.
Endurance-focused feature emphasis
Race Roster is primarily oriented toward endurance-style events, which may not match the workflows of league-based or bracket-based sports competitions. Organizations that need scheduling, standings, officiating assignments, or tournament bracket management may require additional systems. This can increase operational complexity for multi-sport organizations. Fit depends on whether the event model is registration-centric versus competition-structure-centric.
Event-day timing integrations vary
Many race organizers rely on timing hardware and results platforms, and the depth of integration can vary by timing provider and event setup. If an organizer requires a specific timing stack, they may need to validate integration details and data handoffs (imports/exports, real-time results, bib assignments) before committing. Gaps can lead to manual processes on race week. This is a common evaluation point in the category.
Pricing and fee structure complexity
As with many registration platforms, total cost can depend on transaction fees, optional modules, and event volume. This can make it harder to compare costs across platforms without modeling expected registrations, refunds, and donation volumes. Smaller events may find per-transaction economics less predictable than flat-fee tools. Procurement typically requires a detailed quote and scenario-based cost review.
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Custom / Contact Race Roster for organizer (SaaS) pricing — Race Roster does not publish standard organizer subscription plan rates publicly on its pricing page; organizers are invited to book a demo or contact sales.
Public participant/transaction fees (examples shown on Race Roster event pages — these are event-specific and configurable by the organizer):
- Example (event FAQ): Processing fee example shown as 6.99% + $1.99 per registrant; donation fee example 6.50% + $0.85 per transaction; transfer fee example $1.95. (These values appear on specific event pages and can vary by event/region.)
Notes & variability:
- Race Roster support documentation indicates organizers can choose to pass processing fees on to participants or absorb them (i.e., deduct as a revenue adjustment).
- Race Roster’s public-facing Pricing page does not list fixed subscription tiers/prices; pricing appears to be determined via agreement with Race Roster (contact/sales/demo).
(Extracted only from Race Roster official pages: pricing page, support knowledge base, event pages, and Terms of Service.)
Seller details
Race Roster Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2012
Private
https://www.raceroster.com/
https://x.com/raceroster
https://www.linkedin.com/company/race-roster
