Beleeg vs Spond
By Michael Montalbano, founder of Beleeg · Last updated
Beleeg runs the whole league free for the organizer: it builds the season schedule, takes captains’ scores, keeps the standings, and handles RSVPs, team chat, sign-ups, and dues, and we do the import for you. Spond fits better for one group or club that is not running a league and needs a store download today. Beleeg’s iOS app is awaiting Apple review.
Beleeg is built for the league: it makes the season schedule, takes the scores, and keeps the standings, and it has RSVPs, team chat, sign-ups, and dues too. Spond is a free app for organizing teams and groups: events, RSVPs, chat, and payments. We could not find a league schedule builder or league standings on its own pages.
Beleeg and Spond at a glance
Spond is a free app for teams, clubs, and groups of any age, used by over 12 million people according to Spond. Spond Club adds tools for clubs with several teams.
| Beleeg | Spond | |
|---|---|---|
| What the organizer pays each month or season | Beleeg: $0. No subscription, no per-team charge, and no setup fee. White-label (your own web address and brand) is optional at $149 a season. | Spond: The app is free. Spond earns money when groups take payments through it. |
| Who pays | Beleeg: Only online payments cost anything: Beleeg keeps a flat $3 from each one. Players who pay you cash cost nothing. | Spond: By default the group covers the transaction fee; groups can have members cover it. |
| Fees on a $100 online registration | Beleeg: Stripe’s card fee (about $3.20) plus Beleeg’s $3, about $6.20 in all, so about $93.80 reaches you. The player pays $100, nothing added. | Spond: In the US, $1.00 plus 3.29%, about $4.29 on $100. |
| Where the money goes | Beleeg: To your own Stripe account, then to your bank on Stripe’s schedule. Beleeg does not hold it. | Spond: To the group’s payout account, daily, weekly, or monthly, at least 3 days after payment. |
| Sign-ups and dues | Beleeg: Players sign up and pay online, or you mark cash payers paid. When a league is full, a waiting list offers the next person the spot on its own. Captains can collect their own team dues too. | Spond: Takes payments, including club membership fees. |
| RSVPs, reminders, and team chat | Beleeg: Yes. Players say in or out for each match and captains see who is coming. Reminders go out by email and in Beleeg before each match, and every team has its own chat. No text-message reminders. | Spond: Yes. Events with RSVPs, reminders, and chat. |
| Mobile access and iOS availability | Beleeg: Beleeg works in the web browser on iPhone, Android, and computers with no download required. The iOS app has been submitted to Apple and is awaiting review. | Spond: Mainly a phone app; a web version does most of the same tasks. |
| Season schedule | Beleeg: Builds it for you: round robin per division, with blackout dates and warnings when a court is booked twice. Captains can ask to move a match if your league allows it. | Spond: Events, repeating events, a season planner, and time polls for a team or group. |
| Scores and standings | Beleeg: Captains set lineups and enter scores from their phones, and the other captain can confirm or dispute. Standings update on their own with the tiebreakers you pick. | Spond: Match events can hold a result. |
| Best fit | Beleeg: Adult and amateur leagues, clubs, and tournaments in 30 sports. We move your league in for you. | Spond: Teams, clubs, and groups of any age, including youth. |
Facts about Spond as of September 29, 2026, read from Spond’s own home page and help center (listed at the bottom of this page). They change, so check before you decide. “Not confirmed” means we could not confirm it, not that Spond lacks it. Tell us if we got something wrong and we will fix it.
Who Beleeg fits
- You run a league where teams play each other and you need the season schedule built for you.
- You want captains to enter scores and the standings to update themselves, with your tiebreakers.
- You want RSVPs, team chat, and dues in the same place as the schedule and standings, so nobody needs a second app.
- You want a public league page with the schedule and standings anyone can open without logging in.
- You want someone to move your league in for you.
Questions people ask about Beleeg and Spond
Can I run a whole league on Spond?
Beleeg is built to run a league of teams playing each other; Spond is built for teams and clubs. Spond’s own pages describe events, RSVPs, chat, a season planner, and payments, and we could not find a league schedule builder or league standings on them when we checked on September 29, 2026.
Beleeg builds a round-robin schedule for each division, captains enter scores from their phones, and the standings update on their own. It also has RSVPs for each match, a chat for each team, and online sign-ups and dues, so the league does not need a second app for those.
Is Spond or Beleeg cheaper for collecting fees?
Beleeg is free for the organizer, and so is Spond; both take something only when money is paid online. In the US, Spond charges $1.00 plus 3.29% per payment, about $4.29 on $100, and the group can have members cover it.
On Beleeg the player pays the price you set, and about $6.20 comes out of a $100 payment: about $3.20 to Stripe and $3 to Beleeg. Payments in cash cost nothing on Beleeg.
When Spond is the better fit
- You run one group or club with no league of teams playing each other, and you only need events, RSVPs, and chat.
- You need an App Store or Google Play download today. Beleeg’s iOS app is awaiting Apple review; the web app is available now.
Where these facts come from
Facts about Spond were read on September 29, 2026 from these pages. Beleeg facts come from the product itself and our pricing page.
- Spond: Home page (free app, 12 million people)
- Spond help: Payments costs in the Spond app ($1.00 plus 3.29% in the US)
- Spond help: Payout frequency
- Spond help: The web version of the Spond app
- Spond help: Spond app and Spond Club
- Stripe: US pricing (the card fee Beleeg passes on)
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