Crossbar alternative

Looking for a Crossbar alternative?

PlayMetrics acquired Crossbar in 2023. PlayMetrics merged into Stack Sports under Genstar Capital in June 2025. The platform you joined to escape PE consolidation is now part of the same conglomerate as Sports Connect, GotSport, and Affinity Sports.If you've decided it's time to move, here's why clubs land on EZ Event Registration — and how a switch actually goes.

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Why clubs leave Crossbar

  • Now part of the same PE roll-up that owns Sports Connect

    Genstar Capital's June 2025 merger combined Stack Sports (Sports Connect, Affinity Sports) with PlayMetrics (Crossbar). Multiple independent industry sources confirm. Customers who chose Crossbar specifically to avoid Stack Sports' consolidation now find themselves inside it.

  • Notification and messaging unreliability

    Capterra, App Store, and GetApp reviews cluster around the same complaint: notifications miss, email targeting drops the wrong people, parents fall back to text chains.

  • Admin permission changes require a vendor support ticket

    Multiple sources spanning multiple years confirm that changing admin permissions in Crossbar requires opening a support ticket — vendor intervention is required for what should be a self-service operation.

What you get with EZ Event Registration instead

  • Now PE-owned by the same conglomerate that owns Sports Connect / GotSport / Affinity

    Independent, founder-led, no roll-up. Where you sign up is where you stay.

  • Email targeting and push notifications drop messages

    Comms architected as a first-class surface with deliverability monitoring and segment-aware sends.

  • Admin permission changes require a vendor ticket

    Self-service multi-org / role-based access. Add a registrar, move permissions, audit access — in seconds, not days.

  • $995/yr annual contract billed up front

    $49/mo. Cancel anytime. No annual lock-in.

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