One app for the season
Schedule, changes, scores, payments and messages in one branded app.
SportsEngine alternative for clubs, leagues and tournament operators.Switching from SportsEngine,
on your timeline, not theirs.
PlayMetrics acquired SportsEngine on May 1, 2026. Whatever that turns into, the practical move for a club is the same: hold a current export of your own data, and know what an alternative would do with it. This is that page.
This is not a feature scorecard. It is what the move from SportsEngine HQ to Sketchplay actually involves, written for the club that has already decided to look.
Statements about SportsEngine refer to their public help center, subscription agreement and pricing pages, re-checked August 17, 2026.
The migration map
What moves from SportsEngine to Sketchplay
SportsEngine documents its exports well. Take them while you hold Full Access; the tools go with the subscription.
| What you have on SportsEngine | How it comes out | What we do with it |
|---|---|---|
| Members and contacts | Export people from the member directory to CSV (Full Access or Limited Access, HQ Tools). Their GraphQL API also exposes profiles, teams, events and registrations to customers. | Imported once into one roster. Every family reachable from day one; nothing re-typed. |
| Registrations | Registration saved reports export to CSV; Quick Report exports to Excel. Registration documents download one entry at a time; there is no documented bulk download. | Registration and payment run as one flow on your own site; waivers signed inside it and stored on the roster. |
| Payments and payouts | Payments report and payout reports export to CSV. Money itself does not migrate from any platform. | New payments run on your own Stripe account; payouts land in your bank directly. |
| Games and schedules | Game Export to CSV, or Season Management schedule export emailed to you (the file expires after 48 hours). Team export runs 10 teams at a time. | History imported as records. Future seasons come out of the AI Scheduler and re-solve when a field closes. |
| Your website and app | Nothing to export; it is theirs. | A branded site and app space, included with every plan. Your domain points at it when you say so. |
| Messaging lists | Message history is viewable; we could not find a documented list export. Contacts come with the member export. | Text, email, push and in-app from the same roster. |
| The subscription | Their agreement auto-renews for equal periods; cancellation is by email to support. Their published bundles were annual with a payments-volume condition. | One flat monthly price by organization size, no per-team fees, no payments quota. |
How long it takes
One call to start. Switched by your next registration.
1
The call
Thirty minutes, your real season on screen. We tell you which exports to run and in what order, and you pull them the same day while you still hold Full Access.
2
We import and build
Members, registrations and history loaded; programs and payment plans set up; your site and app standing with your data on it. Days, not a season.
3
Your next registration opens on Sketchplay
Open it here while SportsEngine is still readable. When the first families are through, your domain moves and you cancel on your terms.
We do the migration. Not a guide you follow alone: our team runs the import with you and stays on the phone through your first registration and first event.
What your next season runs on
One sign-up.
One sign-up.
Everything else follows.
What the parent fills in
- Athlete
- Maya R.
- Parent email
- parent@example.com
- Mobile
- (555) 010-8842
- Waiver
- Signed on the same screen
- Payment
- Paid at sign-up
What you have when they finish
- On the roster14U Girls · spot 12 of 14
- Reachabletext, email and push, no invite link
- Waiver on filestored against the athlete, not an inbox
- Balance settled$0 outstanding
- Nothing to re-keyno export, no Sunday-night spreadsheet
- 1
- flow, not four
- 0
- forms re-typed
- $0
- left to chase
Scripted sample. On the call we rebuild your actual sign-up form while you watch.
After the switch
What your teams and families notice after the switch
One place to pay
Dues, camps, tickets and merch on the same account, receipts that make sense.
Changes reach them
A field closes; text, email, push and in-app go out from the roster in one send.
Nothing to re-register
Tryouts, placement and the season run on one record per family.
Straight talk
What a SportsEngine alternative does not do for you, said plainly.
- We import what you export. There is no live sync from SportsEngine; history comes across as records from your CSVs or their API, once, and we help you do it.
- Signed waivers and uploaded documents do not come down in bulk on their side. Save what matters entry by entry before your access changes; we cannot recover what was never exported.
- Background checks run through our partner National Sports ID (NSID) rather than inside Sketchplay. We do not offer streaming or a studio class product; if those are why you are on SportsEngine, say so on the call and we will tell you plainly whether we fit.
Questions
Leaving SportsEngine: the questions we get
Can we export our data out of SportsEngine ourselves?
Yes. SportsEngine documents exports for member data, games, rosters, and eligibility searches, and they produce CSV files you download. You need Full Access or Limited Access - HQ Tools permissions to reach the member export, so check who on your board actually holds those rights before you plan around it.
What is the one thing clubs forget to take with them?
Signed waivers and uploaded documents. They rarely come down in a bulk CSV the way member records do, so they have to be saved separately, and clubs usually discover this after access has already ended. Save a sample and open it to confirm you got the signed version rather than a blank template.
Should we export before or after we cancel?
Before, without exception. Admin access to your data generally ends when the subscription does, and the export tools go with it. Once that happens, recovering historical records is a support request rather than a download.
When in the year should we switch?
Between seasons, after your last event has settled and before the next registration opens, so nothing is in flight. If you cannot wait, switch at a registration boundary rather than in the middle of one: a half-collected registration living in two systems is what produces duplicate charges and refunds.
Do parents have to do anything when we move?
Plan on yes, and plan the message rather than letting them find out from a broken bookmark. Send one announcement before anything visibly changes, saying what is moving, what they need to do, what they do not, and the date the old links stop working, then one reminder on the day.
Will Sketchplay migrate our data for us?
Bring your exports to a demo and we will go through the actual files with you, including the parts that will not come across cleanly. What is possible depends on what your export contains, so we would rather look at yours than give you a number over a web page.
More answers in the answer library.
Bring your exports. We go through the actual files with you.
Thirty minutes, your real season on screen, and a straight answer about whether Sketchplay is the right SportsEngine alternative for you.