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Publish
Create one game or a recurring run in minutes.
Why Pulvi
Run the game. Own what comes next.
Pulvi brings discovery, rosters, payments, and repeat play into one home—built around your identity as the host.
For people who make the game happen
Your players should remember your run, not the tool behind it.
Your gameYour playersYour growth
02
Fill
Share it, get discovered, and manage every spot.
03
Run
Keep players informed and game day organized.
04
Grow
Turn a roster into a community, team, or league.
Choose for the work you do
Different products optimize for different outcomes.
The useful comparison is not who has the longest feature list. It is whose product begins with the job you are trying to do.
Best known for · Broad communities
Meetup
Strong general discovery, shaped around groups and events rather than the full job of running a sports game.
Best known for · Game marketplace
GoodRec
Convenient for finding games, with more of the player relationship centered on the marketplace.
Best known for · Pickup soccer
Plei
A familiar soccer experience, less suited to multi-sport hosts expanding into broader programs and operations.
Best known for · Club administration
OpenSports / Spond
Capable operations tools that can feel like administration software before a local discovery destination.
The jobWith PulviTypical alternative
Start
Launch one game under your own host identity.
Often begins with a group, club setup, or platform-run game.
Fill
Discovery, sharing, capacity, guests, and waitlists stay connected.
Discovery and roster management may be separate workflows.
Run
Attendance, player messages, teams, and payments live with the game.
General event tools frequently stop at the RSVP.
Grow
Build communities, teams, leagues, and a business from the same base.
Growth can require a second or third product.
Why it feels different
One connected system, not more tabs.
Built around the roster
Capacity, guests, waitlists, messages, and payments work as one flow—not a pile of event add-ons.
Your host identity compounds
Players know who is behind the game and have a clear path back to everything else you organize.
Room to become more
Stay a great local host or add communities, teams, leagues, locations, and staff without rebuilding your operation.
Host payout calculator
See the money behind the game.
Compare one paid game using published US rates. Monthly plans are divided across the number of games you run.
Listed sales per game$180.00
Platform and public ratePlayers payHost keeps
Pulvi
Pulvi8% platform fee + estimated 2.9% + $0.30 processing
No host subscription included.
Players pay$180.00
Host keeps
$156.72
$626.88 / month
Meetup + PayPal
Estimated PayPal fee: 3.49% + $0.49
Includes Meetup Standard from $29.99/month.
Players pay$180.00
Host keeps
$160.38
$641.52 / month
OpenSports
3% platform + 2.9% + $0.30 processing
Includes the $30/month Recreational Group plan.
Players pay$180.00
Host keeps
$158.22
$632.88 / month
Spond
$1.00 + 3.29% added to each player payment
The host receives the listed price; players pay the fee.
Players pay$197.88
Host keeps
$180.00
$720.00 / month
Estimates subtract published transaction fees and allocate starting monthly plans across selected games. Taxes, refunds, disputes, venue costs, equipment, negotiated rates, and separate buyer fees are excluded. Pulvi reflects the current in-product default of an 8% platform commission plus estimated processing. Rates reviewed August 2, 2026.
Straight answers
Is Pulvi right for you?
Should I leave Meetup?+
Meetup may still fit broad interest-based communities. If the hard parts are rosters, repeat play, payments, and game-day operations, Pulvi is built closer to that work.
Is Pulvi only for soccer?+
No. Pulvi is multi-sport by design—for courts, fields, gyms, studios, pools, and the people who activate them.
Can I start with one game?+
Yes. Start with a one-off run, make it recurring when you are ready, and add community or leagues only when they become useful.
Comparison positioning is based on publicly available product information reviewed August 2, 2026. Products, features, and pricing can change.