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Amilia SmartRec vs CampSite

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Amilia SmartRec

Scheduling

Registration and activity management for community recreation, with a 1% fee on top of the subscription

From
$99/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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CampSite

Events

Camp management and parent portal for day and residential camps, reported from around 249 USD a month

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Amilia SmartRec the 1% fee on each new invoice item sits on top of both the subscription and card processing, so an organisation invoicing two million dollars pays around twenty thousand a year in a fee that never appears in a plan comparison.; CampSite the vendor publishes no pricing, so the widely quoted 249 dollar a month figure comes from directories rather than CampSite and may not reflect any current quote.
  • They diverge on capability: Amilia SmartRec covers Activity registration, CampSite covers Online registration.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Amilia SmartRec and CampSite actually diverge.

Attributes where Amilia SmartRec and CampSite differ
AttributeAmilia SmartRecCampSite
Starting price$99/monthOn request
Pricing modelPer month plus 1% of invoiced itemsquote
CategorySchedulingEvents

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Amilia SmartRec

  • Activity registration
  • Family accounts
  • Memberships
  • Facility booking
  • Point of sale
  • Online store
  • Financial reporting
  • Bilingual interface

Only in CampSite

  • Online registration
  • Parent dashboard
  • Medical and health records
  • Activity scheduling
  • Billing and payment plans
  • Photo and video blogs

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Amilia SmartRec

  • A municipal recreation department replacing paper and phone registration for seasonal programmesnot CampSite
  • A community centre that needs one family account covering several children across different activitiesnot CampSite
  • A bilingual Canadian organisation required to serve residents in English and Frenchnot CampSite
  • A sports club running leagues, camps and memberships that currently sit in three separate systemsnot CampSite

CampSite

  • A day camp replacing paper forms and a spreadsheet with parent self-service enrolmentnot Amilia SmartRec
  • A residential camp needing medical forms and medication logs available to the health centre on a tabletnot Amilia SmartRec
  • Running instalment payment plans and sibling discounts without tracking them manually in accountsnot Amilia SmartRec
  • Giving parents photo galleries and camper updates without a separate parent engagement appnot Amilia SmartRec

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Amilia SmartRec

  • The 1% fee on each new invoice item sits on top of both the subscription and card processing, so an organisation invoicing two million dollars pays around twenty thousand a year in a fee that never appears in a plan comparison.
  • Implementation is charged separately, from $899 on Standard and $2,999 on Advanced, which for a small community organisation is several months of subscription before the system goes live.
  • Parks and facilities management is shallower than a dedicated municipal recreation platform, so departments managing complex field allocation and maintenance schedules will still need another system.
  • Reporting is oriented towards revenue rather than programme utilisation, so recreation managers analysing attendance patterns and capacity end up exporting to spreadsheets.
  • Its strength is in Canada, and US municipalities find fewer local references, fewer integrations with American finance systems and less familiarity with state-specific requirements.

CampSite

  • The vendor publishes no pricing, so the widely quoted 249 dollar a month figure comes from directories rather than CampSite and may not reflect any current quote.
  • Payment processing is taken by the vendor, so a camp collecting substantial tuition pays far more in card fees than in subscription and cannot see that comparison up front.
  • It is lighter than heavyweight camp platforms on housing and retail, so camps with bed-level assignment and a camp store will find gaps.
  • Reporting is serviceable but inflexible, and camps commonly export to a spreadsheet for board or budget reporting.
  • Configuration work is concentrated in the off-season and support demand peaks in summer, so a camp adopting it late has little margin for setup problems.

Pricing, plan by plan

Amilia SmartRec

$99/month
  • Standard$99/month
    • Activity registration and online store
    • Family accounts
    • 1% fee on each new invoice item
  • Advanced$499/month
    • Memberships, facility booking and point of sale
    • Advanced reporting
    • 1% fee on each new invoice item
  • Custom$undefined/year
    • For YMCAs, JCCs and parks and recreation departments
    • Scoped and quoted individually
    • Fee structure negotiated

CampSite

On request
  • CampSite$undefined/month
    • Flat monthly rate reported from around 249 USD by third-party directories
    • Registration, parent portal, medical, scheduling and billing
    • Payment processing taken by the vendor at a negotiated rate

Which should you pick?

Choose Amilia SmartRec if

  • You need activity registration.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want family accounts.
Amilia SmartRec review

Choose CampSite if

  • You need online registration.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want parent dashboard.
CampSite review

Questions people ask

Is Amilia SmartRec or CampSite better?
Neither clearly leads. Amilia SmartRec starts at $99/month and CampSite at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Amilia SmartRec or CampSite?
Amilia SmartRec starts at $99/month and CampSite at On request.
Does Amilia SmartRec or CampSite run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Amilia SmartRec best used for?
Amilia SmartRec is most often used for a municipal recreation department replacing paper and phone registration for seasonal programmes, a community centre that needs one family account covering several children across different activities, a bilingual canadian organisation required to serve residents in english and french, a sports club running leagues, camps and memberships that currently sit in three separate systems. Of those, a municipal recreation department replacing paper and phone registration for seasonal programmes and a community centre that needs one family account covering several children across different activities are not what CampSite is typically brought in for.
What can Amilia SmartRec do that CampSite cannot?
Amilia SmartRec covers Activity registration, Family accounts, Memberships, Facility booking. CampSite covers Online registration, Parent dashboard, Medical and health records, Activity scheduling.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Amilia SmartRec: What is the real total cost?

Subscription from $99 or $499 a month, plus roughly 1% on each new invoice item, plus card processing around 2.85% plus $0.30, plus a one-off implementation fee. The percentage fees dominate at any real volume.

CampSite: What does CampSite cost?

CampSite does not publish pricing. Third-party directories report a flat rate from around 249 USD a month, plus payment processing.

Amilia SmartRec: Is the 1% negotiable?

On the Custom tier for larger organisations, the fee structure is part of the negotiation. On the published plans it is not.

CampSite: Does it handle both day and residential camps?

Yes, which is unusual in this category; most platforms lean strongly to one model.

Amilia SmartRec: Does it work in French?

Yes, throughout. That is a practical requirement for Quebec and many bilingual Canadian public bodies and a genuine reason to choose it there.

CampSite: Is there a parent app?

There is a parent dashboard, and CampSite absorbed myCAMPapp to strengthen parent engagement features.

Amilia SmartRec: Can it replace a municipal recreation system?

For registration and memberships, often yes. For parks asset and facility maintenance management, no.

CampSite: Does CampSite process our payments?

Yes, and that rate is negotiated separately from the subscription.

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