Registrations, payments and communications for sports and leisure
As of 15 September 2026, Activity Messenger starts at $99/month. Registration and communication platform for sports and leisure organisations, covering forms, payments, waivers, memberships and email and SMS automation. Softwr lists it under Events. Activity Messenger is launched in 2019, available on Web.
Overview
Activity Messenger is registration software for the sports and leisure sector: clubs, camps, dance studios, swim schools, gymnastics clubs, tennis clubs, federations and parks and recreation departments. It was founded in Montreal in 2019 by people who had run this software from the other side, including Martin Drapeau, formerly CTO of Amilia, where he spent six years helping grow the company from 15 people to 110. Their stated reason for building it was blunt: "We used (and struggled with) these software. We heard from frustrated peers. And finally, we struck out to build something better." What separates it from a generic booking tool is how much of the surrounding administration it absorbs. Registrations run through customisable forms with online payment attached. Digital waivers are signed and stored rather than printed. Memberships, attendance tracking, online ticketing and event management sit alongside the registrations themselves. Staff onboarding and timesheet collection are handled in the same place, which matters for an organisation whose instructors turn over every season. Email and SMS marketing with automations covers the communication half of the name, with Canva integration for the design work and Zoom for anything delivered online. Pricing starts at 99 dollars a month for Light and runs to 229 for Pro, tiered mainly on email subscriber count, number of automated tasks and users, with an Enterprise tier above that. Payment processing is charged separately at 2.9 percent plus 30 cents on cards with a 1 percent service fee, and there is a 10 dollar pause plan for seasonal organisations of up to six months.
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Cross-shopped
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Amilia SmartRec: The direct incumbent in this market and the company Activity Messenger's founding CTO came from, broader on facility and membership management but heavier to run.
Jackrabbit Class: Class management for dance, gymnastics and swim schools with deep scheduling and billing, though communications and automation are thinner.
SportsEngine: Registration and team management for youth sports leagues, stronger on league structure and weaker on the marketing automation side.
CampMinder: Camp-specific management covering registration, health records and staff, narrower in scope but deeper for residential camps.
Pricing
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Light
$99 /mo
Premium
$149 /mo
Pro
$229 /mo
Enterprise
On request
Capabilities
Online registration
Customisable registration forms for classes, camps and activities with payment collected at the point of signup.
Digital waivers
Liability waivers signed and stored digitally rather than collected on paper at the door.
Email and SMS automation
Marketing and transactional messaging with automated sequences, and Canva integration for the design.
Memberships and ticketing
Recurring memberships alongside one-off online ticketing and event management.
Staff management
Onboarding and timesheet collection for instructors and seasonal staff in the same system as the registrations.
Attendance tracking
Records who actually turned up against who registered.
Bulk certificates
Generates completion and participation certificates in bulk, allowanced per tier from 250 to 2,000 a year.
Answered, with sources
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Light is $99 a month, Premium $149, Pro $229, and Enterprise is custom priced. A $10 pause plan is available for seasonal businesses for up to six months.
SourceYes. Credit card payments are 2.9 percent plus $0.30 per transaction, Interac and bank transfers are 1 percent plus $0.40, and a 1 percent service fee applies across all payment methods.
SourcePremium at $149 a month. The $99 Light tier covers email marketing, digital waivers, surveys and forms, but registration, camps and activities management, memberships and ticketing start at Premium.
SourceSports and leisure organisations: classes and camps, schools, federations, dance studios, gymnastics clubs, swim schools, soccer academies, tennis clubs, parks and recreation departments and sports associations.
SourceFounded in Montreal in 2019 by Martin Drapeau, Olivier Rousseau and Michael Shpigelman. Drapeau was previously CTO of Amilia, where he spent six years growing the company from 15 to 110 people.
SourceStripe for payments, Zoom for online sessions on the Premium tier and above, and Canva for email design.
SourceBehind it
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Virtual event platform built around seated tables on a floor plan rather than a webinar stage
Per month by attendee capacityCamp management and parent portal for day and residential camps, reported from around 249 USD a month
quoteRegistration and payment software for parks departments, races and camps, owned by Global Payments
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