Hiive vs Spond: which fits how you run?
Spond is a free app for sports teams, clubs and groups to organise events, track attendance, chat and collect payments. Spond Club adds a web tool for larger clubs with a member register, renewals and club websites. Here’s how it compares with Hiive for organizers, venues and communities — including where Spond is the better choice.
Checked October 2026 · By the Hiive team
The short answer
At a glance
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Where they differ
Cost to organizers
Spond
Free app; transaction fees on payments, paid by the club or passed to members.
Hiive
Free for the first couple of months, then a fee agreed with you based on value.
Getting paid
Spond
Payments in supported currencies such as USD, EUR, GBP and AUD; INR not supported.
Hiive
Tickets and bookings with payouts in ₹ and platform-fee tax invoices.
Finding new members
Spond
No discovery marketplace; it organises an existing group.
Hiive
Events and Hives surface in the Hiive app's local feed.
Venues and schedules
Spond
No venue or court booking.
Hiive
Bookable venue services and a combined calendar for conflict checks.
Your member data
Spond
Admins can export the member list to Excel, including subgroups.
Hiive
Members, join requests and identified signed-in viewers in your workspace.
Which should you choose?
Choose Spond if…
- You run a team or club with a fixed roster and want free attendance and chat.
- You run youth or junior sport and need parent and guardian controls.
- You collect fees in a currency Spond supports, such as USD, EUR, GBP or AUD.
- You want a season planner and repeating events for regular training.
Choose Hiive if…
- You're in India and want to sell tickets and collect fees in rupees.
- You want new people nearby to discover your events and community.
- You manage a venue, or coordinate events across one.
- You want to curate who joins, run campaigns and see where bookings drop off.
About Spond
Pricing
As of October 2026
- The app is free; Spond earns from transaction fees on payments.
- App payments, standard rates: US$1.00 + 3.29% for USD and CAD; a base fee + 2.5% for EUR, GBP and AUD.
- Spond Club has its own rates, which differ from the app's.
- The club pays the fees by default, but can pass them on to members.
In India
Spond is based in Norway and says it has over 12 million users. The app can be used in India, but the Indian rupee is not a supported payment currency, so Indian groups can't collect payments in ₹ through it.
Best for
Teams and clubs that need attendance, chat and payments for a known group of members
Where Hiive isn't the best fit
- Hiive is newer than most tools it's compared with. Its event and community coverage is deepest in Mumbai, where it launched, and is growing city by city.
- Business pricing isn't a public rate card: the software is free for the first couple of months, then a fee is agreed with each partner based on the value delivered.
- Businesses join through an application, so setup is guided rather than instant self-serve.
Switching from Spond
- 01
Export your members from Spond.
- 02
Create your Hiive and set up your first event, Hive or venue.
- 03
Share your Hiive link with your community and run the first event on it.
Questions
Yes, the Spond app is free. Spond earns from transaction fees on payments — standard app rates are US$1.00 + 3.29% for USD and CAD, and a base fee + 2.5% for EUR, GBP and AUD (October 2026). Spond Club rates differ.
The Spond app can be used in India, but the Indian rupee is not a supported payment currency, so Indian groups can't collect fees in ₹ through Spond.
In the app, open Groups, select the group, go to Members, tap the Excel icon and choose Export member list to Excel. On the web, open the group, select the ⋯ menu and choose Download member list (Excel). The export includes subgroups, and full details need admin rights.
Spond is the better choice for a team or club with a known roster — especially youth sport — that needs attendance, chat and payments for free, in a currency Spond supports. Hiive suits Indian communities and venues that want people nearby to discover them, ticketing paid out in ₹, curated entry, campaigns and venue schedules in one workspace.
The Hiive software is free for the first couple of months while your business is set up and runs real activity. After that, Hiive and the partner agree a fee based on the value Hiive has added. There is no fixed public rate.
Try Hiive with your real events. Free for the first couple of months.
Create your Hiive, or tell us how you run things today and we'll map the right setup and a useful pilot.
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Written by the Hiive team. We make a competing product, so every claim about another product here comes from its own website or help centre, checked in October 2026. Prices and features change — check the provider before you decide. Spotted something out of date? Email jai@hiive.club and we’ll fix it.