# RedPodium Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is RedPodium the right Registration solution for you? Explore 19 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/119973/RedPodium-Race-Registration/reviews --- RedPodium 5 (19) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/119973/RedPodium-Race-Registration/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of RedPodium Ease of use 4.8 Customer Service 5.0 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-19 of 19 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer Membership Manager Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "RedPodium for Small Bike Non-Profit" January 10, 2019 5.0 Overall, we LOVE using RedPodium for our ride registration. Pros Our small non-profit organization hosts a number of bike rides throughout the year, and RedPodium is an easy way for us to run our ride registration. The software is intuitive on the back end. It's easy to set up the registration pages to collect any kind of information we may want to collect from our riders, from shirt size to experience level to demographic information to offering them additional purchases and opportunities to donate. Then, on-site, it is SUPER easy to set up our volunteers to check people in. It takes virtually no training to use the app. It's just that easy. IT's also easy to me to pull registrant data and other reports. Another great thing -- the pages are easily customized to fit our organization's branding, so it doens't feel to the registrant that they've necessarily left our site for someplace else entirely. Cons We enter a LOT of coupon codes for each ride because members to our organization get a discount on the rides. The Global Coupon Code function would allow us to only enter the codes once, but some rides have a higher level of discount, and once you enter the code (their member number) as a Global Code, it can't be added as a code to an individual ride. We end up having to enter the codes (about 2,000 of them) into each ride (about 30 a year), which is time consuming. The coupon code function is great, but I don't think it was intended to be used at the scale we use it. Review Source JG Jeff G. Owner / President Sports Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great solution!" December 20, 2019 5.0 This was our 5th or 6th (I'm glad to forget) registration platform we've on-boarded for our sports series. With all others, one had to on-board the software to realize the short-comings. On-boarding with the others was cumbersome and took weeks. All others were fraught with hidden problems on on-going issues. Support was an issue with most. Our team on-boarded Red Podium in a few hours.... including building out all our membership and event registrations. The support team has been phenomenal! Pros It is simple and easy to set up, but the most impressive part of the experience has been the timely support. Cons Can't think of anything. This solution handles registrations and their associated financial very well. Reason for choosing RedPodium I finally found it! I don't know why it took two years to find. I own a digital marketing company as well, and consider myself an "above average" Googler....but RedPodium, RegFox, nor TicketSpice previously had showed up in any of my searches....which included queries for membership based event registration software. Often (within our own businesses) we assume everyone sees us as we do. Apparently I finally input the right search query. The only recommendation I would make to this team is to do a thorough review of content, keywords, etc to ensure they have cast the widest net possible. Switched from [SportsEngine](https://www.capterra.com/p/134125/SportsEngine/) Lack of feature fulfillment, and extremely poor support and followup. Review Source GG Glen G. President Sports Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Red Podium -- Better than Active.com; Better than BikeReg..." December 30, 2019 5.0 We use Red Podium to handle our registration for events large and small, including tracking our volunteers. Reporting tools are excellent and easy to use. Web site is easy and fast. Pros I was a long-time Active.com user, and Red Podium is MUCH better. Here's why: Lower cost to me. (No mandatory fee, and lower per-transaction fees). Great customer support. Quick payment. I get paid every day. For a small business like ours, that's important! Much better than the twice-a-month payment most other companies offer. Easy to use. (Yeah, all this stuff is a pain the first time you try it, but once you get the hang...) AND... Red Podium doesn't poke around in my business! Active.com was always trying to sell stuff to my customers, sending them emails that they didn't ask for, even promoting competing events on my registration page. I would definitely recommend Red Podium to other. Cons My only complaint is that there used to be phone support available immediately during business hours. They have switched this to chat support, and there is often a delay before they get back. Having said that, the response time is SUPER good. None of this "back at you in three days" stuff. It's usually within minutes. If you have a complicated question you can always schedule a phone call session. The support staff is superb -- friendly and smart. Review Source TB Tami B. Youth Ministry Project Coordinator Religious Institutions Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great registration platform" January 13, 2020 5.0 We use RedPodium for our event registration, which requires large group registration. The admin side is great for helping our constituents when they have issues or questions. The reporting is fantastic and very helpful. Pros The software is intuitive and quite user-friendly. Lots of functionality and can be customized for event-specific needs. Cons Occasional "glitches" in our very complex site, but the RedPodium team is always right there to help! Switched from [Cvent Event Management](https://www.capterra.com/p/26318/Cvent-Event-Management/) The other product simply wasn't sufficient for our needs. Review Source AJ Andrew J. Director of National Events Sports Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great website for Event Registration" May 18, 2022 5.0 Its been great, I highly recommend the product for people running events. Pros I like that the site is easy to use and easy to customize your registration page. I also like the the devolvement team is open to ideas and suggestion. Cons Company is very receptive to suggestions, it does have the ability to create credentials for participants, I'd love to see this built up more, as it is very basic right now for creating credentials for participants. Reason for choosing RedPodium Ease of use, cost Review Source CW Camille W. Operations Manager Events Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Red Podium makes us SHINE!" January 2, 2020 5.0 In just a few years, our registration sell out pace has went from months with our previous registration provider to just a few weeks the first year we moved to Red Podium, to a few days in our second year, and for 2020 we just sold out our entire 5-race series in a matter of hours! Now that's performance! Pros Red Podium is MADE for event promoters! The platform is solid with robust features and a DREAM TEAM for support! It's so easy to setup and super intuitive to use, with super helpful and friendly folks to connect with if you do need help. The pricing is better than any competitor, though when you consider the level of service, support and event pages that SHINE, you won't find a better competitor out there! Cons This is more advice than criticism - there are a LOT of great features on the Red Podium platform. Your investment of time to learn what's available will pay off when you apply the tools that best serve your audience. This isn't a boxed registration system, it's a fully customized registration portal, it looks oh-so pretty, but it's a WORKHORSE in disguise! Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Director Of Operations Chemicals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Race registration in a flash" July 18, 2018 5.0 Pros Red podium makes registration easy for athletic events. For fundraisers or school events, this will make the design, creation, and managing of responses simple. The instant chat support is also a great feature! Cons Unfortunately, webconnex has a similar product, regfox, and it is difficult to discern the differences or the incentives to using two different softwares. Review Source FP Frank P. Event Director Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Cyclists for Cyclists for Cultural Exchange/Strawberry Fields Forever" March 29, 2017 5.0 We use Red Podium as registration platform for our benefit bike ride. This is our second year and we've found support to be excellent. Response is personal and always timely. The few times we've stumped staff with questions they've gotten back to us with answers quickly. We're happy campers. Thanks Pros Once you've used it it's pretty easy. Cons Until you've used it with some regularity it's not so intuitive on first pass. Help menu and videos I guess are built to address this but I'm a one and done type and not so inclined to refer to off site instructions. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer WMU Graduate Ambassador Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Race registration made easy!" June 23, 2018 5.0 Pros Red Podium is fully customizable to meet the needs of any event host. The drag and drop functionality makes for easy display customization and the live chat customer service is a huge bonus! Cons Webconnex has an extremely similar product called regfox. I have not quite figured out when is most appropriate to utilize the different softwares. Review Source JS Jerry S. President Events Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Reliable software, great pricing and customer service." October 23, 2017 5.0 Pros Red Podium features the ability to customize the look and feel of the registration form and just about every aspect of the registration process. Cons I am waiting for more advance marketing features in future software updates. Review Source EN Eden N. Homemaker/race director Recreational Facilities and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "The BEST customer service " January 20, 2020 5.0 Pros I am not tech savvy, and was very intimidated by needing to create a website for our fundraising 5k race. RedPodium made things a breeze, and when I got stuck, customer service was beyond excellent. I was surprised that even when things were confused on my end or it was a “silly question” they were not any less helpful than the difficult questions. They are in a vastly different time zone than I am, but were always on top of things, I never needed to wait long. They also had every functionality I could want for our website, and more! If the time comes for me to need to create another in the future, I will be coming to RedPodium first! Cons No complaints! Review Source EC Erin C. Media Manager Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Exceptional Customer Service" March 19, 2020 5.0 We are able to better anticipate registration numbers, accurately order food and supplies for race day, and get the right number of T-shirts. Since the ride proceeds are all donated to local charities, we have been able to significantly cut costs so more of the money raised goes straight back into the community. Red Podium's ease of use and customer service team's help is making a real difference in the lives of people in our small town. Pros The software is easy to use. I'm not a computer expert, but it was so simple to set up. We have used Red Podium for several years now because of the ease of use. Cons No complaints over here. We've been very pleased. Review Source MA Michael A. Director of Development Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easy to learn and easy to use." May 24, 2017 5.0 The ability to check in volunteers to an event we had. Pros Basic page was easy to set up. It offers more extensive features that we were able to add as well which help customized our page for our needs. Cons Wish it had a check-out feature. We could check people in but it would have been handy to be able to check people out. Review Source MW Matt W. Race Director Used the software for: ### "RedPodium Returns More Racers and delivers Participant Comfort with our Unique Branding" January 26, 2016 5.0 RedPodium has been an eye opener for me. Now when I go to personally register for other bike events/races I do, who are using Active or others, it really makes me wonder is my information safe...will my inbox be spam free. With this solution we've been able to brand our race Over the Hump Mountain Bike Race Series with our own logo, design elements, offers, and confirmations...while we own the information. Import to our race results software is seamless, with required fields left out, while also allowing us to customize our communications and lists to the right target audiences, when we are sending messages. Integrity, customer service and flexibility are all hallmarks of RedPodium...you'll agree with me; fees are small and controlled by us, messaging is consistent, ease of use is perfect, even if you're not technology inclined. I get calls 2 times a week to try other registration software options. My answer is always the same, "No Thanks! We use RedPodium" Review Source LP Lynn P. Managing Director Fund-Raising Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Thrilled! " December 11, 2020 5.0 From set-up to after-event reporting, RedPodium is effective, efficient and provides live customer support so that we could become more self reliant. Pros There are many things that I appreciate in RedPodium. If I had to pick one...the RedPodium customer support is amazing! There are a variety of ways that I have received quick and effective support - articles, videos, live chats and scheduled phone calls. Cons I would have liked the ability to change the graphic on the Social Proof. Since that was not possible, I chose not to use a feature that I was very excited about. Reason for choosing RedPodium We had to search for a less costly and more user friendly registration platform. Review Source JW Jason W. Owner and CRNA Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Thorough, patient sales team/technician. Made me feel comfortable with the process. " July 27, 2017 5.0 Ease of use and peace of mind Pros The intuitive nature:) Once I got the lay of the land, I could plug and play. The software allowed me to funnel participants where I wanted them to go. Cons I was unfamiliar with the software initially so there was a learning curve. As with in your system, one has to find their way around and click take everything in. I wouldn't say that, I would just say it is new to me . Review Source CL Colleen L. Executive Director Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "First time user and the customer service was great!" October 6, 2017 5.0 We had been trying to use our chamber software for race events and there are too many customized fields for it to be easy to use for the end user. This software makes it easy for us to set up and creates a better user experience. Pros The ease of customizing events; the templates are easy to change, add and delete fields based on event needs. It is also easy to make changes on the fly as things come up and republish. Cons photos and overlays are a little hard to work with for the first time user but the customer service makes up for it... Would say don't struggle trying to figure it out too much..use the help button! Review Source RS Raquel S. development director Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Events for Kids " February 5, 2019 5.0 We are taking on registration on our own instead of paying for a costly service. This saves us money and lets us raise more to help youth in Sacramento succeed. Pros We are able to help our registrations become fundraisers with the integration with GroupRev. Cons Setting-up Facebook pixel and tracking can be a little difficult. Review Source MC Michael C. Used the software for: ### "The software is very user friendly, I'm not a tech savvy but it makes me look like a pro " February 12, 2016 5.0 I experienced one problem but your staff handled it promptly, I was very pleased. Rep and the other staff members are very knowledgeable about your product and pleasant to work with, needless to say, I'm very satisfied. Review Source Similar Products Featured