Comparison
SignUpGenius alternatives and pricing
An online sign-up sheet tool for slots, shifts, and events. Here is what it costs, what it does, and where a field program needs more.
Facts checked October 1, 2026 from SignUpGenius's own site.
How much does SignUpGenius cost?
SignUpGenius publishes its prices. Here they are as listed on its site.
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Ads show on your sign-ups. Reminders and payments are included. |
| Silver | $11.99 a month, or $8.99 a month billed yearly | 1 sign-up without ads. 150 texts a month. |
| Gold | $29.99 a month, or $22.49 a month billed yearly | 10 sign-ups without ads. 10 admins. Waitlists. |
| Platinum | $59.99 a month, or $44.99 a month billed yearly | Unlimited sign-ups without ads. 20 admins. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Ask their sales team. |
How it charges: A free plan, plus paid plans by month or by year.
Free option: Yes. A free plan with ads, and a 10-day free trial of the paid plans.
Source: SignUpGenius pricing page, checked October 1, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with SignUpGenius before you buy.
What SignUpGenius does
- Sign-up sheets with time slots and shifts
- Automatic reminder emails
- Waitlists on paid plans
- Email and text invites, with monthly caps
- Volunteer hours reports
- Tickets with QR check-in, and payments
Where a field program needs more
These are things a field team needs that we did not find on SignUpGenius's product pages.
- We did not find a voter file or an NGP VAN link.
- We did not find tools for canvassing, phone banking, or texting voters.
- Each sign-up sheet stands alone. We did not find one view of coverage by precinct or polling site.
| Job | SignUpGenius | Capstone Volunteer |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An online sign-up sheet tool for slots, shifts, and events. | A shift scheduling tool for a campaign field program. |
| Who can use it | Any group | Any campaign |
| Price | Published | $99 a month for one campaign, every seat included |
| Volunteer shifts | Yes, one sign-up sheet at a time | Yes, on one grid for every site and time block |
| Tracks who missed a shift | Not listed on its product pages | Yes, across every shift |
| Ranks who to ask for each open shift | Not listed on its product pages | Yes, by ward and by who shows up |
SignUpGenius column: from SignUpGenius's own pages, checked October 1, 2026.
Use them together
Keep SignUpGenius for what it does well. Use Capstone Volunteer for the schedule: who works which shift, at which site, and who came.
Your volunteer list moves over in one spreadsheet upload. Nothing needs to sync.
Schedule the field program next to the tools you already use
- Every shift sits on one grid, from canvass launches to election day.
- The gap panel ranks who to ask by ward and by who shows up.
- Reminders go out the day before, and no-shows are tracked.
The gap panel tells you who to text for each open shift. In a 2020 test with 1,220 volunteers, people asked by text showed up more than 3 times as often as people sent only an email. Read the study.
Start 14 free days, then $99 a month
More ways to pay: card, Cash App, Link, or Amazon Pay.
Nothing is charged for 14 days. We email you 3 days before. Cancel before then and you pay nothing.
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SignUpGenius questions
How much does SignUpGenius cost?
It has a free plan with ads. Paid plans run from $11.99 to $59.99 a month, or less if you pay for a year. Checked October 1, 2026.
Does SignUpGenius have a free version?
Yes. A free plan with ads, and a 10-day free trial of the paid plans.
What is a good SignUpGenius alternative for a campaign field program?
If you need to book volunteers into shifts, cover polling sites, and see who shows up, Capstone Volunteer does that for $99 a month. Many campaigns use it next to SignUpGenius.
What are good SignUpGenius alternatives?
For a school or club, the free SignUpGenius plan is often enough. A campaign needs one view of every site and shift. Capstone Volunteer does that for $99 a month.