# SignUpGenius review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Online sign-up sheets for volunteers, events and group shifts

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

SignUpGenius lets an organizer post a sheet of time slots or tasks and have volunteers, parents or members pick their own, with confirmation and reminder emails sent automatically. It also sells ticketing, dues, fundraisers and waivers under the same account. It suits schools, churches, clubs and nonprofits more than hourly-wage rostering.

- **Category:** Shift Scheduling
- **Made by:** SignUpGenius Inc.
- **Website:** https://www.signupgenius.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you need paid-staff rostering, because there is no time clock or payroll.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, SignUpGenius has a free plan, and paid plans start at $8.99 per month, billed annually ($11.99 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Unlimited sign-up pages in multiple formats, automatic confirmation and reminder emails, group management tools and email support. Sign-ups carry ads.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Unlimited sign-up pages, automatic confirmation and reminder emails, recurring event duplication and email support. |
| Silver | $8.99 per month, billed annually ($11.99 billed monthly) | 1 ad-free sign-up, 2 custom questions, calendar sync, 150 text and 2,500 emails per month. |
| Gold | $22.49 per month, billed annually ($29.99 billed monthly) | 10 ad-free sign-ups, 10 administrators, waitlists and 500 texts and 10,000 emails per month. |
| Platinum | $44.99 per month, billed annually ($59.99 billed monthly) | Unlimited ad-free sign-ups, 20 administrators, custom URLs and portal pages, phone support. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Full branding control, a dedicated account manager, SSO and sign-ups embedded on your own website. |

Read from https://www.signupgenius.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with SignUpGenius before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page shows Silver at $8.99 a month paid annually against $11.99 billed monthly, and similar savings on Gold and Platinum. Source: https://www.signupgenius.com/pricing

## Key features

- **Self-serve slot sheets:** Organizers list shifts or tasks and participants choose their own; recurring events can be duplicated.
- **Reminders and invites:** Confirmation and reminder emails go out automatically; paid plans add text invites and updates with monthly caps.
- **Waitlists and administrators:** Waitlist management starts on Gold, which also allows 10 administrators; Platinum raises that to 20.
- **Calendar sync:** Silver and above sync sign-ups to a calendar and can lock a sheet once it is full.
- **Payments and tickets:** The same account can collect payments, sell event tickets, take dues and fees, and gather waivers.

## Good for

- Schools, churches and clubs that fill volunteer slots
- One-off or recurring events where people choose their own times
- Nonprofits that also need tickets, dues or fundraisers

## Worth knowing

- Sign-ups on the Free plan show ads; ad-free sheets are limited to 1 on Silver and 10 on Gold.
- It is a sign-up sheet tool, with no time clock, labor cost tracking or payroll export.
- Text invites and monthly email sends are capped on each paid plan.
- Enterprise pricing is not published.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. SignUpGenius is a sign-up sheet tool with a free plan that has unlimited sheets. But the free plan shows ads, the ad-free sheets are capped at 1 on Silver and 10 on Gold, and it has no time clock, labor cost tracking or payroll export.

- **Value for money: B.** Free plan with unlimited sheets. Silver is $8.99 a month billed annually, which is below the category's middle of $24.
- **Free plan and trial: B.** Unlimited sign-up pages, confirmation and reminder emails and email support are free for good. One person can live on it, but the sheets carry ads.
- **Features: C.** Sign-up pages, reminders, waitlists, calendar sync and payments. It does that job fully, but it is a smaller job than rostering: no clock, no cost tracking, no payroll.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Building each sheet is the work, so it's not zero-setup.
- **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only on the listing, with no integrations named.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from SignUpGenius's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. Its pricing page loaded but showed no prices in the text we could read, so the prices come from the listing.

## Where it stands among shift scheduling apps

- SignUpGenius's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 34 of the 49 other shift scheduling apps we grade, and level with 7.
- It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 43 of 49) and worst on features (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $8.99 a month, against a middle price of $16.76 for the category: 11 of the 28 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 10 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/shift-scheduling

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** The plain part of SignUpGenius you could make: forms, templates and calendar. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.4 is higher than 34 of the 49 other shift scheduling apps we grade. It costs $107.88 a year.

- You could make: Forms, templates and calendar: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts.
- You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door.
- You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

**Tags:** Shift scheduling, Forms, Ticketing, Templates, Calendar

## Alternatives

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- [Better Impact](https://toolgpa.com/tools/better-impact): Volunteer management with shift scheduling and hours tracking. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/better-impact-vs-signupgenius)
- [Rosterfy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rosterfy): Volunteer management and rostering for large programs and events. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/rosterfy-vs-signupgenius)
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- [When I Work](https://toolgpa.com/tools/when-i-work): Staff scheduling with auto-fill, shift trades and an add-on time clock. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/signupgenius-vs-when-i-work)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://www.signupgenius.com/pricing
- https://www.signupgenius.com/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/signupgenius
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