TeamSnap is a multi-sport team-management platform. Eggbeater is built specifically for water polo. Here's how they line up on rosters, payments, live scoring, tournament hosting, and the season-long League Builder — and how to pick.
TeamSnap is a multi-sport team-management platform — schedules, payments, communication, photo sharing, generic rosters. It works for soccer, hockey, baseball, water polo, ultimate, and twenty other sports. Breadth is the value prop.
Eggbeater is built specifically for water polo. Live scoring with full play-by-play, tournament hosting with branded public pages, per-player box scores updated in real time, the FINA 3-kickout rule enforced automatically, printable trilingual game-desk volunteer guides. Depth in one sport is the value prop.
For most water polo clubs, the answer isn't either/or — TeamSnap handles season admin, Eggbeater handles game day.
| Feature | Eggbeater | TeamSnap |
|---|---|---|
| Sport coverageWhat you can use it for | Water polo onlyBuilt specifically for water polo | 20+ sportsIncluding water polo at a generic level |
| Live in-game scoringTap-by-tap event recording | Yes — full play-by-playGoal/Assist/Steal/Turnover/Block/Excl/5m/GK Save with player attribution | NoManual final-score entry only |
| Per-player box scoresG/A/Sv/TO/FB/Excl per game | Yes — automaticAggregated from play-by-play, updates in real time | NoNo automatic stat tracking |
| 3-kickout rule enforcementFINA-mandated player disqualification | AutomaticRed banner + BENCHED chip when player hits 3 kickouts | Not tracked |
| Tournament hostingMulti-team, multi-pool brackets | Built-in platform$199 per event, includes everything below | LimitedTournament view exists, no live scoring/brackets at scale |
| Season-long League BuilderRound-robin / Swiss / weekly pods · multi-club leagues | Built-inClub League $99/season or Multi-Club League $249/season — auto-schedule, live standings, sheet write-back, per-team .ics | Generic schedule + standingsNot water-polo aware, no tiebreaker policy, no per-week notifications |
| Branded public spectator pageThemed in your club's colors | Auto-themedPulls primary/secondary colors and logo from club settings | Generic TeamSnap branding |
| Spectator app login requiredCan parents follow without an account? | No loginPublic URL works for anyone | Account requiredSome content viewable without account |
| Live spectator countReal-time tournament-wide unique viewers | YesHeartbeat-based unique device counter on the host's dashboard | No |
| Multi-language game-desk guidePrintable volunteer reference | EN / FR / ESSingle URL with toggle, prints in active language | No water polo specific guide |
| Referee sign-off on final scoresGame results locked with name + timestamp | Built-inRequired field on End Game modal | No |
| Push notifications & Live ActivitiesiOS/Android lock-screen updates | YesNative iOS Live Activities + Android Live Updates | Yes |
| Roster & communicationTeam admin basics | YesPer-team rosters with cap/position/notes | YesStrong on communication, payments, photos |
| Payments & fee collectionTournament fees, season dues | Not currentlyRoadmap item | YesBuilt-in payments via TeamSnap Payments |
| Photo & video sharingTeam galleries | No | Yes |
| PricingAnnual or per-event | Free spectator · $5/mo Parent · $25/mo Club · $199/event Tournament Host · $99/season Club League · $249/season Multi-Club League | $13–$24/mo per teamPlus per-tournament fees for some features |
Live scoring, branded public pages, per-player box scores, 3-kickout enforcement, trilingual game-desk guides, and a tournament-wide host dashboard — none of which TeamSnap does. $199 flat per event.
You want the live scorer in your volunteers' hands during games. The depth of water polo specific stats — FBU, Inside-2m, earned exclusions, 6-on-5 — exists nowhere else.
Schedule, communication, payments, photo sharing for a single team that doesn't want live in-game stat tracking. TeamSnap's breadth-first approach covers the basics for any sport.
TeamSnap for off-the-pool admin (payments, communication, season-long photo sharing). Eggbeater for game day (live scoring, tournament hosting, branded spectator pages, water-polo-specific stats). They don't overlap much; they complement.
The reason Eggbeater exists is that no general-purpose team app understands water polo at the level the sport actually plays at. A few examples that matter game-to-game:
For a deeper read on what each of these stats means and how to read a box score, see Water polo stats explained.
Honesty pass — these are real:
TeamSnap is the team-management category. If you're comparing against a different category — a league-management platform or a bracket-only tool — these are a more honest read:
If your decision is really "how do I run an entire season across multiple clubs?", that's the comparison you want. League formats, auto-scheduling, multi-club coordination, water-polo-aware tiebreakers.
If you only need a bracket sheet for a single tournament weekend and don't care about live scoring or spectator pages, this comparison shows where the cheap-and-fast tools end and where a hosted platform starts to pull ahead.
Eggbeater's tournament platform runs $199 per event with everything included — live scoring, branded public pages, per-player box scores, 3-kickout enforcement, trilingual game-desk guides, and a host dashboard.
See the platform →Disclosure: this comparison is published by Eggbeater and naturally reflects our perspective. We've tried to represent TeamSnap's strengths fairly and confined the comparison to features both products' marketing materials publicly describe. Pricing reflects publicly listed rates as of May 2026 and may have changed; verify current pricing on each provider's website. TeamSnap is a trademark of TeamSnap, Inc.; Eggbeater has no affiliation, partnership, or endorsement relationship with TeamSnap.