A free alternative to Exposure Events
Exposure Events is free until you publish, then $2 a team. Rally is free all the way, including publishing, and gives every team a calendar feed. Exposure is the better pick for pay-to-enter tournaments that want brackets seeded from pool play and teams who find events in its directory.
What Exposure Events is
Tournament, league and one-day event scheduling for 25+ sports, strongest in US youth basketball, with team registration and a directory of events.
Price: Free to set up, then $2 per team to publish a schedule (the first five teams are free). Registration is free apart from processing; a branded app is $299–$399 once.
Rally vs Exposure Events
| Feature | Exposure Events | Rally |
|---|---|---|
| Team schedule and practices | Yes | YesGames, practices and other events; a practice on many dates at once |
| Team chat | PartlyEmail, text and push broadcasts | NoUse your group chat; Rally keeps the schedule |
| Native phone app | YesBranded app $299–$399 | NoA web app that works on any phone; add it to your home screen |
| League fixtures across many teams | Yes$2 per team to publish | YesGroups, stages and draft fixtures; the assistant builds a round robin or reads your PDF |
| Standings tables | YesTie-breakers, pools | YesYour own points rules, overtime and which stages count |
| Tournament brackets | YesSeeded from standings | PartlyKnockout rounds are listed as stages; no bracket diagram |
| Registration and online payments | Yes | Coming soonTeam registration with card or Interac e-Transfer |
| League website builder | PartlyA site per event | NoA public page per competition, and a calendar picker to embed on your own site |
| AI assistant | PartlyAI scheduling engine | YesBuilt in, or connect Claude, ChatGPT or Grok |
Where Rally is different
- Publishing is free: no per-team credits.
- A calendar subscription for every team, so families don't copy times by hand.
- The same place runs your league season, your cups and your tournaments, and a Rally team can follow all of them at once.
- Scheduling rules are kept in your words ("no team plays twice before 10") and every assistant session reads them before it schedules.
Where Exposure Events is better
- Brackets seeded automatically from pool standings.
- Scheduling rules like back-to-backs, game caps and venue limits.
- An event directory that brings teams to your tournament.
Who should stay with Exposure Events
You run pay-to-enter tournaments with pools leading to brackets and want teams to discover you in the Exposure directory.
Questions
- Is Exposure Events free?
- Setting up is free, but publishing a schedule costs $2 per team after the first five. Rally doesn't charge to publish.
- Does Rally make brackets?
- Rally lists knockout rounds as stages with their games and results, kept out of the group tables. It doesn't seed or draw a bracket automatically.
- Can I run a weekend tournament on Rally?
- Yes. Tell the assistant the teams, groups, fields and times, and it drafts the group games and finals for you to check and publish.
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Facts about Exposure Events are from its own website as of October 2026: exposureevents.com/pricing, exposureevents.com/features. Prices and features change; check there before deciding. Something wrong? Tell us and we'll fix it.
Exposure Events is a trademark of its owner. Rally isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Exposure Events.