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enrops vs 6crickets
Choose 6crickets if a school or district you serve runs its enrichment catalog there, or you want a free listing on a marketplace of camps and classes. Choose enrops if you want your own registration page with every price published, payment plans with no plan fee, and the enrops service fee refunded to the family whenever the registration is refunded.
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How is enrops different from 6crickets on price and fees?
6crickets has no pricing page. The fee details below come from its help center.
| Compare | 6crickets | enrops |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | 6cricketsDistricts, schools, activity providers and parents, for after-school enrichment and summer programs. | enropsKids programs: camps, classes and after-school programs. |
| Pricing published | 6cricketsNo pricing page. Fee details sit in help center articles, and the marketplace commission rate is not published. The registration tool is described as "at minimal cost and free for many". | enropsYes. Full pricing with worked examples to the cent on the pricing page. |
| Monthly price | 6cricketsNone published. | enropsFree: $0. Pro: $99 a month or $990 a year. Custom by quote. No per-location pricing. |
| Per-registration fee, and who pays it | 6cricketsIn school-run programs, parents pay a 6crickets School Fee, "currently 5% of the provider's list price or $10 fee depending on configurations", and the school may add its own fee. Providers pay card processing of 2.9% + $0.30 and a "6crickets Provider registration fee". No rate is published for it; its help center shows $3.00 on a $100 program and $5.55 on a $185 program. On marketplace enrollments, "6crickets takes a small commission". | enropsFamilies pay the enrops service fee: 3% by card, 2% by bank, $1.99 minimum, $14.99 maximum by card and $9.99 by bank. It's included in the price they see first. The business pays enrops $0 per transaction, unless it chooses to cover the fee. |
| Is the fee refunded on a refund? | 6cricketsNo, per its help center: "Stripe does not return our fees when a payment is refunded." | enropsYes. Refunded to the family whenever the registration is refunded. |
Source: 6crickets, "Home", https://www.6crickets.com, checked 2026-09-18.
Source: 6crickets, "Registration", https://www.6crickets.com/registration, checked 2026-09-18.
Source: 6crickets Help Center, "Understanding 6crickets Fees: A Guide for Schools and Providers", https://6crickets.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/39541011246477-Understanding-6cricket-Fees-A-Guide-for-Schools-and-Providers, checked 2026-09-18.
Source: 6crickets Help Center, "How much do you charge for listing at the marketplace", https://6crickets.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016061911-How-much-do-you-charge-for-listing-at-the-marketplace, checked 2026-09-18.
Source: 6crickets Help Center, "Refund policy", https://6crickets.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032245711-Refund-policy-of-credit-card-processing-fee, checked 2026-09-18.
How do payments and setup compare?
One thing is the same on both: the money lands in a Stripe account the business owns.
| Compare | 6crickets | enrops |
|---|---|---|
| Payment plans | 6cricketsYes. Installments are supported, and the provider may add an "additional fee for the installment plan". | enropsInstallments you set, on every plan, Free included. No interest, plan fee or late fee. |
| Pay by bank | 6cricketsWe found no published answer. | enropsYes. Families pay by bank and save: 2% instead of 3%. |
| Where the money lands | 6cricketsThe provider's own standard Stripe account. | enropsThe same: your own Stripe account, paid out to your bank. |
| Time to first registration | 6cricketsNo time published. | enropsUnder 5 minutes. In our July 25, 2026 production test, signup to a live registration link took about 3 to 4.5 minutes. |
| Self-serve signup | 6cricketsYes. Providers can list camps and classes directly. | enropsYes. No demo needed. |
| Marketplace | 6cricketsYes. A public marketplace of camps and classes. Listing is free, with a commission on the enrollments it brings. | enropsNone. Your registration page shows your programs only. enrops doesn't bring you new families. |
Source: 6crickets Help Center, "Set up installment payments and proration", https://6crickets.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016204232-Set-up-installment-payments-and-proration, checked 2026-09-18.
Source: 6crickets Help Center, "How providers set up Stripe to receive program fees", https://6crickets.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360031231952-How-providers-set-up-Stripe-to-receive-program-fees, checked 2026-09-18.
Source: 6crickets, "For Providers", https://www.6crickets.com/provider, checked 2026-09-18.
Source: 6crickets, "Marketing", https://www.6crickets.com/marketing, checked 2026-09-18.
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How much does 6crickets cost on a $240 registration?
6crickets publishes no pricing page, so part of this can't be worked to the cent. Its help center says parents in school-run programs pay a fee of 5% of the list price or $10, and providers pay card processing plus a provider registration fee with no published rate. enrops publishes every number.
6crickets, school-run program
A $240.00 registration paid by card. Pricing not published on a pricing page; pieces from the help center.
Per 6crickets' help center, fees are not returned when a payment is refunded.
enrops, Free plan
A $240.00 registration paid by card.
By bank the family pays $244.80 and saves $2.40. The service fee is refunded to the family whenever the registration is refunded.
If a school requires its providers to register families through 6crickets, that decision sits with the school. For every program you run on your own, this is the comparison.
Source: 6crickets Help Center, "Understanding 6crickets Fees: A Guide for Schools and Providers", https://6crickets.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/39541011246477-Understanding-6cricket-Fees-A-Guide-for-Schools-and-Providers, checked 2026-09-18.
Source: 6crickets Help Center, "Refund policy", https://6crickets.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032245711-Refund-policy-of-credit-card-processing-fee, checked 2026-09-18.
Who should choose 6crickets, and who should choose enrops?
6crickets is built around the school's catalog. enrops is built around the provider's own page. Plenty of operators will use each where it fits.
Choose 6crickets if
- A school or district you serve runs its enrichment catalog on 6crickets and wants every provider in it.
- You want a free listing on a public marketplace of camps and classes, and a commission on those enrollments works for you.
- You want proration.
- You want your own standard Stripe account. You get that on both.
Choose enrops if
- You want every price public before you sign up, with worked examples to the cent.
- You want the fee to follow the refund. The enrops service fee is refunded to the family whenever the registration is refunded.
- You want payment plans you set, with no interest, plan fee or late fee, and pay by bank and save.
- You want a registration page with only your programs on it, and $0 to enrops per transaction.
- You want registration open today. Self-serve, first registration in under 5 minutes. No per-location pricing.
Source: 6crickets, "Home", https://www.6crickets.com, checked 2026-09-18.
Source: 6crickets Help Center, "Set up installment payments and proration", https://6crickets.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016204232-Set-up-installment-payments-and-proration, checked 2026-09-18.
Source: 6crickets Help Center, "How providers set up Stripe to receive program fees", https://6crickets.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360031231952-How-providers-set-up-Stripe-to-receive-program-fees, checked 2026-09-18.
Switching is small
How do I switch from 6crickets?
You already have the hard part: your own Stripe account. Connect that same account to enrops, build your next program and share the new link. Programs a school runs through its 6crickets catalog stay there. Everything you run on your own can open on enrops. Your first registration takes under 5 minutes.
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Questions operators ask about enrops and 6crickets
What is the best alternative to 6crickets?
It depends on who runs registration. If a school or district runs its catalog on 6crickets, providers register families there. For the programs you run on your own, enrops gives you registration, payments, rosters and waivers free for businesses, on a page with only your programs, with every price published.
How much does 6crickets cost?
6crickets has no pricing page. Its help center says parents in school-run programs pay a 6crickets School Fee, currently 5% of the provider's list price or $10 depending on configuration. Providers pay card processing of 2.9% + $0.30 and a provider registration fee with no published rate; its examples show $3.00 on a $100 program and $5.55 on a $185 program. Checked September 18, 2026.
Does money go to my own Stripe account on both?
Yes. 6crickets' help center says providers connect their own standard Stripe account, and enrops works the same way: the money lands in your own Stripe account and pays out to your bank. If you already have a Stripe account, you can connect it to enrops.
What happens to fees when a registration is refunded?
On enrops, the enrops service fee is refunded to the family whenever the registration is refunded. 6crickets' help center says Stripe does not return its fees when a payment is refunded.
Does enrops have a marketplace like 6crickets?
No. enrops has no marketplace, so it doesn't bring you new families, and it doesn't list your programs beside another provider. You share your own registration link on flyers, in emails and in school newsletters.
Can a school use enrops for all of its providers?
Yes. Schools, PTOs and parks agencies can bring their providers onto enrops at no cost to the organization. That is set up with our team through a demo.
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Create it, connect Stripe, share the link. Families register and pay in one place, and the money lands in your own Stripe account.
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