Your club is a community first and a crew second
If socials, profiles and getting to know each other matter as much as practices, Heylo was built for that and does it well.
A Heylo alternative for dragon boat crews (or a partner to it)
Heylo knows who’s coming. It doesn’t know where they sit.
Heylo is a good home for a club’s chat, dues and socials. A dragon boat practice needs more than a head count: twenty seats on two sides, a weight balance to hold, and a steersperson. Heylo counts who’s coming. DragonSignUp seats them.
Free for crews up to 30. No credit card required. Paddlers never pay.
Roster · Thursday practice · 20-seat boat
5:14pm · 3 seats open
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Left filledRight filledOpen the waitlist fills itBow at the drum. Stroke pair in row 1, rockets at the back.
Waitlist (4)
- #1Kwame Boatengnext in
- #2Elin Larsen
- #3Hugo Almeida
- #4Naomi Feld
The 5pm scramble
Three drop out. The waitlist works. The boat still doesn’t.
The same Thursday, side by side.
With Heylo
- 4:10Three paddlers cancel. Heylo moves the next three people off the waitlist and sends each a push notification or an email. That part works.
- 5:40Who’s sitting where? Heylo has 22 names. It doesn’t know who paddles left, who weighs 90 kg, or who has never steered. You rebuild the lineup in your notes app.
- 6:45At the dock. Two of the new paddlers prefer the same side. You shuffle the boat while the clock runs.
With DragonSignUp
- 4:10Three paddlers cancel. The next three paddlers are promoted and emailed, plus a text if they turned texts on.
- 5:40You open the lineup. Press Suggest and it drafts the boat with the three new paddlers in it, balanced by side and weight, and flags anyone on their off side.
- 6:45At the dock. The boat is full and balanced. You check it on your phone on the walk down.
Feature by feature
A Heylo alternative built for dragon boat, seat by seat
Heylo is built for run clubs, hiking groups and social clubs, and it does that well. The rows below are where a paddling crew needs something more specific.
| For a single crew or a multi-crew club | DragonSignUp | Heylo |
|---|---|---|
| Boat seating chart | Yes Drafts a lineup balanced by side and weight, flags anyone on their off side, and lets you edit every seat. | No An attendee list with no seats or sides. |
| Paddle side and steersperson | Yes Every paddler records a side preference. Steer and drum are roles. | No You can add a registration question, but nothing uses the answer. |
| Regatta lineups, race by race | Yes One lineup per race, pulling paddlers from any crew in the club, with a printable manifest for officials. | No |
| Automatic waitlist | Yes Promotes the next paddler and emails them, plus a text if they opted in. | Yes Promotes the next member with a push notification or email. No text messages. |
| Season schedule | The whole season at once Post a weekly practice and every date is created, so paddlers can sign up for the month in one go. | Two weeks at a time. Recurring events show only the next two dates. |
| Several crews in one club | One account A boat, B boat and the masters crew on one calendar, each with its own manager. | One group per crew, or a custom Organization plan for chapters. |
| Group chat | No Keep your group chat where it lives now. | Yes Topic and event chats, one of Heylo's strengths. |
| Dues and payments | No We don't touch paddler money. | Yes The free plan takes 5% + $0.59 per payment. |
| Waivers | No | On the Pro plan, $59 a month. |
| Ads | None On any plan, free included. | None Optional sponsorships the leader approves. |
| Phone app | Android, plus add-to-home-screen on iPhone. | Yes iOS and Android. |
| Members on the free plan | 30 members and 2 admins, with every feature. | Unlimited |
Pricing
Heylo pricing against DragonSignUp for a 70-paddler club
Heylo’s free plan holds 70 paddlers and ours stops at 30. So this is Heylo’s free plan, our first paid tier, and the Heylo plan that adds waivers. Prices in USD.
Heylo Base
The free plan, with no member cap.
$0/yr
- Unlimited members and events
- Waitlists, chat, reminders
- 5% + $0.59 on every dues payment
- No seats, sides or lineups
Runs the boat
DragonSignUp Pro
One account, every crew on one calendar.
$180/yr
- Or $19 a month, cancel any time
- Up to 75 members and 8 admins
- Seating charts, regatta lineups, waitlist texts
- No ads, no fees on paddlers
Heylo Pro
The tier that adds waivers.
$708/yr
- Waivers, and lower payment fees
- $59 a month, twelve months
- No seating chart
The $180 is a year of Pro; by the month it is $19. Heylo publishes monthly prices, so $708 is twelve months at $59.
Fair is fair
Where Heylo is the better answer
Three cases where we would tell you to stay put, or run both.
You collect dues or event fees
Heylo handles memberships, event tickets and payouts to your bank. We don't collect dues at all, and we aren't planning to.
Your crew already lives in Heylo's chat
Keep it, and run DragonSignUp beside it for practices and lineups. Under 30 paddlers, that's free. Post the practice link in your Heylo chat.
From crews on the water
In their words
“Dragon SignUp has streamlined what used to be an involved process. There are so many advantages, my favorites include: the ability to sign up for multiple days at once, the clarity in paddle side preference, and the elimination of accidental double sign ups.”
Start with your winter group
Try it with your winter workouts
Set up two weeks of pool sessions, erg workouts or strength practices. Invite the regulars and see how it works before the full crew returns in spring. The kit includes a Heylo handover checklist and messages you can copy.
Keep the chat. Fix the boat.
Free for crews up to 30, every feature included, no ads. One invite link sets up the whole crew in under 5 minutes.