An Upper Hand alternative built only for baseball and softball
Upper Hand is facility software built around lessons, camps and clinics. It also sits behind D-BAT's franchise system: D-BAT locations run on a head-office system built on Upper Hand, which covers 187 of the 1,361 sites we could read.
CageList is built only for baseball and softball. No other sports.
Switching this season? Featured is free through March 31, 2027, no card. When you want online booking, it's 5% all-in.
Switch to CageListWhat Upper Hand does well.
As of September 2026, from its own pages and public listings.
- Depth on lessons, camps and clinics, which is what it was built around.
- Plans reported at about $79 and $199 a month.
- A large installed base through the D-BAT franchise system.
Sports it markets to
Markets to 20+ sports.
In our September 2026 scan, 43 of the 1,174 independent facility sites we could read use Upper Hand.
CageList and Upper Hand.
| What | CageList | Upper Hand |
|---|---|---|
| Sports it is built for | Baseball and softball only. No other sports. | Markets to 20+ sports. |
| Parent sees times and prices before an account | Yes. A parent picks a space, day and time and sees the all-in price first. | Not checked. |
| Brings you new families | Yes. A directory and city pages players already search. | No consumer directory that we found. It serves families you already have. |
| Monthly fee | $0. Featured, which turns on booking, is free through March 31, 2027, then $49 a year. | $79 or $199 a month. |
| Fee per booking | 5% all-in: 3% card processing plus 2% CageList. No fee to the family on facility bookings. | Card processing on top. |
| Contract | None. | Reported as an annual commitment. |
Sports it is built for
- CageList
- Baseball and softball only. No other sports.
- Upper Hand
- Markets to 20+ sports.
Parent sees times and prices before an account
- CageList
- Yes. A parent picks a space, day and time and sees the all-in price first.
- Upper Hand
- Not checked.
Brings you new families
- CageList
- Yes. A directory and city pages players already search.
- Upper Hand
- No consumer directory that we found. It serves families you already have.
Monthly fee
- CageList
- $0. Featured, which turns on booking, is free through March 31, 2027, then $49 a year.
- Upper Hand
- $79 or $199 a month.
Fee per booking
- CageList
- 5% all-in: 3% card processing plus 2% CageList. No fee to the family on facility bookings.
- Upper Hand
- Card processing on top.
Contract
- CageList
- None.
- Upper Hand
- Reported as an annual commitment.
Prices as published or reported, September 2026. "Not checked" means we did not confirm it either way. Sources: Upper Hand on Capterra. If any of it is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.
The first minute of booking.
As of September 2026.
We have not tested an Upper Hand booking flow ourselves, so we do not compare what a family sees before an account. Those cells say Not checked.
On CageList a parent picks a space, a day and a time and sees the all-in price with no account. They sign in, verify a phone and sign the waiver only at the end, when they pay.
1. The listing
2. Pick a space and a time
3. See the total before any account
Moving off Upper Hand.
You do not have to move everything on day one.
Leaving Upper Hand
Upper Hand is reported to ask for an annual commitment. Time a full move for the end of your term, and in the meantime point your website's Book a cage button at CageList for rentals. D-BAT franchisees get their system with the franchise, so this page is for independent facilities.
Export your customer list
Most systems can export it to a spreadsheet.
We set up your spaces, hours and prices
Done with you, in an afternoon.
Members re-enter their card once
Card details stored with another system's processor cannot move to our Stripe account, so each member subscribes again. This is the biggest cost of switching, and some members won't.
Start with one button
Point your website's Book a cage button at CageList for rentals and keep your current system for everything else.
Read the full guide to what baseball and softball facilities book on.
Switch to CageList in three steps.
Find your facility's page
It is probably already listed. Search by name or city below.
Claim it
It is free. Featured is free through March 31, 2027 while the offer is open, no card.
Turn on booking when you are ready
Ask us to switch it on. It is 5% all-in, with no monthly fee.
Not listed yet? Add a new facility