Sawyer

Sawyer is a kids’-activities platform founded in 2015 and based in Brooklyn, New York. It combines two sides: registration and scheduling software that children’s-activity businesses (camps, classes, sports, enrichment) use to manage bookings and payments, and a consumer Marketplace where parents discover and book those activities nationwide.

For businesses, Sawyer handles scheduling, online registration, secure payments, and admin automation, supporting flexible enrollment types — free events, camps, drop-ins, semesters, parties — and flexible pricing such as trials, class packs, and memberships. The Marketplace puts a provider’s classes in front of a nationwide audience of parents, and joining the Marketplace costs nothing up front. Earlier funding included backing from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Sawyer offers tiered plans: a Launch tier at about 3% per transaction, a Grow tier around $189-219/month, a Scale tier around $379-399/month, and custom Enterprise pricing, with a 14-day free trial. Marketplace bookings carry a commission that scales by plan (around 30% on Launch down to 15% on Scale). It suits children’s-activity businesses wanting booking software plus a parent-facing discovery channel, and parents finding local kids’ classes.