Who pays, what it costs, and who touches the money. Splash Sports, Sunday Survivor, PoolHost, RunYourPool and TourneyRun, side by side.
TourneyRun and Sunday Survivor both charge the commissioner a flat software fee and never hold the pot; buy-ins stay between the commissioner and the players. Splash Sports custodies entries and deducts a rake from the prize payout (10%, or 12.5% with Commissioner Rewards on, per its help center).
On flat-fee sites it depends on the exact size. At 100 players Sunday Survivor is $54 and TourneyRun is $65; at 80 players TourneyRun is $40 and Sunday Survivor is $54; at 150 players TourneyRun is $65 and Sunday Survivor is $99. On Splash a 100-player, $25 pool pays about $250 in rake.
Not on TourneyRun or Sunday Survivor: players tap an invite link and pick, and they never enter payment details. Splash is a real-money platform, so entries are funded through it.
TourneyRun runs survivor alongside weekly pick'em, Pick 5, confidence, against-the-spread, Super Bowl squares, TD Chase and Anytime-TD Survivor, plus college football, golf, college basketball tournament and horse racing pools. Sunday Survivor is survivor only. Splash runs many formats including daily fantasy.
If you're running a private NFL survivor pool with friends, TourneyRun is a Splash Sports alternative that doesn't take a percentage of the pot. Commissioners pay a flat software fee while the players join through an invite link and pay the commissioner directly.