endurace.pro vs MarathonMitra: An Honest Comparison for Race Organizers

Amit K · November 13, 2026 · Markdown

MarathonMitra is an India-focused running platform that lets organizers list a race, and, on one of its two plans, also sell registrations. Its fee is close to ours, so the useful comparison is everything around the fee. This comparison uses MarathonMitra’s own organizer pages, read on 13 November 2026. We are endurace.pro, so we are not neutral, which is why we show our sources and say where MarathonMitra is ahead.

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What each is built for

MarathonMitra describes itself as a discovery and community platform for runners, events and stories. Its own disclaimer says it does not organize or manage events. endurace.pro is built only for endurance events, across running, triathlon, cycling, hybrid fitness, trail, OCR, swimming, multisport, virtual, ultra and adventure races.

What the organizer pays

MarathonMitra: it offers two plans. Listing only costs a flat ₹3,499 per event plus 18% GST, with no per-registration charge, and you sell registrations elsewhere. The registration plan costs a ₹499 listing fee per event plus a 5% platform fee on each registration, with payment gateway charges included, and 18% GST on both. The page says this comes to a total deduction of about 5.9% of the ticket price, plus the one-time listing fee.

endurace.pro: Your first event has no platform fee, though payment gateway charges apply. After that it is a flat 5.99% per entry with no other charges. There is no limit on participants, and every tool is included from your first event.

On the registration plan the two rates are almost the same, so price alone should not decide it. The difference is that endurace.pro has no per-event listing fee and your first event has no platform fee.

What the athlete pays

MarathonMitra: its pricing page advertises a “0% runner fee advantage”, so runners appear to pay the ticket price you set.

endurace.pro: athletes pay the ticket price. We add no booking fee and no convenience fee.

When you get paid

MarathonMitra: weekly payouts to your bank account are included in the registration plan. We did not find a statement about drawing money before race day. The page also says GST TCS of 0.5% is deducted for GST-registered organizers.

endurace.pro: half of your sales can be withdrawn on demand before race day, and the rest is paid three days after the event, settled to your bank account.

Race directors pay for permits, medals, timing and shirts before race day, so ask any platform how much money you can have in hand by then.

If you have to cancel the event

MarathonMitra: we did not find a refund or cancellation policy on the organizer pages we read, and its disclaimer says registrations and outcomes are the responsibility of the organizers. Ask them how refunds work if you cancel, and who pays the fees.

endurace.pro: if you cancel an event, every athlete is refunded in full, automatically, and no fee is charged on those refunds. Each person gets one email with your reason and their refund.

Race tools

MarathonMitra’s registration plan lists a full event page, online payments, automated confirmations, an organizer dashboard and registration exports. We could not find waivers, group or team registration, a waitlist, medical or emergency-contact fields, or bib numbers on the pages we read. They may exist, so ask.

On endurace.pro, each of these is built in:

Several distances per event, in km or miles, each with its own price and capacity, plus early-bird tiers and hidden tickets.
Your own questions per distance, and waivers that keep the signed name, time and exact wording with each registration.
Group booking with one payment, and a waitlist that offers each free place to the person who has waited longest.
Date of birth, blood group and emergency contact on every entry, exportable for your medical team.
Bib assignment and check-in per person, email to selected athletes, a CRM and tracking links.

Where MarathonMitra may suit you better

WhatsApp confirmations. Its registration plan lists automated email and WhatsApp confirmations. endurace.pro does not offer WhatsApp messaging today.
Discovery only. If you already sell registrations on your own site and only want a listing, its flat listing plan does that without a per-registration fee.
You already use it and it works. If your events run smoothly there, compare its terms against the questions below before deciding whether to move.

Questions to ask any race platform

What do athletes pay at checkout, in total, for a ₹1,000 entry?
When do I get my money, and can I draw any of it before race day?
If I cancel the event, who refunds the athletes, and who pays the fees?
Does it store waivers, emergency contacts and bibs?

What we checked

We read these pages on 13 November 2026: MarathonMitra’s organizer application page and organizer pricing page. Terms change, so please confirm them on the platform’s own pages. Where a page did not state something, we say so instead of guessing.