we used Fastpitch Scout.. It was $300 a year and helped us with emailing and keeping track of what schools were looking at my daughter's info. My daughter is a 2018 and has multiple offers at good D2 schools. It can be done for free, but it really helped having something to help keep track. We looked into a recruiting service and were annoyed with the high pressure sales (telling us our daughter was behind in recruiting in 9th grade).