Run the whole event on Scored.
Free up to 8 teams. The bracket and the schedule are on every plan; live scoring and the broadcast overlay start on Small, 49 USD per tournament.
A CHALLONGE ALTERNATIVE
If you came here for a bracket, Scored draws one. It also runs the day around it: a multi-court schedule that warns you about clashes while you build it, referees scoring from their phones, standings that keep themselves up to date, and a scoreboard that goes on your stream.
Free up to 8 teams, and the Free plan asks for no card. Live scoring and the overlay start on Small, 49 USD per tournament.
The two are priced differently before they do anything else: Challonge sells a monthly account, Scored sells a single tournament. Where their pricing page does not mention something, we say so instead of guessing.
| What you are comparing | Scored | Challonge |
|---|---|---|
| What you pay | SCOREDPer tournament, one payment: Free 0 USD, Small 49 USD, Medium 99 USD, Large 149 USD. No subscription; prices exclude tax. | CHALLONGEPer account, per month: Standard 0 USD, supported by advertising. Premier 6.99 USD a month billed yearly, or 12 USD month to month. |
| Advertising | SCOREDNo ads, on any plan. Not in the app, not on your public page, not on the scoreboard. | CHALLONGEStandard is supported by advertising. Premier lists 'No ads'. |
| How big one event can be | SCOREDFree up to 8 teams, Small up to 32, Medium up to 64, Large with no team limit. | CHALLONGEUp to 256 participants per tournament on Standard, up to 512 on Premier. |
| How many events you can run | SCOREDYou pay per tournament, so each event is priced on its own. | CHALLONGEUnlimited tournaments, events and communities on both plans. |
| Putting the event in front of players and fans | SCOREDA free public page for each event, from the free plan up, with your own domain if you want one. | CHALLONGEPremier embeds brackets on your own site using custom themes. |
| Scheduling across several courts | SCOREDDrag each game onto a court and a time, with clash warnings while you schedule. From the free plan up. | CHALLONGENot named on their pricing page |
| Scoring a match while it is being played | SCOREDReferees run a sport-specific scoreboard from their phone, with the match clock and penalties. From Small, 49 USD. | CHALLONGENot named on their pricing page |
| Putting the score on a stream | SCOREDA broadcast overlay for OBS, Streamlabs, vMix or Wirecast: teams, score, clock or sets, the division and penalties. From Small, 49 USD. | CHALLONGENot named on their pricing page |
| Assigning referees | SCOREDReferee scheduling, with referees assigned for you. From Small, 49 USD. | CHALLONGENot named on their pricing page |
| Player rosters and line-ups | SCOREDRosters, line-ups and assistant referees. From Medium, 99 USD. | CHALLONGENot named on their pricing page |
| Taking registrations and money from teams | SCOREDComing soon. Scored does not do this yet. | CHALLONGEStripe integration for paid event and tournament registration: 0.75 USD per order on Standard, no Challonge fee on Premier. |
Each Challonge cell is taken from Challonge's own pricing page at challonge.com, based on public information as of September 2026. Where a row says 'Not named on their pricing page', that is all we know: their pricing page does not mention it, which is not the same as Challonge not doing it. Prices and features change on both sides, so check their page for what they offer today.
Scored is paid per tournament, and each plan sets a team limit. Here is what you get on which plan, so nothing on this page surprises you at checkout.
| What Scored does | Included in |
|---|---|
| Group stages, single-elimination knockouts and auto-seeding | Free |
| Multi-court calendar: drag each game onto a court and a time, with clash warnings as you go | Free |
| A public page for your event, on your own domain if you want one | Free |
| Standings and brackets that update the moment a result lands | Free |
| Messages from you to every team in the event | Free |
| Referee scheduling, with referees assigned for you | Small and up |
| Sport-specific live scoreboard, run from a referee's phone, with the match clock and penalties | Small and up |
| Broadcast overlay for OBS, Streamlabs, vMix or Wirecast: teams, score, clock or sets, the division and penalties | Small and up |
| Spreadsheet exports | Small and up |
| Player rosters and line-ups, and assistant referees | Medium and up |
| A public page for each delegation - a group of teams managed together - collecting its teams and their games | Medium and up |
| Double elimination and Swiss formats | Coming soon |
| Registration and payments, player registry, multi-tier leagues | Coming soon |
Free covers up to 8 teams, Small 49 USD up to 32, Medium 99 USD up to 64, Large 149 USD with no team limit. One payment per tournament, no subscription, prices exclude tax. See the plans.
You are running a real event: several courts, referees on the floor, teams who need to know when they play, and maybe a stream. See the overlay on the broadcast page, or the Dodgeball page if that is your sport.
You run a lot of events and a bracket is most of what you need. Their pricing page lists unlimited tournaments on both plans, up to 256 participants per tournament on Standard and 512 on Premier, and Stripe registration today, which on Scored is still coming soon. If you want to try Scored anyway, the free plan covers 8 teams and costs nothing.
Scored's plans are as of September 2026. The Challonge details on this page come from Challonge's own pricing page, based on public information as of September 2026.
Free up to 8 teams. The bracket and the schedule are on every plan; live scoring and the broadcast overlay start on Small, 49 USD per tournament.