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The most full-featured way to run pickleball — for the money
BP-Pickleball.com brings registration, payments, scheduling, brackets, live scoring, and a public venue scoreboard into one platform — without the per-player fees other tools force onto your players.
Feature comparison
How the platforms stack up on the features organizers ask for most.
| Feature | BP-Pickleball | Pickleball.com† | Swish | Pickleball Den | Global PB Network | Pickleheads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registration & Payments | ||||||
| Online registration with open/close windows | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not found | Limited |
| Card payments — discounts, promo codes & refunds | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes |
| Division limits & auto-promoting waitlist | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes | Limited | Yes |
| Couples & family group checkout (pay for a partner or kids together) | Yes | Not found | Limited | Not found | Not found | Limited |
| Parent-managed junior registration (no login for kids) | Yes | Limited | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found |
| Custom registration questions (shirt size, club, emergency contact) | Yes | Yes | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found |
| Sell merch & paid add-ons at registration (shirts, meals) | Yes | Yes | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found |
| Formats & Brackets | ||||||
| Round robin & pool play | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Single & double elimination | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Team matches & team leagues | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Challenge ladders — singles & doubles | Yes | Limited | Limited | Limited | Yes | Limited |
| DUPR ratings integration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scheduling & Courts | ||||||
| Automatic court & time scheduling | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes | Not found | Limited |
| Flexible “play by” leagues (players self-schedule & report scores) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes |
| Double-booking conflict detection | Yes | Limited | Not found | Limited | Not found | Not found |
| Schedule simulator — preview the timeline before you open | Yes | Limited | Not found | Yes | Not found | Not found |
| Live & On-site | ||||||
| Courtside live scoring in real time | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes |
| Public venue scoreboard for a TV (live scores, brackets, standings) | Yes | Not found | Not found | Limited | Not found | Not found |
| Live standings & brackets online | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Communication | ||||||
| Automated match reminders (time, court, opponent) | Yes | Yes | Not found | Yes | Limited | Yes |
| One-click announcements to all participants | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Install as an app with push notifications | Yes | Limited | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes |
| Electronic check-in | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Administration & Security | ||||||
| Co-admins to share management of an event | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes |
| Multi-factor authentication (passkeys & authenticator) | Yes | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found |
| Clone a past event to launch a new season fast | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Waivers / liability collection | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited | Not found | Not found |
| Financial reporting & CSV exports | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not found | Limited |
| Your organization & event branding | Yes | Limited | Not found | Limited | Limited | Not found |
✓ offered◐ limited— not found
Based on each provider's publicly available information as of September 2026. A dash (—) means we couldn't confirm the feature, not that it's unavailable; “limited” means a narrower version than BP-Pickleball's. Found an error? Let us know and we'll fix it.
†“Pickleball.com” is one company's family of organizer products, used under a single login: PickleballTournaments.com (tournaments), PickleballLeagues.com(individual & ladder leagues), PickleballTeamLeagues.com (team leagues), and PickleballClubs.com(clubs & memberships). A few capabilities live in just one of them — live/referee scoring in tournaments, ladders in Pickleball Leagues, and team lineups in Team Leagues.
What it actually costs
The same tournament at two sizes. “Total event fees” is the honest bottom line — what the platform collects across everyone, whether it lands on you or your players.
An 80-player tournament
One-off eventAssumes a $50 entry per player. Totals include any setup fee.
| Platform | Organizer pays | Each player pays | Total event fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| BP-PickleballEvent plan (up to 150 players), no setup fee. Or $4/player — you choose to absorb or pass it on. | $299 | $0 | $299 |
| SwishFree to host, no setup; $5 per player at checkout. | $0 | $5 | $400 |
| Pickleball.comTournament fee (PickleballTournaments.com): $25 setup + $5 + 7.99% per player at checkout — can't be absorbed. Total includes setup. | $25 | ~$9 | ~$745 |
| Pickleball Den≈$10/player (seen on 2026 events; not listed on their site). $25 approval fee is netted in, not added. Absorb, pass on, or split. | ~$800 | $0 | ~$800 |
| Global Pickleball NetworkFree & ad-supported; you collect through your own Stripe/PayPal (no fee split). | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| PickleheadsOnly as 2+ separate ≤32-team brackets (one per division) — no unified registration, single-elim only. Free up to 2 divisions/mo; player pays 7% (max $10). | $0 | ~$3.50 | ~$280 |
Card processing (~2.9% + $0.30 × 80 ≈ $140) is separate and similar on every platform that uses Stripe.
A 200-player tournament
One-off eventAssumes a $50 entry per player. Totals include any setup fee.
| Platform | Organizer pays | Each player pays | Total event fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| BP-PickleballEvent plan (up to 400 players), no setup fee. Or $3/player — you choose to absorb or pass it on. | $599 | $0 | $599 |
| SwishFree to host, no setup; $5 per player at checkout. | $0 | $5 | $1,000 |
| Pickleball.comTournament fee (PickleballTournaments.com): $25 setup + $5 + 7.99% per player at checkout — can't be absorbed. Total includes setup. | $25 | ~$9 | ~$1,825 |
| Pickleball Den≈$10/player (seen on 2026 events; not listed on their site). $25 approval fee is netted in, not added. Absorb, pass on, or split. | ~$2,000 | $0 | ~$2,000 |
| Global Pickleball NetworkFree & ad-supported; you collect through your own Stripe/PayPal (no fee split). | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| PickleheadsOnly as 4+ separate ≤32-team brackets — no unified registration, single-elim only. Free for 2 divisions/mo, then $5 each or Pro ($24.99/mo); player pays 7% (max $10). | ~$10 | ~$3.50 | ~$710 |
Card processing (~2.9% + $0.30 × 200 ≈ $350) is separate and similar on every platform that uses Stripe.
With BP-Pickleball you choose whether to absorb fees or pass them on. Platforms marked with a player fee add it at checkout automatically — you can't turn it off.
Questions
Is BP-Pickleball the cheapest option?
Not always — free, ad-supported tools like Global Pickleball Network cost $0. But those tools leave out card payments, automatic scheduling, live scoring, a venue scoreboard, waitlists, and more. BP-Pickleball gives you the complete toolkit for a low, predictable price, which is why we say it's the most full-featured platform for the money.
Do my players pay extra fees?
That's your choice. With BP-Pickleball you decide whether to absorb the fee or pass it on. Several other platforms add a per-player fee at checkout that you can't turn off — for example, a $50 tournament entry can cost a player about $9 in added fees elsewhere.
How did you get these numbers?
Every feature and figure comes from each provider's own public pricing and product pages as of September 2026, listed in the sources below. In the grid, ✓ means a feature is offered, ◐ means a more limited version than ours, and a dash (—) means we couldn't confirm it — not that it's unavailable. Spot an error? Email info@bp-pickleball.com and we'll correct it.
Sources
- PickleballTournaments / Pickleball.com pricing: https://pickleball.com/docs/en/72000615191-tournament-pricing
- Swish pricing: https://swishsportsapp.com/pricing/
- Pickleball Den technology fee: https://www.pickleballden.com/
- Global Pickleball Network pricing: https://www.globalpickleball.network/pricing
- Pickleheads payments: https://www.pickleheads.com/payments
See it for yourself
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Includes 1 league and 1 tournament, up to 40 players each. Payment transaction fees still apply to any registration payments you collect.
