An alternative to Challonge
Challonge hosts brackets online, with many formats and up to 256 participants for free. Draftastic is for a night in one room: it makes the teams with everyone on their phones, then shows the matches on the TV.
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Side by side
| Challonge | Draftastic | |
|---|---|---|
| What it’s for | Running tournaments, events and communities online, for any game, sport or activity. | Making teams at an event, then playing, live on a TV and on every phone. |
| Making the teams | Entrants are players or teams. You add them, or they sign up. | Pick them by hand, let captains pick on their phones, let Deal make fair teams, or let people choose. Mix makes random teams. |
| Ways to play | Single and double elimination, round robin, Swiss, free for all, leaderboard, two stages, and racing formats. | A league, a shorter league (often called Swiss), groups then a knockout, a knockout with a second chance, or a scoreboard. |
| Joining | A Challonge account is needed to sign up for a tournament with open sign-ups. | People join with a code and their name, with no account or app. Each phone shows their team. |
| Size | Up to 256 participants a tournament for free, or 512 on Premier. | Up to 500 people, in up to 100 teams. |
| Price | Free, with adverts. Premier is $6.99 a month, billed yearly, with no adverts. | Free. No account needed. |
When Challonge suits you better
- Your bracket has more than 100 teams or players.
- You want everyone to play everyone three times.
- Players sign up online and pay to enter.
Questions Challonge users ask
- Do players need an account?
- No. They join with a code or a link, and type their name. Nothing to install.
- Is there double elimination?
- Yes. In a knockout, choose Second chance, and a team is out only when it loses twice.
- Is there a Swiss format?
- Yes. It’s called a shorter league: each round, teams on about the same points play each other.
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