School Esports vs Toornament

School Esports is a tournament management platform for school esports leagues and competitions. It handles team registration, match scheduling, monitored chat, score submission, standings, and school leaderboards. Administrators receive teacher and referee panels, rescheduling, integrity tools, analytics, tournament billing, and a dedicated mobile app. Teachers approve teams and students, while match messages are visible to teachers, coaches, and referees. Organisers can apply white-label branding, use their own domain, add sponsor slots, and connect Stripe for credit-card or purchase-order entry fees. The platform runs on Android, iOS, and the web, supporting league competitions delivered in hybrid form with team management and payment collection. The League platform plan costs $499 as a one-time purchase, billed as a US$499 one-time setup followed by free access for life, with a 15% share on entry fees. Free-to-enter tournaments are not allowed. Students aged 13 and over may create accounts; younger students may be registered by teachers where permitted.

Toornament is a web and API platform for creating, running, sharing and joining tournaments. Its organizer lineup includes Free, Boost, Community, Circuit and Arena. Free supports up to 32 participants across games and competition formats; Boost is a single payment of 19.00 EUR for one tournament with up to 4096 participants. Circuit is aimed at large competitions, with circuit management, customization and leaderboards. Arena adds custom publishing tools, API access and a dedicated website. Participants can check tournaments and matches, check in, then report scores with screenshots and notes. The API covers tournament setup, registrations, participants, custom fields and match locations. Calls require an API key, and private data also requires OAuth 2 authorization with scopes; an API application can access only tournaments from its own project. Community and higher plans offer paid registrations through PayPal, with no share or fee taken by Toornament. The responsive participant site works on desktop and mobile. The Brawl Stars integration can automate lobbies and results for teams with at least three members.