PlayHQ runs the competition; BetterCricket runs the club. How the two cricket platforms differ, and why most clubs use both.
BetterCricket and PlayHQ get compared a lot, but they are not really rivals. They do different jobs, and most clubs end up using both. Here is how they line up.
PlayHQ is Cricket Australia's official competition management platform. Registration, fixtures, scoring, results and ladders run through it, and your association runs on it. BetterCricket is the club layer that sits on top: a public club website, your full history and stats, player profiles, selection, fees, social posts and analytics.
| PlayHQ | BetterCricket | |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Official competition management | Running the club |
| Registration and fixtures | Yes | Reads from your competition data |
| Live scoring | Yes | Reads finished scorecards |
| Public club website | Basic club pages | Full branded club site |
| Full history and career stats | Recent seasons | Decades, imported on setup |
| Team selection and availability | No | Yes, with BetterSelect |
| Match-day social graphics | No | Yes, with BetterSocials |
| Fees and member email | Registration payments | Yes, with BetterAdmin |
| Opposition analysis | No | Yes, with BetterIQ |
| Pricing | Registration and transaction fees | Flat annual rate per club |
Only a little. Both show fixtures and results. PlayHQ is the source of that data; BetterCricket reads it and turns it into a website, a history and analytics. You keep scoring in PlayHQ exactly as you do now.
You do not choose PlayHQ. Your association runs on it, so your club uses it whatever else you do. The question worth asking is whether you also want a proper club website, your full history online, and the tools to run selection, fees and match-day from the same data. That is the part BetterCricket adds.
BetterCricket features · Pricing · The modules · PlayHQ · Cricket Australia
BetterCricket reads your PlayHQ and Cricket Australia match data and turns it into a club website, a full history and analytics. Bring your club online and we handle the first full historical sync. Learn more
No. PlayHQ is the official competition platform for registration, fixtures and scoring. BetterCricket sits on top of it and adds the club website, history, stats and analytics.
Yes. BetterCricket imports your club's match history and keeps it current from the competition data, so you do not enter anything twice.
PlayHQ has no mandatory club setup fee and is funded through registration and small transaction fees, including a National Registration Fee. BetterCricket is a flat annual rate per club, from $399 for the Core, the same for one team or fifty.
Yes. Nothing about your match day changes. BetterCricket reads the finished scorecards and updates your stats after every game.