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The spreadsheet got you this far. The comp has outgrown it.
Most comps start as a sheet and a group email, and for a dozen mates that is the right call. Somewhere past that, the scoring, the chasing and the reminders turn into somebody's second job.
Start FreeFree to start. No credit card.
A spreadsheet and an email chain is what most office, club and pub comps actually run on, and it earns its place: it costs nothing, everyone understands it and you can score anything you can write a formula for. It stops earning its place when someone has to key in every result, chase every tip and rebuild the ladder by hand each round. Fanzava is built for that point: fixtures, locks, scoring, reminders and the leaderboard run on their own, under your logo and colours. This page is straight about both sides, because for a small group of friends the sheet is often still the better choice.
Where a spreadsheet wins.
Nobody has to create an account.
Players reply to an email or type into a cell. On Fanzava each player joins your hub and signs in, which is one more step than a reply-all.
Any rule you can write down.
Bonus rounds, penalties, house rules argued out at the pub. If a formula can express it, the sheet will score it. Fanzava offers a set of scoring options, and a rule outside that set is easier in a sheet.
It stays in your own files.
A sheet in your own drive sits under your own access controls, and no other platform holds the list.
Where Fanzava wins.
Results and scoring run without you.
Fixtures, kick-off times and results come in from the live data feed for supported competitions, and scores and the leaderboard update when a match ends. Nobody keys in a score at 11pm on a Sunday.
Reminders go out without anyone chasing.
Players are reminded before the first lock of the round and again shortly before it. A tip that misses the lock follows the late tip policy you set, so there is no argument about it afterwards.
One rule, applied to everyone.
A mistyped result or a sort on the wrong column quietly changes who is leading. Platform scoring applies the same rule to every player, every round.
It looks like yours.
Your logo and colours go on every plan, the free one included. On higher plans you add your own domain and sending address, and sell your own sponsor placements into the leaderboard and emails.
Player details live in one place.
Names and emails sit in the hub behind sign-in, with admin roles you control, rather than in a sheet forwarded around the office.
Side by side.
| Feature | Spreadsheets and email | Fanzava |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Nothing, if you already have the software. | Free to start, with paid plans as the comp grows. Every plan and its limits are on the pricing page. |
| Setting up | Build the fixture list, the scoring formulas and the ladder yourself. | Pick the competition and the scoring options. Fixtures load for supported competitions. |
| Entering results | By hand, after every match. | Come in from the live data feed for supported competitions. |
| Scoring | Formulas you write and check. Any rule you can express. | The platform's scoring options, applied the same way to every player. |
| Reminders | A group email or message you remember to send. | Automatic round reminders before the first lock. |
| Standings | Rebuilt and re-sent each round. | A leaderboard that updates when results land, with shareable links. |
| Sign-up for players | None. They reply or type in a cell. | Each player joins the hub and signs in. |
| Branding | Whatever you format by hand. | Your logo and colours on every plan. Your own domain and sending address on higher plans. |
| Access to the list | Whoever the file is shared with, and anyone it is forwarded to. | Admins you appoint, behind sign-in. |
| Entry money and prizes | Tracked by hand, by someone who ends up holding the money. | Any prize is yours to fund and hand over. |
| Sponsors | A logo pasted into the sheet or the email. | Placements in the leaderboard, round reminders, results emails and weekly digest, from Starter. |
Moving off the sheet.
Upload a CSV of names and emails and Fanzava sends each person an invitation to join the hub. They are members once they accept. Start at the beginning of a round or the break before a finals series, so nobody is tipping in two places in the same week. If the organiser wants a cross-check, keep the sheet going for one round, then retire it.
Questions organisers ask.
- Is a spreadsheet really not good enough?
- For a dozen friends and one competition it often is, and we would rather you kept it. The cost shows up as the group grows: more results to key in, more reminders to send, more people asking where they stand.
- Can I import my spreadsheet?
- Yes, the list. Upload a CSV of names and emails and each person gets an invitation to join your hub. Past scores do not carry across, so start the new comp at a round boundary.
- What does it cost to start?
- Free to start, with no credit card. The Free plan covers a small group, and the pricing page lists every plan and what it includes.
- Do players need an account?
- Yes. Each player joins your hub and signs in, which is what lets Fanzava send their reminders and keep their scores. That one step is the price of automatic scoring.
- Can I keep my own scoring rules?
- Fanzava has scoring options such as joker rounds, confidence, margin prediction and a perfect round bonus. If your rules go beyond what the platform offers, a spreadsheet stays more flexible.