Why are basketball scoreboards so expensive? You can easily pay over 3000 USD for a hardware scoreboard! Of course you could download a a basketball scoreboard software for your computer and then display the result on a large monitor or projector. However, the software solutions have other problems:
- They often only run on one type of computer (e.g. Windows)
- They have a terrible usability
- They are still fairly expense
- They are all ugly!
So here’s a new solution: a basketball scoreboard that runs in your browser. It looks like this:

This means you need to download no software at all and it runs on every computer that has a browser – which is basically all of them. Another huge advantage is that you can share your scoreboard remotely with other people: simply send them a link.
Click here to try it for yourself, it’s totally free: online basketball scoreboard.
Organizing a basketball tournament?
These free tools can help you run the event:
- Tournament Bracket Generator — create single-elimination tournament brackets
- Random Team Generator — split players into random, balanced teams for pickup games
- Spin the Wheel — pick a random starter, assign positions, or settle disputes
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