LiveHeats alternative for snowboard and freeski contests

LiveHeats sells event credits. On 10 November 2026 the pricing page listed four sizes: up to 50 entries for US$132, up to 100 for US$215, up to 150 for US$275 and up to 250 for US$396 per event, with prices also shown in AUD, EUR, GBP, ZAR, JPY and BRL. Those are prices for a single credit: buying two or three at once takes 5% off, and the discount grows to 25% for ten or more. One event can hold unlimited divisions, so U13, U15, open men and open women still use one credit while the entries fit. If the event is cancelled or postponed, the credit is used up anyway. On snow, wind or a warm spell can wipe out a contest day, and the credit goes with it. The FIS XML report is listed among sport-specific add-ons, outside the plan price. The page shows no free plan.

JudgeMate charges organizers nothing and has no entry tiers. It also collects no money from riders: entry fees are recorded as paid, waived or unpaid, and the cash goes through your own channel.

• FIS-coded events. FIS races, national championships reported to FIS, Continental Cup stops. ICR 3405 asks for XML upload, and LiveHeats produces the file on the hill. JudgeMate cannot.
• A program with boarder cross or ski cross. The cross bracket lives in the same tool as the slopestyle start list.
• Tours that collect entry fees online. Payment, waitlist, resort waiver and FIS code check sit in one sign-up form.
• National bodies in the WSF. The 2022 partnership announced a discount for members, so ask about it before you budget.

• No FIS XML export. Category results go out as PDF or image, the whole event as XLSX or JSON. A FIS-coded event needs a separate data provider.
• No import from the FIS database. The FIS code is an ordinary organizer field, typed in or imported from a spreadsheet.
• Ties follow product rules. JudgeMate splits tied riders by best run, then second run, best trick and third run. ICR 3503 gives them the same rank and lists the higher start number first. For an ICR-exact result list, check ties by hand before you publish.
• The high-low drop starts at five judges. ICR 3403.2 drops scores only with six or more. With a five-judge panel, leave the toggle off.
• Marks move in steps of 0.1. ICR 3403 wants whole numbers, so judges have to stick to integers themselves.
• No snowboard halfpipe or big air category type. Halfpipe runs as a Snowboarding Slopestyle category with the halfpipe criteria. Big air totals work through “Sum of best rounds”, but the ICR 3502.3.1 rule that the two counting tricks must differ is left to the judges.
• No cross, no time trial, no brackets for judged contests.
• Qualification scores do not carry into the final. Each round is its own category with an advancement line.

1. Choose per event. The FIS-coded stop goes to LiveHeats. The club jam and the kids' series go to JudgeMate.
2. Keep one master start list in a spreadsheet with first name, last name, bib, year of birth, club, FIS code and stance in separate columns. JudgeMate reads first and last name from separate columns, as on FIS lists, and a column named after one of your organizer fields fills that field.
3. Use the same cup table. If your series uses the World Cup park and pipe scale (100, 80, 60 and so on down to 1 point for 30th), JudgeMate has it built in, and tied riders get the same points.
4. Expect no sync. Nothing passes between the two systems. A rider list used in both is imported twice.
5. Agree on ties before the season. LiveHeats lists and JudgeMate lists can rank a tie differently, so write the tie rule into the series rules and check it on both.