Sports · head to head
Catapult vs Hudl
Catapult
Sports
Wearable athlete tracking and video analysis for professional teams, with indoor sport needing separate hardware
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Hudl
Sports
Video analysis and performance platform spanning school teams, elite analysts and automated capture hardware
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Catapult satellite positioning does not work indoors, so arena sports must buy a local positioning system with anchor units installed in the venue, which is a capital project priced far above the outdoor product.; Hudl pricing is quoted per team, per sport and per season, so a school with a dozen programmes multiplies the cost rather than buying one institutional licence, and the negotiation happens annually for each.
- They diverge on capability: Catapult covers Vector wearables, Hudl covers Video breakdown and tagging.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Catapult and Hudl actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Sports).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Catapult
- Vector wearables
- Training load analysis
- Local positioning system
- Video analysis
- Weight room monitoring
- Athlete management integration
Only in Hudl
- Video breakdown and tagging
- Automated capture
- Athlete highlights
- Sportscode
- Football data
- Team communication
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Catapult
- A professional football or rugby club managing training load across a squad through a congested fixture listnot Hudl
- A national team programme that needs consistent workload data across athletes who play for different clubsnot Hudl
- A college programme with a sports science department that will act on readiness data rather than file itnot Hudl
- An indoor sport organisation prepared to fund a venue installation to get positional data where satellite tracking failsnot Hudl
Hudl
- A high school athletic department that wants one video platform across several sports and recruiting reels for its athletesnot Catapult
- A college programme that needs opponent breakdown, tagged sequences and athlete-facing clip assignmentsnot Catapult
- A professional club whose analysts work in Sportscode and need Wyscout or StatsBomb data alongside videonot Catapult
- A club installing automated cameras so that matches are captured without finding a volunteer to filmnot Catapult
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Catapult
- Satellite positioning does not work indoors, so arena sports must buy a local positioning system with anchor units installed in the venue, which is a capital project priced far above the outdoor product.
- Contracts are typically multi-year with hardware bundled into the subscription, so the annual figure understates the commitment and early exit does not recover the hardware.
- The data is only useful with a qualified sports scientist to interpret it; programmes that buy the vests without the staff get expensive attendance records instead of workload management.
- Raw data access and export are limited relative to what research-minded departments want, so bespoke analysis often depends on what the vendor chooses to expose.
- Cost puts it out of reach of amateur and school sport entirely, and the venue dependency for indoor tracking means the system is tied to a building rather than to the team.
Hudl
- Pricing is quoted per team, per sport and per season, so a school with a dozen programmes multiplies the cost rather than buying one institutional licence, and the negotiation happens annually for each.
- Hudl Focus cameras are sold inside multi-year subscriptions that bundle hardware, so what looks like a software renewal is a three-year capital commitment that early termination does not unwind.
- Sportscode is macOS only and priced in a different bracket, so an organisation planning to grow from the school product into elite analysis discovers a hardware and budget change rather than an upgrade.
- Years of tagged video, highlights and athlete profiles accumulate inside the platform and export poorly, which weakens your position at every renewal.
- Acquisitions have left overlapping products, Hudl, Wyscout, StatsBomb and Instat among them, with roadmaps that are not always clear to customers who bought them separately.
Pricing, plan by plan
Catapult
On request- Catapult Vector$undefined/year
- Quoted per athlete with hardware bundled into a multi-year term
- Outdoor satellite positioning only
- Analysis software and support included
- Catapult Indoor Tracking$undefined/year
- Requires anchor units installed in the venue
- Capital installation cost in addition to the subscription
- Priced well above the outdoor product
- Catapult Video$undefined/year
- Coded match and training video
- Quoted per organisation
- Sold separately from athlete monitoring
Hudl
On request- Hudl for Teams$undefined/year
- Quoted per team, per sport and per season
- Tiered by video storage, tagging and statistics features
- Multi-team school agreements negotiated separately
- Hudl Focus$undefined/year
- Camera hardware bundled into a multi-year subscription
- Automated capture and upload
- Early termination does not recover the hardware cost
- Hudl Sportscode$undefined/year
- Elite analyst application, macOS only
- Priced in a separate and higher bracket
- Per analyst licensing
Which should you pick?
Choose Catapult if
- You need vector wearables.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android, Windows.
- You also want training load analysis.
Choose Hudl if
- You need video breakdown and tagging.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android, macOS.
- You also want automated capture.
Questions people ask
- Is Catapult or Hudl better?
- Neither clearly leads. Catapult starts at On request and Hudl at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Catapult or Hudl?
- Catapult starts at On request and Hudl at On request.
- Does Catapult or Hudl run on more platforms?
- Catapult runs on Web, iOS, Android, Windows. Hudl runs on Web, iOS, Android, macOS.
- What is Catapult best used for?
- Catapult is most often used for a professional football or rugby club managing training load across a squad through a congested fixture list, a national team programme that needs consistent workload data across athletes who play for different clubs, a college programme with a sports science department that will act on readiness data rather than file it, an indoor sport organisation prepared to fund a venue installation to get positional data where satellite tracking fails. Of those, a professional football or rugby club managing training load across a squad through a congested fixture list and a national team programme that needs consistent workload data across athletes who play for different clubs are not what Hudl is typically brought in for.
- What can Catapult do that Hudl cannot?
- Catapult covers Vector wearables, Training load analysis, Local positioning system, Video analysis. Hudl covers Video breakdown and tagging, Automated capture, Athlete highlights, Sportscode.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Catapult: Does it work indoors?
Not the satellite-based Vector product. Indoor sports need the local positioning system, which requires anchor units installed in the venue and costs considerably more.
Hudl: How much does Hudl cost for a school?
It is quoted per team, per sport and per season across tiers, so the answer depends on how many programmes you cover. Ask for the full multi-sport figure rather than a single team price.
Catapult: Is the hardware bought or leased?
It is normally bundled into a multi-year subscription. Ask what happens to the units at the end of the term and what an early exit costs.
Hudl: Is the Focus camera rented or bought?
In practice it is bundled into a multi-year subscription. Read the term and the early termination clause, because the hardware cost sits inside it.
Catapult: Do we need a sports scientist?
Effectively yes. Without someone to interpret load and readiness data and a coaching staff willing to change sessions because of it, the investment does not return anything.
Hudl: Does Sportscode run on Windows?
No. It is macOS only, which is a genuine budget item for an organisation moving up from the school product.
Catapult: How does it compare with a chest strap or a watch?
Those give heart rate and little else. Catapult adds positional, acceleration and collision data, which is what distinguishes training load work from fitness tracking.
Hudl: Can I take my video with me if I leave?
Individual clips can be downloaded, but the tagged structure, playlists and athlete profiles do not travel well, and that is a deliberate feature of the renewal conversation.
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