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Kitman Labs vs STATSports

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Kitman Labs

Sports

Athlete management platform holding medical, injury and load data from other systems in one record

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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STATSports

Sports

GPS and inertial wearables that produce athlete physical load data, with the consent obligations that implies

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Kitman Labs it produces no data itself, so a club without wearables, screening protocols or a testing routine buys an empty platform and blames the software.; STATSports cost scales with squad size because each athlete needs a pod, so an academy monitoring several age groups pays for a fleet of devices and the replacements they lose.
  • They diverge on capability: Kitman Labs covers Unified athlete record, STATSports covers Vest-worn tracking pods.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Kitman Labs and STATSports actually diverge.

Attributes where Kitman Labs and STATSports differ
AttributeKitman LabsSTATSports

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), 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 Kitman Labs

  • Unified athlete record
  • Injury and treatment tracking
  • Wellness questionnaires
  • Third-party data ingestion
  • Role-based access
  • Squad and longitudinal reporting

Only in STATSports

  • Vest-worn tracking pods
  • Live session monitoring
  • Heart rate integration
  • Load and readiness reporting
  • Squad comparison
  • Data export

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Kitman Labs

  • A club with several data sources and no single place where medical and performance staff see the same athletenot STATSports
  • A federation standardising injury surveillance across national teams and age groupsnot STATSports
  • A medical department that needs an auditable record of treatment and return-to-play decisionsnot STATSports
  • A college athletics department consolidating screening and availability reporting across many sportsnot STATSports

STATSports

  • A professional club managing training load across a squad through a congested fixture listnot Kitman Labs
  • A medical department needing objective load data for return-to-play decisions after injurynot Kitman Labs
  • A national federation comparing physical output across age groups on a consistent measurement standardnot Kitman Labs
  • A college programme replacing subjective session ratings with measured external loadnot Kitman Labs

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Kitman Labs

  • It produces no data itself, so a club without wearables, screening protocols or a testing routine buys an empty platform and blames the software.
  • Implementation is a project rather than a purchase, involving historical data migration and staff process change, and it commonly takes a season to reach useful adoption.
  • Pricing is organisational and multi-year, which puts it out of reach of clubs below a certain budget regardless of how much they would benefit.
  • Holding injury and treatment records makes the platform a store of health data about identified athletes, so the club needs role separation, retention rules and a process for responding when a player requests their record.
  • The acquisition of a competing athlete management platform leaves two products with overlapping purpose under one owner, and buyers on either should get a written answer on long-term development before committing.

STATSports

  • Cost scales with squad size because each athlete needs a pod, so an academy monitoring several age groups pays for a fleet of devices and the replacements they lose.
  • The data is inert without a sports scientist to interpret it, and clubs that buy the hardware without the hire end up with dashboards nobody acts on.
  • Satellite positioning does not work indoors, so indoor sports and indoor sessions need a separate local positioning system and a second procurement.
  • Pods and straps are lost, damaged and left in kit bags, and replacements are a recurring cost that the initial quotation tends to understate.
  • The output is personal data about identified athletes and, where heart rate and injury context are involved, health-related data, so the club needs a lawful basis, a retention policy, parental consent for minors and an answer when a player asks for a copy or objects.

Pricing, plan by plan

Kitman Labs

On request
  • Kitman Labs$undefined/year
    • Licensed per organisation
    • Implementation and data migration quoted separately
    • Modules licensed individually

STATSports

On request
  • STATSports team system$undefined/year
    • Pods priced per athlete
    • Software licence and support quoted per organisation
    • Heart rate straps and vests bought separately

Which should you pick?

Choose Kitman Labs if

  • You need unified athlete record.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want injury and treatment tracking.
Kitman Labs review

Choose STATSports if

  • You need vest-worn tracking pods.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want live session monitoring.
STATSports review

Questions people ask

Is Kitman Labs or STATSports better?
Neither clearly leads. Kitman Labs starts at On request and STATSports at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Kitman Labs or STATSports?
Kitman Labs starts at On request and STATSports at On request.
Does Kitman Labs or STATSports run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Kitman Labs best used for?
Kitman Labs is most often used for a club with several data sources and no single place where medical and performance staff see the same athlete, a federation standardising injury surveillance across national teams and age groups, a medical department that needs an auditable record of treatment and return-to-play decisions, a college athletics department consolidating screening and availability reporting across many sports. Of those, a club with several data sources and no single place where medical and performance staff see the same athlete and a federation standardising injury surveillance across national teams and age groups are not what STATSports is typically brought in for.
What can Kitman Labs do that STATSports cannot?
Kitman Labs covers Unified athlete record, Injury and treatment tracking, Wellness questionnaires, Third-party data ingestion. STATSports covers Vest-worn tracking pods, Live session monitoring, Heart rate integration, Load and readiness reporting.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Kitman Labs: Do we need wearables to use it?

Not strictly, but most of the value comes from combining feeds. With only manual questionnaire entry the platform is an expensive form.

STATSports: Does it work indoors?

Not reliably. Satellite positioning degrades badly under a roof. Indoor sports need a local positioning system rather than this category of product.

Kitman Labs: Can coaches see medical notes?

Access is role-based and should be configured so they cannot. Getting that separation right is a governance decision, not a default, and it is worth auditing after go-live.

STATSports: Who owns the player data?

The club is normally the data controller and the vendor the processor, which means the obligations sit with the club. Get this written into the contract rather than assumed.

Kitman Labs: What happened with Smartabase?

Kitman Labs acquired the company behind it, putting two competing athlete management platforms under one owner. Ask which one your contract commits you to and where development is going.

STATSports: Do we need player consent?

You need a documented lawful basis, and for academy players who are minors that generally means parental consent plus an age-appropriate explanation. Legitimate interests alone is a weak position for physiological data.

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