# Tickaroo vs Arena for sports coverage: Which live blogging platform fits fast-paced play-by-play reporting?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Question for the sports desk folks and live blog reviewers on G2. Tickaroo vs Arena for sports coverage: which live blogging platform actually fits fast-paced play-by-play reporting, where a goal has to be on the page before the replay ends?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">To be clear on what's being compared:<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/tickaroo-live-blog/reviews"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/tickaroo-live-blog/reviews"><strong>Tickaroo Live Blog</strong></a> (5.0/5, 5+ reviews) is the German live blog product used by sports leagues, federations and clubs.<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/arena-im/reviews"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/arena-im/reviews"><strong>Arena.im</strong></a> (4.6/5, 20+ reviews) is the live blog and live chat product from the San Francisco company of the same name. Both embed into an existing site, both update in real time, both take social embeds, and both are in the<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/live-blog"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/live-blog">Live Blog Software</a> category on G2.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Where each pulls ahead:</p><ul>
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<strong>Tickaroo</strong> is built around the match itself: 20+ sport and event templates, live tickers and scoreboards inside the blog, native iOS and Android apps that mirror the web editor, an offline mode for reporters in a stadium with no signal, and multi-reporter mode so the sideline and the desk post to one blog. Monetisation is built in, with sponsorship placements and display inventory during peak traffic.</li>
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<strong>Arena</strong> is built around the crowd: social posts pulled in automatically or moderated, live chat alongside the blog so fans talk during the match, first-party audience data behind it, a WordPress plugin for quick setup, and a free tier to start on.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Simplest way to decide: if your reporter is at the ground and the scoreboard has to live in the blog, Tickaroo. If your coverage is a desk editor curating what the players, clubs and fans are already posting, with a chat for the audience, Arena.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For anyone who has run either through a full season, which one held up on a derby day, and is there a third option worth adding to this pair?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p>

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