Booki vs PerHead.CR: A Ledger vs a Full Sportsbook
PerHead.CR advertises $7 per active player per week. That number looks small until it multiplies. Twenty active players is about $607 a month. Fifty is about $1,517. Booki Pro is $49.99 a month for up to 50 members, or $599.88 a year. At twenty players, PerHead.CR runs $7,280 a year against Booki's $599.88. The gap is not a rounding error. It is the price of renting a sportsbook operation when a lot of independent organizers only needed a ledger.
This is not like-for-like. Read the split below before you switch, or before you stay.
Who should stay on PerHead.CR
Stay if you are running a book as a business. PerHead.CR's $7 rate includes a full sportsbook, live betting, a prop builder, an online casino, a 285+ track racebook, and a multilingual call center. Live dealer is extra on a 10% profit-share. Premium casino is extra on a 15% profit-share.
If players you do not know personally need to phone in a wager, play slots, or bet horses, that stack is the product. $7 a head to not build any of it yourself is a fair price for that job. Booki will not replace it.
Who should switch to Booki
Switch if you organize for people you already know (roughly 8 to 50 members), you already settle outside the software, and nobody is using the casino, racebook, or call center. That is the case where per-head billing stops making sense. Not because PerHead.CR is overpriced, but because you are buying an operation when you needed a record.
Booki is pick-tracking and bankroll management software. Brand line: Be The House. It is not a sportsbook. It does not process payments or handle funds. There is no casino, no racebook, no call center, and no full branded sportsbook website. The cap is 50 members. Past that, this comparison is not worth making.
If you needed the house, stay. If you needed a ledger, you are overpaying.
Feature and price comparison
Figures assume every player is active. Monthly math uses 4.33 weeks. PerHead.CR only bills players who wagered that week, so a quieter book pays less. Scale the PPH column by whatever share of your group actually plays.
| PerHead.CR | Booki Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7 per active player per week | $49.99/month flat |
| 10 active players | ~$303/month | $49.99/month |
| 20 active players | ~$607/month | $49.99/month |
| 50 active players | ~$1,517/month | $49.99/month |
| 20 players, annual | $7,280 | $599.88 |
| Sportsbook / live betting / prop builder | Included | Live odds (Odds API); no live betting desk or prop builder |
| Automated grading | Included | Moneylines, spreads, totals, parlays. Futures graded manually. |
| Credit and win limits | Player-level controls | Yes |
| Settlement / ledger | Agent reports | Settlement reconciliation, tamper-evident ledger |
| Member onboarding | Player accounts / sign-up forms | Member invites |
| Interface | Branded sportsbook site | Web app (mobile browser) |
| Casino / racebook / call center | Included (live dealer and premium casino extra) | No |
| Handles deposits or payouts | Cashier tools available | Never. You settle off-platform. |
| Member cap | Scales with volume | 50 |
Rates taken from PerHead.CR and Booki's August 2026 pay-per-head pricing breakdown. Prices move. Check the current rate, and ask about any weekly minimum, before you decide.
How to switch
You do not migrate pick history. Carry over each member's net balance as a starting adjustment, agree on the numbers, and start fresh on picks.
- Export or screenshot current balances from PerHead.CR. Settle any open action you do not want sitting across two systems.
- Start Booki Pro. Invite members. They join themselves. You do not create their accounts.
- Enter each member's net balance as an opening adjustment. Get agreement on those figures first. That is the whole "migration."
- Set credit limits and win limits. Leave historical picks where they are. New picks go on Booki against live odds and grade automatically.
- Keep settling the way you already do. Booki records the balance. It never touches the money.
Start Pro at $49.99/month
If your group is twenty friends paying for a Costa Rica sportsbook they do not use, the cheaper structure is a flat ledger. Start Pro for $49.99/month. Invite the book. Carry over balances and go.
For the category overview, see Booki's PPH software alternative. For the arithmetic behind the table, see the pay-per-head pricing breakdown.