DENN

DENN is a web service that turns sports footage into graded plays, highlight reels, and athlete profiles. It suits athletes pursuing exposure and teams preparing recruiting or promotional clips. Its sport-specific scoring and athlete search give it a broader role than a clip maker, though monthly export and video-length limits can make the lower tiers restrictive.

Overview

DENN scans game film, highlight tapes, practice clips, phone recordings, camera footage, and Hudl exports to detect events, grade plays, and assemble reels. It supports football, basketball, soccer, baseball, lacrosse, hockey, volleyball, track and field, swimming, tennis, wrestling, golf, and more. That breadth makes it relevant across many sports; the grading is tailored to sport and position, with more than 30 positions supported.

The DENN Visibility Index (DVI) is a 0–100 score derived from an athlete’s film grades. Users can search athletes by sport, position, location, graduation year, and DVI score, which may help athletes seeking visibility and coaches or brands looking for prospects. DVI visibility depends on plan access and opting in. A film-derived score is useful for comparing profiles, but it is only one view of an athlete.

MP4, MOV, and M4V uploads are accepted, including Hudl exports. Most highlights are ready in 5–10 minutes. Hudl is an upload source, not a described deeper integration.

Key features

Scoring and video creation

Automatic event detection, position-level rubrics, and reel creation bring analysis and editing into one workflow. Athletes can use the resulting clips for recruiting, while teams can create individual player highlights from game film for recruiting or program promotion. Reels can be vertical, horizontal, or square, but which formats and length limits apply depends on the plan.

Privacy and support

DENN says uploaded videos use private cloud storage, with encrypted storage and secure authentication. It says it does not sell personal information. Technical support for uploads, renders, or accounts is available at [email protected]. Users must be at least 13; those under 18 need parental consent.

Pricing

The free plan costs nothing and allows one film per month, a full scan, and a visible DVI score. It is a useful way to try the scoring workflow, but one film is a small monthly allowance for athletes or teams working through several games.

Starter costs $29.99 a month, billed monthly, and includes 10 exports per month, a five-minute maximum, and vertical 9:16 format only. It is the entry paid option for short-form posting, but the format restriction rules it out for users who need horizontal or square video.

Pro costs $99.99 a month, billed monthly. It raises the allowance to 40 exports, permits videos up to 10 minutes, adds vertical, horizontal, and square formats, and includes brand-interest tagging. This is a more practical tier for regular publishing across formats; the monthly export cap still matters for teams producing clips for many players.

Premium costs $199.99 a month, billed monthly, for unlimited exports up to 20 minutes and a brand kit with logo, colors, and fonts. It fits high-volume users who need consistent branding, while the 20-minute ceiling remains a constraint for longer footage.

Elite costs $499.99 a month, billed monthly, and offers unlimited exports and length, priority rendering, and hyper-local ad targeting. Its expanded production limits and targeting suit users with substantial publishing needs, but the price is a major step up from Premium.

White Glove, the Concierge tier, is $15,003,000 a month, starting at the listed monthly rates. It includes a dedicated strategist, weekly calls, active brand pitching, and a full marketing suite. It is aimed at users seeking ongoing marketing support, rather than only video creation.

Paid plans start at $29.99 a month, and DENN offers a 14-day trial. Plan choice turns on output needs: export quotas, maximum video length, formats, and branding support change substantially across tiers.

Platforms

DENN is available on the web. That provides a browser-based route for athletes and teams, while the platform list does not include mobile apps.

Who it's for

DENN is a fit for athletes who want film grades, a DVI profile, and recruiting clips in one service, and for teams creating individual highlights from game film. Its wide sports coverage and position-specific scoring are useful when a generic highlight editor would not address the user’s sport or role. Athletes who need more than one film scan a month, teams with many players to feature, and users who require longer or non-vertical exports should compare the paid caps against their actual workload before choosing a tier.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Sport- and position-specific grading across more than 30 positions makes the scoring more tailored than a single universal rubric.
• Pros: Film scanning, highlight creation, and athlete search combine production with a way to find athletes by sport, position, location, graduation year, and DVI.
• Pros: MP4, MOV, and M4V support, including Hudl exports, accommodates several common footage sources.
• Cons: The free plan covers only one film monthly, limiting repeated use without moving to a paid plan.
• Cons: Starter is restricted to vertical video and five minutes, while Pro’s 40-export allowance may not stretch far for team-wide publishing.
• Cons: Unlimited exports and length start at Elite, priced at $499.99 a month.

Alternatives

AI Sports Highlight Generators is a useful place to compare more tools in the category.

PeakTraining AI is the better fit for athletes who want to log workouts and game stats and maintain a basic athletic profile on Android, iOS, or the web; its free plan does not include DENN’s stated film grading and highlight workflow.

Pitchwise suits users who want team-focused sports software with an optional player add-on for a personal highlight reel, career stats, performance tracking, and season review. Its Player Add-on costs $2.99 a month and requires a Team or Pro plan.

Enveu Flow is the alternative for web and API users building live-to-VOD workflows: its free Flow Base plan includes 100 workflow executions per month, three integrations, notifications, and run logs. Choose it for video workflow automation rather than DENN’s athlete grading and discovery.

Clutch Sports is another freemium option, with a per-camera subscription for Clutch Cams priced through contact with the company.

Spherely is an alternative for Android, iOS, and macOS users who want an in-app diamond purchase model, including 100 diamonds for 0.99 USD once or 500 for 6.99 USD once.

WSC Sports is a paid alternative available on Android, iOS, web, and API.

AutomaticTV ATV One is a paid alternative from a brand that originated in GRUP MEDIAPRO’s R&D department.

GameCut is a web-based freemium option with a free trial; its Creator plan costs $99 a month and includes 10 projects, 480 minutes of video per month, unlimited rendering, AI clip search and analysis, and secure file storage. It is worth comparing for users who want project-based video production and clip analysis.

Verdict

Choose DENN if you want sport-specific film grading, highlight production, and athlete discovery in one web service, especially for recruiting workflows. The free plan is a low-commitment starting point, but one film monthly is narrow; regular users should weigh the export and length caps carefully. Look elsewhere if you need mobile apps, broader output on the entry tier, or a lower-cost route to high-volume publishing.