Honest comparison
Thinking about a Scolia? Read this first.
Scolia makes a genuinely good auto-scoring system. It is also the most expensive way to get one. Here is what the money actually buys, with every price sourced and dated.
What Scolia costs, really
The Scolia Home 2 is £778.95 (premierdarts.co.uk, checked 27 August 2026). The cheaper Home 2 Flex is £438.95 — but the Flex is free for only 1,000 throws a month, which a couple of evenings of practice will clear, after which the subscription runs from roughly £7.80 a month. Neither includes lighting: the Spark 360 surround is another £144.95.
So a Flex that you actually play on, with lighting, is realistically £583.90 up front plus about £94 a year — around £680 in year one. The Home 2 with lighting is £923.90.
What an Autodarts kit costs
A complete kit from us — pre-configured mini PC, cameras, 3D-printed mounts and a light ring — is £270, delivered. The Autodarts platform it runs is free: online play, tournaments, matchmaking and statistics, no throw caps, no subscription. If you already own a Mission Torus 270, Target Corona or Winmau ring, the camera kit alone is £140 and keeps your lighting.
Detection accuracy on the Autodarts platform is 99%+ by its developers’ published figure. Scolia’s scoring is excellent too — this is not a claim that Scolia mis-scores; it is a claim about what the last few percent of polish costs.
When Scolia is the right call
If you want a sealed, single-vendor appliance with first-party support and money is not the deciding factor, the Home 2 is a polished product and nothing here should talk you out of it. Buy it from a UK darts retailer and enjoy it.
If what you want is accurate auto-scoring, online play and stats for the price of a decent set of darts and a board, that is the gap we exist to fill.
The short version
Same job — cameras watch the board, software scores every dart. A Scolia Home 2 with lighting is £923.90 and a subscribed Flex is about £680 in year one. A complete Autodarts kit from us is £270, with no subscription, free UK delivery and a free remote setup call.
What the same setup costs elsewhere.
Compared like for like: what you pay for the hardware, what you still have to buy afterwards, and what it costs to actually play for a year.
| Feature | autodarts.store — full kit | autodarts.store — camera kit only | Target Omni | Scolia Home 2 Flex | Scolia Home 2 | Autodarts Vantage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware price | £270 all-in | £140 | £499.95 | £438.95 | £778.95 | €299 (about £260) |
| Computer included | Yes — pre-configured mini PC | No — you use a computer you already own | Has its own processing box; runs from your phone or tablet | Has its own processing unit; needs your own tablet | Has its own processing unit; needs your own tablet | No — you supply a Windows, Mac, Linux or Raspberry Pi machine |
| Subscription to play online | None for core play | None for core play | DartCounter free tier caps you at 3 online games a week; unlimited needs a subscription (about £4.30/mo) | Free to 1,000 throws a month, then from about £7.80/mo | No throw cap | None for core play |
| Roughly what year one costs | £270 | £140 | About £540 with a year of DartCounter | About £530 if you play more than 1,000 throws a month | £778.95 | About £260 if you already own a spare computer, otherwise nearer £390 |
| Lighting | Included, or keep the ring you already own | Bundle includes a ring; mount kits use yours | Ring light included | Not included — Spark 360 surround is £144.95 extra | Not included — Spark 360 surround is £144.95 extra | Not included |
| Fits a light ring you already own | Yes — Mission Torus 270, Target Corona, Winmau | Yes — Mission Torus 270, Target Corona, Winmau | No — its cameras are built into its own ring | No | No | No |
| Setup help | Free 30-minute remote setup call | Free 30-minute remote setup call | Self-service | Self-service | Self-service | Self-service |
| Multi-buy discount | 10% off any 3+ items | 10% off any 3+ items | No | No | No | No |
| Availability | Built to order — ships in 3–5 working days | Built to order — ships in 3–5 working days | In stock | In stock | In stock | Sold out at time of writing |
- Prices checked 27 August 2026. Target Omni £499.95 from target-darts.co.uk; Scolia Home 2 £778.95, Home 2 Flex £438.95 and Spark 360 £144.95 from premierdarts.co.uk; Autodarts Vantage €299 from autodarts.com. Euro figures are approximate conversions and move with the exchange rate. Competitor prices and specifications change without notice — check with the vendor before buying.
- Year-one figures add twelve months of each system’s subscription where one is needed for normal use, at the vendor’s published rate. They are estimates for comparison, not quotes. The Omni includes a three-month DartCounter trial, which is reflected.
- autodarts.store is an independent retailer and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by autodarts.com. The Autodarts software is free and requires your own Autodarts account.
- Target, Omni, DartCounter, Scolia, Winmau, Mission and Corona are trademarks of their respective owners. Our mount kits are aftermarket accessories designed to fit those products; they are not supplied or endorsed by those manufacturers.