Creatures
Breed Ledger and Creatures, side by side.
A comparison written to be fair. Every Creatures cell comes from Creatures' own public pages, read on the date below.
In short
What each one is.
Breed Ledger is registry software for breed clubs, associations and registries of any species. Boards and registrars run it, and members take part through their club.
Creatures, as its own pages described it on 7 November 2026, offers a registry with a public, searchable herdbook and tools for shows, and says it is where animals live online.
The table below sets the two side by side. Where Creatures' pages say nothing about a row, the cell says so.
Side by side
What each one does.
| Capability | Breed Ledger | Creatures |
|---|---|---|
| Registry review queue with statuses | Yes: approve, reject or request more information, with a note, unless your club approves registrations on payment | Yes: approve, reject and request changes |
| Certificates with a public verify page | Yes, when your club turns on certificates: the verify page says valid, with the current version, or revoked | Yes: digital certificates with a QR code anyone can verify; printed copies cost extra |
| Public or private, decided by your club | Your club decides whether it has a public registry; where it is public, members choose Private or Public when they register an animal | Public, searchable herdbook; member privacy settings not described |
| Membership and dues | Yes, paid to your club's own Stripe account | Member roster with good standing, lapsed and expired tracked; dues by card into the association's Creatures balance, with no Creatures cut and an automatic yearly renewal option |
| Events and shows | Yes, when your club turns on events: members enter online, class fees are paid through Stripe, and results go on a public results page | Shows sanctioned by an association can be confirmed; show organizers take online entries, record offline payments, check exhibitors in, record ring placings and publish a public results page |
| Pairing and COI for registry staff | Yes: COI from up to eleven generations of recorded ancestry, for species with pairing analysis | COI calculated from lineage; a signed-in hypothetical mating check projects offspring COI for breeders and owners, and its registry pages do not describe it as part of the registry offering |
| Registration rules your club sets | Yes: required fields for each species, within Breed Ledger's requirements for it, and your number format | Studbook rules (open, closed, grading up, appendix) |
| Club website and public registry | Yes: the club website, and a public registry when your club turns it on | Yes: hosts the site, or adds a profile to the club's own |
| Multi-species organizations | Yes | Not stated on the registry page |
| Migration of your records | Yes: Dusty Mumphrey moves your records with you, currently free | Yes, imports: CSV, spreadsheets and scans of paper records (registry export not described) |
| Price | Priced per organization, never per member. By default, Breed Ledger charges a 1% fee with a $0.50 floor and a $3.00 cap on each payment to your club. | Free to set up, with no annual license and no per member fee; printed certificates are an optional charge per certificate |
Checked against Creatures' public pages (creatures.com/for-registries, creatures.com/for-show-organizers, creatures.com/species/dog/coefficient-of-inbreeding, creatures.com and the help centre's registries pages at help.creatures.com) on 7 November 2026. If something has changed, say so on the demo call.
Fit
Where each fits.
- A board and registrars run the club
- Membership, dues and the registry share one set of records, and events join them when your club turns them on
- Your club decides what the public sees
- Your club wants a registry that is free to set up, with no annual license
- You want the registry on the same site as a marketplace for animals
Questions
Questions about Creatures and Breed Ledger.
What is the difference between Breed Ledger and Creatures?
Is Creatures free?
Can a club move its registry from Creatures to Breed Ledger?
Can a club's registry be public on Breed Ledger?
Does Breed Ledger work for more than one species?
Switching
Moving from Creatures.
I move what you can export, with you, and you can run both until your board is ready, for as long as your old system stays available.
Read next
More to compare.
Pricing
How plans are priced for clubs and registries.
The registry
How a registration request is reviewed, unless the club approves registrations on payment, and how it is numbered.
Certificates
How a club turns on certificates and how anyone checks one.
Other comparisons
How Breed Ledger compares with club membership software, pedigree databases, spreadsheets and other registry software.
Book a demo
Compare with your own records.
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