Best pickleball booking software for clubs and venues (2026)
Open play, court blocks, clinics and memberships, and which platform actually handles all four
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TL;DR
Running pickleball on a Facebook event plus a bank transfer, versus a booking platform
- CourtReserve is the most complete court product here and prices per block of courts in US dollars, which suits a big multi-court venue and punishes a two-court club.
- PlayByPoint is a price-led US court-booking option; its pricing page could not be opened at write time, so no figure is shown and it gets a fact row only.
- TeamUp and Punchpass are session and membership tools with no court booking; they work for clinics and coaching but not for a court grid.
- AllSquads runs open play with capped numbers, court hire, clinics, term coaching and memberships from one account, in Australian dollars with processing included and a Monday payout.
- If your club is a WhatsApp group with twenty regulars and the council charges nothing for the court, you do not need any of these yet.
Pickleball grew faster than the software for it. Most Australian pickleball clubs started as a group on a council court with a Facebook page, and the first thing they need from software is not a fancy court grid, it is a way to cap open-play numbers, take a small fee, and stop the organiser fronting the court hire on their own card. The platforms below come from very different places: American racquet-club software, gym timetable tools, and an Australian club platform. The table shows the facts; the sections say who each one is for.
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How most pickleball groups book today
An organiser posts a Facebook event or a WhatsApp message, people reply going, and the first sixteen get in. The organiser books the council or club courts and pays for them, then collects a few dollars a head by bank transfer or cash on the day. New players find the group by word of mouth. A clinic, if there is one, is a separate message thread and a separate list.
- Open play numbers managed by counting replies in a chat thread
- The organiser fronts the court hire and hopes the transfers cover it
- No-shows take a spot from someone who would have come
- Memberships, if they exist, are a spreadsheet and an honour system
Where the chat-thread setup breaks
It breaks at around forty regulars, or the first time the organiser goes on holiday. Every task below is something the organiser is currently doing in their head.
- Someone replies going, does not turn up, and the person who missed out sees an empty court
- The organiser is out of pocket for court hire until the transfers land, and some never do
- Two organisers and two lists mean double bookings on the same court
- A clinic fills, the coach keeps the waitlist on paper, and a freed spot goes unfilled
- There is no way to say members pay less without checking a list by eye
- The organiser wants to step back and nobody can take over because the whole system is their phone
The comparison at a glance
Prices are shown in the currency each vendor publishes them in, with the page and date they were read from. Two rows are facts only: Playtomic and PodPlay turn up in pickleball searches but are not on the compare list, so they get no section here.
| Product | Best for | Starting price and currency | AU pricing | Court hire | Memberships | Payouts | Capterra score and count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AllSquads | Australian clubs running open play, clinics and memberships together | Monthly tiers in AUD on allsquads.com.au/pricing, Stripe processing included in the fee | Yes (AUD) | Yes | Yes, with member pricing | One payout every Monday, platform fee already netted off | Not listed on Capterra yet |
| CourtReserve | Large multi-court pickleball venues with paid staff | US$199 Launch (8 courts) / US$369 Advance (16) / US$549 Momentum (32) per month, USD (courtreserve.com/pricing, checked 2026-09-11) | No (USD) | Yes, per-court pricing | Yes | Through your own processor | Not checked |
| PlayByPoint | US-style court booking, price-led, pricing not published here | Not published (pricing page could not be opened at write time) | Not published | Yes | Not published | Not published | Not checked |
| TeamUp | Coaching businesses selling clinic timetables | A$179/mo for 0-100 active customers (goteamup.com/pricing, checked 2026-09-11) | Yes (AUD shown) | Not on its pricing page | Yes | Through your own processor | 4.8 from 346 reviews (capterra.com/p/150357/Teamup, checked 2026-09-11) |
| Punchpass | Small clinic and class programs, USD budget | US$59 Grow / US$99 Flow / US$149 Pro per month, USD only (punchpass.com/pricing, checked 2026-09-11) | No (USD) | No | Yes (Flow and above) | Through your own processor | 4.8 from 190 reviews (capterra.com/p/133857/Punchpass, checked 2026-09-11) |
| Playtomic | Venue marketplace listing | Not published | Not published | Yes | Not published | Not published | Not checked |
| PodPlay | Multi-sport venues | Not published | Not published | Yes | Not published | Not published | Not checked |
CourtReserve
CourtReserve was built for American racquet clubs and it has followed pickleball's growth closely: court blocks, open-play sessions with skill levels, clinics, events and memberships are all there. It is priced by court count in US dollars: US$199 a month for 8 courts on Launch, US$369 for 16 on Advance and US$549 for 32 on Momentum, with cheaper annual rates. For a dedicated pickleball venue with a dozen courts and a front desk, that is a fair price for a lot of software. For a club with two lined courts at the local centre, it is paying for 8 courts of capacity in a foreign currency. Its player app draws weaker reviews than its admin tools, and open play is where your members meet the app.
- Pros: open play with skill levels, court blocks, clinics, events and memberships in one system
- Pros: the most mature court-scheduling logic on this page
- Cons: priced per 8-court block in US dollars, so small clubs overpay
- Cons: weaker player-app reviews than admin reviews
- Best for: a dedicated multi-court venue with staff and a US-dollar-tolerant budget
TeamUp
TeamUp is a class timetable and membership platform. It is on this page because pickleball coaches use it to sell clinics and skill sessions, and it does that well: recurring sessions, packs, memberships, and a published Australian-dollar price of A$179 a month for up to 100 active customers, with a Capterra score of 4.8 from 346 reviews. It does not book courts. A club that needs a court grid alongside its clinics will run TeamUp next to something else, which is two member lists again.
- Pros: published AUD pricing, strong reviews, good session and pack selling
- Pros: memberships and recurring billing are mature
- Cons: no court booking, so open play and court hire live elsewhere
- Cons: designed for gyms, so the vocabulary and the reports are gym-shaped
- Best for: a pickleball coach selling clinics, not a club running courts
Punchpass
Punchpass is a small, well-liked class-booking tool for studios, priced at US$59 (Grow), US$99 (Flow) and US$149 (Pro) a month, USD only, with a 14-day trial and a Capterra score of 4.8 from 190 reviews. For a pickleball coach running a few clinics a week it is simple and cheap. It has no court booking and no payouts of its own, so the club side of pickleball, court blocks and open play, is not what it is for.
- Pros: simple, inexpensive, highly rated for support
- Pros: memberships and packs from the Flow plan up
- Cons: US dollars only, no court booking, no payouts
- Cons: no term or program structure for junior coaching
- Best for: a solo coach running clinics who wants the least software possible
AllSquads
AllSquads is an Australian platform that runs the two halves of a pickleball club in one account: the court side (court hire, open-play sessions with a capped number, member and casual rates) and the program side (clinics, term coaching, camps, private lessons, memberships). Players book and pay online, get reminded, and a waitlisted player is offered a freed spot automatically. The club receives one payout every Monday with the platform fee already netted off, and Stripe processing is included in the flat monthly fee shown on the pricing page in Australian dollars. Two AI agents are included: one that answers the committee's questions from the club's own data and one that helps players find and book. It has no draws or ladders, so a club running a competition ladder keeps that tool.
- Pros: open play, court hire, clinics and memberships on one member list
- Pros: AUD pricing, processing included, one Monday payout
- Pros: capped sessions with an automatic waitlist, member pricing applied at checkout
- Cons: ladders and draws are not part of it
- Cons: no Capterra listing yet, being a newer product
- Best for: an Australian pickleball club that has outgrown the chat thread and wants one system
Buyer's guide: the pickleball-specific questions
Pickleball is unusual because open play, not court hire, is the core booking. Ask these before anything else.
- Can a session have a cap and a waitlist, and does the waitlist fill itself when someone drops?
- Can members pay one rate and casual players another without anyone checking a list?
- Is the price in Australian dollars, and is card processing inside it or on top?
- Can the organiser step back: can two people run it, and does the club own the member list?
- Do clinics and court bookings share one member record?
- What happens to the money: one payout, or a payment processor account the club has to reconcile?
Where the chat thread is fine
A social group under twenty players on a free council court, no coaching, no membership, does not need a platform. A message thread and a jar for the balls is the right tool, and this page is not going to argue otherwise.
Which pickleball setup fits your club?
We are a social group of thirty on council courts and we just want to cap numbers.
Good fitA capped open-play session with a waitlist is the first thing to set up on AllSquads, and a small per-session fee covers the court hire so the organiser is never out of pocket. Members book, the cap holds, and the waitlist fills a dropped spot on its own.
We run a twelve-court dedicated venue with staff.
Worth knowingAt that scale CourtReserve's per-court pricing and depth make sense, and it is worth a serious look. AllSquads will also run the venue, and the honest tradeoff is depth of court-grid tooling against Australian-dollar pricing with processing included and a single weekly payout.
Our coach sells clinics and the club runs open play separately.
Good fitThat is exactly the two-list problem. On AllSquads the coach's clinics and the club's open play sit on one member list, so a member's rate applies to both and the club sees one payout. The coach can be paid out separately if they run their programs independently.
We want a ladder and an in-house league.
Worth knowingAllSquads does not run ladders or draws. Keep your league tool, and use AllSquads for the bookings, memberships and payments around it.
Choose the platform for the club you are becoming
Choose AllSquads if
- Open play needs a cap and a waitlist that fills itself
- Clinics, court hire and memberships should share one member list
- The organiser wants to stop fronting the court hire on their own card
- You want Australian-dollar pricing with processing included and one weekly payout
- Two or three volunteers need to be able to run it, not one phone
Stick with WhatsApp if
- Under twenty regulars on a free court with no coaching
- You need a competition ladder inside the same tool
- Nobody minds the organiser doing it all, and the organiser does not mind either
Rather have it walked through?
A free 30-minute call. Two minutes to book, no pitch.
What to try in your first week on AllSquads
Five things to do in the trial, each ending in something you can point at.
Create an open-play session with a cap of sixteen and a small fee
The sixteenth booking closes it and the seventeenth goes on the waitlist
Cancel one of the sixteen bookings
The waitlisted player is offered the spot without you messaging anyone
Add a membership and set a member rate on the session
A member sees the member price at checkout; a casual player sees the casual price
Add a clinic run by your coach
The clinic and the open play appear on the same club page with the same member list
Take two test payments, one session and one clinic
Both land in one payout summary with the fee already netted off
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What AllSquads is
AllSquads is booking, payments and admin software for sports coaches and clubs. Players find your classes, book and pay online, and get reminded before every session. You get the roster, the money and the contact record in one place, with a payout to your bank every week. It runs term programs, casual classes, camps, private lessons and court hire side by side, so the whole operation is in one system rather than a booking tool plus a spreadsheet plus a payment app.
- Over ten thousand
- bookings taken
- Thousands
- of players
- Hundreds
- of classes live
- A growing group
- of Australian clubs
Less admin
Automated booking confirmations, 24hr and 1hr reminders, waitlists, credits, and cancellation management. Stop chasing people.
Get paid weekly
Players pay online at booking, via payment links, or you manage payments manually. Weekly payouts direct to your bank account, every Monday.
Player contacts & CRM
Every booking adds a player to your contacts automatically. Import your existing list via CSV. Track membership, booking history, and notes.
Messaging & group chats
Message players one-on-one or in groups. Class group chats created automatically. Broadcast announcements to all followers.
Analytics built in
Track revenue, bookings, and player retention over time. Coach view, club view, and court hire stats — all in one dashboard.
Court hire management
Day-view calendar with one column per court. Member and non-member pricing. Peak and off-peak rates. Your cancellation policy.
“I had all of term 1 paid in the first week. 75% less admin, 100% fewer late cancellations, and 80% fewer emails and phone calls.”
Talk to a person
Two minutes, no pitch.
Founding rate locked for life
First 100 paying signups lock the founding rate, no matter what we change later.
Frequently asked questions
Where this comes from
- CourtReserve's per-court plan prices in US dollars
- CourtReserve pricing
- TeamUp's A$179 entry price and the customer bands
- TeamUp pricing page
- The 4.8 Capterra rating TeamUp holds across 346 reviews
- Capterra: TeamUp
- Punchpass's US$59, US$99 and US$149 plans and 14-day trial
- Punchpass pricing page
- Punchpass's 4.8 Capterra rating from 190 reviews
- Capterra: Punchpass
- AllSquads' AUD tiers, with Stripe processing inside the fee
- Pricing page
- Capped sessions and waitlists on AllSquads
- Help centre: Scheduling
- Member and casual rates on AllSquads court hire
- Help centre: Court hire
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