How to choose padel club software in 2026
Prices, commissions and the questions to ask before you sign, written by the team that builds this software and uses it every day in Belgian centres. We sell one of these tools, and we say so below.
By Miguel Fernandez, founder of MF International Partners. Last updated: 4 November 2026.
The short answer
If you have empty courts and no audience, a marketplace such as Playtomic or Anybuddy brings players, and you pay commission on those bookings. If your courts already fill, a subscription tool keeps the customer relationship with you. If you also run a bar, a team and a building, check what is really included: booking tools usually sell the till, door access and lights separately.
Three kinds of tool
Marketplaces
Playtomic, Anybuddy
Players search the app and book. The club pays commission on those bookings, and the player stays in the app.
Booking subscriptions
Doinsport, Gestion Sports
A monthly price for booking, members and communication, under your name. Till, access control and lights depend on the plan or come on quote.
Full centre systems
Ours, among others
Booking, till, door, lights, staff and stock in one system. A higher monthly price, fewer separate contracts.
Public prices compared
Read on 16 September 2026 on each publisher's public pages, or on a third-party source where stated. Excluding VAT unless stated. They change: ask for a written offer.
| Tool | Public price | Commission on bookings | What to check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doinsport | EUR 179 a month for a private club, EUR 161 on annual billing | Not listed on its price page | Access control and lights on quote. Till, card terminal and stock are not in the private club plans. |
| Gestion Sports | From EUR 197 a month (access and lights) or EUR 247 (till) | Not listed on its price page | Access and till together are not a public plan: on quote. |
| Playtomic Manager | USD 38 to 276 a month according to a third-party directory; the publisher shows a form | On marketplace bookings: not published, 5 to 15% according to a third-party comparison | Till from the Professional plan. No access control, lights or staff in the public plans. |
| Anybuddy | Marketplace | Charged to the club, rate not published | Brings bookings, does not manage the centre. |
| MF International Partners | EUR 195 a month for the core, EUR 799 with all modules, EUR 1,500 set-up | 0% | Built for Belgium: tell us your country before you decide. |
Six questions to ask before you sign
What do I pay on each booking?
Ask for the rate in writing, for each channel: your own page, the app, the counter. Add the payment provider's fee. On an average basket of EUR 29, our Bancontact cost came to 1.2%.
Whose customers are they?
Can you email your players, and can you leave with their details? A marketplace and a tool under your name do not give the same answer.
Is the till included, and does it follow payments?
If the till and the booking tool are separate, someone reconciles them by hand. Ask to see a refund go through both.
Who opens the door and switches the lights?
A match at 8 pm with nobody at the desk only works if the code, the lights and the ventilation follow the booking. Ask what happens when the control box stops answering.
Who plans the staff?
In the public lists we read in September 2026, we found no booking tool that also handles availability, rosters and clock-in. If you have a team, price that tool too.
What happens on the day you leave?
Whose payment account is it? Is there a commitment? Can you take your data? Get the answers before the first invoice.
What we learned running it ourselves
Most counter payments can go without a terminal. In our Sint-Niklaas centre, 87% of Stripe payments were taken by QR code on the customer screen. It stops being the cheapest option at about 250 to 300 Bancontact payments a month at the counter: above that, a rented terminal can cost less.
The bigger bill is time. Bought separately, a booking tool, a till, a roster tool, a newsletter tool and a rented terminal come to about EUR 420 a month. The tasks they leave to you, by our count, take 90 to 100 hours a month of manager or staff time.
A marketplace and your own page can work together. In Ghent, Playtomic bookings are read into the schedule every five minutes, so the manager sees every booking in one place.
Our interest in this
We sell one of the tools above, so read this page with that in mind and check the sources below. If another tool suits your club better, use it.