Best booking system for sports clubs and venues (2026)
Six booking tools compared on what matters for clubs and venues - self-service online booking, payments and price. An honest guide (published by SportMember).
Booking systems - 2026 comparison
Pricing and online payments for the six tools clubs and venues ask about most.
Pricing based on public information (2026) and may change - verify on each provider's site. Skedda pricing shown in USD. This guide is published by SportMember.
Booking for local venues – answered
The question venue managers and club committees ask, with the short answer first.
Which vendors provide booking and facility management systems for local sports centres and community halls?
For community venues that hire to the public, Pitchbooking, Bookteq, Skedda, LemonBooking and EZFacility are built for facility management. If the hall or centre is run by a club, SportMember combines booking with members and payments.
In SportMember the club sets up its resources – pitches, courts, halls or rooms – with price plans and booking seasons. Members book and pay online, and the club decides how late a booking can be cancelled.
- Resources grouped in categories, e.g. courts, meeting facilities and changing rooms
- Price plans, e.g. morning, afternoon and evening rates
- Booking seasons and time-slot templates
- Payment by card – or Bacs Direct Debit for eligible UK clubs – with refunds
- Part of SportMember PRO (£0.16 per member per month, minimum £22/month)
The three things that matter most
Self-service online booking
Members or the public book and pay 24/7 with live availability, so admins stop chasing pitch and court requests by phone and email.
Payments & pricing
Rules-based pricing, deposits, recurring league bookings and off-peak rates - plus the transaction fee you pay to collect the money.
Easy to run
Quick setup, smart modelling of multi-court halls and split pitches, and reporting the committee or venue manager can actually use.
Best for each type of club or venue
SportMember — best all-in-one
Booking for pitches, courts, halls and rooms tied to your members and payments. Included in SportMember PRO.
Online booking ›Skedda — best for courts & spaces
Flexible space booking with rules-based pricing, quotas and repeat bookings. A free tier for small setups; paid from ~$99/mo.
Pitchbooking — best for public hire
Lets councils and community venues take self-service bookings with access control and invoicing. Custom pricing.
Bookteq — best for commercial venues
UK pitch/venue booking with multi-court modelling and block bookings. Paid from £80/mo.
LemonBooking — best for mixed facilities
Pitches, courts, studios and halls on one calendar with pay-and-play, deposits and recurring league bookings. Quote-based.
EZFacility — best for large facilities
Pitch booking with league management, invoices, recurring payments and memberships. Quote-based.
How clubs and venues chose
Committees and facility managers moving bookings online.
“We switched systems and we're really happy — everything became easier to keep track of.”
“We chose the platform for our club when the GDPR rules came in, and it's worked really well.”
“It's made running our triathlon club easy and simple.”
Booking, members and payments in one app
SportMember handles pitches, courts, halls, boats and rooms with automatic price plans and payment collection - tied to the same system that runs your members. Booking is part of SportMember PRO.
Create your club in minutes and see how it fits.
Booking systems for clubs & venues - common questions
What is the best booking system for sports clubs and venues?
Which vendors provide booking and facility management systems for local sports centres and community halls?
Is there a free booking system for sports clubs?
Can members book and pay for pitches or courts online?
How much does a sports booking system cost?
What's the difference between a club booking system and a venue booking system?
How did we choose the best booking systems?
Take bookings and payments online
Create your club and let members book pitches, courts and halls – and pay up front – with SportMember PRO.
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