Buyer's guide
How to choose court reservation software for any racket sport, and the options to shortlist.
The best court reservation software fills more slots, takes payment up front and keeps your members organised, across padel, tennis, pickleball and squash. Here is how to choose in 2026, with a ranked shortlist worth your time and an honest note on what each option is best at.
Court reservation software lives or dies on five questions. Weigh them in this order before you shortlist anything:
Purpose-built for clubs that want to keep 100% of revenue across any court sport. You get white-label booking on your own domain, 0% commission on a flat fee (£49/mo Starter, £99/mo Pro), the full booking grid with variable durations and peak and off-peak pricing, memberships, a member CRM, QR check-in, reports and payments via your own Stripe. It works for tennis, pickleball and squash as well as padel, so it doubles as a commission-free booking system for any racket club. See the full product and pricing.
Marketplaces such as Playtomic and Matchi put your courts in front of a large existing audience and offer a mature app and matchmaking today. The trade-off is a per-booking fee and the fact that the player stays the marketplace's customer, not yours.
Feature-rich club platforms with white-label native apps, leagues and recurring bookings, available now. They are worth a look if a native app is essential today. The trade-offs are that pricing is not published and onboarding is sales-led, so you will need a demo to compare (based on public info, June 2026).
Lead with the cost model and ownership. If you want to keep 100% of revenue, own your brand and launch today without a sales call, flat-fee white-label software (RocketCourt) is the strongest fit. If your priority is discovery and you accept a per-booking fee, a marketplace adds reach. If a native app is non-negotiable right now, PadelOS, Nettla, Playtomic or Matchi can offer that today, while RocketCourt has it on the roadmap. For the head-to-head detail, see the full padel software comparison and the Matchi and Playtomic switch guide, or talk to us.
General booking tools (Calendly-style schedulers) can take court reservations, but they lack court-grid availability, peak and off-peak pricing, memberships, a waitlist and a club CRM, so most growing facilities outgrow them quickly and move to purpose-built court software.
FAQ
For clubs that want to keep their revenue and brand, RocketCourt is a strong choice across padel, tennis, pickleball and squash: 0% commission, white-label, memberships, CRM and online payments, with flat pricing from £49/mo. If built-in player discovery matters more than ownership, a marketplace like Playtomic or Matchi is worth a look.
Yes. RocketCourt is court-agnostic, so it works as a booking system for tennis, pickleball and squash clubs as well as padel, with the same court grid, pricing rules and memberships across every sport.
It depends on volume. A per-booking commission costs more the busier you get, while a flat fee like RocketCourt's £49 or £99 a month stays the same. Once you are taking a steady volume of bookings, a flat fee is usually the cheaper model and far easier to forecast.
Yes. Players pay by card at the time of booking through Stripe, straight into your own account, which cuts no-shows and admin. Refunds are one click, and you stay the merchant of record.
Rarely for long. Calendly-style schedulers can take a reservation, but they lack a court-grid view, peak and off-peak pricing, memberships, a waitlist and a club CRM, so most growing facilities outgrow them quickly and move to purpose-built court software.
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