How we compare, including where we don't win

Every comparison below says plainly what the other product is better at, and each one ends with a section on who should not switch. That isn't modesty — a venue that moves for the wrong reason churns in six months, and we'd rather lose the signup than the year.

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Pick by what you run today

On a player marketplace → Playtomic comparison
On a studio or appointment system → what we are vs Mindbody
On a gym platform → what we are vs Glofox
On a space-booking tool → Skedda / Allbooked comparison
On a racquet-club platform → CourtReserve comparison
On a general booking tool → Bookeo comparison
On spreadsheets and WhatsApp → start with the buyer's guide

All six

What you'd gain, and what you'd give up

Four of these are genuine head-to-head comparisons, because the products are built for different jobs and a table shows that quickly. The other two aren't, because on class management we're at parity and a table would be arguing a gap that isn't there — those pages summarise what the alternative is for, then say what we are.

Real Sports vs PlaytomicA player marketplace brings you new players; your own site keeps the ones you have. Covers what you give up in discovery when you move loyal players onto your own brand, memberships and payment gateway — and why most clubs end up running both. Looking at Mindbody?Not a feature fight — on timetables, memberships and packs, Mindbody has two decades of practice and does them well. What Mindbody is genuinely good at, then the five things we'd point at instead: published pricing, your own payment account, more than classes, the growth layer, and software your team will open. Looking at Glofox?Strong on memberships and the branded member app, and we won't pretend otherwise. We're for the venue that outgrew the timetable — the gym with courts, the studio that hires out its space, the operator opening a second site — with the price on the page and no fixed term. Real Sports vs Skedda (Allbooked)Skedda — now Allbooked — books your spaces cleanly and its booking rules are good. The gap is everything around the booking — coaching programmes, academy squads, registers, memberships on every plan — and the pricing shape: ours is flat however many courts you run. Real Sports vs CourtReserveThe one comparison where we point at their strength first: leagues, ladders and rated open play are a racquet-club platform's home ground and not our depth. Ours is the venue that is more than courts — pitches, lanes, studios, an academy — and the payment question that decides it outside North America. Real Sports vs BookeoGeneral-purpose tools take the booking well. The gap is everything after "confirmed": peak pricing per resource, memberships and wallets, coaching rosters, on-account invoicing and utilisation reporting.

How we write these

Our comparison rules

Written down because comparison pages are the easiest place on a website to quietly mislead people.

No competitor prices or screenshots

Their plans change, their pricing is quoted by market, and a stale number on our site is worse than no number. We describe pricing models and tell you to verify the specifics with them directly.

We name what they're better at

Discovery, consumer apps, marketplace reach, category depth. If a competitor genuinely does something better than us, it is in the table with a tick next to their name, not omitted.

Dated and reviewed

Every comparison carries the date it was checked and is reviewed quarterly. If you find something out of date, tell us and we'll correct it.