ClubSpark alternative · Updated October 2026
PicklePro vs ClubSpark: which is better for pickleball?
ClubSpark is a UK club platform best known for running LTA tennis venues, with fees on every online payment. PicklePro is built specifically for pickleball — court bookings, sessions, coaching and memberships on a monthly plan with a 0% platform fee.
- No charge for 30 days
- 0% platform fee
- Free member import
The three differences that matter most
Both platforms book courts, run sessions and manage members. The differences are who they’re designed around and how you pay for them.
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Built for pickleball, not adapted from tennis
ClubSpark grew up running tennis venues for the LTA. PicklePro is designed around how pickleball clubs actually run: skill-levelled sessions, open play, rotating-doubles tournaments and coaching.
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No percentage on every payment
ClubSpark’s paid plans add 1.4% + 5p to every online payment, on top of Stripe’s card processing. PicklePro charges a 0% platform fee, so as your club grows your software bill doesn’t.
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New players can find you
Every PicklePro club is listed in the PicklePro app, where local players discover clubs, book courts and join sessions near them.
PicklePro vs ClubSpark, feature by feature
An honest side-by-side for a club running pickleball, based on ClubSpark’s published plans.
| Feature |  PicklePro | ClubSpark |
|---|---|---|
| Bookings & scheduling | ||
| Court booking with live availability | Yes: Club plan | Yes: Standard plan |
| Group sessions and events | Yes | Yes: Standard plan |
| Coaching and 1-to-1 lessons | Yes | Yes |
| Tournaments and competitions | Yes: Academy plan | Yes |
| Designed around pickleball | Yes | Partly: Tennis-first |
| Members & payments | ||
| Membership management | Yes | Yes |
| Discount codes | Yes | Yes: Standard plan |
| Member booking app | Yes: All plans | Yes: Standard plan |
| Ad-free for members | Yes | Partly: Ads on Basic plan |
| Facility operations | ||
| Gate and floodlight access integrations | No | Yes: Add-on |
| LTA integration for tennis | No | Yes |
| Pricing | ||
| Starting price | £29/month | £15/month (no court booking) |
| Price with court booking | £59/month | £30/month |
| Platform fee on each online payment | 0% | 1.4% + 5p (1.1% on Premium) |
| Contract | Monthly, cancel anytime | 12 months, billed annually |
| Free trial | Yes: 30 days | Yes: 30 days |
- Yes
- Partly
- No
ClubSpark prices are its published direct plans. LTA-registered tennis venues get ClubSpark free and pay fees on online payments instead. Stripe card processing is charged separately on both platforms.
What it really costs
ClubSpark’s subscription is cheaper, but it takes a percentage of every online payment. The more your club takes online, the more that adds up.
ClubSpark · Standard
£30per month, billed annually
- 12-month contract
- Court booking and the Booker app start on this plan
- 1.4% + 5p on every online payment, plus Stripe processing
- Up to 500 members and 10 admins
PicklePro · Club
£59per month, or £590/year billed annually
- Monthly billing, cancel anytime
- Court bookings, sessions, coaching and memberships included
- 0% platform fee — just Stripe card processing
- Unlimited players, up to 3 admins and 5 coaches
| Taken online per year | ClubSpark | PicklePro |
|---|---|---|
| £10,000 (750 payments) | £537.50 | £590 |
| £20,000 (1,500 payments) | £715 | £590 |
| £40,000 (3,000 payments) | £1,070 | £590 |
Worked examples use ClubSpark Standard (£360/year + 1.4% + 5p per payment) and PicklePro Club (£590/year). Stripe card processing applies to both and isn’t included. LTA-registered tennis venues pay different ClubSpark fees.
The honest verdict
ClubSpark is excellent at what it was built for: running tennis venues. Here’s where each one comes out ahead for pickleball.
Where ClubSpark comes out ahead
- Free for LTA-registered tennis venues
- Deep LTA integration for tennis programmes
- Gate and floodlight access integrations
- Lower subscription price on its entry plans
Where PicklePro comes out ahead
- Designed around pickleball sessions, open play and coaching
- 0% platform fee — no percentage on every payment
- Monthly billing with no 12-month contract
- Your club listed in the PicklePro app for local players to find
- Member app included on every plan, with no ads
- Same-day setup with a free member import
“PicklePro transformed our club operations. It has made managing our club so much easier.”
Running pickleball inside a tennis club?
Keep ClubSpark for tennis and run your pickleball section on PicklePro — or move the whole club across. Either way, it takes an afternoon.
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Export your pickleball members
Download your member list from ClubSpark as a spreadsheet — names and emails are all you need.
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We import them for free
Upload it as a CSV using our template, or send it to us. We’ll help set up your courts, sessions and membership tiers too.
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Invite your players
Players get an email invite to the free PicklePro app. If courts are shared with tennis, make each court bookable in only one system.
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About this comparison
We compared PicklePro with ClubSpark using publicly available information, last checked on . Products change — if something here is out of date, please let us know and we’ll correct it.
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