foreUP alternativeSix modules, six line items, one course.
foreUP prices its golf platform by module — roughly $120 for the tee sheet, $130 for point of sale, $120 for food and beverage, $120 for tournaments, $80 for billing, and $70 for marketing. A course that wants all six is past $600 a month. Cinch is $249/month flat with every one of those included.
The difference in one line. foreUP sells a golf operation as six products. Cinch sells it as one, and the price doesn't change when you turn something on.
What each one charges.
| Line item | Cost |
|---|---|
| Tee sheet | from $120/mopublished |
| Point of sale | from $130/mopublished |
| Food & beverage | from $120/mopublished |
| Tournament management | from $120/mopublished |
| Billing | from $80/mopublished |
| Email & text marketing | from $70/mopublished |
| All six Simple addition of the starting-at prices. Real quotes vary and are given on request. | $640/mopublished |
| Cinch Tee sheet, POS, F&B, tournaments, billing, marketing, member app, and AI concierge — all included. Public and municipal courses have an alternate $0/mo track where the golfer pays a $1.50 booking fee. | $249/mo flatpublished |
foreUP deserves credit here: they publish per-module starting prices, which most vendors in this category refuse to do. The $640 figure is those published starting-at numbers added together, and a real quote will differ — but the structure is the point, and the structure is what makes the bill grow.
Competitor figures verified 2026-08-03. Published means the vendor states it publicly; reportedmeans it comes from third-party pricing aggregators and operator reports. Always compare against your own most recent invoice — that’s the only number that is definitely true about your business.
Why operators go looking.
- The stack grows one module at a time
Every capability a course adds is a new line item and a new negotiation. The bill ratchets in one direction.
- Modules that don't fully know about each other
A tee sheet and a POS sold separately tend to behave separately. Dynamic pricing, member recognition, and F&B spend attached to a round are much easier when one system owns all of it.
- Municipal budgets don't flex
A muni that can't get a purchase order approved for the F&B module simply doesn't get F&B. Cinch's $0/mo golfer-funded track exists specifically for courses in that position.
Where foreUP beats us.
Every comparison page on the internet pretends this section doesn’t exist. Here’s ours — if one of these is load-bearing for your business, stay where you are, and we’d rather you learn that here than on a demo call.
foreUP has run real pro shops for years — inventory, handicap integrations, league structures, the fiddly parts of a golf operation. Cinch's golf product is newer and you should test it against your specific workflows before switching.
A nine-hole course that only needs a tee sheet pays roughly $120 with foreUP and $249 with us. If you only want one module, they win on price and we'd rather say so.
Almost nobody in this category does. That's worth respecting when you're comparing vendors.
How the migration goes.
White-glove and included on every plan. Most migrations are one to three days of actual work.
- 1
Export your data
Members, memberships, schedule, instructor profiles, and billing history — a CSV from your current vendor is enough. Every platform on this list can produce one; if yours makes it difficult, that difficulty is itself worth noting.
- 2
We import and reconcile it
White-glove, included, no charge. We load it, then hand you a reconciliation list of anything ambiguous rather than guessing on your behalf.
- 3
Connect your own Stripe account
About ten minutes. Payouts go to your bank — Cinch never holds your money, and you keep the account if you ever leave us.
- 4
Run both in parallel
Keep the old system live while you check the new one against it. Nobody should cut over on faith.
- 5
Cut over and cancel
Members install your branded app, and you cancel the old subscription. Most migrations take one to three days of actual work.
Asked and answered.
What's the $0/mo track for municipal courses?+
Do you handle tournaments and leagues?+
How does dynamic pricing compare?+
One bill instead of foreUP plus four others.
$249/mo flat, every feature included, no transaction fees and no contract. Free migration, and a 60-day trial before any of it starts.