MemberSports alternativeEvery tee-time change is a phone call to your pro shop.
MemberSports doesn't let a member modify their own tee time — they call the pro shop, and someone behind the counter does it for them. Cinch's AI concierge handles the same request in a few seconds of chat, with preview-then-confirm before anything actually changes.
The difference in one line. The difference isn't a feature list, it's who does the work. One model routes every small change through your staff; the other doesn't.
What each one charges.
| Line item | Cost |
|---|---|
| Any tier Quote-based. | Not published |
| Cinch Public and municipal courses have an alternate $0/mo track where the golfer pays a $1.50 booking fee. | $249/mo flatpublished |
The cost that matters here probably isn't the subscription. Ten modify-my-tee-time calls a week at four minutes each is roughly 35 hours a year of pro-shop time spent on a task the member would happily do themselves.
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.
- Members can't self-serve the most common request
Changing a tee time is the single most frequent thing a golfer wants to do after booking one, and it requires a phone call.
- Your pro shop is a switchboard
Staff time goes to transactions a member would rather complete on their phone at 9pm anyway.
- No dynamic pricing means dead inventory stays dead
Unsold twilight and shoulder-hour tee times just expire. Rule-based last-minute discounting recovers some of them automatically.
Where MemberSports 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.
At some private clubs the pro shop conversation IS the service, and member-facing self-service is a cultural mismatch rather than an upgrade. If your members expect to speak to someone, that preference is real and worth respecting.
They know the private-club world and its specific expectations.
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 exactly does the AI concierge do with a tee time?+
Does this replace the pro shop?+
How does dynamic pricing recover unsold tee times?+
One bill instead of MemberSports 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.