Cinch for pickleball + racquet clubs

Pickleball & Racquet Court Booking SoftwareThe court-booking software pickleball actually deserves.

Court reservations, league management, open-play check-in, digital guest passes — built from day one for racquet clubs, not retrofitted from a gym product.

  • $0/mo + just 0.5%* per booking — or $199/mo flat. Either way: cheaper than CourtReserve.
  • Free migration from CourtReserve
  • League brackets + open play built in
Try it

The AI books your court.
With your guests on the roster.

Click a prompt. The concierge previews the booking — with peak pricing and any active last-minute deal — and waits for your okay.

Treehouse Concierge
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I can find open courts, book them for you, add guests, surface deals, and move things around. Pickleball, tennis, racquetball — all in here. Try one:
In the real product, members type freely — this demo plays canned prompts so you can see the flow.
What we hear

The complaints we keep getting.
And what we do about them.

"CourtReserve works but the UX is clunky and members complain about the booking flow weekly."
Court booking lives in the same app as memberships, check-in, and payments. Two taps from app open to court reserved.
"Pickleball is doubling but our software still treats us like a tennis club from 2015."
Built post-pickleball-boom. Mixed-doubles, ladders, round-robins, open-play sign-ups — first-class, not bolted on.
"We can't keep up with league sign-ups in spreadsheets. Half the time we double-book a court."
Leagues with brackets, scores, schedules, and court assignment — auto-blocks the courts when matches are scheduled.
"Guest passes are paper. Members lose them. We comp visits we shouldn't."
Digital guest passes — member sends a one-time QR to their guest via text. Auto-expires. We track every redemption.
Built in, not bolted on

Features your operators care about.

The things we shipped specifically because pickleball + racquet clubs told us they were missing.

Court reservation

Member picks a court and a 60- or 90-minute slot. Capacity per court (4 for pickleball, 2 for tennis). Auto-released no-shows. Member-side waitlist.

League + bracket management

Round-robins, double-elimination, ladders. Generates schedules, books the courts automatically, scoring + standings live in the same app.

Open play sessions

Drop-in pickleball with skill brackets (2.0/2.5/3.0/3.5/4.0+). Members sign in, paddle queue rotates, four-up four-down on the screens.

Digital guest passes

Member taps "send a guest pass," enters a phone number, guest gets a one-time QR via SMS. Expires after one visit. Front desk scans it like a member.

Member + visitor check-in

Rolling QR for members. SMS-delivered QR for guests. Per-court check-in if you want to track utilization.

AI concierge that BOOKS courts

Not just an FAQ — a tool-using assistant that finds open courts, books them, adds guests, moves the time, and cancels. "Book me pickleball Saturday at 9 for doubles with two guests" → preview → "yes" → done. Same flow our golf AI uses to move tee times.

Peak pricing on courts

Evening prime +30%. Weekend mornings +25%. Midday weekdays -20%. Pricing rules sit on the court — drag the window, set the multiplier, save. Guest fees ride the same engine so your $15 weekday guest becomes $19.50 on Saturday morning automatically.

Auto last-minute deals

Court 3 still open at 7pm tonight? Cinch automatically drops it 10% within 24 hours, 25% within 12, 40% within 4. The same yield-management engine we run on golf tee times. Members ask the AI "any court deals tonight?" and book in three taps.

Unit economics

Why we’re a tenth of the price
of the incumbents.

Cinch’s monthly base is the floor. We make most of our money on a small percentage of bookings — which means we’re only winning when you’re winning.

How Cinch makes money
Just 0.5% per booking. Or $199/mo flat.

Pay-as-you-go is $0/mo + 0.5% per court reservation, guest fee, or league entry. All-Inclusive is $199/mo flat with zero transaction fees — cheaper than CourtReserve's $199/mo, with AI booking, peak pricing, and last-minute deals they don't ship.

Weekday lunchtime pickleball — 2 guests, 1 hour
Midday off-peak (-20%)
Member pays $24.00You receive $23.88Cinch fee $0.12
Saturday morning doubles — 3 guests, 1 hour
Weekend prime (+25%)
Member pays $56.25You receive $55.97Cinch fee $0.28
Spring 4.0 ladder league — 32 players × 6 weeks
$45/player league fee
Member pays $1,440.00You receive $1,432.80Cinch fee $7.20
Money flows directly to your Stripe account. The 0.5% only kicks in when members actually book. Or skip it entirely with the $199/mo All-Inclusive track — still cheaper than CourtReserve's $199, with way more features.
Side-by-side

Pickleball is growing 50% a year. Your software shouldn't be the bottleneck.

Apples-to-apples on starting price + what you actually get for it.

VendorStarts atWhat you hear
Cinch$0/mo + 0.5%AI concierge, family memberships, modern app — pay-as-you-go or $199/mo flat. Either way, way under the incumbents.
CourtReserve$199/moDefault choice but dated UX. Members complain. No real AI. No native-feeling app.
PicklePlay$199/moDiscovery-leaning, weaker on the operator side (memberships, billing).
ClubAutomation / Jonas$500–2,000/moBuilt for traditional country clubs. Heavy. Slow. Wildly expensive for a pickleball-first facility.
PlaytomicvariesMarketplace-first (great for finding partners), not a full operator platform.
Pricing

Same pricing.
Whatever you operate.

Month-to-month. Free white-glove migration. Cancel anytime.

Recommended
We win when you win
Pay-as-you-go
$0/month
+ just 0.5% on bookings

Connect your own Stripe account. Cinch takes a 0.5% application fee on each transaction — that's it. No monthly cost, no transaction minimums, no surprise add-ons.

  • All product features (no tiers, no upsells)
  • Unlimited members + amenities
  • Stripe Connect to your own bank
  • AI concierge, dynamic pricing, white-label
  • Free white-glove migration
  • 0.5% application fee per transaction
Best fit: Operators doing $10k+/mo in bookings
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Predictable monthly bill
All-Inclusive
$199/month
Zero transaction fees

One flat monthly fee. We process payments through our Stripe account and settle to you on a regular schedule. No surprise charges when you have a big month.

  • All product features included
  • Unlimited members
  • Single location
  • Standard Stripe rates (2.9% + 30¢)
  • AI concierge, dynamic pricing, white-label
  • Free white-glove migration
Best fit: Small studios + single-location operators
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For multi-location + high volume
Enterprise
Custom
Negotiated rate

Multi-location, country clubs, franchises, high-volume golf courses. Custom application fee (down to 0.25%), dedicated CSM, SLA, white-glove migration, custom integrations.

  • Everything in Pay-as-you-go
  • Multi-location support
  • Custom-negotiated application fee
  • Dedicated customer success manager
  • SLA + uptime guarantee
  • Custom integrations + API access
  • We'll even build your website
Best fit: Country clubs, multi-location, $100k+/mo in bookings
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Ready when you are

Court reservation, leagues, guest passes — $0/mo + 0.5%.

Free 60-day trial. Free migration from whatever you're on now. Cancel anytime.