PlayRez

PlayRez is a club-management and tournament-hosting service for tennis, pickleball, badminton, and padel. It fits clubs that need reservations, activities, memberships, and payments together, plus organizers running competitions independently of a club. The main trade-off is a constrained free club tier, while tournament hosting is free to use but deducts $1 from each paid signup.

Overview

PlayRez brings court reservations and competition administration into one web, Android, and iOS service. Members see real-time court availability, and PlayRez says its booking flow prevents double bookings. Clubs receive a branded page at playrez.com/your-club, giving players a direct reservation destination rather than requiring a separate booking site.

The product also covers membership management, club activities, and online payment collection. That breadth makes it more suitable for an operating club than for a simple calendar. Independent tournament organizers can use the competition tools without adopting the club-management side.

Key features

Reservations, activities, and waitlists

Clubs can publish one-time or recurring round robins, clinics, and open-play sessions with online signups. When a participant cancels, the next waitlisted person is notified and moved into the opening automatically. That is useful for recurring sessions where staff would otherwise have to monitor vacancies and contact players manually.

Payments

Each club connects its own Stripe account for booking and event payments. PlayRez charges no platform fee on those transactions, although Stripe processing fees still apply. This arrangement keeps payment processing tied to the club’s Stripe account, but it does not remove transaction costs.

Tournaments

Organizers can run round-robin, single-elimination, double-elimination, or Swiss competitions, with live scores and schedules. DUPR export supports workflows that use that rating system. A tournament supports up to 256 players or teams, a practical ceiling for many club events but a hard limit for larger fields.

Security and support

PlayRez says traffic uses TLS encryption and passwords are bcrypt-hashed. Stripe handles payment-card data and is described as PCI-DSS Level 1 certified. The service identifies Vercel as its hosting provider and MongoDB Atlas for data storage, and says it does not sell, rent, or trade personal information. Email support is provided at [email protected]; priority support is reserved for Plus.

Pricing

Free

The Free plan has no published price and includes up to two courts, 100 monthly reservations, a booking page, email notifications, and basic analytics. It is a reasonable starting point for a small club, but the court and reservation quotas will constrain busier facilities.

Plus

Plus costs $35 a month and removes court and monthly-reservation limits. It adds advanced analytics, iOS and Android apps, payment integrations, events, signups and waitlists, private memberships, digital waivers, custom branding, tournaments, and priority support. Clubs that have outgrown the Free quotas or need the broader operating toolkit are the intended buyers.

Tournament hosting

The tournament-hosting plan is free. All tournament features are included, free tournaments cost nothing, and each tournament can contain up to 256 players or teams. For a paid signup, PlayRez deducts a flat $1. This is attractive for occasional organizers, while high-volume paid events should account for the per-registration deduction.

A 10-day trial is offered. Paid service starts at $35 a month; the published plans do not state additional seat quotas or renewal terms.

Platforms

PlayRez runs on the web and has Android and iOS apps. The Plus plan specifically includes the iOS and Android apps, so clubs should confirm that mobile-app access matches their chosen tier before committing.

Who it's for

PlayRez is a strong fit for tennis, pickleball, badminton, and padel clubs that need court calendars, member reservations, events, waitlists, and payment collection in one system. It also suits tournament organizers who need multiple competition formats, live schedules, and DUPR export without managing a full club. Small clubs with more than two courts or over 100 monthly reservations will quickly need Plus. Larger competitions exceeding 256 players or teams are outside its stated tournament capacity.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Real-time booking and automatic waitlist promotion reduce scheduling and cancellation administration.
• Pro: Four tournament formats, live scores, schedules, and DUPR export cover varied club competitions.
• Pro: Stripe integration has no PlayRez platform fee, leaving only Stripe processing charges.
• Con: The Free club plan stops at two courts and 100 monthly reservations, limiting growing facilities.
• Con: Paid tournament signups lose $1 each, which matters more as event volume increases.
• Con: The 256-player-or-team tournament ceiling excludes larger fields.

Alternatives

For a court-booking product with a free tier covering two reservable court calendars and groups, events, RSVP, and basic waitlists, consider CourtBeam; its Club plan costs $99 a month. Eyes On Club is worth considering when a free Core plan with court reservations, a booking portal, and an app is the priority. Choose Orhuk if you prefer no subscription, unlimited resources and team members, and a flat 3% transaction charge.

PickLM suits approved clubs seeking full feature access free during its launch period. HomeCourt offers a free web plan with unlimited courts per location, online booking, open play, payment collection, and revenue reports. Matchletic is a web alternative with a free two-court Starter plan and a £49 a month Pro tier for unlimited courts.

Tourneon may fit clubs wanting no platform subscription and a configurable booking fee. youarepadel is the more specialized choice for padel, with free player accounts and a free club plan.

For a broader comparison, see Court Reservation Software.

Verdict

Choose PlayRez if your court-sports club needs reservations, events, payments, memberships, and tournament administration in one service, or if you host tournaments up to 256 players or teams. Its strongest reasons to choose it are the combined club-and-competition workflow and the free tournament option. Look elsewhere if your club exceeds the Free plan’s two-court or 100-reservation limits without wanting a 35.00 USD monthly subscription, if your events are larger than 256 participants, or if $1 per paid tournament signup is unacceptable.