Hitting facilities · October 2026
Batting cage booking software for facility directors
Batting cage booking software lets hitters reserve a tunnel, machine, or lesson online and pay before they walk in. This guide is for the person who runs the facility.
Key takeaways
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The cage grid is the booking. A text thread is not inventory.
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Tunnels, machines, and lessons should share one calendar and one checkout.
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Member and guest rates belong on the slot, not in a side spreadsheet.
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Card processing on Waresport is 3.4% + $0.80. Facilities go live in 24 hours.
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Hardware control is a separate question from the booking record.
What the desk is doing by hand
Most cages still sell time out of texts, a paper sheet, and a cash box. Two hitters get promised the same tunnel. A lesson coach blocks a lane in their own notes. The paid booking does not exist until someone replies.
Tunnel time
A named cage for a half hour or an hour, member rate or guest rate.
Machine time
The lane with the pitching machine, listed as its own bookable space.
Lessons
A coach's students on the same calendar as open rentals.
What to check before you switch
Ask for the booking grid, not a slide of features. A hitter should be able to see an open tunnel, pay, and get a confirmation without a staff reply. Coaches should place students into hours you already approved. A team should be able to hold several cages on one payment.
Read prices on the vendor page. CourtReserve lists Launch at $199/mo, Advance at $369/mo, and Momentum at $549/mo, and does not charge a platform fee. Upper Hand lists Start at $79 per month, billed annually. Confirm Grow and Scale on that page. Not affiliated with or endorsed by CourtReserve or Upper Hand. The written comparisons are the CourtReserve alternative and the Upper Hand alternative. Neither page adds a fee those vendors do not publish.
On Waresport, plans start with Team at $69.99 per month. Card processing is 3.4% + $0.80. Facilities go live in 24 hours. Stripe publishes its own card rates. The rate your facility pays through Waresport is the 3.4% + $0.80 figure, not a second platform fee on top. If you take cards, the PCI Security Standards Council publishes the DSS rules card checkout is expected to follow.
One limit to know
Waresport does not power the pitching machine, HitTrax, or the door lock by itself. A booking can name the machine and can issue a time window for a door code. Whether that hardware accepts the window, including Kisi, is confirmed on a demo.
Where to go next
Product
Batting cage booking software
Tunnels, machines, lessons, and payments. Card processing is 3.4% + $0.80. Live in 24 hours.
Free tool
Court utilization calculator
A planning sketch for empty tunnel hours. It does not pull live bookings from your desk.
Questions facility owners ask
What does batting cage booking software actually do?
It lets a hitter reserve a specific tunnel, machine lane, or lesson and pay before arrival. The front desk stops being the only copy of the schedule.
Can coaches book several cages at once?
Yes. A coach can hold more than one cage under one payment. Those cages leave the open grid as soon as the booking is confirmed.
What does Waresport charge a hitting facility?
Plans start with Team at $69.99 per month. Card processing is 3.4% + $0.80. There is no per-cage software fee. Facilities go live in 24 hours.
Where do I read other vendors' prices?
Read the live cards on courtreserve.com/pricing and upperhand.com/pricing. This guide does not estimate a price that is not on those pages.
Will the software turn on my pitching machine?
No. Waresport records the booking and can name the machine or a door-code window. Whether the machine or a system such as Kisi accepts that window is confirmed on a demo.