Updated September 2, 2026
Waresport is the best CourtReserve alternative for clubs that need court booking plus the rest of the club — memberships, waivers, payments, and a parent app — without paying per-court tiers. CourtReserve Launch is $199/mo ($159/mo billed annually) for 8 courts. Waresport starts at $59.99/mo, not priced by court count. Stay on CourtReserve if you are an established tennis club that lives in ladders, POS, and their programming depth.
Four common reasons. One simple fix.
The features that matter when you switch.
| Feature | CourtReserve | Waresport |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Established tennis / pickleball clubs with heavy programming | Clubs that need courts plus full club ops, including multi-sport |
| Public pricing | Yes — Launch $199/mo or $159/mo annual (8 courts); Advance $369 / $329 (16); Momentum $549 / $499 (32) | Yes — $59.99 / $99 / $199 per month by athlete count |
| Pricing unit | Courts (8 / 16 / 32) + add-ons | Athletes, not courts |
| Setup | $499 setup called out on their pricing page for branded app; 1-year contract on that add-on | $0 setup |
| Court / facility booking | Yes, core product | Yes, included |
| Memberships & payments | Yes | Yes |
| POS | Yes, mature | Yes |
| Ladders / leagues / tournaments | Yes, tennis-first, very deep | Yes, included (not as deep as CourtReserve on tennis ladders) |
| Pickleball & padel as first-class | Improved, still tennis heritage | Yes |
| Waivers + full club registration | Partial / club-dependent | Yes, included |
| Parent / member app | Yes (branded app is an add-on with setup) | Yes, included, no ads |
| Multi-sport (soccer, volleyball, etc. in the same club) | No, racquet-focused | Yes |
| AI scheduling / conflict detection | No | Yes |
| Migration | DIY / vendor | Free white-glove, under 7 days |
CourtReserve pricing from courtreserve.com/pricing, 2026. Waresport pricing from waresport.com/pricing, September 2026.
Stay on CourtReserve if you run an established tennis (or tennis-plus-pickleball) club, you actually use ladders, round robins, POS, and reporting every week, and 8+ courts is your world. Choose Waresport if you are a pickleball, padel, or multi-sport club that needs booking plus waivers, memberships, and a parent app, without climbing court-count tiers.
To be explicit: CourtReserve is stronger at tennis programming. Waresport is stronger as the club operating system around the courts.
CourtReserve charges by court count, with add-ons on top. Waresport is one transparent subscription by athlete count, courts and the rest of your club included.
Example: an 8-court pickleball club on CourtReserve Launch pays $199/mo ($2,388/yr) or $159/mo billed annually ($1,908/yr), before $25 integration add-ons and $99 Flex Leagues. Waresport Club is $99/mo ($1,188/yr) for up to 500 athletes, court booking included. CourtReserve still wins if tennis ladders and racquet POS are the whole business.
Clubs leaving CourtReserve usually cite price at small court counts, a dated admin, or needing pickleball/padel/multi-sport without tennis-first workflows.
Booking, memberships, waivers, payments. One platform, one login.
Book courts, manage hours, and run member types from the same dashboard. No court-count tiers.
Recurring dues, installment plans, financial aid, and pass-through fees built in.
Schedule, RSVPs, and payments in one app. No ads, and no $499 branded-app setup.
Run pickleball, padel, tennis, soccer, volleyball, and more under one membership.
Generate full season schedules across courts, programs, and coaches in minutes.
Branded monthly PDFs sent home automatically, across every sport you run.
Single elim, double elim, round robin, Swiss. No separate tournament product.
Two-adult presence and guardian CC enforced for all messages to minors.
Publish your site, send newsletters, and post to social media from one place.
Built for tennis, pickleball, padel, and clubs that also run other sports on the same membership.
Courts, members, bookings, payment history. We move what CourtReserve will give you. You keep running the club.
15 minutes. We map courts, memberships, and POS.
Members, bookings rules, payment history as available.
Courts, hours, member types side by side.
Front desk and members invited.
Free white-glove migration for CourtReserve clubs.
This page is the comparison. These are the supporting reads.
No per-court pricing. No add-on stacking. One platform that books your courts and runs your club.
