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Lobby vs Skedda

Simple space booking
or software that knows a court?

Skedda is a general space and venue booking tool with a booking grid and rules. Lobby is club software that adds open play, leagues, skill ratings, classes, and memberships on top of the grid.

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When Skedda may be better

  • -You book rooms, desks, or halls as well as courts, and one tool for all of them is simpler.
  • -Your members only need a slot on a grid, with no classes, leagues, or ratings.
  • -The per-user or per-space price on your invoice is low for a club of your size.

When Lobby may be better

  • -You run open play, box leagues, or classes and need rosters, waitlists, and ratings, not just a grid.
  • -You want card payments, refunds inside the cancellation window, and reminders in the same tool as the schedule.
  • -You want a flat Lobby software fee that does not change when you add a member or a court.

Fee calculator

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own numbers.

Enter three figures from your own invoice and reporting. The comparison stays empty until you provide them.

Your invoice

Copy these figures from your own reporting and signed terms. Lobby does not prefill a competitor fee.

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Lobby public plan

Starter · $29/mo

Yearly billing includes 2 months free.

One year, side by side

Enter three figures from your own invoice.

The comparison appears only after you provide booking volume, average price, and the fee in your current terms.

Use the fee in your current invoice or signed terms, converted to a per-booking amount if you pay per user or per space. Lobby does not provide a Skedda fee estimate. Lobby yearly fees include 2 months free.

Claim and evidence table

What is known,
what to verify.

Observable model differences first. Subjective positioning second.

Claim

What we know

What to verify

Lobby position

Product categorySkedda presents a booking grid with rules for spaces and venues, not a sport-specific product.Whether your club needs anything beyond a grid, such as open play, leagues, ratings, or rosters.Lobby is built for clubs: courts, classes, open play, leagues, ratings, memberships, and waitlists.
Fee modelGeneric scheduling tools commonly price per user, per space, or by tier.Whether your invoice grows with members, spaces, or bookings.Lobby software fee, 0% Lobby booking cut.
Player experienceA generic grid shows spaces and time slots.How members find a partner, join a session, or see their level.Members see courts, classes, open play sessions, and their skill rating in one place.
ReportsGeneric tools report on space usage.Whether you can read occupancy by court, revenue by hour, and no-shows by member.Lobby reports are written around courts, hours, and members.

Migration reality

Switching is work.
Plan it like work.

  1. 01

    Export spaces, users, and future bookings from Skedda.

  2. 02

    Map spaces to courts and lanes, then add pricing, classes, and open play in the Lobby preview.

  3. 03

    Run a real week with staff and check that every recurring booking carried over.

  4. 04

    Launch on the club domain and keep Skedda read-only for lookup during soft launch.

Questions

Decide with
current facts.

Is Skedda bad for clubs?
No. A clean grid with clear rules is enough for a venue that only sells slots. The question is whether your club has outgrown a grid.
What does Lobby add over a booking grid?
Open play, leagues and ladders, skill ratings, classes with capacity and waitlists, memberships, coach lessons, and reports written for a club.
What should we verify before switching?
Verify what your invoice is based on, the export format for users and bookings, and which recurring bookings and rules need to be recreated.

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Bring the export terms.

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Skedda is a trademark of Skedda Pty Ltd. This comparison is for evaluation purposes; verify details on the respective vendor website and in your contract.