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Lobby vs Podplay

Padel marketplace demand
or a club-owned booking flow?

Podplay combines a padel player app with club tools, so some of your bookings may come from its marketplace. Lobby is club software with no marketplace, a flat monthly fee, and the booking relationship under your brand.

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When Podplay may be better

  • -Padel players in your area already book through the Podplay app.
  • -You want a player app with a padel focus more than a booking site under your own domain.
  • -You have checked the marketplace fee against the bookings it brings and the numbers work.

When Lobby may be better

  • -Most of your bookings come from members and regulars you already know.
  • -You want a flat Lobby software fee with 0% Lobby booking cut.
  • -You run more than padel, or plan to, and want one booking flow for courts, classes, and open play.

Fee calculator

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Lobby public plan

Starter · $29/mo

Yearly billing includes 2 months free.

One year, side by side

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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. Lobby does not provide a Podplay 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

Discovery modelPodplay presents a padel player app alongside club tools.How many of your bookings actually start in the marketplace rather than with your regulars.Lobby does not provide marketplace demand.
Fee modelMarketplace products often charge on bookings that come through the app. Terms vary by contract.The fee on marketplace bookings, on own-channel bookings, and any monthly software line.Lobby software fee, 0% Lobby booking cut.
Member relationshipPlayer accounts are created in the Podplay app experience.Which player emails and communication rights the club keeps.Members book on the club’s own domain and the list is exportable.
Sport scopeThe public positioning is padel first.How classes, other sports, and non-court activities are handled if your club runs them.Lobby runs courts, classes, and lanes in one schedule across 8 sports.

Migration reality

Switching is work.
Plan it like work.

  1. 01

    Export players, courts, and future bookings from Podplay and note which bookings came from the marketplace.

  2. 02

    Review the export with Lobby support and set up courts, pricing, and open play in the preview.

  3. 03

    Tell regulars where to book next and run a real week on the preview with staff.

  4. 04

    Launch on the club domain and decide whether the marketplace listing stays for discovery.

Questions

Decide with
current facts.

Is Podplay bad for clubs?
No. A padel marketplace is useful when a club needs new players. The question is what each marketplace booking costs against a booking from a regular.
Can we use Lobby and keep a marketplace listing?
Lobby does not sync with marketplaces, so a court sold in both places needs a manual court block. Decide which channel owns the bookable schedule.
What should we verify before switching?
Verify the marketplace share of your bookings, the fee on each channel, export rights, and which player emails you are allowed to contact.

Compare your contract

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Bring the export terms.

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