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Sport is the new social network
Players and members follow venues and friends, share posts, react and comment, and find open games near them, all in the PLAI app.
Compare with bsport
bsport€4,800/year
All paid modules, €400 a month × 12 = €4,800, excluding VAT, estimate based on bsport quotes (November 2026); no public price list5
PLAI
€0/year
With payment fees*, on €200,000 of online payments a yearWith payment fees*, on €500,000 of online payments a yearWith payment fees*, on €1,000,000 of online payments a year
With bsport*€10,800/year
€4,800 All paid modules + payment fees* 3%** of €200,000 = €6,000 → €10,800
With PLAI*
€2,000/year
No plan. Payment fees*: 1% × €200,000 = €2,000
With bsport*€19,800/year
€4,800 All paid modules + payment fees* 3%** of €500,000 = €15,000 → €19,800
With PLAI*
€5,000/year
No plan. Payment fees*: 1% × €500,000 = €5,000
With bsport*€34,800/year
€4,800 All paid modules + payment fees* 3%** of €1,000,000 = €30,000 → €34,800
With PLAI*
€10,000/year
No plan. Payment fees*: 1% × €1,000,000 = €10,000
* Transaction fees are charged by the payment service provider (PSP) that processes card payments, with PLAI as with bsport. They are not a software fee.
** bsport may add its own markup on top of the PSP fee.
Side by side
Every fact about the other product comes from its own public pages, read on the date shown. A number in the table points to its source.
| Feature | bsport | |
|---|---|---|
| What it costs | ||
| PriceA month, on the same scale | €400 Five plans (Start, Build, Engage, Elevate, Scale), price on quote; no free version; your account manager tells you whether VAT is included1 | €0 €0 a month, €0 setup, no paid extras |
| Fees on online payments | Not published Not found on bsport's public pages | Only on PLAI Card fees about three times lower than Stripe's standard rate in France of 1.5% + €0.25 per standard European card6 |
| Contract and trial | Contract A contract, its length not published; no standard free trial, though new studios can get a free initial period and lower starting rate1 | No commitment No contract; nothing to trial, since it costs €0 |
| Run your venuePLAI has one offer with everything in it. On bsport, some features start on a higher plan.1 | ||
| Sports | Studios Pilates, yoga, barre, boxing, HIIT, dance, spinning, EMS, gyrotonic, cryotherapy and boutique fitness2 | Multi-sport Racket sports, golf, fitness, yoga, pilates and other studio classes |
| Memberships and packs | Yes | Included Memberships, packs of sessions and credit; member, newcomer and off-peak prices |
| Settings | Yes Flexible plans, passes and booking rules3 | Included Booking rules, refund policy, opening hours, spaces and equipment, offers, products and packs, member, newcomer and off-peak prices, customer attributes, team roles, online and in-person payments, a public page that search engines and AI assistants can read, and a log of changes |
| Till at the desk | Yes Merchandise and studio sales1 | Included Cash or a card reader, sales even offline, stock, a chained sales journal with daily closes and a sealed yearly archive, copies for your accountant |
| Integrations and hardware | From Build Third-party integrations and Zoom from the Build plan; some premium integrations, such as accounting software, may cost extra1 | No plan needed Door access, a card reader and client import |
| Support and setup | Yes | Included Help by email or call, with full support during onboarding |
| Analytics | Yes Performance dashboards1 | Included Bookings, revenue, occupancy, players, hours, sport mix, courts, times of day, top players and loyalty, a heat map by weekday and hour, exports and a monthly email of the month before |
| AI assistant | Built-in AI An AI front desk, churn risks and recommendations from built-in AI, and marketing campaigns from a single prompt2; an AI-assisted email builder1 | Included Ace, built into PLAI Business: ask about your bookings and revenue, find your way around the app and your settings, and let Ace make changes for you, by text or by voice |
| Players and communityHow players and members find your venue, follow it, talk to each other and play together. | ||
| Your venue online | From Engage Yes: a branded member app from the Engage plan1 | No plan needed Your own page on plai.live with your sports, address and booking link, and your venue in the PLAI app, in front of players and members near you |
| App for players and members | Yes | Included Yes: the PLAI app on iPhone, Android and the web, where players and members find venues, book, pay their share and join open games |
| Communities | From Engage Community-focused tools to grow your brand, from the Engage plan1 | No plan needed Each community has its own feed, members, group chat and activities, including members-only games. PLAI's own communities carry rankings, from the world to your city. Public or private, open, by request or by invitation; your venue gets its own members' community |
| Messages | From Build SMS and push notifications from Build; an AI-assisted email builder on every plan1 | No plan needed An inbox for your venue, private and group chats and a chat for each activity, with photos, videos, files and voice messages, replies, reactions, polls, mentions and forwards. System messages post themselves: a cancelled booking and its refund, a new time, who joined or left, and requests to join to accept in the chat |
| Feed and club news | None Emails, SMS and app notifications4; no feed on its pages | Only on PLAI Your venue posts news, photos, videos and polls with a booking button; players follow you, react and comment |
| Lessons and classes | Yes Class booking in 3 taps, smart waitlists, on-demand classes from Build, virtual and hybrid classes21 | Included Lessons, classes and weekly series with a capacity and a waiting list |
Why PLAI
A category of its own
PLAI is a sports marketplace that connects players and members with sport and wellness venues worldwide. It is a free app for players and members, and an all-in-one platform for venues and coaches to run their day.
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Every sport, all in one place
Racket sports, golf, fitness, yoga and pilates, with booking, packs, the till, tournaments, messages and the feed in one app. bsport is made for studios: pilates, yoga, barre, boxing, HIIT, dance, spinning and boutique fitness2.
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AI-native
Ace runs your venue with you. The name says it: PLAI is play + AI. Ace, the assistant built into PLAI Business, reads your numbers, guides you through the app and makes changes for you once you confirm, by text or by voice. AI also tracks the court, players and ball in your padel match videos.
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100% free
€0 to run your venue, from one venue to a whole chain. No subscription, no setup fee, no contract and no paid extras, however many venues you run.
What bsport's top plan costs in a year, with its transaction fees
Online payments a year, per venue
PLAI, per venue: PSP fees at 1%€5,000
1 venue€14,800to€19,800
3 venues€44,400to€59,400
15 venues€222,000to€297,000
All paid modulesTransaction fees at 2%Up to 3%
All paid modules, €400 a month × 12 per venue, excluding VAT, estimate based on bsport quotes; no public price list5. Transaction fees of 2% to 3% of online payments: an example rate, since bsport does not publish its own1.
Can I move from bsport to PLAI?
Yes. Send us your clients and upcoming events as a CSV or Excel file and we import them in 15 minutes. The app then walks you through closing bookings on your old tool and pointing your customers to PLAI.
How we compared
This page is published by PLAI, one of the two products compared. Every fact about bsport comes from its own public pages, listed under Sources with the date we read them; a number in the table points to its source. Prices and offers change: check bsport's pages before you decide. PLAI is not affiliated with bsport; its name is a trademark of its owner. To compare costs on your own numbers, read How much does venue management software cost?
Sources
- bsport pricing, read
- bsport home page, read
- bsport features, read
- bsport marketing features, read
- Estimate based on bsport quotes, November 2026; no public price list, read
- Stripe pricing for France, read
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