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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 Gestion Sports
Gestion Sports€2,364/year
Premium plan, €197 a month × 12 = €2,364, excluding VAT, on its pricing page read 9 November 20261
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 Gestion Sports*€5,364/year
€2,364 Premium plan + payment fees* 1.5%** of €200,000 = €3,000 → €5,364
With PLAI*
€2,000/year
No plan. Payment fees*: 1% × €200,000 = €2,000
With Gestion Sports*€9,864/year
€2,364 Premium plan + payment fees* 1.5%** of €500,000 = €7,500 → €9,864
With PLAI*
€5,000/year
No plan. Payment fees*: 1% × €500,000 = €5,000
With Gestion Sports*€17,364/year
€2,364 Premium plan + payment fees* 1.5%** of €1,000,000 = €15,000 → €17,364
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 Gestion Sports. They are not a software fee.
** Gestion Sports 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 | Gestion Sports | |
|---|---|---|
| What it costs | ||
| PriceA month, on the same scale | €57–€197 Premium and Autonome from €197 a month excluding VAT; Association from €57 a month excluding VAT, priced by licence holders; Franchise on quote; for private businesses the subscription starts on opening day1 | €0 €0 a month, €0 setup, no paid extras |
| Fees on online payments | 1.5% commission 1.5% commission on online payments; reduced commissions for associations21 | 3× cheaper than Stripe 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 | One month's notice No minimum term; cancel with one month's notice; setup takes 30 to 60 days2 | No commitment No contract; nothing to trial, since it costs €0 |
| Run your venuePLAI has one offer with everything in it. On Gestion Sports, some features start on a higher plan.1 | ||
| Sports | Court sports Padel, tennis, pickleball, five-a-side football, badminton, squash and table tennis2 | Multi-sport Racket sports, golf, fitness, yoga, pilates and other studio classes |
| Memberships and packs | Yes Monthly, quarterly or yearly subscriptions with or without commitment, credits, wallet and loyalty2 | Included Memberships, packs of sessions and credit; member, newcomer and off-peak prices |
| Settings | Yes Prices, time slots, access rules and membership terms, set in GS Manager4 | 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 NF525 certified till for bar, restaurant and pro shop (GS Cash), with a card terminal12 | 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 | Yes NF525 till with card terminal, Pennylane partnership, keypad access and lighting (GS Access), website (GS Vision)21 | Included Door access, a card reader and client import |
| Support and setup | Priority on Premium Migration and support included; priority support on Premium only21 | No plan needed Help by email or call, with full support during onboarding |
| Analytics | Yes A dashboard with fill rate, revenue and off-peak hours; booking statistics by sport3 | 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 | None | Only on PLAI 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 | Premium and Autonome Yes: a white-label app (Premium and Autonome)1 | 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 Yes, under the club's name, on iPhone and Android2 | 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 | Training groups Coaches' training groups that players join from the app5 | More than a chat group 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 | Notifications Notifications and emails from the club to its players2 | Included 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 | Club news Club news in the app, such as new tournaments2 | Included Your venue posts news, photos, videos and polls with a booking button; players follow you, react and comment |
| Tournaments | Yes Events module: tournaments, courses and events1 | Included Entry with a partner and online payment, waiting lists, draws, match scheduling, live scores and standings |
| AI video analysis | None | Only on PLAI Upload a padel match video to an activity: AI tracks the court, players and ball, with rallies, highlights, a points timeline and match stats. Each player gets their own view: where they stood on the court, distance run and time near the net, side by side with another player. Any rally can be shared as a clip. In beta |
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. Gestion Sports lists court sports: padel, tennis, pickleball, five-a-side football, badminton, squash and table tennis2.
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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. Gestion Sports' own pages show no AI assistant12.
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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 Gestion Sports' 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€9,864
3 venues€29,592
15 venues€147,960
Premium planTransaction fees at 1.5%
Premium plan, from €197 a month × 12 per venue, excluding VAT1. Transaction fees of 1.5% of online payments, as Gestion Sports publishes2.
Can I move from Gestion Sports 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 Gestion Sports 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 Gestion Sports's pages before you decide. PLAI is not affiliated with Gestion Sports; its name is a trademark of its owner. To compare costs on your own numbers, read How much does venue management software cost?
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