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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 MATCHi
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 MATCHi*Price on request
MATCHi gives its price only on request, so its yearly total cannot be given2.
With PLAI*
€2,000/year
No plan. Payment fees*: 1% × €200,000 = €2,000
With MATCHi*Price on request
MATCHi gives its price only on request, so its yearly total cannot be given2.
With PLAI*
€5,000/year
No plan. Payment fees*: 1% × €500,000 = €5,000
With MATCHi*Price on request
MATCHi gives its price only on request, so its yearly total cannot be given2.
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 MATCHi. They are not a software fee.
** MATCHi 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 | MATCHi | |
|---|---|---|
| What it costs | ||
| PriceA month, on the same scale | Price on request Not published: book a demo2 | €0 €0 a month, €0 setup, no paid extras |
| Fees on online payments | Not published Not found on MATCHi'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 card4 |
| Contract and trial | Not published Not found on MATCHi's public pages | Only on PLAI No contract; nothing to trial, since it costs €0 |
| Run your venuePLAI has one offer with everything in it. | ||
| Sports | Racket sports Padel, tennis, badminton, squash, table tennis, pickleball and more12 | Multi-sport Racket sports, golf, fitness, yoga, pilates and other studio classes |
| Memberships and packs | Yes Memberships sold online with member benefits; booking rules by customer group2 | Included Memberships, packs of sessions and credit; member, newcomer and off-peak prices |
| Settings | Yes Booking profiles: different booking rules for different customer groups2 | 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 | None No till on its pages; padel rental kiosks are an add-on2 | Only on PLAI 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 Light and entry tied to bookings; MATCHi TV; padel rental kiosks and digital signage as add-ons2 | Included Door access, a card reader and client import |
| Support and setup | Yes Personalised support2 | Included Help by email or call, with full support during onboarding |
| Analytics | None | Only on PLAI 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 | In the MATCHi app Players book in the MATCHi app; a booking widget is offered2 | Included 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: the MATCHi app 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 | None Leagues and competitions to build a player community3; no community groups on its pages | Only on PLAI 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 | None | Only on PLAI 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 | Only on PLAI Your venue posts news, photos, videos and polls with a booking button; players follow you, react and comment |
| Tournaments | Leagues Leagues, with results entered in the MATCHi app2 | Included Entry with a partner and online payment, waiting lists, draws, match scheduling, live scores and standings |
| AI video analysis | Video only, no AI MATCHi TV, among its venue add-ons2 | 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. MATCHi calls itself community and online booking for racket sports1.
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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. MATCHi's 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.
MATCHi gives its price only on request, so its yearly total cannot be given. The chart shows PLAI alone: PSP fees of 1% on €200,000 of online payments, a year
PLAI, per venue: PSP fees at 1%€2,000
1 venuePrice on request
3 venuesPrice on request
15 venuesPrice on request
MATCHi gives its price only on request, so its yearly total cannot be given2.
Can I move from MATCHi 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 MATCHi 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 MATCHi's pages before you decide. PLAI is not affiliated with MATCHi; its name is a trademark of its owner. To compare costs on your own numbers, read How much does venue management software cost?
Sources
- MATCHi home page, read
- MATCHi for venues, read
- MATCHi competition tools, read
- Stripe pricing for France, read
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