Sports management software
Management software for sports facilities and centers
Sporttia is sports management software for sports centers, leisure centres, clubs and councils: court booking, enrollment for courses and events, memberships and dues, online payments, point of sale, access control and reports, from a browser and with a free app for users. It is used by over 450 centers with 3524 bookable spaces.
The center's day, on one screen. Sporttia's interface, with sample data.
- +450
- sports centers run their day-to-day on Sporttia
- 3524
- bookable spaces: courts, lanes, studios and pitches
- 341
- municipalities with a center on Sporttia
- 3080
- courses and activities open for enrollment right now
By type of center
The problem is not the same in a padel club as in a swimming pool or a council sports department. Each page explains how Sporttia is used in that kind of center.
Solutions and comparisons
What sports facility management software is
Sports facility management software is the system a sports center uses to sell and control the use of its spaces: which court is free and at what price, who is enrolled on each course, which dues have been collected, who came through the door and how much the center has taken. It replaces the paper court sheet, the member spreadsheets and the till balanced by hand.
The difference from a generic booking tool is that a sports center sells in several ways at once: court hours, season courses, memberships with monthly dues, prepaid passes, tickets and kit. And it ties all that to the building: turnstiles, lights and the front desk. Complete sports management software runs everything in the same system, so users see the same availability as the desk and the day closes without adjustments.
- Court and space booking with prices by time band and by type of user.
- Online enrollment for courses, academies and events, with places and payment.
- Members, recurring dues and SEPA direct debits.
- Online payments through the center's own gateway, a wallet and point of sale.
- Access control and lighting tied to the booking, the membership or the course.
- Reports to decide prices and timetables, and to account for usage.
- Configure facilities, rates and schedules
- Take payments at the desk and balance the till
- Close facilities
- Generate SEPA batches
- Pull reports and the annual report
- Point of sale
- See availability and book
- Pay by card or wallet
- Top up their balance
- Enroll on courses and events
- Open the turnstile and carry their keys
- Check their schedule and their payments
Web to manage, phone to use. There is no management app for staff: taking payments, closing facilities or generating direct debit batches are front-desk operations.
- 1The panel is the center's tool: set up, take payments, close courts, raise direct debits and run reports.
- 2The app belongs to the user: book, pay, enroll, get in and check their schedule.
- 3Both read the same data at the same moment, so there are never two versions of availability.
- 4And the center decides what the user can do: every operation depends on a permission it grants or not.
What Sporttia does in a sports center
Each feature has its own page, with what it does, what it does not do and an operation verified in the application.
How to choose sports management software
Almost every system in the sector shows a booking grid. What sets them apart is what you do not see on the first screen, and it is worth asking before you sign. This is the list we would use to compare any supplier, Sporttia included.
- Does the software take a fee on every booking, on top of the bank's? What exactly does the price include?
- Can I keep my payment gateway and my bank, or do I have to switch?
- Are access control and lighting part of the same system, or another program to keep in sync?
- Does it handle recurring dues and SEPA direct debits, or only one-off bookings?
- Which reports does it produce, and in what format? Are they good enough for an annual review or an audit?
- For a public center in Spain: does it hold the ENS certification that tenders ask for?
- Is there anything to install? How is data brought over from the current system?
Managing facilities is not the same as managing teams
“Sports club software” mixes two different products. Sporttia is the first: if what you need is to call up a team or track its line-ups, you need a different kind of software.
| Facility management (Sporttia) | Team management | |
|---|---|---|
| What is managed | Courts, lanes, studios, pitches and who uses them | A team's players, coaches and matches |
| The money | Bookings, courses, dues, passes and the shop | Players' fees |
| The building | Turnstiles, lights and capacity tied to the booking | Not covered |
| Who uses it | Leisure centres, clubs with facilities, pools and councils | Team clubs and football academies |
Leisure centres and council sports services
Most of the centers Sporttia manages are council sports services: sports halls with courts that split, pools with capacity limits, academies with hundreds of enrollments every September, and hours let to local clubs. It is the most demanding case in the sector, because it adds information security, e-invoicing and public accounting to everything else.
Sporttia is certified to Spain's National Security Framework (ENS) at medium level, a routine requirement in Spanish public tenders, and it integrates with the accounting systems and gateways public bodies already use. The same system serves a private club with two courts: each center switches on what it uses.
With the systems the center already uses
Sporttia adapts to the gateway, hardware and accounting system the center already has. Only integrations in production are listed.
- RedsysThe gateway used by most Spanish banks: BBVA, Santander, CaixaBank and everyone else on Redsys.
- PaycometBanco Sabadell's gateway, with full tokenization for recurring payments.
- StripeModern online payments, and the same provider for the card terminal at the desk.
- TAI GlobalTurnstiles that keep opening offline and sync their entries once the line is back.
- Microsoft NavisionCustomers, products and payments created automatically in the accounting ERP, with no manual uploads.
Frequently asked questions
- What is Sporttia?
- Sports facility management software for sports centers, clubs and councils. It covers court booking, courses, memberships, dues, payments, point of sale, access control and reports. Today it is used by over 450 centers with 3524 bookable spaces.
- Does it work for a leisure centre or sports hall?
- Yes, it is the most common case: courts that split without selling the same floor twice, fixed hours let to clubs, academies, lighting tied to the booking and entry with nobody on the door.
- How much does sports management software cost?
- Sporttia comes in two packs: the Basic Pack, from €35/month, and the Advanced Pack, from €45/month, excluding indirect taxes. The final price depends on the size of the center and the modules added, and it is set in the proposal. The users' app is included. With its own bank's POS, if Sporttia has it integrated, there is no Sporttia fee; with Sporttia's POS (Stripe), a fee on the payments made through it is charged every month.
- Can I take payments through my own bank?
- If your bank works with one of the gateways Sporttia has integrated, yes. A center can take payments through its own bank's POS if that bank works with one of the gateways Sporttia has integrated (Redsys, Paycomet, Stripe or CECA); if it does not, it uses Sporttia's POS (Stripe). With its own bank's POS, if Sporttia has it integrated, there is no Sporttia fee; with Sporttia's POS (Stripe), a fee on the payments made through it is charged every month. The price depends on the modules signed up for and is agreed in the demo.
- Can it manage a club's teams?
- That is not what it is for. Sporttia manages facilities —courts, pools, studios, pitches— and the people who use them. Call-ups, line-ups or match stats need team management software.
- How long does it take to get running?
- There is nothing to install: it is web and app. Getting started means loading facilities, schedules and rates, and connecting the payment gateway; how long depends on how many the center has.
- Can I see it working before deciding?
- Yes. The demo is a thirty-minute meeting with the sales team, to see the whole application running and talk about what the center needs.
See it working, in thirty minutes
A meeting with the sales team to see the whole application running and talk about what your center needs. No commitment.