# 5 Best Teamup Alternatives for Sports Facilities in 2026 > Teamup is a shared calendar, not a booking system. Compared: the alternatives that attach rates to spaces, take payment and handle approvals. From $79/mo flat. Canonical: https://sportsbookingmanagement.com/alternatives/teamup Teamup is a shared calendar, and a good one. It is not a booking system: there is no rate against a space, no payment at the point of booking, and no approval step. These alternatives close that gap. **Always grandfathered in** ## Why facilities look for a Teamup alternative - A calendar records bookings; it does not take them - No pricing attached to a space, so every rate is quoted by hand - No card payment at the point of booking - No approval step between a request and a confirmed slot - Sub-calendars stand in for venues, which stops scaling around a dozen spaces ## 1. Sports Booking Management (Our platform) Facilities that want the calendar to take the booking and the money Pricing: $79/mo flat, unlimited venues, price locked at signup Strengths: - Bookable spaces with rates attached, not colour-coded calendar entries - Public booking page that takes requests without an account - Approval workflow between request and confirmation - Card payment up front or invoicing on account - Unlimited venues and spaces at one flat $79/mo Drawbacks: - Not a general-purpose shared calendar for team admin - No free tier — the trade for a flat price and no per-space billing [Read more](https://sportsbookingmanagement.com/compare/teamup) ## 2. AllBooked by Skedda Facilities wanting memberships alongside hourly rentals Pricing: Core $99/mo (3 spaces), Business $149/mo (15), Advanced $199/mo Strengths: - Strong rules engine and membership support - Interactive facility maps - Established in athletic and community facilities Drawbacks: - Entry tier covers only three spaces - Unlimited spaces needs the $199/mo plan - Extra spaces are billed individually [Read more](https://sportsbookingmanagement.com/compare/allbooked) ## 3. Skedda Mixed-use sites with meeting rooms and shared desks Pricing: Base plan around $99/mo Strengths: - Clean booking interface and rules engine - Good for rooms and desks - Solid calendar integrations Drawbacks: - Workplace-first product direction - Sports facilities are pushed to AllBooked - Price increased from $39 to $99 on the base plan [Read more](https://sportsbookingmanagement.com/compare/skedda) ## 4. SimplyBook.me Service businesses that need a booking widget quickly Pricing: Tiered monthly plans, metered on bookings and features Strengths: - Large feature catalogue and many integrations - Quick to stand up a booking page - Free tier for very low volumes Drawbacks: - Appointment model rather than space hire - Booking limits on lower tiers - Facility concepts have to be improvised [Read more](https://sportsbookingmanagement.com/compare/simplybook) ## Sports Booking Management, as your staff and renters see it ![Sports Booking Management calendar, day view, with bookings across four courts](https://sportsbookingmanagement.com/images/screens/calendar-day-view.webp) The staff calendar: every court in one day view. ![A facility’s public booking page showing open court times for the day](https://sportsbookingmanagement.com/images/screens/public-booking-page.webp) The public booking page renters use, no account needed. ![A weekly recurring league booking across two courts in Sports Booking Management](https://sportsbookingmanagement.com/images/screens/recurring-league-booking.webp) A weekly league booking: one series, ten dates, two courts. Screenshots from Sports Booking Management with demo data. ## FAQs ### Can Teamup take payments for a booking? Not as a booking transaction. Teamup is a calendar, so payment happens somewhere else and gets reconciled by hand. If taking money at the point of booking matters, that is the line where a calendar stops being enough. ### What is the closest thing to Teamup that actually books spaces? Anything built around a bookable space rather than an event entry. The practical test is whether you can attach an hourly rate to a court and have someone outside your organisation book it without an account. ### We use Teamup sub-calendars as venues. Does that scale? It works for a handful and gets unwieldy past that, because a sub-calendar has no pricing, no availability rules and no approval state of its own. Those are the three things that turn a calendar into a booking system. ### Is there a free Teamup alternative? For hourly facility hire with payments and approvals, not really — the free tools are calendars. Our own plan is $79/mo flat for unlimited venues with a 30-day money-back guarantee, so it can be evaluated on your real spaces. ### Will you raise my price? No. We will not raise prices on customers who sign up at the current $79/mo Pro rate — even if our public pricing increases later. ### Will you retire my plan? No. We do not retire old plans. Your plan tier stays valid; we never force you onto a new tier to keep the same features at a higher price. ### What does grandfathered mean? You keep your signup rate and plan tier forever. Sign up at $79/mo Pro today and that is what you pay — always grandfathered in. ## Related - [Teamup vs Sports Booking Management](https://sportsbookingmanagement.com/compare/teamup) - [Every comparison and review](https://sportsbookingmanagement.com/compare)