Comparison
CourtPulse and Playtomic Manager: companion, not replacement
This is not an either/or decision. Playtomic Manager is where you take bookings, set prices, manage courts and talk to players — CourtPulse never replaces any of that and cannot, because its connection is read-only.
The question is whether the reporting you already get inside Playtomic Manager answers the questions you ask about the business. If you regularly export data to a spreadsheet to answer them, that gap is what CourtPulse is built to close.
At a glance
| Capability | CourtPulse | Playtomic Manager reports |
|---|---|---|
| Taking bookings, pricing, court setup | Not offered — CourtPulse is read-only by design. | Yes — this is what Playtomic Manager is for. |
| Long-term history | Keeps every synced booking, player and payment permanently, so history grows past Playtomic's API retention window. | Depends on what Playtomic retains and exposes for your account — check how far back your reports go. |
| Occupancy by hour × weekday × court | Heatmaps in each venue's own time zone, filterable by court and sport. | Check which occupancy views your Manager plan includes; many clubs export to build this themselves. |
| Payout and commission reconciliation | Matches payments to bookings and shows what was paid out versus what was booked. | Payment records are available; reconciliation is usually a manual exercise. |
| Threshold alerts by email | Rules on revenue, occupancy, cancellations and more, checked after every sync. | Not a reporting focus — check your plan for notification options. |
| Scheduled PDF reports for partners | Weekly and monthly PDFs generated and emailed automatically. | Typically built by hand from exports. |
| Several clubs in one view | Unlimited venues on one plan, with portfolio-wide totals. | Depends on how your venues are set up in Playtomic. |
Playtomic Manager reports is enough when…
- You run a single club and the built-in reports already answer your weekly questions.
- You only need operational views (today's bookings, who's playing) rather than trends.
- Nobody outside the club needs a report from you.
CourtPulse fits when…
- You export from Playtomic to a spreadsheet more than once a month.
- You want history that does not stop at a retention window.
- Partners or investors expect a regular performance report.
- You manage more than one venue and want them side by side.
Verdict
Keep Playtomic Manager — you need it to run the club. Add CourtPulse when the analysis you do outside Playtomic starts costing you hours every month.
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Features mentioned on this page
- Maximise every hour of court timeReal-time occupancy rates, utilisation heatmaps, and peak-hour analysis. Know exactly when your courts are full and when there is room to grow.
- Your data, always up to dateAutomatic daily synchronisation pulls bookings, players, and payouts from Playtomic. Build a historical archive that goes beyond Playtomic's 3-month limit.
- A report that tells you what to doWeekly and monthly PDF reports that open with your headline numbers, the change on the previous period, and a short list of things to act on — then the detail behind them.