Comparison
Every way to analyse your Playtomic data, compared
There is no single right answer for every club. A one-court community club and a ten-venue group have very different needs and budgets. This page lays out the realistic options, roughly in order of effort.
We make CourtPulse, so we are not neutral — but we've tried to describe each option by the work it involves rather than by claims about other products.
At a glance
| Option | Effort & best for | Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Playtomic Manager's built-in reports | Effort: none. Best for day-to-day operations. | Limits: whatever your plan includes; history depends on what Playtomic exposes. |
| Exports + spreadsheets | Effort: an hour or more per report. Best for one-off analysis. | Limits: manual, error-prone, no alerts. |
| BI tool (Looker Studio, Power BI) | Effort: a data project up front plus maintenance. | Limits: you own the pipeline and the metric definitions. |
| Custom code against the Playtomic API | Effort: engineering time and hosting. | Limits: only worth it for very specific needs. |
| CourtPulse | Effort: about five minutes to connect. $19/month or $190/year. | Limits: focused on venue analytics — use CSV export for anything else. |
Simpler options are enough when…
- Built-in reports: a single club with simple, operational questions.
- Spreadsheets: occasional deep-dives by someone who enjoys modelling.
- BI / custom code: groups with in-house data skills and cross-business reporting needs.
CourtPulse fits when…
- Clubs that want occupancy, revenue-per-court, retention and payout answers without building anything.
- Owners who need regular reports for partners or investors.
- Operators running several venues across cities or time zones.
Verdict
Start with what you have. When the questions you ask every month need an export to answer, try CourtPulse free for 14 days and compare the time it saves with the $19 it costs.
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Features mentioned on this page
- Track every euro across your courtsDetailed revenue breakdowns by sport, court, time slot, and booking type. Spot trends, compare periods, and identify your most profitable hours.
- 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.
- All your venues, one dashboardManage and compare analytics across all your Playtomic venues from a single unified dashboard. Spot top performers and identify venues that need attention.