Can I Run Smash Alongside Playtomic?

Most club owners do not want a software change that freezes the front desk for a week. If Playtomic (or another booking system) already runs your courts, do not start with "which app wins." Start with what is still empty on the calendar.

Smash is built to run side by side. Keep the court calendar your staff trusts. Add the parts players and Google actually see.

What stays on Playtomic

Court availability, how members book today, and the flow your staff already know. Smash does not require you to turn that off.

Online booking in Smash is optional. From your public club page you can send players to your existing booking site, and still use Smash for your listing, events, classes, and messages to players.

What Smash adds next to it

• A public club page people find in search, with courts, events, classes, and reviews
• Event and clinic promotion, including posters without a designer
• Alerts to your player list and to nearby players who have never visited
• Optional online booking and payments later, with 0% Smash commission on court-booking and membership payments

See the full comparison: Smash vs Playtomic and Taykus.

When this setup makes sense

Court booking already works well enough. Quiet hours stay quiet. Every clinic needs a designer. People searching for padel nearby barely find your club.

You do not need to move every booking to fix that. You need better ways to get found and to promote what you offer.

If you are comparing marketplace fees with owning your own bookings, read booking system vs marketplace for padel clubs.

A simple way to start

1. Claim or finish your Smash listing so the public page is accurate.
2. Publish one upcoming event or clinic and make a poster.
3. Pick one quiet window this week and fill it (quiet court hours guide).
4. Decide later whether Smash bookings should replace your current system, sit beside it, or stay off.

More guides for club owners: club resources. Overview: Smash for clubs.