ClubZap sends you elsewhere for facility hire
In August 2026 ClubZap told clubs to schedule pitches on a free Google Calendar, and to use its partner SportsKey for real online booking. ClubPal has facility hire built in, on every account, with no subscription and no quote to wait for.
The short answer on what ClubZap costs
ClubZap sells two plans, ClubZap Payments and ClubZap Engage, and publishes a price for neither. Both say "Request A Quote" against the monthly fee. The one figure on the pricing page is the transaction rate, "starting from 3.75% plus 10 cent" with VAT included, and ClubZap's own help centre explains that the rate is "agreed when a club comes onboard", with "more preferential rates applicable for multi-year contracts". So the number your club pays depends on the deal it negotiates and how long it signs for.
ClubPal publishes one rate and charges every club the same: €0.25 + 3.5% per transaction in Ireland and the eurozone, 20p + 3.5% in the UK, with card processing inside it and no subscription at any club size. There is nothing to negotiate, no quote to wait for, and no contract, so there is also no discount for signing a longer one.
The gap that matters most is not the rate. ClubZap does not do facility hire. Its post of 10 August 2026 says so as clearly as a vendor ever will: use a free Google Calendar for scheduling, and "ClubZap partners with SportsKey for clubs that require dedicated online pitch and facility bookings". Facility hire on ClubPal is a built-in feature with availability schedules, pricing tiers by duration, per-package rates, a fifteen-minute checkout hold, changeover buffers, blockouts and cancellation windows, included in the same fee as everything else.
ClubPal and ClubZap, point by point
| ClubPal | ClubZap | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly subscription | None, at any club size | Not published, quote only |
| Per-transaction fee | €0.25 + 3.5% in the eurozone, 20p + 3.5% in the UK | From 3.75% + 10c, agreed per club |
| Is the rate published? | Yes, the same rate for every club | A starting rate only, the rest is negotiated |
| Facility and pitch hire | Built in, with availability schedules, duration pricing and online payment | No equivalent. Google Calendar, or SportsKey separately |
| Facility booking payments | Taken at checkout, with a 15-minute hold on the slot | Not applicable, the calendar cannot take money |
| Club website | Included, no extra cost | Included on Engage, the dearer of the two plans |
| Lotteries and fundraising draws | No equivalent | Built in |
| Fee when you refund a member | Returned, in proportion to the amount refunded | Not published |
| Safeguarding and DBS tracking | DBS, PVG and coaching credentials with expiry dates, and coach eligibility rules enforced at the point a coach is added | Child protection and photo consent compliance stated, no credential expiry tracking published |
| Club chat | On the session or event, plus channels sourced from your member groups, with a moderation queue | Group comms, positioned as a replacement for WhatsApp groups |
| Contract | None, and no notice period | Yes. Cancellation must be "within the terms of your contract" |
| AI assistant (MCP) | Official MCP server: ask ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini about your club, read-only and limited to your own permissions | No official equivalent |
What ClubZap costs, side by side with ClubPal
ClubZap publishes a transaction rate and no subscription, so the table shows the part that can be priced and marks the rest. Figures are annual, in euro because ClubZap prices in euro, for a club taking €15,000 across 300 payments averaging €50.
| Scenario, per club per year | ClubPal | ClubZap |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction fees only, before any subscription | €600 | €592.50 (cheaper) |
| The same, plus a club website and app | €600 (cheaper) | €592.50 + monthly fee |
| The same, plus online facility booking with payment | €600 (cheaper) | €592.50 + monthly fee + SportsKey |
On transaction fees alone ClubZap costs this club less. Its 10c fixed part is well under our €0.25, and on a €50 average payment that outweighs the quarter-point it charges above our 3.5%. On larger average payments the percentage starts to dominate and the order flips, which is worth working out on your own numbers. What the second and third rows cannot show is the size of the difference, because ClubZap does not publish its monthly fee. Any monthly fee above about 63 cent makes the ClubZap total the higher one, and the third row adds a second vendor on top of that. Two further caveats: ClubZap states its rate includes VAT and starts at 3.75%, so a club without volume or a multi-year commitment may not get the starting rate, and this comparison ignores refunds entirely, because ClubZap does not publish what happens to its fee when a club refunds a member.
ClubZap's transaction rate is from its own pricing page and help centre, checked 4 September 2026. Its subscription is not published, and SportsKey does not publish a public price either, so neither is estimated here. Nothing in the ClubZap column comes from a directory listing or a rival's comparison page.
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What switching actually involves
ClubZap competes for the same clubs we do. If you run one of these, the sport page covers the admin in more detail: gaelic games club management software, football club management software, rugby club management software, and hockey club management software.
More detail on the process is on the switching page, or talk to us about your club before you decide.
Moving from ClubZap
How much does ClubZap cost?
ClubZap does not publish its monthly fee. Both plans, ClubZap Payments and ClubZap Engage, show "Request A Quote". Its transaction rate is "starting from 3.75% plus 10 cent", VAT included, agreed per club at onboarding, with preferential rates on multi-year contracts. Checked 4 September 2026.
Does ClubZap do pitch and facility booking?
No. In August 2026 ClubZap recommended a free Google Calendar for pitch and facility scheduling, and named its partner SportsKey for clubs that need online booking with payment. ClubPal has facility hire built in, with availability schedules, duration pricing and payment at checkout.
Does ClubZap have a contract?
Yes. ClubZap says cancellation must be "within the terms of your contract", and its best rates are tied to multi-year contracts. ClubPal has no contract and no notice period.
Is ClubPal cheaper than ClubZap?
On transaction fees alone, for a club taking €50 average payments, ClubZap is slightly cheaper: €592.50 a year against €600 on €15,000. ClubZap also charges a monthly fee it does not publish, and any fee above about 63 cent a month makes ClubZap the dearer of the two. ClubPal is €0.25 + 3.5% per transaction with no subscription.
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