What Spond costs, and what you would pay here
Spond Club has no subscription. Payments cost 20p + 2.5% in the UK with Stripe card processing included, and a club website is £19 + VAT a month. ClubPal includes the website, gives the fee back when you refund, and runs facility hire, session passes and a club shop on the same account.
The short answer on what Spond costs
The Spond app and Spond Club are both free to use, with no subscription at any club size. What a club actually pays is the fee on money it collects: 20p + 2.5% per transaction in the UK. Spond states that this includes the cost of its payment provider, Stripe, so there is no separate processor bill arriving alongside it, and because UK payments are handled through Spond's Norwegian parent company no UK VAT is added to the fee. A Spond club website is the one thing charged separately, at £19 + VAT a month, which is £273.60 a year.
ClubPal is priced the same shape: one all-in fee, no subscription, no separate processor bill, at 20p + 3.5% per transaction. On the rate alone Spond is cheaper. What moves the total is everything outside the rate: a club website is included on ClubPal, and facility hire, session passes and a proper club shop have no Spond equivalent at any price.
The other difference is what happens when money goes back. Spond keeps the transaction fee when you refund a member. ClubPal returns the whole fee, in proportion to the amount refunded, so a rained-off session that you refund in full costs your club nothing at all.
ClubPal and Spond, point by point
| ClubPal | Spond | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly subscription | None, at any club size | None for the app itself |
| Club website | Included, no extra cost | £19 + VAT a month, £273.60 a year |
| Per-transaction fee | 20p + 3.5% | 20p + 2.5% |
| Card processing | Included in the one fee | Included, Spond states the rate covers Stripe |
| Fee when you refund a member | Returned, in proportion to the amount refunded | Not returned, the club covers it |
| Facility and pitch hire | Built in, with availability rules and online booking | No equivalent |
| Session passes and bundles | Built in, with usage tracking and expiry | No equivalent |
| Club shop | Full store with stock control, orders and discount codes | Merchandise can be sold through payment requests |
| Session capacity and waiting lists | Per session, with automatic promotion | Available |
| Safeguarding and DBS tracking | DBS, PVG and coaching credentials with expiry dates, and coach eligibility rules enforced at the point a coach is added | Not in the published feature list |
| Club chat | On the session or event, plus channels sourced from your member groups, with a moderation queue | Group and team messaging, one of its core features |
| Contract | None, and no notice period | None |
| 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 Spond costs, side by side with ClubPal
Both rates are all in, so neither club gets a separate card processing bill on top. These figures are annual, for a club taking £15,000 across 300 payments averaging £50.
| Scenario, per club per year | ClubPal | Spond |
|---|---|---|
| Fees only, no website, no refunds | £585 | £435 (cheaper) |
| Fees plus a club website | £585 (cheaper) | £708.60 |
| The same, with £1,500 refunded across the season | £526.50 (cheaper) | £708.60 |
On transaction fees alone Spond costs a club less: 2.5% is a full percentage point below our 3.5%, so a club that wants no website and never refunds anyone pays less there. Add a club website and the order flips, because Spond bills £273.60 a year for one and ClubPal includes it. Add refunds and the gap widens, because ClubPal returns the fee and Spond keeps it. Two things the table cannot show: Spond applies its fee per product within a payment request rather than once per request, so a request bundling several items carries the 20p more than once, and the website figure assumes a club that cannot reclaim VAT, which is true of most unincorporated grassroots clubs.
Spond pricing checked against their published rates on 29 August 2026. Rates change, so verify before making a decision on cost alone.
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Moving from Spond
How much does Spond cost?
The Spond app and Spond Club are free, with no subscription at any club size. Spond charges 20p + 2.5% on each payment a club collects in the UK, which includes Stripe card processing, and £19 + VAT a month for a club website, which is £273.60 a year. Checked against Spond's help centre on 29 August 2026.
Does Spond charge for payments?
Yes. Spond Club takes 20p + 2.5% per transaction in the UK. Spond states that this covers its payment provider, Stripe, so there is no separate processing bill, and because UK payments are handled by its Norwegian parent company no UK VAT is added to the fee. The fee applies per product within a payment request, so a request bundling several items carries the 20p more than once.
Does Spond refund its fee when a club refunds a member?
No. Spond keeps its transaction fee on a refunded payment, so the club covers it. ClubPal returns its fee in proportion to the amount refunded, so a payment refunded in full costs the club nothing.
Is ClubPal cheaper than Spond?
On the transaction rate alone, no: Spond charges 20p + 2.5% and ClubPal 20p + 3.5%. Once a club website is counted the order flips, because Spond charges £273.60 a year for one and ClubPal includes it. For a club taking £15,000 a year across 300 payments, with a website, that is £585 a year on ClubPal against £708.60 on Spond, before any refunds.
What is a good alternative to Spond?
It depends what the club runs. ClubPal suits a club that wants its website, memberships, session bookings, facility hire and a club shop on one account, with no subscription and the fee returned on refunds. A club that mainly needs team messaging and availability, and has no use for a website, will pay less on Spond.
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