Sell cage time while your staff runs practice. Reserving puts tunnel rentals, hitting lessons and team blocks on one booking board. Hitters choose a time online, your availability rules find a cage that fits, and Growth adds deposits and card holds for the sessions you need to protect. Pay a flat subscription per venue, with no Reserving fee per booking.
Line Drive Cages
Open 9 am to 10 pm
Cage board
Cage fitted
Deposit rule
No-show risk
Reminders
Batting cage scheduling software reserves a specific tunnel for the full rental or lesson, including the machine reset buffer. Reserving keeps online reservations and counter bookings on the same board so overlapping sessions cannot take the same cage. Growth adds online deposits for team blocks and card holds for selected bookings, at a flat monthly subscription with no per booking fee.
Start with the space you actually rent. A tunnel, a softball cage and a coaching bay have different jobs, even when the same front desk manages them. Set those differences before publishing the booking link, so staff and hitters work from the same availability.
Name each cage, record its capacity and separate baseball, softball and lesson services. Offer half hour or hourly rentals, with a reset buffer that keeps the next group outside until the cage is ready.
Put the widget on your site or share your booking link. Customers choose a service, party size and time without creating an account. Only suitable cages with enough time available appear.
On Growth, require a deposit for a team block or a card hold for a first visit or weekend evening. Show the amount and cancellation policy before the customer commits.
Staff sees the booking on the cage board alongside phone reservations and walk-ins. Confirmation and reminder messages carry the visit details. Staff checks the group in and handles the machine setup on site.
A phone calendar can say a coach is free while the pitching bay is occupied. A paper rental sheet can leave the softball cage looking interchangeable with a baseball tunnel. Give every physical space its own identity and keep the bookings on that space.
The example below groups the cages by purpose and shows the reset as occupied time. These are sample sessions, not customer activity. The interactive demo above uses half hour starts and a five minute buffer, so a session ending at 6 pm prevents another booking at 6 pm.
Practice board example
Teal rentals, amber team practice, outlined resetsBaseball, 70 ft tunnel
Hourly rental
5 pm to 6 pm
Then 5 min for machine reset
Baseball, 70 ft tunnel
Half hour rental
5 pm to 5:30 pm
Then 5 min for machine reset
Baseball, 70 ft tunnel
Team block with Cage 4
5 pm to 6 pm
Then 5 min for machine reset
Baseball, 70 ft tunnel
Team block with Cage 3
5 pm to 6 pm
Then 5 min for machine reset
Softball cage
Softball practice
5 pm to 6 pm
Then 5 min for machine reset
Hitting lesson or pitching bay
Lesson with a coach
5 pm to 5:30 pm
Then 5 min for machine reset
Cage 3 and Cage 4 form a bookable combination. Reserving checks both spaces before accepting the combined booking, so neither tunnel remains available separately during that block.
Configure the booking around your actual services. A rental needs the right tunnel. A lesson needs both a tunnel and a coach. A team practice can need adjacent spaces, and the reset applies even when the next group is already waiting at reception.
Offer the lengths you sell and let customers choose a cage where appropriate. A booking occupies that tunnel for the entire session. An hourly rental cannot slip into an opening that only has half an hour left before a team arrives.
Restrict each service to suitable resources. A softball rental uses the softball cage rather than any space with spare capacity. Describe tunnel length and equipment in the service details so customers know what they are reserving before they travel.
Add a buffer after each rental for collecting balls, checking the pitching machine and preparing the cage. The buffer blocks availability. Reserving schedules the space, while your staff controls the machine and checks that the tunnel is safe to enter.
Add a coach as a bookable staff resource and connect that person to the lesson service. A lesson checks the coach's schedule as well as the permitted cage. Customers can choose a coach or request the first available person for that service.
Combine adjacent cages for a team and add each weekly practice date to the board. Those dates reserve the space before public rentals take it. Recurring weekly practice is managed as individual bookings, with each date checked for availability, rather than an automatic recurring subscription.
Growth adds two-way SMS reminders and booking source tracking. A cancellation by reply releases availability for another hitter. Staff can see whether bookings come through your website, Google, Instagram or the phone and keep those arrivals on the same cage board.
A solo daytime rental and a team holding adjacent tunnels carry different consequences when nobody arrives. Growth lets you choose which bookings need a deposit or card hold. Write the policy in plain language and show it before payment, so the team organizer knows what happens if plans change.
The demo prioritizes team blocks, then weekend evenings, then first visits. These are illustrative rules you configure for your facility. A card hold is a temporary authorization, with payment-provider limits on its duration, rather than a charge kept indefinitely.
A coach's open calendar is only part of lesson availability. Connect the hitting lesson service to the correct cage and the coaches who teach it. When someone requests a lesson, Reserving checks those requirements together instead of treating the coach's calendar as permission to occupy any tunnel.
Keep coaching notes separate from promises about player development. Reserving handles booking details and guest history. It does not analyze swings, assign training programs or manage a balance of prepaid lesson credits. If lesson packages or development tracking drive your business, compare specialist tools before choosing.
Lesson availability example
Give baseball rentals, softball practice and private instruction separate services. Keep the full session and reset on the cage schedule, even when a coach takes the booking by phone. Staff sees which spaces are available without interrupting a lesson to check another calendar.
Use a direct booking page for families who want cage time before they arrive. Add walk-ins at the counter so online availability stays accurate. If your sale depends on combined party packages, waivers or access hardware, include those requirements when comparing entertainment platforms.
Reserve adjacent tunnels for a team under a combined resource. Put every agreed weekly date on the board and use a deposit rule for larger groups on Growth. Keep roster management, attendance tracking and player development in the tools that already serve your coaching staff.
Book simulator bays and cages as distinct resources with their own services and buffers. An hourly golf booking should not occupy a hitting tunnel. For separate locations, Multi-Venue brings the venues into one account with group reporting, while each keeps its own availability and booking page.
The subscription covers the venue, so the cage count is not a multiplier. For one facility with six cages, a month on Core is 49 USD total, Growth is 149 USD total, and Multi-Venue is 499 USD total for an account covering up to five venues. Choosing Multi-Venue for just that facility still costs 499 USD, rather than a discounted share of the plan.
49 USD per month
One venue, six cages, up to 300 bookings per month and three staff logins. The booking page, cage board and guest records suit a facility that needs scheduling without online deposit rules.
Yearly billing is 288 USD upfront for the year, equivalent to 24 USD per month.
149 USD per month
One venue, six cages, unlimited bookings and ten staff logins. Deposits, card holds, two-way SMS and source tracking make this the relevant comparison when team blocks need payment protection.
Yearly billing is 888 USD upfront for the year, equivalent to 74 USD per month.
499 USD per month
Up to five venues, with Growth features, group reporting, yield rules, API and webhooks. The plan supports an operator managing multiple facilities or needing those additional integration and pricing controls.
Yearly billing is 2,988 USD upfront for the year, equivalent to 249 USD per month.
That is the worked month without assuming a rental rate, sales volume or occupancy. Six cages on Growth means one 149 USD subscription, not six subscriptions and not a percentage of cage revenue. Your payment provider charges its normal processing fees separately. Annual billing lowers the effective monthly cost, but the annual amount is paid upfront. See pricing and plan limits before choosing.
Start with what you sell. Reserving fits cage time sold through a one page booking flow, with a flat subscription and deposit or card hold rules on Growth. Specialist platforms can be a better choice when memberships, door access control, player development or lesson packages are central to the business. Ask each vendor to demonstrate those workflows with your actual cage and coaching setup.
| Software | Price basis | Where it fits well | What to check |
|---|---|---|---|
| PlayByPoint | Starter 99.99 USD, Starter+ 199.99 USD, Advanced 399.99 USD per month | Memberships, club accounts and a broader club operation | Club Account System adds 99.99 USD, Priority Access 49.99 USD and TV Screen 29.99 USD per month. Monthly or annual contracts, with 30 days notice. Confirm cage support and any door access integration. |
| The Futures App | Quote, no public price list verified for this comparison | A baseball coaching operation centered on player development | Ask to see lesson packages, coach scheduling and development records together, and confirm which features are included in the quote. |
| BaselinePro | Quote, no public price list verified for this comparison | A specialist facility workflow where membership access and door access codes matter | Confirm supported door hardware, code expiry, membership rules and whether lessons reserve both coach and cage. |
| Sports Carnival | Quote, no public price list for a batting cage configuration verified here | Memberships, leagues and a broader sports facility operation | Other Reserving guides cite general platform tiers. Request a current cage-specific quote covering lesson packages, transaction fees and any access controls. |
| Reserving | Core 49 USD, Growth 149 USD per venue per month. Multi-Venue 499 USD for up to five venues | Flat price, one page booking, no per booking fee, deposits and card holds on Growth | No membership billing, door access codes, player development system or lesson package credit tracking. Payment-provider processing remains separate. |
PlayByPoint figures and contract terms use the pricing reference supplied for October 20, 2026, at playbypoint.com/pricing. They are not independently rechecked online for this comparison. Unverified specialist prices are shown as quotes, rather than estimated totals. Confirm current pricing, included features and cancellation terms directly with each vendor.
For an unattended members-only facility, door access codes tied to paid membership can matter more than a simple rental page. For a coaching academy, packaged lessons and player progress can matter more than the reservation board. Reserving is the fit when the job is booking available space, coordinating a coach where needed and collecting the agreed deposit without adding a booking fee.
Schedule a batting cage by assigning each rental to a specific tunnel for its full duration plus reset time. In Reserving, add cages, services, opening hours and rental lengths, then publish your booking page. Customers choose an available session, while staff adds phone bookings and walk-ins to the same board.
Reserving costs 49 USD monthly on Core, 149 USD on Growth or 499 USD on Multi-Venue. Annual billing totals are 288, 888 and 2,988 USD respectively. Core covers one venue with up to 300 monthly bookings. Growth adds deposits and card holds. Payment-provider processing fees are separate.
Yes, customers book online and pay a required deposit through the venue's payment page on Growth. They choose a service, date, time and party size without creating an account. Your rules determine whether the booking requires a deposit, a card hold or no payment commitment at booking.
Keep every cage reservation on one board and check the entire session plus buffer before confirming it. Reserving checks cage availability when accepting bookings, including combinations that share a tunnel. Add phone reservations and walk-ins there too, so those sessions block online availability instead of living on a separate sheet.
Yes, Growth supports deposit rules for team cage rentals based on party size and booking conditions. Set the amount and cancellation policy for your facility. The batting demo gives team blocks priority over card hold rules. A combined cage booking checks both tunnels, so individual rentals cannot occupy the same space.
Yes, a hitting lesson can reserve a suitable cage and an available coach together. Add the coach as a bookable person, connect that person to the lesson service and restrict the service to appropriate cages. Reserving checks both schedules. Player development records and lesson package credits stay in your specialist coaching tools.
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Add your tunnels, rental lengths and coaching services, then give hitters a booking page that checks the space before confirming. Choose Growth when team deposits and card holds are part of your booking policy.
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