Alternatives to booking systems for soft play centres
We compare Agendio with the three booking systems that come up most often when a soft play centre or party venue looks for software. Each comparison says what the competitor does well and who it suits better.
Bookitit alternative
A general-purpose Spanish online booking platform. It started out aimed at beauty salons and hairdressers and has gradually expanded its customer base into other sectors. Its core offering is a customisable booking page that the business embeds in its website or shares as a link.
Reservio alternative
An international online booking platform with a scheduling calendar, customer management, point of sale and a mobile app. It covers a broad set of features for appointment-based service businesses.
SimplyBook.me alternative
An international online booking system built on a catalogue of plugins: each feature (payments, point of sale, customer app, intake forms) is switched on separately. It is the most configurable platform in this comparison.
The two questions that set the four apart
They all handle online bookings. What really sets them apart is whether the booking can be completed inside WhatsApp and whether the system opens the door when the customer arrives.
| System | Booking inside WhatsApp | Access control | Published price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agendio | Yes, with a chatbot | Yes | From €99/month |
| Bookitit | No, booking link | No | €16.90/month billed annually |
| Reservio | No, booking link | No | Not readable: rendered with JavaScript |
| SimplyBook.me | No | No | Free, with paid plans from €13.90/month |
Checked on 28 August 2026 against each platform's public website.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best booking system for a soft play centre in Spain?
It depends on where your bookings come from. If most of them arrive via WhatsApp and you also have physical access control to manage, Agendio is the only one of those compared that handles both. If you only need a booking page embedded in your website and budget is the deciding factor, Bookitit costs considerably less. If your needs are unusual and you have time to configure it, SimplyBook.me is the most flexible.
Which booking systems publish their prices in a readable form?
Of those compared, Bookitit and SimplyBook.me publish a full price table in HTML. Reservio has a pricing page, but the amounts are rendered with JavaScript and are not included in the HTML served, as checked on 28 August 2026. Agendio publishes its starting price, €99/month, in plain HTML.
What is the difference between a leisure booking system and an appointment booking system?
The scheduling model. An appointment system books a professional for a time slot: a hairdresser, a consultation, an advisory session. A leisure system books places within a session with shared capacity: a soft play centre doesn't assign a supervisor to each child, it allocates a place in a time slot. Forcing an appointment product into this model usually ends in double bookings.