What is the best membership software for a pickleball club?

PEKO is the first purpose-built membership software for pickleball clubs — court bookings, DUPR-based tiers, drop-in vs member pricing, and AI churn prediction in one system, priced from free to 300 members. The category didn't really exist in SEA before 2025; clubs were stitching together a booking app, a spreadsheet member roster, and WhatsApp broadcasts.

The problem PEKO's pickleball config solves is that clubs live and die by two numbers: court utilisation and member renewal rate. Utilisation is a booking-software problem — how easy is it for members to grab a court, how fair is the drop-in vs member split, how visible is the schedule. Renewal is a CRM problem — which members haven't shown up in 3 weeks, which ones are about to lapse, and can you send them a one-line WhatsApp before the churn crystallises.

PEKO handles both in one system:

Court booking with member-priority windows (members book 7 days out, drop-ins 48 hours out), DUPR-tier gating (open play sessions restricted to 3.5–4.0 tier), and no-show tracking that feeds the churn model.

Membership tiers keyed to DUPR ratings, with tier upgrade automations when a player crosses a threshold.

Drop-in pricing that reads member status at scan-time — no manual override at the till.

AI churn scoring on every member, weighted for pickleball-specific signals (lapsed since last booking, no-show streak, tier stagnation).

One-tap approve on Monday morning WhatsApp win-backs, drafted by the AI Agent.

The competitive picture in 2026: generic gym-software (Mindbody, Xplor Triib) can be forced into pickleball but doesn't model DUPR or drop-in pricing natively. Facility-booking apps (CourtReserve, PodPlay) handle bookings but not membership CRM or churn. Point-of-sale loyalty (Square, Toast) handles transactions but not court schedules. PEKO is the first system that treats the pickleball club as one integrated operating surface.

The picking rule: any pickleball club under 300 active members runs free on PEKO. Chains and multi-court facilities move to the paid tier when they cross that threshold or need multi-outlet reporting.