The best Hudle alternatives in 2026
Hudle is a sports venue booking and community app, paired with venue-management software for clubs. Players book courts for more than 50 sports, join other players and enter tournaments; venues run slots, staff, billing and member-only club rules from Hudle's software. If it’s stopped fitting how you run, here are 5 alternatives worth a look — what each is best at, what it costs, and when staying on Hudle is the right call.
Checked October 2026 · By the Hiive team
The short answer
- Hiive — best for organizers, venues and communities in India, from gigs to run clubs, who want tickets in ₹, curated entry and venue schedules in one place.
- Playo — players booking courts and turfs, and venues filling slots through a sports marketplace.
- District by Zomato — ticketed events that want reach with a large Indian going-out audience.
- Townscript — indian organizers selling tickets to standalone or multi-date events.
- Mindbody — established studios that want an all-in-one booking and membership system.
Why people look for a Hudle alternative
- Run clubs, ride groups and wellness communities don't revolve around court slots.
- Organizers want ticketed event pages with curated entry — applications or invite-only.
- Communities want campaigns to bring members back, not just a booking calendar.
- Groups want activity tracking and community chat in the same app.
The alternatives, one by one
01 · OUR PICK
Hiive
Hiive is an app for finding local events and the communities behind them — gigs, comedy nights, workshops, supper clubs, run clubs, games and meetups — with a business workspace for the venues, event IPs and organizers who run them. Ticketing, venue schedules, memberships, campaigns, analytics, a shop and payouts live in one place, and the same events surface to people nearby in the Hiive app.
Hiive vs Hudle, in detailPick it over Hudle if
- You run ticketed events or recurring sessions, not just court slots.
- You want to curate members with applications, invites or join requests.
- You want campaigns, a checkout funnel and identified signed-in viewers for your events.
- Your community runs, rides or walks and wants tracking and chat in the same app.
Worth knowing
- Hiive is newer than most tools it's compared with. Its event and community coverage is deepest in Mumbai, where it launched, and is growing city by city.
- Business pricing isn't a public rate card: the software is free for the first couple of months, then a fee is agreed with each partner based on the value delivered.
02
Playo
Best for: Players booking courts and turfs, and venues filling slots through a sports marketplace
Playo is a sports community app for booking venues and courts, joining or hosting pickup games, and finding trainers. Venues manage bookings and memberships through Playo's Venue Partner Interface app.
Good at
- A strong Indian sports-booking marketplace — players open Playo specifically to find and book courts and turfs.
- Pickup games: players can host or join games and chat with their group.
- Venue tools cover a facility scheduler, a membership manager for advances and renewals, pricing rules and discounts, and reports.
Watch out for
- Built around court and turf bookings and pickup games; general event ticketing (workshops, races, socials) isn't part of the product.
- Venue commission rates aren't published, so organizers need to ask Playo directly.
- No activity tracking for runs, rides or walks.
Pricing: Players book courts and turfs, host or join games, and use Karma discounts and gift cards in the app.
03
District by Zomato
Best for: Ticketed events that want reach with a large Indian going-out audience
District is the going-out app from Eternal (formerly Zomato Ltd) for movies, events, dining, comedy, activities and sports. It is built on the Paytm Insider ticketing business, which Zomato agreed to acquire in August 2024, and the app launched in November 2024.
Good at
- A large consumer audience already using the app to plan nights and weekends out.
- Events sit alongside movies, dining and comedy, so people find them while browsing.
- The District Creator app lets organizers sell tickets on the spot and send SMS payment links.
Watch out for
- Listing events goes through an application rather than instant self-serve setup.
- Organizer pricing isn't published, so fees are hard to compare up front.
- No community, chat or membership features.
Pricing: Organizer pricing is not published on District's site.
04
Townscript
Best for: Indian organizers selling tickets to standalone or multi-date events
Townscript is a self-serve event ticketing and registration platform from Pune, India. Organizers create an event, sell tickets with custom registration forms and discounts, and track sales in reports.
Good at
- Made in India, with ticketing that suits Indian organizers.
- Free events cost nothing and there's no setup fee.
- Custom registration forms, discounts and multi-date events are built in.
Watch out for
- Built around events: no community, member groups or chat.
- No venue or court scheduling, and no activity tracking.
- No public API documentation; integrations run through Zoho Flow.
Pricing: Free events: no charge, and no setup fee.
05
Mindbody
Best for: Established studios that want an all-in-one booking and membership system
Mindbody is business management software for fitness, wellness and beauty studios, covering scheduling, payments, memberships and marketing. It also runs a consumer booking app, and is owned by Playlist.
Good at
- Deep class and appointment booking built for studios.
- Memberships with autopay and integrated payments.
- Branded booking widgets and website, plus a listing in Mindbody's consumer app.
Watch out for
- A monthly subscription per location from US$99, with higher tiers by quote.
- No community or chat features.
- Built for studios, not for clubs or organizers running events across venues.
Pricing: Starter: from US$99 a month per location.
Compared side by side
Yes Partly No? Not confirmed from official sources
Questions
It depends on why you're leaving. For event organizers, venues and communities in India that want ticketing with payouts in rupees, curated membership, venue schedules and booking analytics in one place, Hiive is the strongest fit. Playo is best for players booking courts and turfs, and venues filling slots through a sports marketplace. District by Zomato is best for ticketed events that want reach with a large Indian going-out audience. Townscript is best for indian organizers selling tickets to standalone or multi-date events.
Run clubs, ride groups and wellness communities don't revolve around court slots. Organizers want ticketed event pages with curated entry — applications or invite-only. Communities want campaigns to bring members back, not just a booking calendar. Groups want activity tracking and community chat in the same app.
Stay on Hudle if: you run a venue or club and want slot management, staff roles, accounting and member billing with no booking commission; you play racket sports and want grip ratings to find evenly matched players; you want tournaments and coaching listed alongside court bookings; you need coverage across many indian cities, not just one.
If your community runs ticketed events — run clubs, pickleball socials, yoga or workshops — Hiive combines ticketing paid out in rupees, curated entry, campaigns and venue schedules in one workspace. For like-for-like court booking, Playo is the closest alternative.
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Written by the Hiive team. We make a competing product, so every claim about another product here comes from its own website or help centre, checked in October 2026. Prices and features change — check the provider before you decide. Spotted something out of date? Email jai@hiive.club and we’ll fix it.