ballejaune.com

What It Is

BalleJaune is an online booking and management platform for sports clubs, associations, municipalities, and shared facilities. Typical use cases include tennis, Padel, squash, badminton, golf, Futsal, as well as space rentals for gyms, school venues, swimming pools, and similar facilities. It is not a generic appointment-scheduling tool; instead, it is an integrated SaaS platform built around “courts/venues — members — payments — access control — operational analytics.”

Core Features and Permission Management

Its main strength lies in highly granular booking rules: administrators can configure how many days in advance bookings can be made, cancellation policies, quotas, blocked time slots, seasonal rules, automatic cancellation of single-player bookings, calendar grouping, and maintenance closures. The admin backend supports user import/export, online registration review, subscription tracking, user groups, bulk actions, payment records, occupancy rates, heatmaps, annual statistics, email tracking, and audit logs. For permissions, it supports roles such as administrators, members, and guests, and can combine subscription plans, credits, and paid/free rules to control who can book which resources.

Payments, Access Control, and Integrations

Payments are supported via PayPal, Stripe, HelloAsso, and Verifone Paybox, with options for prepaid credits, guest credits, and transaction exports. Access control is a key differentiating module: the system can automatically generate personal access codes, temporary codes, or QR codes, and connect with door locks, venue gates, and lighting. Partners include PassPerso, Spartime, Neop, and Igloohome. It also supports the Anybuddy venue marketplace, Google Analytics, website login forms, and custom websites.

Pricing and Security

Currently disclosed pricing is limited: the free plan supports up to 30 users with no time limit. It is priced at USD0.00 and includes online booking, statistics, user management, messaging, a custom website, online payments, Kiosk check-in, no ads, and more. Access control is listed as +5€ /month. Plans for more than 30 users are not shown in the main content. On security, the website provides terms, a privacy policy, a list of third-party processors, and a data security page, and states that it uses industry-standard protocols and best practices. However, no explicit certifications such as ISO or SOC 2 were found.

Pros, Cons, and Who It’s For

The advantages are its deep coverage of sports-facility scenarios, detailed rule configuration, friendly free plan, and ability to connect payments, communications, and hardware access control. The downsides are incomplete public pricing, lack of API/developer support, and limited information on compliance certifications and Chinese localization. It is well suited to small and mid-sized clubs, associations, or municipal facilities with fixed venues, membership systems, and access-control needs. If you only need simple meeting-room booking, it may feel a bit heavy.

Access from China and Alternatives

Availability from mainland China, payment usability, and Chinese-language support are currently unclear. If operating for users in China, you should carefully verify website connectivity, Stripe/PayPal payment collection, SMS/email deliverability, and smart-lock compatibility. Domestic alternatives could include local venue-booking systems, mini-program-based court-booking solutions, or building a workflow with Feishu/WeCom together with payment and access-control services.