Bookeo vs Square Appointments for golf simulator booking

Bookeo vs Square Appointments for golf simulator and indoor golf venues: bay booking, memberships, pricing, waivers, reminders and league holds, compared side by side.

Updated September 30, 2026

The short answer

Bookeo is best for smaller venues wanting low-cost booking with packages, memberships and waivers.
Square Appointments is best for venues already using Square POS that want booking in the same system.

Of the 10 things golf simulator venues ask for most, Bookeo (general booking software) fully covers 7 and Square Appointments (general booking software) covers 4, based on what each company publishes.

General booking software

Bookeo

Bookeo is a general online booking system with separate products for appointments, classes and tours. It supports resources such as rooms, seasonal and time-based pricing, memberships and prepaid packages.

Best for: Smaller venues wanting low-cost booking with packages, memberships and waivers.

Pricing: Monthly plans that rise with staff and bookings; waivers and SMS credits cost extra. See Bookeo’s pricing page for current prices.

General booking software

Square Appointments

Square Appointments is Square’s scheduling product, tied to Square payments and POS. It supports online booking, SMS reminders, packages and, on the Premium plan, bookable resources such as rooms or stations.

Best for: Venues already using Square POS that want booking in the same system.

Pricing: A free plan and paid monthly plans per location, plus card processing fees. See Square’s pricing page for current prices.

Bookeo vs Square Appointments: features for golf simulator venues

Feature	Bookeo	Square Appointments
Booking widget on your own website	Yes	Yes
One schedule across every bay	Yes Bays set up as resources	Yes Resources on Premium plan
Peak, off-peak and seasonal pricing	Yes	Check with vendor
Memberships with recurring billing	Yes	Partly Separate Square Subscriptions product
Member perks: early booking, included hours	Yes Member rates and member-only packages	Check with vendor
Punch passes or prepaid packages	Yes	Yes Packages
Waivers signed during booking	Partly Via paid waivers add-on	Partly Forms sent after booking; Plus and up
Text (SMS) reminders	Yes Uses paid SMS credits	Yes
Hold bays for leagues	Partly Block resource time; no league tools	Check with vendor
Built for golf simulator venues	No	No
Pricing	Monthly plans that rise with staff and bookings; waivers and SMS credits cost extra. See Bookeo’s pricing page for current prices.	A free plan and paid monthly plans per location, plus card processing fees. See Square’s pricing page for current prices.

Where Bookeo and Square Appointments differ

Peak, off-peak and seasonal pricing

Bookeo

Yes

Square Appointments

Check with vendor

Memberships with recurring billing

Bookeo

Yes

Square Appointments

Partly

Separate Square Subscriptions product

Member perks: early booking, included hours

Bookeo

Yes

Member rates and member-only packages

Square Appointments

Check with vendor

Hold bays for leagues

Bookeo

Partly

Block resource time; no league tools

Square Appointments

Check with vendor

Strengths and trade-offs

Bookeo

Strengths

Low starting price
Memberships can issue prepaid credits automatically
Seasonal, day and time-of-day pricing

Worth knowing

General booking tool: golf-specific features like bay access need workarounds
Waivers and text reminders are paid extras

Square Appointments

Strengths

Booking, payments and POS in one Square account
Free plan available
Automatic SMS and email reminders

Worth knowing

Bay-level resource booking requires the Premium plan
General scheduler: golf-specific features like league holds need workarounds

Also worth a look: SimBook

If you’re weighing Bookeo against Square Appointments for a golf simulator venue, SimBook is built for exactly that job. Here’s how all three line up.

Feature	SimBook	Bookeo	Square Appointments
Booking widget on your own website	Yes Booking page plus an embeddable widget	Yes	Yes
One schedule across every bay	Yes One tee sheet for every bay	Yes Bays set up as resources	Yes Resources on Premium plan
Peak, off-peak and seasonal pricing	Yes By day, time, season and bay type	Yes	Check with vendor
Memberships with recurring billing	Yes Auto-renewing billing through Stripe	Yes	Partly Separate Square Subscriptions product
Member perks: early booking, included hours	Yes Early booking windows, hour banks, member rates	Yes Member rates and member-only packages	Check with vendor
Punch passes or prepaid packages	Yes Punch passes	Yes	Yes Packages
Waivers signed during booking	Yes Signed in the booking flow	Partly Via paid waivers add-on	Partly Forms sent after booking; Plus and up
Text (SMS) reminders	Yes Sent in your club’s name	Yes Uses paid SMS credits	Yes
Hold bays for leagues	Yes League blocks lock bays during league hours	Partly Block resource time; no league tools	Check with vendor
Built for golf simulator venues	Yes	No	No
Pricing	$99/month per location, unlimited bays and staff, no per-bay fee. 14-day free trial. Enterprise pricing for multi-location groups.	Monthly plans that rise with staff and bookings; waivers and SMS credits cost extra. See Bookeo’s pricing page for current prices.	A free plan and paid monthly plans per location, plus card processing fees. See Square’s pricing page for current prices.

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Questions owners ask

Is Bookeo or Square Appointments better for a golf simulator business?

It depends on how you run your venue. Bookeo suits smaller venues wanting low-cost booking with packages, memberships and waivers. Square Appointments suits venues already using Square POS that want booking in the same system. Based on what each publishes, Bookeo fully covers 7 of the 10 features golf simulator venues ask for most, and Square Appointments covers 4.

How much does Bookeo cost?

Monthly plans that rise with staff and bookings; waivers and SMS credits cost extra. See Bookeo’s pricing page for current prices.

How much does Square Appointments cost?

A free plan and paid monthly plans per location, plus card processing fees. See Square’s pricing page for current prices.

Can Bookeo and Square Appointments sell memberships with recurring billing?

Bookeo: Yes. Square Appointments: Partly (separate Square Subscriptions product).

Can I hold bays for a league in Bookeo or Square Appointments?

Bookeo: Partly (block resource time; no league tools). Square Appointments: We couldn’t confirm it from Square Appointments’s website; check with them directly.

A note on fairness: we make SimBook, so read this with that in mind. Facts about other tools come from their own websites and were last checked September 30, 2026. Features and prices change, so for other tools we describe how they charge and point you to their pricing pages rather than quoting numbers. Where we couldn’t confirm something, we say “Check with vendor” rather than guess. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.

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