Comparison Report · September 2026
A straightforward look at how HDS Cloud Apps stacks up against XEPOS's Tennis & Padel Centre Software for UK racket-sports venues.
XEPOS is a UK EPOS provider with a dedicated Tennis & Padel Centre Software package, advertised from around £39 per month, bringing together court booking, memberships, payments, coaching schedules and league management alongside a general-purpose retail EPOS. It's a genuinely close competitor to HDS Cloud Apps on paper — both are UK-built, both combine booking with a till. The difference shows up in depth on the racket-sports side: HDS Cloud Apps builds in recurring weekly bookings with automatic regeneration, a live TV-facing court status board, a self-updating match ladder from lightweight result recording, and 1:1 coaching with its own coach app and a mandatory approval workflow — all as standard features of the padel module, not general booking-system configuration.
Head-to-head
| Feature / Criterion | HDS Cloud Apps | XEPOS |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly pricing (entry) | From £49/month per site (full platform) | From £39/month (Tennis & Padel Centre Software) |
| Two session lengths (60/90 min), independently priced | ✓ Built in as a standard, selectable choice at the point of booking | Flexible pricing controls; session-length structure configured per venue |
| Recurring weekly bookings | ✓ Standing weekly slot auto-regenerated by a nightly process; cancel one occurrence or the whole series | Real-time availability and booking management; recurring-series automation not specifically advertised |
| Live court status board | ✓ Dedicated wall/TV-facing screen, auto-refreshing every 30 seconds | ✗ Not specifically advertised |
| Match results & self-updating club ladder | ✓ Lightweight score recording, live ladder computed from match history | League management included; ladder/ranking mechanic not specifically advertised |
| 1:1 coaching | ✓ Dedicated coach app, per-coach skill level and pricing, mandatory coach approval before any session is confirmed | ✓ Coaching schedules included in the platform |
| Bar / retail / pro shop EPOS | ✓ Full till, stock, member accounts and reporting in the same platform | ✓ General EPOS heritage across retail, hospitality and multiple business types |
| Membership & guest fee management | ✓ Native tiers gating booking windows and pricing by membership category | ✓ Membership and payments supported natively |
| Sector specialisation | ✓ Purpose-built modules per sector — golf, padel, hospitality, retail, charity — sharing one membership framework | Broad EPOS provider with sector-specific packages including retail, salons, gyms and dry cleaners |
XEPOS is a credible, competitively priced option for a club that wants court booking and EPOS in one place without needing every racket-sports-specific feature. HDS Cloud Apps costs slightly more at the entry tier but goes noticeably deeper on the mechanics that keep a padel club's courts full and members engaged — recurring bookings that regenerate themselves, a live court status board visible from across the clubhouse, a self-updating match ladder, and a coaching workflow built around explicit coach approval rather than automatic confirmation.
Common Questions
Both are UK-built platforms combining court booking with EPOS and memberships from one system. HDS Cloud Apps adds recurring weekly bookings with automatic regeneration, a live TV-facing court status board, a self-updating match ladder, and 1:1 coaching with its own coach app and built-in approval workflow, all included as standard.
XEPOS's Tennis & Padel Centre Software is advertised from around £39/month, slightly below HDS Cloud Apps' entry price of £49/month. The difference is scope: HDS Cloud Apps includes recurring bookings, a live court status board, a match ladder and 1:1 coaching with an approval workflow as standard features within that price.
XEPOS's Tennis & Padel Centre Software lists coaching schedules among its features. HDS Cloud Apps' coaching module goes further with a dedicated app for coaches, a roster with per-coach skill level and pricing, and a mandatory approval step so a coach always confirms a session before it's booked.
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