SeshDesk is a session management platform for activity clubs that charges 2.5% on paid bookings and no monthly subscription. Unlike Pembee, SeshDesk includes a free listing in the open Activities directory and costs nothing in a month with no paid bookings. It supports all activity types and all ages.
Clubs switch from Pembee to SeshDesk because Pembee bills them twice — Pembee charges £30/month on Standard or £70/month on Premium and takes a 0.59% application fee on top of that, while SeshDesk charges 2.5% on paid bookings and no subscription at all: one charge, not two. A subscription is payable whether sessions run or not; on SeshDesk a quiet month costs nothing, and free and funded sessions cost nothing at any time. Pembee also has no public directory, so customers can only find your club if they already have your link. Every SeshDesk club is listed in the Activities directory, which is open and cross-platform — it lists clubs regardless of which booking software they use, across all ages — so people who have never heard of your club can find it. Pembee does offer a 30-day free trial with no card required, which is a genuinely low-risk way to try it before committing.
Pembee's pricing stacks a monthly subscription and a per-booking fee: £30–£70/month plus a 0.59% application fee. The subscription applies regardless of whether you run sessions, and there is no public directory to bring you customers who do not already know you.
SeshDesk charges 2.5% on paid bookings only — no monthly fee, no setup cost, and 0% on free and funded sessions. It supports all activity types and all ages, every club gets a free listing in the open Activities directory, and it includes a configurable funder evidence export with Movement Fund, Awards for All and HAF (DfE baseline) starting-point presets you adapt to your funder's own form. Data exports available on request.
Last updated: