Pebble's plans are Core at £25/month plus 3% per booking (+ VAT) and Premium at £35/month plus 2.5% per booking (+ VAT), each on a full-year commitment. SeshDesk charges 2.5% on paid bookings, nothing on free sessions, and no monthly fee.
SeshDesk costs 2.5% per booking — plus Stripe fees only — with no monthly fee and nothing on free or funded sessions. Pebble costs £25/mo + 3% or £35/mo + 2.5% (+VAT), and there is no free tier. Pebble's published plans are Core at £25/month plus 3% per booking (+ VAT) and Premium at £35/month plus 2.5% per booking (+ VAT), each on a full-year commitment. Built around childcare settings. SeshDesk is purpose-built for activity clubs: no monthly subscription, a free public Activities directory listing, and built-in funded-places tracking and a funder evidence export with a HAF (DfE baseline) preset you adapt.
SeshDesk charges a flat 2.5% on paid bookings — plus Stripe's standard processing fee — with no monthly fee, no setup cost, and no charge on free or funded sessions. Pebble costs £25/mo + 3% or £35/mo + 2.5% (+VAT). For a club with variable or seasonal delivery, SeshDesk's no-monthly-fee model means you pay nothing in a month with no paid bookings.
| Feature | SeshDesk | Pebble |
|---|---|---|
| BOOKING FEATURES | ||
| Recurring sessions | Yes | Yes |
| Block/term bookings | Yes | Yes |
| Capacity management | Yes | Yes |
| Drop-in sessions | Yes | Yes |
| Natural language session creation | Yes | No |
| PAYMENTS | ||
| Stripe integration | Yes | Yes |
| Discount codes | Yes | Yes |
| Refund management | Yes | Yes |
| Invoicing | Yes | Yes |
| Account credits | Yes | Yes |
| OPERATIONS | ||
| Digital attendance | Yes | Yes |
| Email notifications | Yes | Yes |
| Dietary/medical info | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-location support | Yes | Yes |
| Schema markup for Google | Yes | No |
| PRICING | ||
| No monthly fees | Yes | Yes |
| Pay-as-you-go pricing | Yes | No |
| Low 2.5% booking fee | Yes | No |
| Free sessions cost nothing | Yes | No |
| FUNDING & GRANT REPORTING | ||
| Funded places management | Yes | No |
| Funder evidence export | Yes | No |
| Grant readiness scoring | Yes | No |
| At-risk funded place detection | Yes | No |
| MEL funder reporting | Yes | No |
| Free sessions at zero platform cost | Yes | No |
Pebble has a directory — but it only lists Pebble's own customers, and only children's activities. SeshDesk's Activities directory aggregates 93,664+ activities from every major booking platform in the UK — including Pebble's own clubs — and across all ages, not just kids. When someone searches for an activity near them, they find your club whether it runs on SeshDesk or not. Switch to SeshDesk and your listing upgrades to live availability and real-time booking.
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