eSoft Planner

RATING:

4.4

(34)

About eSoft Planner

eSoft Planner is a cloud-based scheduling and business management software that helps sports facilities, swim clubs, music schools, and sewing/dance studios manage bookings, space renting, reservations, payments, and more. The platform offers a membership management module, which allows organizations to design custom plans with recurring billing and discounts, enabling clients to book lessons and classes via a self-service portal. eSoft Planner’s team management module allows businesses to handle schedules, tryouts, budgets, rosters, documentation, communication and other team activities. It offers a host of features such as automated billing, commission tracking, marketing tools, text and email notifications, role-based permissions and more. Additionally, administ...

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eSoft Planner Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4

Most Helpful Reviews for eSoft Planner

1 - 5 of 34 Reviews

Chris

Sports, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed April 2024

Why eSoft Planner

I have nothing but great things to say about my experience. They have a great product for the price and I would urge anyone getting into the sports facility business to use them.

PROS

From contact to set-up to implementation and use, there is no better company or people. They have been so helpful with everything, including working with the credit card processors. I highly recommend esoft planner. They don't try to upsell or sell you something you don't need. They tailor it to you and your business needs.

CONS

There are some nice to haves as far as functionality that I wouldn't mind being included in the eSoft system. But as far as value for the price, eSoft Planner is the way to go. They charge what they should for their product, not over priced, not under priced, but priced just right.

Reason for choosing eSoft Planner

eSoft had the best product for the price and the best onboarding plan I had seen. It was easy and seamless and they were there and available every step of the way.

Vendor Response

Thank you, Chris, for being a valued eSoft Planner customer! We're so glad to hear that you love our software and our amazing customer support team.

Replied April 2024

Jeff

Sports, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed February 2020

Definitely an Upgrade from Doing Things Manually

I went through the pain of having to manually transfer information from spreadsheets and never quite feeling like I had enough information to finish the job. eSoft keeps most information at hand, and changes are usually easy to make. They are very quick to respond to questions as well.

PROS

The ease of use as well as helping to keep continuity year-over-year, as well as the ability to keep up with technology.

CONS

The reporting can be a bit cumbersome, and it absolutely needs an "export all data" function. While we do not want to work only from spreadsheets, they have their own uses.

Reason for choosing eSoft Planner

The versatility of eSoft doesn't compare to TeamUnify, the latter being very specifically targeted and not easy to set up how we need it to be.

Reasons for switching to eSoft Planner

Because we wanted to automate the process from year-to-year as able, as well as to modernize our club's software.

Vendor Response

Thank you Jeff for being a valued eSoft Planner customer! We're so glad that you enjoy the easy-to-use software and our responsive customer support. We'll be rolling out an update soon to simplify reports allowing you to work from one report and configure it to meet your information and data needs.

Replied March 2020

Todd

Professional Training & Coaching, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

2

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed April 2024

Helpful review

Serves the purpose for my business. Both in scheduling and in bookkeeping.

PROS

Good product for the money. Helps with tax info also

CONS

Not very user friendly. Users have trouble navigating the site initially

Amy

Sports, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2024

eSoft Planner is a TEN out of TEN!!!

I would describe my overall experience with eSoft Planner as a 10/10!! IMPECCABLE!!

PROS

[sensitive content hidden] !!! [sensitive content hidden] is hands down the most professional, knowledgeable, helpful, efficient, effective, swift, prompt, pleasant, wicked-smaht, etc etc customer support agent alive!!! He makes navigating eSoft Planner seamless!! He is available 24/7/365 and responds immediately to texts even!! The information he provides has alleviated any and all "self-induced-stress" due to "user-error" every single time!!! The software has taken even our business's complicated scheduling debacle and made it user-friendly and workable! It is with zero reservation that we recommend eSoft Planner to Power Your Passion!!

CONS

....I am a busy business owner and I do not have time to sit and THINK up an answer for this one!!! I love eSoft Planner!!

Vendor Response

Thank you, Amy, for being a valued eSoft Planner customer! We're so glad to hear that you love our software and our amazing customer support team.

Replied February 2024

Brenton

Sports, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed February 2020

Top Notch Software and Support

Experience has been great. I have been able to utilize financial reports to highlight how the business is growing and marketing reports to send camp and clinic information to clients in our software. I am still learning every day, but like utilizing the software to grow the buesiness.

PROS

Overall, it is pretty easy to use. As someone that has never been tech-savvy, it is user-friendly and does not take long to learn how to use the software. Similarly, I can train staff members in a short period of time on how to use the software, which allows me to focus much of their training on other important areas that come with the job description at our facility. I like the ability to input only a few items on a users profile for quick setup purposes as well. I rarely fill in the other areas in the profile setup but do like the option of filling it out or not. Additionally, I love being able to reserve multiple facility locations and dates instead of going day by day to do it.

CONS

Prior to working with [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] on the issue, it was particularly frustrating dealing with different package types, but I later learned that a lot of that was set up incorrectly and it was unnecessary. The package types only applied to specific clients depending on which packages they purchased. She helped me change things around on our back end and set it up correctly. I really don't have any complaints about the software. As mentioned, it is fairly easy to use and does not present any issues for me.

Reason for choosing eSoft Planner

I'm not sure because I was not here for the setup phase, but I am satisfied with the software and the support that goes with it. Every time I have a question or am not sure about something, I get technical support very quickly. The technical support team does a great job at working through technical problems with me.

Vendor Response

Thanks for being a part of the eSoft Planner family, Brenton! It's important to us that our clients receive the best support possible to run their business. Please don't hesitate to give us a call if you need anything.

Replied March 2020