Community facility booking system

• keyboard_arrow_downHow is Anolla different from traditional community center and sports facility booking software?
  Conventional community centre booking calendars only provide time scheduling and do not manage the full utilisation of sports halls, event rooms, hobby centres and other community facilities. Anolla is a comprehensive all-in-one revenue-driven booking and management platform for community facilities, created specifically for sports complexes, cultural centres, youth centres, shared halls, courts and event grounds. The platform combines facility booking, member and visitor management (CRM) and automated notifications. Unlike static booking calendars, Anolla uses AI-based logic to optimise the occupancy of halls, courts, classrooms and sports facilities. Anolla supports dynamic pricing for community facilities according to demand, time of day and season. The platform also allows you to manage hourly training schedules and multi-day camps, tournaments and events simultaneously.
• keyboard_arrow_downDoes Anolla support both hourly training sessions and multi-day community events at the same time?
  Yes, this is one of Anolla’s key advantages for managers of community centres and sports facilities. Unlike many venue booking systems, Anolla does not force you to choose only between an hourly sports hall schedule or day-based event bookings. The platform simultaneously supports bookings for training classes, practice groups, sports fields, club practices and day-based events, tournaments, camps and festivals. You can also manage community activities with variable duration, such as open gym times, free-practice windows or flexible event setup periods. All bookings for sports halls, gyms, swimming pools, outdoor fields and event rooms are consolidated into a single central booking calendar. Anolla is an ideal fit for hybrid community facilities that combine rental halls, training studios, youth centres, club events and public community programmes.
• keyboard_arrow_downHow does the Anolla AI assistant reduce community facility administrative workload and human errors?
  Anolla’s automated community facility customer support AI assistant works 24/7, responding to recurring booking and facility usage questions from residents, members, trainers and event organizers. The assistant automatically resolves up to 79.3%¹ of standard inquiries, such as sports hall availability, hall rental terms, price lists, house rules and parking information. The AI assistant also resolves up to 52.4%¹ of first-level technical issues, for example problems with user accounts, booking changes and payment links, without intervention from the management team. Automated communication with community members reduces admin time for administrators and coordinators by up to 39.3%¹, which in turn minimizes human errors from manual entry when managing facility schedules, hall allocations and resource usage.
• keyboard_arrow_downHow does Anolla's dynamic pricing help community facility managers offer optimized rental prices?
  Anolla’s dynamic pricing module automates the pricing strategy for community centres, sports halls, swimming pools, tennis courts, halls and event spaces. Facility managers can create rules that adjust hall rental and court usage fees based on time of day, day of the week, season, local demand or specific user groups (e.g. youth clubs, senior groups, members, companies). All price changes are applied automatically according to the configured booking and rental rules, without manual intervention. The system helps fill low-demand time slots with more attractive prices to increase utilisation. During peak hours and popular seasons, dynamic pricing maximises rental revenue. This increases occupancy, cash flow and overall profitability of the entire sports and event complex.
• keyboard_arrow_downIs Anolla suitable both for a small community center and for a city hall with multiple facilities?
  Yes, Anolla community facility booking software is designed to scale from small village centres to municipalities operating multiple sports complexes and cultural venues. A small community centre or single sports hall can start with a powerful free plan that covers core needs such as room booking, facility schedule management and simple notifications. Large sports centres, city halls, sports clubs and multi-location community centre networks benefit from centralised management where all gyms, stadiums, tennis courts, pools, youth centres and halls are managed under one account. The platform lets you add unlimited facilities, locations and admin users. Flexible role- and location-based access control (RBAC) allows you to assign different permissions to coaches, volunteers, administrators, municipal officials and event organisers.
• keyboard_arrow_downWhich tools for managing community facilities does Anolla integrate with?
  The Anolla community facility booking software is built with an API-first architecture to support key integrations with sports centers, cultural venues and municipal information systems. For payment processing there is a direct integration with Stripe’s payment solutions, enabling secure collection of hall rental fees, training packages and event participation charges. Anolla supports comprehensive analytics integrations such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Meta Pixel, which help track which sports halls and event spaces fill up faster and which times need additional marketing. The platform allows exporting raw facility usage data to BI/ML tools so the municipality or operator can make data-driven decisions about investments, hall schedules and opening hours. In addition, Anolla includes a powerful API that enables integration with existing membership management systems, municipal registers, door access systems and other community center solutions.
• keyboard_arrow_downWhat does the free package include and what do the paid features add for managing community facilities?
  The free plan includes all the core community facility booking tools needed to start smooth management of sports halls, event spaces or community centre rooms: online bookings, a basic facility calendar, simple email confirmations and user profiles. This plan is ideal for smaller community centres, village halls, training studios and single sports halls that are just starting with digital booking solutions. Paid features add unlimited automations (e.g. recurring training schedules, automatic payment reminders, facility closure notifications), advanced integrations with payment, analytics and access control systems, and membership and community loyalty modules that support season passes, package-based training cards and membership programmes.
• keyboard_arrow_downHow does Anolla’s usage-based pricing reduce business risks in managing community facilities?
  Anolla’s usage-based pricing model is designed especially to reduce risk for managers of community centers, sports clubs and municipal facilities. Sports halls and community centers don’t have to pay high fixed monthly fees during periods when venue usage or event numbers are lower. Costs scale in proportion to actual booking volume, facility usage and number of payments. This model is ideal for seasonal sports facilities (such as tennis courts, ice rinks and beach sports areas) and event centers where demand depends on season and weather. This way, facility managers can focus on developing sports programs and community events instead of covering fixed costs during quieter months.
• keyboard_arrow_downHow quickly can a community center or sports complex start working with Anolla?
  Getting started with Anolla for community facility booking usually takes only a few minutes: you create gyms, sports halls, courts, pool lanes, and event rooms and define rental terms. The entire setup process is guided by a 24/7 context-aware AI assistant that helps you step by step to configure facility calendars, pricing, and booking rules. The platform’s ease of use is rated 5/5¹ on Capterra, and nine out of ten administrative team members learn the booking system’s core functionality in less than 30 minutes¹, making the transition from paper or Excel schedules to digital community facility management particularly smooth.
• keyboard_arrow_downWhat makes Anolla’s community facilities platform a future-proof solution?
  Anolla is a future-proof community facilities booking platform thanks to its scalable modular architecture that grows with the needs of sports centers, community centers or municipalities. The platform evolves continuously through cloud infrastructure and AI-based learning that identifies usage patterns, optimizes schedules for sports halls and event spaces, and recommends better pricing models. Unlike static and hard-to-update software, Anolla is built around a powerful API that makes it possible to integrate new payment solutions, membership systems and municipal information systems. The extensible modular platform also supports an IoT ecosystem: door access (smart keys, card readers), equipment rental (sports gear, technical equipment) and environmental sensors (lighting, heating, occupancy sensors) can all be linked directly to bookings. This architecture enables community facility managers to continually adopt new technologies, keeping the digital tools for sports centers, cultural venues and shared spaces at the forefront of the market.

¹ Percentages are approximate indicators calculated based on our historical and current data. These figures are based on client feedback, surveys, and other analyses. The final result may differ. The outcome depends on the specific scope and sector of the application.