Club Bar vs Clubspeed

Club Bar is an open-source point-of-sale system for sports clubs, community centers, and member organizations running a bar or canteen. Members can identify themselves with RFID or NFC cards and see their personal tab at the terminal. The terminal stores data locally, allowing checkout without an internet connection and syncing when connectivity returns. Administrators can manage members and products, handle settlements, view reports, and review transaction journals and audit history. Checkout checks minimum product ages and can refuse an offline sale using a member’s birth date. Settlement tools export XML or CSV, and the backend generates SEPA direct debit pain.008.001.08 XML. The system supports SMTP email and REST APIs, with an optional ESP8266 token dispenser. Its security design includes mandatory admin TOTP two-factor authentication, role-based authorization, encrypted IBANs, audit logging, and terminal anomaly detection. Club Bar is self-hosted at free, with no subscriptions. Hosting documentation specifies PHP 8.3 or later, MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.5+, and Apache mod_rewrite; the Flutter desktop terminal targets embedded Linux.

Clubspeed is cloud-based venue management software for entertainment businesses such as karting tracks, family entertainment centers, trampoline parks, and escape rooms. It combines point of sale, online booking, customer relationship management, and reporting. Its touchscreen POS supports registrations, event bookings, activity scheduling, merchandise, gift cards, and food items, while CRM manages contacts and online pre-registration. Booking tools include scheduling and calendar management for birthday and corporate events. Karting-specific capabilities include race controls, garage management, timing hardware integrations, and ProSkill ranking. The API provides platform data for website integrations, dynamic leaderboards, and third-party displays. Registration kiosks can run as an iPad app, Windows EXE, or website URL. Listed platforms include Android, iOS, web, Windows, and API. Core costs $319 a year with annual billing or $399 a month with monthly billing. Both Core options exclude API licensing, multi-location pricing, on-site implementation, race timing, and ProSkill ranking. No free plan or trial is available.