🏛️ Local authorities
Open your courts to more residents
Make it easier to book and access your sports facilities. Your teams retain control of opening times, prices and eligible users.
Transform the available slots of your sports equipment into new practice opportunities for your residents.
Sports facilities for residents
Discover these facilities and their booking pages on Anybuddy.
Examples refer to the venues shown and their individual booking arrangements.
🎾 Anybuddy
The partner for local authorities opening up sport to as many people as possible
Anybuddy is a reservation platform dedicated to racket sports equipment.
We support local authorities to enhance their infrastructure, simplify the reservation of courts and promote access to sports practice, thanks to a complete digital solution integrating search, reservation, payment and access to equipment.
A simple solution to optimize the use of your facilities and offer a modern service, accessible to all users.
In practice, for your local authority
- Posting your available slots online
- Connection with your existing reservation system
- Reservation and payment directly online
- Automated access to equipment, even without on-site personnel
- Better occupancy of courts during off-peak hours
- Greater visibility among local players
- Monitoring of reservations and attendance
Simple management for your teams
- You define slots and access priorities.
- You choose prices and terms of use.
- We prepare the setup with your teams.
More sports practice, without burdening the daily life of your services.
Your organisation, connected to Anybuddy
We review your software, booking rules and equipment to define a setup suited to your facility.
Your booking software
The starting point: your schedule, available slots and priority rules.
Anybuddy
Player visibility, online booking and payment.
Your access equipment
Where your installation supports it, booking-linked access helps players enter the facility.
🤝 Support
How does Anybuddy support your local authority?
1
Optimize the occupancy rate
Enhance currently underused slots and increase attendance at your sports facilities. Anybuddy makes it possible to better fill courts during off-peak hours, during the day, on weekends or during holiday periods.
2
Develop local sports practice
Facilitate access to sport for the inhabitants of your territory. Players can view availability, book a court and pay directly from the Anybuddy app.
3
Simplify equipment management
Automate reservations, payments and, where possible, access to courts. Your teams maintain a clear view of activity without having to manage each reservation manually.
4
Improve user experience
Offer a modern, simple and accessible experience: browse available slots, book in a few clicks, pay online, split the payment between players and access facilities independently.
5
Better manage your sports policy
Analyze the use of your equipment and identify the uses of your territory. Have clear data to measure the occupancy of courts and guide your future decisions.
⚙️ Features
A complete solution for your sports equipment
Reservations
A simple and intelligent reservation system
Digitize the reservation of your courts and make them easier for residents to access. Anybuddy synchronizes the availability of your equipment and only displays the slots that are actually bookable.
Players can find an available court and make their reservation in just a few clicks.
Your local authority keeps control over:
- the equipment offered
- open slots
- available times
- booking conditions
- the prices applied
Public Match
Make it easier for players to connect
The Public Match allows a player to offer an open game to other members of the Anybuddy community. Participants can join the match and pay for their place individually directly from the app.
This feature helps remove one of the main obstacles to practicing sports: not having a partner to play with.
An effective solution to create links between players and encourage regular use of equipment.
Payments
Simple, secure payments tailored to your organization
Anybuddy supports the entire payment journey: online booking, individual or shared payment, transaction tracking and booking history.
The platform also adapts to your local authority's financial setup with two collection methods:
Automatic payout
The local authority's share is paid directly into its account, while the Anybuddy commission is deducted automatically.
Classic billing
The local authority collects 100% of the revenue and Anybuddy then invoices its service.
Our teams support your financial services in order to implement the solution best suited to your organization and your accounting procedures.
Access control
Give users autonomous access to your facilities
Anybuddy is compatible with the main access control systems (badges, digital codes, connected locks, etc.).
Are you already equipped?
We adapt to your existing installation.
Not equipped yet?
We can put in place a solution adapted to your equipment.
Users automatically receive their access after their reservation, for a smooth, secure and fully autonomous experience.
Reporting
Manage your facilities with data
Access a clear dashboard to monitor the activity of your installations: attendance, occupancy rate, most requested slots, revenue generated and changes in usage.
Concrete indicators to measure the performance of your equipment and guide your decisions.
Billing
Clear and centralized financial management
Easily find all the information related to transactions carried out on Anybuddy.
Access:
- reservation history
- your transaction records
- your downloadable invoices
- your accounting exports
- your payouts
Transparent, structured management adapted to your local authority's monitoring needs.
❓ FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Do we need to set up a revenue collection office (régie de recettes)?
Payment collection and payouts must be defined with your finance team. The project is reviewed against your local authority’s procedures before implementation.
Do we need to go through public procurement?
The contractual framework depends on your project and its terms. Your competent departments determine the applicable procedure; commission-based pricing alone does not remove the need for this assessment.
How are payments managed?
Two operating modes are possible. Automatic payout (Stripe Connect): for each reservation, the local authority's share is paid directly into its Stripe account, while the Anybuddy commission is deducted automatically. Collection by the local authority: the local authority receives 100% of the revenue and Anybuddy then invoices its service according to the agreed terms. We adapt to your accounting and financial procedures.
Does the local authority need to open a Stripe account?
Only under the automatic payout model, and Anybuddy handles the setup. Opening a Stripe account is quick and meets regulatory requirements (KYC). Our teams support the local authority through the process and handle the full configuration.
Are payments secure?
Yes. Payments are processed by Stripe, a global online payment player, PCI DSS certified, used by thousands of public and private organizations. No banking data is stored by Anybuddy.
Do the proceeds pass through Anybuddy's bank account?
No. In the automatic payout model, the funds intended for the local authority are paid directly into its Stripe account. Anybuddy only keeps its commission in accordance with the terms defined with the local authority.
Is the solution GDPR compliant?
Data processing, each party’s responsibilities and the required documents must be clarified with your data protection officer before launch.
Where is the data hosted?
The data is hosted on secure infrastructure located in France via Scaleway and benefits from security measures that comply with industry standards.
Does user data belong to the local authority?
The data is used only for the purposes of booking and managing the service. Anybuddy never sells user data and processing is strictly governed by the GDPR and contractual commitments.
Can we connect Anybuddy to our business software?
Yes. Anybuddy can connect to different sports equipment management software via API or through synchronizations tailored to your organization. When this is not possible, other methods of managing availability can be put in place.
Do we need to replace our current software?
No. Anybuddy generally complements the tools already used by the local authority in order to offer users a modern reservation process.
Should we change our access control system?
No. If you already have a system (badges, digital codes, connected locks, etc.), we adapt to your installation. If no device is in place, we can also support you in deploying a standalone access control solution.
Can reservations be limited to residents?
Yes. The local authority keeps control of its facilities and can define its own rules: access reserved for residents, opening to certain groups, specific slots, pricing conditions or access priorities.
Who sets the prices?
The local authority. You keep full control of prices, slots open for booking, the facilities involved and the rules of use.
Do municipal agents keep control of the platform?
Yes. Municipal teams have an administration space allowing them to manage equipment, slots, prices, reservations and statistics.
Can users share the payment for a court?
Yes. Players can pay their own share individually or automatically split the cost of the booking, which simplifies organization and reduces cancellations.
Give a new dynamic to your sports equipment
Increase their attendance, facilitate access to sport and simplify their management thanks to Anybuddy.
Our team supports you in analyzing your needs, integrating the solution and putting your equipment online.