--- title: "Golf O'Clock vs YourGolfBooking (YGB): UK Comparison" description: "Golf O'Clock vs YourGolfBooking (YGB) for UK golf simulator venues: monthly price in pounds, booking fees, payments, door access and simulator control." url: https://golfoclock.com/blog/golf-oclock-vs-yourgolfbooking --- [Back to blog](/blog)Technology # Golf O'Clock vs YourGolfBooking (YGB) for indoor golf venues Oct 14, 20266 min read YGB costs less per month; Golf O'Clock has no fee per booking. YGB is a UK system built around driving ranges and golf courses, with an indoor plan and its own point of sale. Golf O'Clock is built only for indoor golf, with deeper pricing rules, door access and simulator locking, payments in your own Stripe or Square account, and no fee per booking. YGB adds a reservation fee of about 50p to each online booking, which your customers usually pay. We make Golf O'Clock, so read this with that in mind. YGB's pricing comes from its pricing page as indexed in October 2026 and from a published comparison that checked it in August 2026; its pricing page wasn't publicly readable when we checked. Confirm current figures with YGB directly. ## The short version Golf O'Clock YGB Built for Indoor golf and simulator venues Driving ranges, golf courses, mini golf and indoor venues Price (indoor) £150/month for 4 bays, +£25 per extra bay £44/month for 2 simulators and £88 for 4 on monthly billing; £38 and £75 paid yearly Fee per booking None Reservation fee of about 50p per online simulator booking, usually passed to the customer Based in Montreal, Canada; 200+ venues in North America, the UK and Europe United Kingdom Payments Your own Stripe or Square account Not published; ask YGB Contract Month to month, no contract Monthly or yearly billing Point of sale Connects to Lightspeed K-Series or Square Its own POS, about £59 per terminal per month Door access and simulator locking Kisi, Avigilon Alta, RemoteLock, Rhombus, locks with a web connection, QR entry codes, SmartLock; Screen Marshal locks each bay PC Automated simulator access control listed; ask which locks it supports Memberships Recurring plans, included hours, punch cards, seasonal passes, guest fees Memberships and loyalty cards ## What an indoor venue pays each month Both charge in pounds. Here's the subscription alone, with YGB on monthly billing. Simulators Golf O'Clock (per month) YGB (per month, monthly billing) 4 £150 About £88 6 £200 About £132 8 £250 About £176 10 £300 About £220 YGB figures are worked out at about £22 per simulator per month, the monthly-billing rate in its published pricing (£88 for 4 and £110 for 5). Paid yearly, YGB has been listed at £75 a month for 4 simulators. Then there's the booking fee. A typical bay on Golf O'Clock sells about 1,900 hours a year, and the average booking runs just under two hours, which works out to about 85 bookings a bay each month, or about 340 for 4 bays. At 50p each, that's about £170 a month in reservation fees on YGB. If you absorb it, a 4-bay venue pays about £258 a month on YGB against £150 on Golf O'Clock. Venues usually pass it to the customer, which keeps YGB cheaper on your bill and adds 50p to every booking your customers make. Golf O'Clock doesn't charge one. More on pricing models in [what golf simulator software costs](/blog/golf-simulator-software-cost). ## Where Golf O'Clock goes further **Built only for indoor golf.** Bays, sessions, memberships with included hours, lessons that book the coach and the bay together, and group bookings are the whole product. **Pricing rules.** Peak, off-peak, member, tier, package and promotional rates resolve in order on every booking, and current utilisation can be a condition. See [pricing rules](/features/pricing-rules). **Unstaffed hours.** Customers open the door from their phone, and [Screen Marshal](/features/screen-marshal) unlocks the simulator for their booking and locks it again when it ends. See [unmanned venues](/solutions/unmanned-venues). **Your own payments, no booking fee.** Online payments go into your own Stripe or Square account, and nothing is added per booking. **The AI assistant and API.** Staff can describe a membership or a rate and the [AI assistant](/features/ai-assistant) sets it up for approval, and every venue has its own API, webhooks and MCP server. ## Where YGB goes further **Ranges and courses in the same system.** If you run a driving range, a golf course or mini golf alongside your simulators, YGB covers all of them, with tee sheets and its own point of sale. Golf O'Clock is for indoor golf only. **UK-based.** YGB is a UK company that describes itself as built by golf operators, for golf operators. **A golfer-facing listing.** Golfers can find YGB venues and book through yourgolfbooking.com as well as the venue's own page. ## Which one fits your venue Pick YGB if simulators are one part of a driving range, golf club or mini golf business and you want one system and one point of sale across all of it. Pick Golf O'Clock if you run an indoor golf venue, staffed or unstaffed, and want no booking fee on your customers, pricing with members, tiers and packages in it, a choice of door locks with Screen Marshal on every bay PC, and payments in your own account. Our page on [booking software for UK venues](/solutions/uk) covers pounds and VAT, and [our comparison of booking platforms](/blog/best-golf-simulator-booking-software) covers the rest of the field. YourGolfBooking, YGB and other product names are trademarks of their respective owners, used here only to identify their products. Golf O'Clock is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. Details about YGB may have changed since. If anything here is out of date or wrong, email [info@golfoclock.com](mailto:info@golfoclock.com) and we'll correct it. Written by [Mathieu Morin](/about), CRO at Golf O'Clock. Based on operating data from 200+ indoor golf venues. ## Frequently asked questions **What is YourGolfBooking (YGB)?** YourGolfBooking, or YGB, is a UK booking system from YourGolfBooking.com Ltd for driving ranges, golf courses, mini golf and indoor simulator venues, with an optional point of sale. Golfers book through yourgolfbooking.com or the venue's own booking page. **Is Golf O'Clock cheaper than YGB?** On the subscription alone, YGB is lower: £88 a month for 4 simulators on monthly billing (£75 paid yearly) against Golf O'Clock's £150 for the first 4 bays and £25 per extra bay. YGB also has a reservation fee of about 50p per online booking, usually passed to customers; at typical volume that's about £170 a month for a 4-bay venue. Golf O'Clock has no booking fee. **Can I switch from YGB to Golf O'Clock?** Yes. Export your customers and active memberships from YGB as a spreadsheet and Golf O'Clock imports customers, tags, notes, marketing consent and memberships with their renewal dates, so nobody signs up twice. Past bookings stay in the old system. More in [switching booking systems](/help/switching-booking-systems). ## Ready to see Golf O'Clock in action? Book a demo and we'll walk you through the platform with your venue setup in mind. [Book a demo](/demo)