For years, Resova was the default choice for serious escape room operators — and it is still the second most common booking system in the industry. In our 2026 study of 1,618 US escape room websites, Resova came in at 27.0% observed usage, behind only Bookeo. Together the two account for roughly two-thirds of the market. This is the honest rundown of where Resova still leads, what it costs now, and the trade-offs worth knowing before you commit.
What Resova is — and who it suits
Unlike Bookeo, Resova was purpose-built for escape rooms (it has since expanded into tours and museums too). That heritage shows: it ships with the things escape room owners actually need — proper waiver management, gift cards, detailed reporting, multi-location support and a more modern customer-facing booking flow. It is the feature-rich option.
The context that has changed — and keeps changing: Resova was acquired by Clubspeed, a broader entertainment-venue management company, in 2022. Then in May 2026, Clubspeed itself was acquired by Valsoft Corporation (through its Manos Software Group subsidiary). That means the product that started life as Bookify has now changed hands multiple times — and each new owner adds another layer between escape room operators and the people setting the platform's direction and pricing. The pricing part is no longer hypothetical: Resova has begun charging a $50/month "connector" fee to any venue that does not use its in-house SpeedPay payment system (more on that below).
Reliability has taken a knock too. In Resova's most recent stumble, the company failed to renew its own resova.us domain name — taking booking systems offline for operators while the roughly $10 renewal was paid and the domain repropagated. For a platform whose entire job is being there when a customer wants to book, an outage caused by a lapsed domain renewal left a lot of owners understandably upset — and it fits a wider pattern of frustration since the ownership changes began.
Resova pricing for escape rooms
Resova is tiered by monthly booking volume (a booking counts as one reservation, regardless of group size). All plans are commission-free, with a 14-day free trial and no setup fees. The headline prices below are the annual-billing rate (you save up to ~20% versus paying monthly) — but note the new connector fee, which changes the real cost for most venues:
Resova plans for escape rooms (annual billing, as of July 2026)
- Lite — $40/mo*up to 100 bookings, 2 team members. For brand-new or very small venues.
- Pro — $72/mo*up to 300 bookings, 5 team members. Where most single-site rooms land.
- Premium — $108/mo*up to 600 bookings, 10 team members — and the tier that adds built-in waivers.
*Plus the new $50/month connector fee — unless you use SpeedPay.
Resova has started charging a $50/month "connector" fee to any venue that processes payments through anything other than its in-house SpeedPay system. If you are on Stripe, Square or PayPal and do not want to switch, the real prices are $90 (Lite), $122 (Pro) and $158 (Premium) per month — which turns the mid-priced specialist into the most expensive flat-fee option by some distance.
Go over your booking limit and it is $0.20 per extra booking. Enterprise (unlimited, multi-venue) is custom-quoted. One thing to note: built-in waivers only appear on the Premium tier, so if signed waivers are core to your check-in, budget for $108/month (plus any connector fee) rather than the headline $40. Confirm current pricing on Resova's site before committing.
The pros and cons
Adding Resova to your website (without wrecking your speed)
Resova embeds via a JavaScript widget. This is where our data is genuinely useful — and where Resova needs the most care: in the 2026 study, sites running Resova had a median mobile score of 45 and a median Largest Contentful Paint of 9.4 seconds — the heaviest of the flat-fee majors. One large US franchise running Resova across 70+ locations scored between 10 and 48 almost everywhere.
As always, the host site matters as much as the widget — a heavy Resova embed on a bloated WordPress build is a very different animal from the same embed on a lean, fast page. If you choose Resova for its features, it is worth being extra deliberate about how and where you load the widget so the feature richness does not cost you Core Web Vitals.
How to embed any booking widget the right way
See the Speed pillar for how third-party booking scripts affect Core Web Vitals, and the booking page build module for the exact way to wire a booking widget into a page that still loads fast.
From my own experience
We were part of the first bunch of escape room owners to back what was, back then, the very new Bookify booking system — which later became Resova, was then acquired by Clubspeed, and now sits under Valsoft Corporation. The system suited us really well for years.
But customer support became strained, and being left stranded by a couple of major weekend outages eventually sent us, reluctantly, looking elsewhere. The software still looks great and functions well — personally, for us, it was just time to move on. It's still the second biggest escape room booking system on the market and plenty of owners swear by it; we were simply among the number who got let down once too many times. It's a good system, and definitely better than most out there — but it's no longer our first choice.
— Steve Nicoll, owner of Escape Rooms Wellington
Resova FAQs
How much does Resova cost for an escape room?
Resova is tiered by booking volume: Lite is $40/month (up to 100 bookings), Pro is $72/month (up to 300 bookings) where most single-site rooms land, and Premium is $108/month (up to 600 bookings, and the tier that adds built-in waivers). On top of that, Resova now charges a $50/month connector fee to venues that do not use its SpeedPay payment system — making the real prices $90, $122 and $158/month for anyone on Stripe, Square or PayPal. All plans are commission-free with a 14-day free trial; overage bookings are $0.20 each.
Is Resova good for escape rooms?
Yes — it was purpose-built for escape rooms and is the second most used system in our 2026 study (27%). It is the most feature-rich of the flat-fee options. The trade-offs are the highest price of the flat-fee systems (especially with the new $50/month connector fee), the heaviest performance toll in our data, and growing uncertainty after two changes of ownership — Clubspeed in 2022, then Valsoft in 2026.
Does Resova charge commission?
No. Resova uses a flat monthly subscription with no per-booking commission, so customers never see an added booking fee at checkout. The catch is on the operator's side: unless you process payments through Resova's own SpeedPay system, you now pay a $50/month connector fee on top of your plan.
Does Resova slow down your website?
Its widget is the heaviest of the major flat-fee systems in our study — a median mobile LCP of 9.4 seconds — though much of that depends on the host site. If you pick Resova, be deliberate about how the widget is embedded to protect your Core Web Vitals.
Who owns Resova now?
Resova is now part of Valsoft Corporation. Clubspeed acquired Resova in 2022, and in May 2026 Clubspeed itself was acquired by Valsoft's Manos Software Group. The software remains capable, but the repeated changes of ownership — and moves like the new connector fee — have left many owners uneasy about its long-term direction and pricing.
The verdict
If you want the most escape-room-native feature set — proper waivers, gift cards, deep reporting, multi-location — and a modern booking experience, Resova is still a capable platform, and the no-commission model keeps customers happy at checkout. But the case for it is harder to make than it was a year ago. Go in clear-eyed on the real price (up to $158/month with the connector fee unless you adopt SpeedPay), the booking-volume tiers, the extra care its widget needs on page speed, and a platform that has now changed hands twice in four years — with incidents like the lapsed domain renewal doing little to reassure. For owners already invested in it, the features may still justify staying; for anyone choosing fresh, the cheaper and more settled alternatives deserve a serious look first.
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