Sailia is the best Eola alternative

Why centres switch from Eola to Sailia

• Need staff & kit management in one place

• Want control over deposits, custom pricing and invoicing

• Need deeper and more granular control over their calendar

• Want more control over automated marketing, and their own branded experience

• Need more in depth live reporting and membership tools

• Issues around pre course information and incomplete waivers

How it feels to use them

Using Eola feels like patching tools together, fine when you start, frustrating once you grow.

You’ll spend time fixing calendar mistakes, chasing missing waivers, and guessing how your business is performing.

Using Sailia feels like everything just works.

Staff know where to be, customers get the right reminders, and managers have instant visibility. It’s calm, connected, and completely branded as your own.

Quick snapshot: why centres switch

Who they’re built for

Eola sits awkwardly in the middle, it’s not as simple as basic tools like BookWhen, but it also doesn’t go far enough to truly manage your operations.

That means you get the complexity of a bigger system without the control or flexibility you actually need.

It’s fine if you just want to take quick online payments, but as soon as you need to manage staff, resources, or multiple locations, it quickly becomes hard work for little reward.

Sailia, on the other hand, was built by instructors, for instructors.

It’s made for multi-activity centres, watersports schools, and adventure operators that need everything connected. Bookings, staff, kit, schedules, and marketing all in one place.

That’s why centres like Rye Watersports saw a 33% revenue increase after switching to Sailia.

Pricing that scales fairly

Sailia keeps things simple:

• Transparent percentage tiers that scale with your revenue

• Next-day payouts

• No contracts or hidden setup fees

Eola’s model varies by customer, with changing commissions, setup costs, and a week-long payout delay - leaving many centres unsure what they’ll actually earn.

The bottom line

If you only need a lightweight booking link, Eola does the job.

If you want a platform that runs your business, not just takes payments, Sailia was built for you.

Eola helps you take bookings.

Sailia helps you run your business.