The complete alternative to ForeUP
ForeUP is a solid daily-fee tee-sheet and POS for public courses. Many clubs outgrow it: the member experience is thin, accounting is a separate vendor, marketing is a separate vendor, and the per-module pricing adds up fast. Links Meridian gives you the full platform in one place at a transparent price.
ForeUP did good work bringing daily-fee public courses online. The booking widget works, the iPad POS works, and the tee-sheet management works. The problem is everything that sits around the core: the member portal is basic, the social features for members do not exist, accounting integrations are external, marketing is its own subscription, and the more you bolt on, the more the bill grows.
Links Meridian replaces ForeUP with a single integrated platform: tee sheet with online booking, lottery, and waitlist; pro shop and F&B POS; full accounting with GL, AP/AR, and reconciliation; tournaments; member CRM; AI-powered marketing; and a Digital Clubhouse member portal with community feed, Course Records, the Honours Board, season standings, and awards. Every feature is included in every plan. There are no per-module charges.
If you are running a daily-fee course that wants to add a paid membership program, ForeUP makes that hard because the member experience is so light. Links Meridian was designed to do both daily-fee and membership equally well, in the same system, with the same tools. That makes it the right platform for clubs that are growing into a hybrid model.
The outcome for your club
Member portal that members will use
ForeUP gives daily-fee users a booking widget. Links Meridian gives daily-fee and member users a Digital Clubhouse with social features, Course Records, the Honours Board, and a community feed. The difference becomes obvious within the first month.
Accounting built in, not bolted on
GL, AP, AR, daily reconciliation, tax handling, and QuickBooks/Xero export. ForeUP requires a separate accounting tool. We replace that with a tightly integrated module.
Marketing automation native to the platform
Email campaigns, automation workflows, AI content agents that draft and publish. ForeUP has marketing as an add-on. We have it as a core module.
One bill, not five
ForeUP plus a separate POS vendor, plus accounting, plus marketing, plus member portal. That is what most growing clubs end up paying for. Links Meridian replaces all of it.
Daily-fee and membership in one system
Designed to handle public play, member play, and hybrid models in the same platform. Pricing rules adjust by member tier, time-of-day, and day-of-week. Restrictions enforce member-only access cleanly.
Migration team handles the cutover
We import your ForeUP member data, tee-sheet history, POS inventory, gift card balances, and customer records. Both systems run in parallel. You go live with everything intact.
Links Meridian vs ForeUP
Common questions
We are a daily-fee course. Does Links Meridian work for us?
Yes. The platform was designed to handle daily-fee, membership, and hybrid operations equally well. You get all the tee-sheet, online booking, POS, and pricing tools you need for daily-fee, plus everything you would need to add a membership program later, without changing platforms.
How does the migration from ForeUP work?
We export your ForeUP data: member records, tee-sheet history, POS inventory, gift card balances, customer records. We import it into Links Meridian and run both systems in parallel during cutover so your members and staff never see a disruption. Most clubs go live within two to four weeks.
We use ForeUP plus a separate accounting tool. Will Links Meridian replace both?
Yes. Links Meridian has full GL, AP, and AR built in, plus QuickBooks and Xero export if you want to keep your existing GL. We import opening balances and historical data during migration.
What is the pricing difference?
ForeUP starts low but adds up fast with per-module fees and add-ons for marketing, tournaments, F&B, and accounting integrations. Links Meridian is $99 to $1,799 per month with every feature included. Most clubs that switch end up paying less in total.
Do you support gift cards and rain checks?
Yes. Gift cards, rain checks, loyalty rewards, and offline mode are built into the POS. We migrate gift card balances during the cutover so customers do not lose value.
Replace ForeUP with one integrated platform
Tee sheet, POS, accounting, member portal, and marketing, all included.