Selecting a Ticketing System: The Best Ticketing Software of 2015 – Part 3

Welcome back to the next instalment of The Best Ticketing Software in 2015 Series. Between Part 1 and Part 2 we’ve covered 20 ticketing software systems already! If you aren’t already, be sure to follow along with us on Twitter and Facebook using the #TicketingSystemTuesday custom hashtag. Not only will you receive the latest news in ticketing technology, but you’ll also receive some super tips to help you select the right ticketing system for your performing arts organization.Today we’ll be taking a closer look at Arts People, Glitnir Ticketing System, HoldMyTicket, RezWare XP7, SimpleTix, TicketingHub, TICKETsage Custom Solutions, Titan, Universe, and WizTix.

Arts People

Deployment: Web-based
Pricing: Not listed
Fee for $20 Ticket: Not available
Reserved Seating: Yes
Onsite Ticketing: Yes
Online Ticketing: Yes
Season Tickets: Yes
Customer Database: Yes
Fundraising Management: Yes

Glitnir Ticketing System

Deployment: Web-based
Pricing: Not listed
Fee for $20 Ticket: Not available
Reserved Seating: Yes
Onsite Ticketing: Yes
Online Ticketing: Yes
Season Tickets: No
Customer Database: Yes
Fundraising Management: No

HoldMyTicket

Deployment: Web-based
Pricing: 10-15% per ticket
Fee for $20 Ticket: $3
Reserved Seating: Yes
Onsite Ticketing: Yes
Online Ticketing: Yes
Season Tickets: Yes
Customer Database: Yes
Fundraising Management: No

RezWare XP7

Deployment: Web-based
Pricing: $4,700/installation
Fee for $20 Ticket: Not available
Reserved Seating: Yes
Onsite Ticketing: Yes
Online Ticketing: Yes
Season Tickets: No
Customer Database: Yes
Fundraising Management: Yes

SimpleTix

Deployment: Web-based
Pricing: $0.99 per ticket
Fee for $20 Ticket: $0.99
Reserved Seating: Yes
Onsite Ticketing: Yes
Online Ticketing: Yes
Season Tickets: Yes
Customer Database: Yes
Fundraising Management: Yes

TicketingHub

Deployment: Web-based
Pricing: Not listed
Fee for $20 Ticket: Not availabe
Reserved Seating: No
Onsite Ticketing: Yes
Online Ticketing: Yes
Season Tickets: No
Customer Database: Yes
Fundraising Management: No

TICKETsage Custom Solutions

Deployment: Web-based
Pricing: $580/month
Fee for $20 Ticket: Not available
Reserved Seating: Yes
Onsite Ticketing: Yes
Online Ticketing: Yes
Season Tickets: No
Customer Database: Yes
Fundraising Management: Yes

Titan

Deployment: Installed
Pricing: Starting at $100/month per user
Fee for $20 Ticket: Not available
Reserved Seating: No
Onsite Ticketing: Yes
Online Ticketing: Yes
Season Tickets: No
Customer Database: Yes
Fundraising Management: Yes

Universe

Deployment: Web-based
Pricing: $0.99 + 2% per ticket
Fee for $20 Ticket: $1.39
Reserved Seating: Yes
Onsite Ticketing: Yes
Online Ticketing: Yes
Season Tickets: Yes
Customer Database: Yes
Fundraising Management: Yes

WizTix

Deployment: Web-based
Pricing: Not listed
Fee for $20 Ticket: Not available
Reserved Seating: Yes
Onsite Ticketing: Yes
Online Ticketing: Yes
Season Tickets: Yes
Customer Database: Yes
Fundraising Management: No

As always, a wide selection of ticketing software companies naturally provides a wide range of services at a variety of price-points. The Capterra reviews show that these ticketing systems all work for performing arts organizations; however, there are (in my opinion) a few systems that are missing important features:

TicketingHub does not offer reserved seating.
Glitnir Ticketing System, TicketingHub, Titan, RezWare XP7, and TICKETsage Custom Solutions can’t offer season ticketing.
HoldMyTicket, TicketingHub, and WizTix do not offer fundraising management.

Perhaps your performing arts organization doesn’t require fundraising management or season tickets…but it’s our experience that most do. Reserved seating is also a very important feature for performing arts organizations – especially theatres – to take into consideration, as it can make a tremendous impact on the overall ease and speed with which you run your events.

Of course, we think that you should also consider our own online ticketing system, TicketPeak. Call us biased, but we truly believe that our system holds its own against our competitors and offers feature-rich cloud-based software at a very reasonable and cost-effective price-point.

Are you interested in learning more? Click here to find more information about TicketPeak and how it works!