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title: "Front vs Ticket Fairy: fees and features (2026)"
description: "See Front and Ticket Fairy side by side: fees, features and what switching takes. Checked October 2026."
canonical: "https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/customer-support/ticket-fairy-vs-front"
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1. [Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/)
2. [Compare](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare)
3. [Customer support](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/customer-support)
4. Front vs Ticket Fairy

# Front vs Ticket Fairy

With Ticket Fairy, your buyers get answers about your events from your concierge, and your team can find their order from one detail to refund it, resend the tickets or change a name. With Front, its AI answers from your published Front knowledge base articles and up to 3,000 pages of another website.

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Ticket Fairy publishes this comparison and also sells event ticketing and event management software. [How we compare platforms](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/methodology)

- **7 of 8** of the things you need, included on Ticket Fairy
- **5 of 8** of the things you need, confirmed on the published pages of Front

## Which should you choose?

### Where Ticket Fairy is stronger

- Your ticket concierge can answer buyers on your website from your own answers and pages, and put tickets in their basket when they are ready.[1](#source-1)
- Your team can find an order from any detail the buyer gives, then resend tickets, correct a name or move them to another ticket type or seat.[2](#source-2)
- Your team can answer website chat handovers, Instagram and Messenger messages, and buyers' email replies from one Support Inbox.[3](#source-3)

### Where Front is stronger

- Front AI can use published Front knowledge base articles, and can crawl up to 3,000 pages of an external website.[4](#source-4)
- Autopilot works on Email, Autopilot Resolve, Portal, Slack, SMS and WhatsApp channels.[5](#source-5)
- Front lets teams connect external AI agents built with Claude, Codex, Sierra and others.[6](#source-6)

Ticket Fairy is the better fit when your buyers ask about your events and you want to answer them, fix their orders and sell them tickets without switching tools. Front suits you if you want its AI to answer from your published Front knowledge base articles and up to 3,000 pages of another website.

## What can Front and Ticket Fairy each do for answering your buyers?

### Where does each platform win on what you need?

- Included Channels in one inbox  On a paid plan
- Included AI answers from your own content *Ticket Fairy wins*  Extra cost
- Included Hands a question to a person *Ticket Fairy wins*  Extra cost
- Not offered Refunds and changes from the conversation *Front wins*  On a paid plan
- Included Sells tickets in the same system  Not found

**3 things you need are the same on both:** Help content buyers can read, Shows the buyer's orders beside the message, Notes and assignment

Ticket Fairy gives you 2 of these that Front does not, and Front gives you 1 that Ticket Fairy does not.

| What you need | Ticket Fairy | Front |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Where buyers reach you |  |  |
| Channels in one inbox | Included[3](#source-3) Your team can answer website chat handovers, Instagram and Messenger messages and email replies from one team inbox | On a paid plan[7](#source-7) Email, live chat, SMS, Slack, social, WhatsApp, voice integrations; Starter covers one channel type. Plans: Professional |
| AI answers from your own content | Included[8](#source-8) Your concierge can answer buyers from your FAQ, policy and venue pages, Google Docs or your whole website | Extra cost[9](#source-9) Autopilot AI agent answers from Front knowledge bases, websites, files and notes. |
| Hands a question to a person | Included[1](#source-1) Your concierge can pass the buyer to your team, to Ticket Fairy support, or to both in turn, with a summary so nobody starts from scratch | Extra cost[10](#source-10) Autopilot Resolve creates a ticket with full context when a customer needs a human. |
| Help content buyers can read | Included[11](#source-11) Each event page can carry FAQ sections, added by hand or imported from a document, and your concierge answers from them | Included[12](#source-12) Knowledge base with a customizable public site on all current plans. |
| What your team can do |  |  |
| Shows the buyer's orders beside the message | Included[13](#source-13) Your team can see the fan's recent orders in Instagram and Messenger conversations, and the buyer's contact details in every other conversation | Included[14](#source-14) Shopify integration shows customer and order details in the inbox sidebar. |
| Notes and assignment | Included[3](#source-3) Your team can leave internal notes, mark conversations Open, Waiting or Resolved, and move them between your team and Ticket Fairy | Included[15](#source-15) Internal comments, @mentions, assignment and ticket statuses on conversations. |
| Refunds and changes from the conversation | Not offered[2](#source-2) Your team can find the order from one detail the buyer gives, then refund, resend or change names on the order itself | On a paid plan[16](#source-16) Application requests can trigger order actions such as canceling a Shopify order from Front. Plans: Enterprise |
| Sells tickets in the same system | Included[1](#source-1) Your buyers can go from the chat to checkout on your page with their tickets already in the basket | Not found in Front's public documentation[17](#source-17) No event ticket selling found in Front's published material. |

## What else should you know about Front and Ticket Fairy?

Can Front show a buyer's orders beside their message?:  Yes. Front's own pages say its Shopify integration shows customer and order details in the inbox sidebar. In Ticket Fairy, your team can see the fan's recent orders next to Instagram and Messenger conversations, and the buyer's contact details next to other conversations. [18](#source-18) [13](#source-13)

Which channels does Front cover?:  Front's own pages list email, live chat, SMS, Slack, social, voice integrations and other channels. With Ticket Fairy, your team can answer the chats your concierge passes on, Instagram and Messenger messages and buyers' email replies from one shared Support Inbox. [19](#source-19) [3](#source-3)

Can Front answer buyers with AI?:  Yes, at extra cost. Front's own pages say its Autopilot AI agent answers from Front knowledge bases, websites, files and notes. In Ticket Fairy, your concierge can answer from your FAQ, policy and venue pages, Google Docs or your whole website. [20](#source-20) [8](#source-8)

Can Front pass a buyer from AI to a person?:  Yes, at extra cost. Front's own pages say Autopilot Resolve creates a ticket with the full context when a customer needs a person. In Ticket Fairy, your concierge can pass the buyer to your team, to Ticket Fairy support, or to both in turn, with a summary. [21](#source-21) [1](#source-1)

Can my team assign conversations and leave notes in Front?:  Yes. Front's own pages list internal comments, @mentions, assignment and ticket statuses on conversations. In Ticket Fairy, your team can leave internal notes, mark each conversation Open, Waiting or Resolved, and move a conversation between your team and Ticket Fairy support. [22](#source-22) [3](#source-3)

Does Front include a help center?:  Yes. Front's own pages say every current plan includes a knowledge base with a public site you can customize. In Ticket Fairy, you can add FAQ sections to each event page or import them from a document, and the concierge answers from them. [23](#source-23) [11](#source-11)

Can I refund or change an order from Front?:  Yes, on the Enterprise plan. Front's own pages say application requests can start order actions, such as canceling a Shopify order from Front. In Ticket Fairy, you can find the order from one detail the buyer gives you, then refund it, resend the tickets or change a name on it. [24](#source-24) [2](#source-2)

Can I export my data from Front?:  Yes. Front's own pages say you can export analytics reports to CSV as conversations, messages or full events data, kept for 30 days. Front Support runs a full account export of shared-inbox conversations, messages and comments in CSV folders when you ask, without individual inboxes, contacts, templates or tags. [25](#source-25)

## What changes when you answer buyers from the same place you sell their tickets?

Nobody on your team copies an order number from one tool to another, because your concierge and your team carry on each buyer's conversation from where it stopped.

1. **A buyer asks on your website** Your concierge can answer from your FAQ, policy and venue pages. [Teach your concierge from your event FAQ pages and Google Docs](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/teach-your-concierge-from-your-event-faq-pages)
2. **Your concierge sells the tickets** When the buyer is ready, the concierge can put their tickets in the basket and open checkout on your page. [Your AI ticket concierge](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/ai-ticket-concierge)
3. **Your team takes the hard questions** The concierge can pass the buyer to your team with a summary, in the same inbox as Instagram and Messenger. [The shared Support Inbox](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/orders-refunds-and-resale/shared-buyer-support-inbox)
4. **Your team fixes the order** Your team can find the order from any detail the buyer gives, then resend the tickets, correct a name or change the seat. [Find and fix orders](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/orders-refunds-and-resale/find-and-fix-orders)

Your team sees the buyer's question, their tickets and the concierge's answer together, from the first question to the fixed order.

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## Where does each fact come from?

Every fact about another company comes from its own published pages, quoted word for word. Where we did not find something in those pages, we say exactly that. [How we compare platforms](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/methodology)

1. Ticket Fairy [Buyers' questions become ticket sales on your website](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/ai-ticket-concierge)
2. Ticket Fairy [You find any buyer's order and sort it out yourself](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/orders-refunds-and-resale/find-and-fix-orders)
3. Ticket Fairy [Your team shares one inbox, so buyers get answers faster](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/orders-refunds-and-resale/shared-buyer-support-inbox)
4. Front Front AI can use published Front knowledge base articles, and can crawl up to 3,000 pages of an external website. "Front will crawl and ingest up to 3,000 pages from your external site to inform its AI responses."  [help.front.com/en/articles/4614336](https://help.front.com/en/articles/4614336), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261008093842/https://help.front.com/en/articles/4614336)
5. Front Autopilot works on Email, Autopilot Resolve, Portal, Slack, SMS and WhatsApp channels. "This feature is available for the following channel types: Email, Autopilot Resolve , Portal , Slack , SMS, WhatsApp (native) , WhatsApp (via Twilio) , Yalo WhatsApp."  [help.front.com/en/articles/4890624](https://help.front.com/en/articles/4890624), read on 17 October 2026.
6. Front Front lets teams connect external AI agents built with Claude, Codex, Sierra and others. "Connect external AI agents built with Claude, Codex, Sierra and more to collaborate with your teams in Front"  [front.com/pricing](https://front.com/pricing), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261011231250/https://front.com/pricing)

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7. Front Channels in one inbox "Omnichannel (email, SMS, social, WhatsApp, etc.)"  [front.com/pricing](https://front.com/pricing), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261011231250/https://front.com/pricing)
8. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Teach your concierge from your event FAQ pages and Google Docs](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/teach-your-concierge-from-your-event-faq-pages)
9. Front AI answers from your own content "By using a Front knowledge base, AI can instantly access your published help articles."  [help.front.com/en/articles/4614336](https://help.front.com/en/articles/4614336), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261008093842/https://help.front.com/en/articles/4614336)
10. Front Hands a question to a person "If your customer needs to speak to a human, Resolve seamlessly creates tickets with full context so your team can quickly step in after the handoff."  [help.front.com/en/articles/4836160](https://help.front.com/en/articles/4836160), read on 17 October 2026.
11. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Answer your buyers' questions on the event page](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/add-faqs-to-your-event-page)
12. Front Help content buyers can read "Knowledge base is available on all current plans ."  [help.front.com/en/articles/2564](https://help.front.com/en/articles/2564), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260716222900/https://help.front.com/en/articles/2564)
13. Ticket Fairy [Your Instagram and Facebook followers become ticket buyers](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/social-media)
14. Front Shows the buyer's orders beside the message "You can view information about your customers and their orders directly in Front."  [help.front.com/en/articles/2347](https://help.front.com/en/articles/2347), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261012160813/https://help.front.com/en/articles/2347)
15. Front Notes and assignment "Only your team can see posted comments, so you can discuss the conversation amongst yourselves without having to forward the message around."  [help.front.com/en/articles/2256](https://help.front.com/en/articles/2256), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260617003352/https://help.front.com/en/articles/2256)
16. Front Refunds and changes from the conversation "You could configure an application request to allow your support team to cancel a customer's order directly from within Front."  [help.front.com/en/articles/3070464](https://help.front.com/en/articles/3070464), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260616051401/https://help.front.com/en/articles/3070464)
17. Front Sells tickets in the same system "Starter $25 /seat/mo, up to 10 seats" Where we looked: https://front.com/pricing; help.front.com articles listed in evidence; site search of front.com and help.front.com for 'sell event tickets', 'ticketing events organizers'; the pricing page.  [front.com/pricing](https://front.com/pricing), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261011231250/https://front.com/pricing)
18. Front Shopify integration shows customer and order details in the inbox sidebar. "You can view information about your customers and their orders directly in Front."  [help.front.com/en/articles/2347](https://help.front.com/en/articles/2347), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261012160813/https://help.front.com/en/articles/2347)
19. Front Email, live chat, SMS, Slack, social, WhatsApp, voice integrations; Starter covers one channel type. "Omnichannel (email, SMS, social, WhatsApp, etc.)"  [front.com/pricing](https://front.com/pricing), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261011231250/https://front.com/pricing)
20. Front Autopilot AI agent answers from Front knowledge bases, websites, files and notes. "By using a Front knowledge base, AI can instantly access your published help articles."  [help.front.com/en/articles/4614336](https://help.front.com/en/articles/4614336), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261008093842/https://help.front.com/en/articles/4614336)
21. Front Autopilot Resolve creates a ticket with full context when a customer needs a human. "If your customer needs to speak to a human, Resolve seamlessly creates tickets with full context so your team can quickly step in after the handoff."  [help.front.com/en/articles/4836160](https://help.front.com/en/articles/4836160), read on 17 October 2026.
22. Front Internal comments, @mentions, assignment and ticket statuses on conversations. "Only your team can see posted comments, so you can discuss the conversation amongst yourselves without having to forward the message around."  [help.front.com/en/articles/2256](https://help.front.com/en/articles/2256), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260617003352/https://help.front.com/en/articles/2256)
23. Front Knowledge base with a customizable public site on all current plans. "Knowledge base is available on all current plans ."  [help.front.com/en/articles/2564](https://help.front.com/en/articles/2564), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260716222900/https://help.front.com/en/articles/2564)
24. Front Application requests can trigger order actions such as canceling a Shopify order from Front. "You could configure an application request to allow your support team to cancel a customer's order directly from within Front."  [help.front.com/en/articles/3070464](https://help.front.com/en/articles/3070464), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260616051401/https://help.front.com/en/articles/3070464)
25. Front You can export analytics reports to CSV as conversations, messages or full events data, kept for 30 days. Front Support runs a full account export of shared-inbox conversations, messages and comments in CSV folders when you ask, without individual inboxes, contacts, templates or tags. "you can also export data about the events included in the report. This allows you to see more details and run further analyses with Excel or a business intelligence tool."  [help.front.com/en/articles/2147](https://help.front.com/en/articles/2147), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260811220200/https://help.front.com/en/articles/2147)

Updated 17 October 2026: First published.

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