--- title: "Beatswitch vs Festival Pro: fees and features compared (2026)" description: "Beatswitch vs Festival Pro for event organizers, promoters and venues: fees, features and the jobs each can do for your event. Checked October 2026." canonical: "https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/beatswitch-vs-festival-pro" --- 1. [Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/) 2. [Compare](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare) 3. [Event and festival management](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management) 4. Beatswitch vs Festival Pro # Beatswitch vs Festival Pro Festivals use Beatswitch and Festival Pro to advance artists, issue credentials and plan the show day. Beatswitch sells separate Artists, Credentials and Mobile Apps products priced per year in euros, and Festival Pro publishes monthly plans by team size and adds a site planner, crew shifts and its own ticketing. Also on Ticket Fairy - [Add-ons & upsells](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/add-ons-and-upsells) - [Referral rewards](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/referral-marketing) - [Website builder](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/website-builder) [See all 13 tools](#whole-platform) [Book a demo](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing/book-a-demo) [Create a free account](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome?utm_source=compare&utm_campaign=compare-event-management-beatswitch-vs-festival-pro) Fai, your AI teammate, can check sales, update your event or change a ticket when you ask. Ticket Fairy publishes this comparison and also sells event ticketing and event management software. [How we compare platforms](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/methodology) - **4 of 8** of the things you need, confirmed on the published pages of Beatswitch - **7 of 8** of the things you need, confirmed on the published pages of Festival Pro - **2** things you need that Ticket Fairy includes and we did not find on the other platforms' pages ## The short answer Which should you choose? ### Beatswitch's strongest features - The Artists product provides an automated advancing workflow through a branded production website for each event.[1](#source-1) - The Mobile Apps product builds native iOS and Android festival apps, published on the app stores, with offline maps and instant or scheduled push notifications.[2](#source-2) ### Festival Pro's strongest features - Festival Pro has a site planner that uses your own map as a base, with satellite or street maps, scale, PDF download and public sharing.[3](#source-3) - Festival Pro assigns organizations a fixed number of passes by type and lets the lead contact name each pass holder.[4](#source-4) Beatswitch suits you if you want automated artist advancing through a production website, zoned credentials and native festival apps on the app stores. Festival Pro suits you if you want a site planner, pass allowances for each organization, crew shifts and published monthly prices in one package. ## Why event teams choose Ticket Fairy Why do festivals choose Ticket Fairy over both Beatswitch and Festival Pro? Festivals use Beatswitch and Festival Pro to run everything behind the gates, then sell their tickets somewhere else or as an extra. On Ticket Fairy, you sell your tickets, advance your artists, roster your crew and issue passes without moving between tools, and your door team scans passes and tickets with one app. After the last set, you settle with each artist from your actual ticket sales after refunds. ### Included on Ticket Fairy, not found on the other platforms' pages - **Show-day safety** Your control room can log every incident, count each zone, keep a private medical log and run your emergency plan when the weather reaches a limit you agreed with your suppliers [5](#source-5) - **Cashless payments** Your fans can pay at your bars and traders with the RFID wristband linked to their ticket, top up early and get unused credit back [6](#source-6) - You can sell your tickets and scan them at the door with the same Ticket Fairy account you use for artist contracts, suppliers and crew.[7](#source-7) - Your artists can open their advance from a link without a login, and Fai fills it in from riders, tour books and emails.[8](#source-8) - You can build your rota, fill open shifts, recruit volunteers, approve hours and check staff in.[9](#source-9) - Your door team can scan accreditation passes with the same app as tickets.[10](#source-10) - You can settle with artists from a draft built on your actual ticket sales after refunds, and see where every line came from.[11](#source-11) [Book a demo](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing/book-a-demo) [Create a free account](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome?utm_source=compare&utm_campaign=compare-event-management-beatswitch-vs-festival-pro) [Beatswitch vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/ticket-fairy-vs-beatswitch) [Festival Pro vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/ticket-fairy-vs-festival-pro) ## What each platform does for your event What does each of Beatswitch and Festival Pro do? ### How do both tools and Ticket Fairy compare on what your event needs? Each platform's count, in words - **Ticket Fairy** includes 8 of 8 things you need. - **Beatswitch** includes 4 of 8 things you need. - **Festival Pro** includes 7 of 8 things you need. Ticket Fairy includes 8 of these 8 things you need, on any plan. | What you need | Beatswitch | Festival Pro | | --- | --- | --- | | Artists and suppliers | | | | Contracts and e-signing | Not found in Beatswitch's public documentation[12](#source-12) Tracks contract steps as booking tasks. We did not find templates or e-signing | On a paid plan[13](#source-13) Contract templates, e-signatures with PDF download, counter-signing, rescinding and bulk sending Plans: Full Contracting Module: Pro and Ultimate (Medium team size), Ultimate (Large team size) | | Artist advancing | On a paid plan[14](#source-14) Production website with automated artist advancing, deadlines and artist types Plans: Artists (from EUR 2,000 a year) | Included[15](#source-15) Artist advance form where artists upload tech specs, riders, photos and stage plots | | Show day | | | | Run of show and day sheets | On a paid plan[16](#source-16) Drag-and-drop timetable, real-time show-day timetable, itineraries, pickups scheduler Plans: Artists (from EUR 2,000 a year) | Included[17](#source-17) Running orders, stage calendars and a combined master schedule | | Crew and volunteer rota | Not found in Beatswitch's public documentation[18](#source-18) Intake forms and credentials for crew and volunteers. We did not find a shift rota Plans: Credentials (from EUR 3,000 a year) | Included[19](#source-19) Volunteer and staff shifts that people can choose themselves, shift import from a spreadsheet and clash flags | | Passes and accreditation | On a paid plan[20](#source-20) Credential types, zones, bulk allocation, meal vouchers, and RFID and box office sync Plans: Credentials (from EUR 3,000 a year) | Included[21](#source-21) Pass allocations for each organization, access levels, wallet passes and scan reports | | Site and safety | | | | Site map | Not found in Beatswitch's public documentation[22](#source-22) An offline map in the festival app; a site plan builder was not found | Included[23](#source-23) Site planner on your own map or satellite or street maps, with scale, PDF download and public sharing | | Attendees | | | | App for attendees | On a paid plan[24](#source-24) Builds iOS and Android festival apps with timetable, interactive map, newsfeed and instant or scheduled push notifications Plans: Mobile Apps | Extra cost[25](#source-25) Festival Attendee App with schedules, maps and notifications, sold as an add-on with no published price | | Money | | | | Ticket sales in the same system | Not found in Beatswitch's public documentation[26](#source-26) We did not find ticket sales of its own. Beatswitch integrates with ticketing providers | Included[27](#source-27) Its own ticketing with branded event pages, QR e-tickets and a scanning app, at a 2% commission | ## Everything you need to sell and run your festival The same free Ticket Fairy account helps you sell more tickets, answer fewer questions and run a smoother show day. ### Sell more tickets You reach more buyers and earn more from each one. - #### [Ticket types & pricing](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/ticket-types-and-pricing) Your price rises as each release sells out, and day and weekend tickets sit side by side so buyers choose fast.[28](#source-28) - #### [Add-ons & upsells](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/add-ons-and-upsells) You earn more from each buyer: parking, camping, merchandise and upgrades sell with the ticket, VIP tables book with a deposit, and one pass can cover several of your events.[29](#source-29) - #### [Referral rewards](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/referral-marketing) Events sell 20% more tickets on average with referral rewards: buyers earn back part or all of their ticket price as their friends buy.[30](#source-30) - #### [Website builder](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/website-builder) Your event, venue or brand gets its own website on your own domain: Fai drafts it, your events show live prices and visitors can send you enquiries.[31](#source-31) - #### [Advertising & tracking](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/advertising-and-tracking) You see which ad, post and partner sold each ticket, with Meta, TikTok, Google and your other ad networks connected once for your brand.[32](#source-32) - #### [Social media](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/social-media) You sell more tickets from your social accounts: Fai drafts posts and campaign plans, your team answers comments and messages together, and fans who ask get ticket links.[33](#source-33) ### Fewer questions from buyers Buyers find their answers and sort out their own orders. - #### [Orders, refunds & resale](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/orders-refunds-and-resale) You can find and fix any order, let buyers refund themselves, keep resale at face value with a waiting list, and tell ticket holders when you postpone or cancel.[34](#source-34) - #### [AI ticket concierge](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/ai-ticket-concierge) Fewer questions reach your inbox: your ticket concierge answers buyers on your website from your own pages, sells tickets in the chat and hands anything it can't answer to your team.[35](#source-35) ### Less work for your team Your whole team works from one place, and Fai takes on the admin. - #### [Fai](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/fai) You get answers about your sales in seconds, and Fai takes on your event setup, promotions and emails, with you approving every change first.[36](#source-36) ### A smooth show day Every team on site knows what happens next, and problems get sorted fast. - #### [Check-in & box office](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/check-in-and-box-office) Your door team scans tickets on their own phones, walk-ups buy at the door, and you see who has arrived as the night goes on.[37](#source-37) ### Know your numbers You see what each event earns and costs, and pay everyone you owe. - #### [Sales reports](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/sales-reports) Ticket sales and revenue update live, and you can share a report on any part of your sales with your partners.[38](#source-38) - #### [Capital](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/capital) An advance against your future ticket sales can cover deposits and upfront costs: a funding partner reviews your application, and you repay from ticket sales.[39](#source-39) - #### [Vault](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/vault) You can pay artists, suppliers and crew from your ticket money as it arrives, your team spends on cards with limits you set, and deposits and invoices land in the same balance.[40](#source-40) [Ticket Fairy for festivals](https://www.ticketfairy.com/solutions/festivals) ## Your questions about Beatswitch and Festival Pro Which is cheaper, Beatswitch or Festival Pro? Beatswitch publishes annual starting prices per product: Artists from EUR 2,000, Credentials from EUR 3,000 and Mobile Apps from EUR 4,000, excluding VAT. Festival Pro publishes monthly prices by team size, billed yearly, with plans named Entry, Basic, Starter, Pro and Ultimate. [41](#source-41) [42](#source-42) [43](#source-43) How do Beatswitch and Festival Pro handle artist advancing? Beatswitch's Artists product runs an automated advancing workflow through a branded production website for each event. Festival Pro has an artist advance form where artists upload tech specs, riders, photos and stage plots. [1](#source-1) [44](#source-44) Can I plan my festival site in either? Festival Pro has a site planner that uses your own map as a base, with satellite or street maps, scale, PDF download and public sharing. Beatswitch's festival app shows an offline map. [3](#source-3) [2](#source-2) How do they issue credentials? Beatswitch divides a festival into zones attached to credential types, with bulk allocation and meal vouchers. Festival Pro assigns each organization a fixed number of passes by type and lets the lead contact name each pass holder. [45](#source-45) [4](#source-4) Do Beatswitch and Festival Pro sell tickets? Festival Pro has its own ticketing at a 2% commission, and you can use it for festival management only. We did not find ticket sales of Beatswitch's own; it integrates with ticketing providers. [46](#source-46) [47](#source-47) 1 more question Can I give fans a festival app? Beatswitch's Mobile Apps product builds native iOS and Android festival apps with offline maps and push notifications. Festival Pro sells a Festival Attendee App with schedules, maps and notifications as an add-on. [2](#source-2) ## How each platform is priced How are Beatswitch and Festival Pro priced? ### What does one order of 200 tickets at $40 cost on each platform? Every platform's order, in words - **Festival Pro** Fee on each ticket $0.80; buyers pay $8,000; you receive $7,840. Plus card processing fees, which is not published as a rate - **Ticket Fairy** Fee on each ticket $4; buyers pay $8,800; you receive $8,000. Card processing included - **Beatswitch** Annual subscription for each product (Artists, Credentials, Mobile Apps), with published "starts at" prices in EUR excluding VAT. You arrange a quote by call. Beatswitch publishes no fee that works out for this order. On this order, your buyers pay $800 more on Ticket Fairy than on Festival Pro, with card processing included. Festival Pro's figure leaves out card processing fees. Sources[48](#source-48) [49](#source-49) Beatswitch: Annual subscription for each product (Artists, Credentials, Mobile Apps), with published "starts at" prices in EUR excluding VAT. You arrange a quote by call.[50](#source-50) Festival Pro: Published subscription prices by team size, shown per month and billed yearly. USD per month: Small: Entry 50, Basic 99, Starter 165; Medium: Starter 165, Pro 299, Ultimate 420; Large: Pro 299, Ultimate 420, custom (no price). GBP: 45, 79, 135, 249, 330. Plus 2% on event ticketing and invoices paid through Festival Pro (excluding Stripe fees); extra file storage $45/£30 per GB per year; add-ons such as the attendee app, public calendar and artist/vendor pages are marked 'Available to purchase' without a published price. Prices subject to change.[51](#source-51) ## Where each platform wins Where does each one win? ### Beatswitch - The Artists product provides an automated advancing workflow through a branded production website for each event.[1](#source-1) - Beatswitch has a drag-and-drop timetable builder and a real-time show-day timetable that can be published publicly.[52](#source-52) - The Mobile Apps product builds native iOS and Android festival apps, published on the app stores, with offline maps and instant or scheduled push notifications.[2](#source-2) ### Festival Pro - Festival Pro has a site planner that uses your own map as a base, with satellite or street maps, scale, PDF download and public sharing.[3](#source-3) - Every Festival Pro package includes unlimited artists, guests, volunteers, contractors, crew, vendors and other contacts.[53](#source-53) - Festival Pro can charge contractors for meals used, allocated or unused and provides a real-time feed for kitchens.[54](#source-54) - **25,000+** events powered - **10M+** tickets issued - **13** countries - **20%** more tickets from referral rewards Featured in **TechCrunch** and **Forbes** ## More comparisons for your team Which other tools are you considering? - [Beatswitch vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/ticket-fairy-vs-beatswitch) - [Festival Pro vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/ticket-fairy-vs-festival-pro) - [Beatswitch alternatives](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/beatswitch-alternatives) - [Festival Pro alternatives](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/festival-pro-alternatives) - [Beatswitch vs Lennd](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/beatswitch-vs-lennd) - [Festival Pro vs Lennd vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/festival-pro-vs-lennd) - [Best festival management software for festival producers](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/best-festival-management-software) - [Best conference management software for conference organizers](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/best-conference-management-software) - [Best trade show and exhibition software for trade show and exhibition organizers](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/best-trade-show-and-exhibition-software) - [Best event operations software for event operations managers](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/best-event-operations-software) - [Best production management software for production managers](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/best-production-management-software) - [Best artist booking and advancing software for artist liaison and talent buyers](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/best-artist-booking-and-advancing-software) - [Best event safety and security software for event safety leads](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/best-event-safety-and-security-software) - [Best accreditation software for festival owners](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/best-accreditation-software) - [Best volunteer management software for festival owners](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/best-volunteer-management-software-for-festivals) - [Best vendor and trader management software for festival owners](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/best-vendor-and-trader-management-software-for-festivals) - [Best festival apps for festival owners](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/best-festival-apps) - [Best festival site plan software for festival owners](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/best-festival-site-plan-software) - [Questions about event management software](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/questions) - [Event and festival management compared](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management) Every fact about another platform comes from its own published pages, quoted word for word with the date we read them. Where we did not find something in those pages, we say exactly that. [How we compare platforms](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/methodology) Show all 54 sources 1. Beatswitch The Artists product provides an automated advancing workflow through a branded production website for each event. "We provide a fully automated advancing workflow to make sure you have all artist related data on the moments you need it." [www.beatswitch.com/products/artists](https://www.beatswitch.com/products/artists), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260317032623/https://www.beatswitch.com/products/artists) 2. Beatswitch The Mobile Apps product builds native iOS and Android festival apps, published on the app stores, with offline maps and instant or scheduled push notifications. "Simplified, accurate, offline maps help them find what they are looking for." [www.beatswitch.com/products/mobile-apps](https://www.beatswitch.com/products/mobile-apps), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260317022341/https://www.beatswitch.com/products/mobile-apps) 3. Festival Pro Festival Pro has a site planner that uses your own map as a base, with satellite or street maps, scale, PDF download and public sharing. "Use your own map as a base to create your layout of areas and items on the map." [www.festivalpro.com/site\_plan.html](https://www.festivalpro.com/site_plan.html), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016194500/https://www.festivalpro.com/site_plan.html) 4. Festival Pro Festival Pro assigns organizations a fixed number of passes by type and lets the lead contact name each pass holder. "Assign organisations a fixed number of passes of different types, e.g. 4 x Artist, 2 x Artist Guest" [www.festivalpro.com/features/accreditations.html](https://www.festivalpro.com/features/accreditations.html), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016193511/https://www.festivalpro.com/features/accreditations.html) 5. Ticket Fairy [Your site stays safe and every team responds fast](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/event-control-and-safety) 6. Ticket Fairy [One wristband to get in and pay](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/front-of-house/cashless-and-wristbands) 7. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Scan tickets at the door](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/scan-tickets-at-the-door) 8. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Fill in each performer's advance for your event from tour books, riders and emails](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/fill-in-advances-from-tour-books-riders-and-emails) 9. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Build your event rota and check staff in](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/build-your-event-rota-and-check-staff-in) 10. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Issue accreditation passes for your event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/issue-accreditation-passes-for-your-event) 11. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Settle a show with an artist after your event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/settle-a-show-with-an-artist) 12. Beatswitch Contracts and e-signing "schedule a call for a quote" Where we looked: https://www.beatswitch.com, /pricing, /products/artists, /products/credentials, /products/mobile-apps, /integrations/weezevent, /integrations/eventbrite, /integrations/blokks; https://intercom.help/beatswitch/en/ (all 18 articles in 5 collections read; help-center search for "contract", "volunteer", "budget", "settlement", "ticket", "export"); the pricing page. [www.beatswitch.com/pricing](https://www.beatswitch.com/pricing), read on 17 October 2026. 13. Festival Pro Contracts and e-signing "{ label:'Full Contracting Module', href:'/features/more-features.html#Full-Contracting-Module', small:\['n','n','n'\], medium:\['n','y','y'\], large:\['n','y',''\] }" [www.festivalpro.com/pricing.html](https://www.festivalpro.com/pricing.html), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016192716/https://www.festivalpro.com/pricing.html) 14. Beatswitch Artist advancing "We provide a fully automated advancing workflow to make sure you have all artist related data on the moments you need it." [www.beatswitch.com/products/artists](https://www.beatswitch.com/products/artists), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260317032623/https://www.beatswitch.com/products/artists) 15. Festival Pro Artist advancing "Artists upload their own technical requirements, riders, photos and stage plots" [www.festivalpro.com/features/artists.html](https://www.festivalpro.com/features/artists.html), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016192918/https://www.festivalpro.com/features/artists.html) 16. Beatswitch Run of show and day sheets "Our drag and drop timetable builder takes you from concept to fully confirmed line up." [www.beatswitch.com/products/artists](https://www.beatswitch.com/products/artists), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260317032623/https://www.beatswitch.com/products/artists) 17. Festival Pro Run of show and day sheets "Combine multiple schedules - from artists to production and more - in to one global list" [www.festivalpro.com/features/schedules.html](https://www.festivalpro.com/features/schedules.html), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016193816/https://www.festivalpro.com/features/schedules.html) 18. Beatswitch Crew and volunteer rota "schedule a call for a quote" Where we looked: https://www.beatswitch.com, /pricing, /products/artists, /products/credentials, /products/mobile-apps, /integrations/weezevent, /integrations/eventbrite, /integrations/blokks; https://intercom.help/beatswitch/en/ (all 18 articles in 5 collections read; help-center search for "contract", "volunteer", "budget", "settlement", "ticket", "export"); the pricing page. [www.beatswitch.com/pricing](https://www.beatswitch.com/pricing), read on 17 October 2026. 19. Festival Pro Crew and volunteer rota "Create shift schedules and allow some shifts to be self selected." [www.festivalpro.com/features/volunteers.html](https://www.festivalpro.com/features/volunteers.html), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016193326/https://www.festivalpro.com/features/volunteers.html) 20. Beatswitch Passes and accreditation "Divide your festival in zones and attach them to the right credential types." [www.beatswitch.com/products/credentials](https://www.beatswitch.com/products/credentials), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260712113902/https://www.beatswitch.com/products/credentials) 21. Festival Pro Passes and accreditation "Assign organisations a fixed number of passes of different types, e.g. 4 x Artist, 2 x Artist Guest" [www.festivalpro.com/features/accreditations.html](https://www.festivalpro.com/features/accreditations.html), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016193511/https://www.festivalpro.com/features/accreditations.html) 22. Beatswitch Site map "Simplified, accurate, offline maps help them find what they are looking for." Where we looked: https://www.beatswitch.com/products/mobile-apps: the Mobile Apps product includes an interactive offline map with points of interest in the app, not a site plan builder. Pricing page lists "Maps Module" and "POI Module" under Mobile Apps, which "starts at €4000 per year", exclusive of VAT, as shown to UK visitors on 17 October 2026. Attendee-facing map; no site-planning tool for organizers found. [www.beatswitch.com/products/mobile-apps](https://www.beatswitch.com/products/mobile-apps), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260317022341/https://www.beatswitch.com/products/mobile-apps) 23. Festival Pro Site map "Use your own map as a base to create your layout of areas and items on the map." [www.festivalpro.com/site\_plan.html](https://www.festivalpro.com/site_plan.html), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016194500/https://www.festivalpro.com/site_plan.html) 24. Beatswitch App for attendees "Talk to your audience with instant or scheduled push notifications." [www.beatswitch.com/products/mobile-apps](https://www.beatswitch.com/products/mobile-apps), read on 17 October 2026. 25. Festival Pro App for attendees "The most comprehensive festival attendee app from the most comprehensive festival management platform." [www.festivalpro.com/festival-attendee-app.html](https://www.festivalpro.com/festival-attendee-app.html), read on 17 October 2026. 26. Beatswitch Ticket sales in the same system "We offer integrations for ticketing and timetable building." Where we looked: https://www.beatswitch.com, /pricing, /products/artists, /products/credentials, /products/mobile-apps, /integrations/weezevent, /integrations/eventbrite, /integrations/blokks; https://intercom.help/beatswitch/en/ (all 18 articles in 5 collections read; help-center search for "contract", "volunteer", "budget", "settlement", "ticket", "export"). [www.beatswitch.com](https://www.beatswitch.com), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260713230120/https://www.beatswitch.com/) 27. Festival Pro Ticket sales in the same system "Create event pages with your own branding and custom ticket types." [www.festivalpro.com/ticketing.html](https://www.festivalpro.com/ticketing.html), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016194347/https://www.festivalpro.com/ticketing.html) 28. Ticket Fairy [You earn more per ticket as releases sell out](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/ticket-types-and-pricing) 29. Ticket Fairy [You earn more per buyer with extras they want](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/add-ons-and-upsells) 30. Ticket Fairy [Your buyers sell tickets to their friends](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/referral-marketing) 31. Ticket Fairy [You can sell tickets right on your event website](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/website-builder) 32. Ticket Fairy [You know which ads, posts and partners sell tickets](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/advertising-and-tracking) 33. Ticket Fairy [Every fan who asks for tickets gets a link](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/social-media) 34. Ticket Fairy [Buyers get fast answers and face-value resale](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/orders-refunds-and-resale) 35. Ticket Fairy [Buyers get answers and buy tickets in one chat](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/ai-ticket-concierge) 36. Ticket Fairy [Fai gets your ticketing jobs done when you ask](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/fai) 37. Ticket Fairy [Your crowd gets in fast, and walk-ups can buy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/check-in-and-box-office) 38. Ticket Fairy [You can watch your on-sale as it happens](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/sales-reports) 39. Ticket Fairy [You can book your headliner before your on-sale](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/capital) 40. Ticket Fairy [You pay artists, suppliers and crew from ticket sales](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/vault) 41. Beatswitch Beatswitch publishes annual starting prices per product: Artists from EUR 2,000, Credentials from EUR 3,000 and Mobile Apps from EUR 4,000, excluding VAT. "Artists starts at €2000 per year" [www.beatswitch.com/pricing](https://www.beatswitch.com/pricing), read on 17 October 2026. 42. Festival Pro Published subscription prices by team size, shown per month and billed yearly. USD per month: Small: Entry 50, Basic 99, Starter 165; Medium: Starter 165, Pro 299, Ultimate 420; Large: Pro 299, Ultimate 420, custom (no price). GBP: 45, 79, 135, 249, 330. Plus 2% on event ticketing and invoices paid through Festival Pro (excluding Stripe fees); extra file storage $45/£30 per GB per year; add-ons such as the attendee app, public calendar and artist/vendor pages are marked 'Available to purchase' without a published price. Prices subject to change. "\['USD \\$','50','99','165','165','299','420','299','420','0'\]" [www.festivalpro.com/js/pricing.min.js](https://www.festivalpro.com/js/pricing.min.js), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016192813/https://www.festivalpro.com/js/pricing.min.js) 43. Festival Pro Festival Pro names its plans Entry, Basic, Starter, Pro and Ultimate, grouped by team size. "{ tag: 'Basic', priceClass: 'pricing2', yearlyClass: 'yearly2' }" [www.festivalpro.com/pricing.html](https://www.festivalpro.com/pricing.html), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016192716/https://www.festivalpro.com/pricing.html) 44. Festival Pro Artist advance form where artists upload tech specs, riders, photos and stage plots "Artists upload their own technical requirements, riders, photos and stage plots" [www.festivalpro.com/features/artists.html](https://www.festivalpro.com/features/artists.html), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016192918/https://www.festivalpro.com/features/artists.html) 45. Beatswitch The Credentials product divides a festival into zones attached to credential types, with bulk allocation and meal voucher allocation. "Divide your festival in zones and attach them to the right credential types." [www.beatswitch.com/products/credentials](https://www.beatswitch.com/products/credentials), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260712113902/https://www.beatswitch.com/products/credentials) 46. Festival Pro Its own ticketing with branded event pages, QR e-tickets and a scanning app, at a 2% commission "Create event pages with your own branding and custom ticket types." [www.festivalpro.com/ticketing.html](https://www.festivalpro.com/ticketing.html), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016194347/https://www.festivalpro.com/ticketing.html) 47. Festival Pro Festival Pro can be used for festival management only, paying the license without using its ticketing. "you can use the system for festival management only and just pay for the license." [www.festivalpro.com/faq.html](https://www.festivalpro.com/faq.html), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016194619/https://www.festivalpro.com/faq.html) 48. Festival Pro Fees per ticket "Festival Pro charge a flat 2% commission on any transactions that go through the Stripe payment gateway." [festival-pro.document360.io/docs/stripe-fees-and-commissions](https://festival-pro.document360.io/docs/stripe-fees-and-commissions), read on 16 October 2026. 49. Ticket Fairy [Ticket Fairy pricing](https://www.ticketfairy.com/pricing) 50. Beatswitch Pricing "schedule a call for a quote" [www.beatswitch.com/pricing](https://www.beatswitch.com/pricing), read on 17 October 2026. 51. Festival Pro Pricing "\['USD \\$','50','99','165','165','299','420','299','420','0'\]" [www.festivalpro.com/js/pricing.min.js](https://www.festivalpro.com/js/pricing.min.js), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016192813/https://www.festivalpro.com/js/pricing.min.js) 52. Beatswitch Beatswitch has a drag-and-drop timetable builder and a real-time show-day timetable that can be published publicly. "Our drag and drop timetable builder takes you from concept to fully confirmed line up." [www.beatswitch.com/products/artists](https://www.beatswitch.com/products/artists), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260317032623/https://www.beatswitch.com/products/artists) 53. Festival Pro Every Festival Pro package includes unlimited artists, guests, volunteers, contractors, crew, vendors and other contacts. "All our packages include the Festival Pro System with space for unlimited artists, guests, volunteers, contractors, crew, vendors and any other contacts." [www.festivalpro.com/pricing.html](https://www.festivalpro.com/pricing.html), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016192716/https://www.festivalpro.com/pricing.html) 54. Festival Pro Festival Pro can charge contractors for meals used, allocated or unused and provides a real-time feed for kitchens. "Charge contractors based on the meals used, allocated and/or unused." [www.festivalpro.com/features/contractors-crew.html](https://www.festivalpro.com/features/contractors-crew.html), read on 16 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261016193641/https://www.festivalpro.com/features/contractors-crew.html) Updated 20 October 2026: First published. Beatswitch is a trademark of its owner. Festival Pro is a trademark of its owner. 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