--- title: "ABOSS vs Ticket Fairy: fees and features (2026)" description: "See ABOSS and Ticket Fairy side by side: fees, features and what switching takes. Checked October 2026." canonical: "https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/ticket-fairy-vs-aboss" --- 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. ABOSS vs Ticket Fairy # ABOSS vs Ticket Fairy Booking agencies use ABOSS for deals, contracts, advancing and settlements, paying a base fee plus a fee for each active project. Ticket Fairy is built for the promoter on the other side of that deal, who sells the tickets and settles the show. [Book a demo](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing/book-a-demo) [Get started free](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome?utm_source=compare&utm_campaign=compare-event-management-ticket-fairy-vs-aboss) Ticket Fairy publishes this comparison and also sells event ticketing and event management software. [How we compare platforms](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/methodology) - **8 of 8** of the things you need, included on Ticket Fairy - **4 of 8** of the things you need, confirmed on the published pages of ABOSS - **$3** Ticket Fairy fee on a $30 ticket ## Which should you choose? ### Where Ticket Fairy is stronger - You can hold dates on your rooms and stages, see every hold in queue order, challenge the first hold and confirm the date.[1](#source-1) - You can send an offer to an artist's agent and compare the contract they send back with your offer, term by term.[2](#source-2) - You can settle with artists from a draft built on your actual ticket sales after refunds, and see where every line came from.[3](#source-3) ### Where ABOSS is stronger - ABOSS supports five deal types: flat fee, guarantee, guarantee plus, guarantee versus percentage, and door deal.[4](#source-4) - An external advancing dashboard lets artists and promoters manage production requirements, hospitality and logistics.[5](#source-5) - Every Agency plan includes unlimited users and all modules, including deals, contracts, advancing, travel and invoices.[6](#source-6) Ticket Fairy is the better fit when you promote shows and want offers, advances, passes and settlements in the system that sells your tickets. ABOSS suits you if you run a booking agency and want five deal types, external advancing for artists and promoters, and unlimited users on every plan. ## What would 400 tickets at $30 for a club show cost on each platform? ABOSS does not publish a fee for each ticket, so you see Ticket Fairy's fees worked out and how ABOSS prices. You can enter your ticket price and the number of tickets you expect to sell. | For 400 tickets at $30 | Ticket Fairy | ABOSS | | --- | --- | --- | | Who pays the fee | The buyer, unless you choose to absorb it | Not published | | Fees per ticket | $3 | Not published; quote required | | Buyers pay in total | $13,200 | Not published | | You receive for the tickets | $12,000 | Not published | | Your Pro plan ($20 a month), once the Ticket Fairy fees on these sales come off it | $0 to pay that month | Agency subscription: flat base fee plus a fee per active project, monthly or yearly (20% less), unlimited users; Artist PRO is a separate monthly or yearly subscription. | Ticket Fairy's standard booking fee is the same on every plan. Each month, Ticket Fairy's fees on your paid tickets come off your next plan bill, up to the plan price. ABOSS's pricing is from [its own pricing page](https://www.abossmusic.com/agency/pricing), read on 17 October 2026. [See Ticket Fairy pricing](https://www.ticketfairy.com/pricing). ## What can ABOSS and Ticket Fairy each do for a booked show? ### Where does each platform win on what you need? - Included Supplier management Not found - Included Crew and volunteer rota Not found - Included Passes and accreditation Not found - Included Ticket sales in the same system Not found **4 things you need are the same on both:** Contracts and e-signing, Artist advancing, Run of show and day sheets, Budgets and settlements Ticket Fairy includes 4 of these that we did not find in ABOSS's public documentation. | What you need | Ticket Fairy | ABOSS | | --- | --- | --- | | Artists and suppliers | | | | Contracts and e-signing | Included[7](#source-7) Contracts go from your templates to many performers, traders or suppliers at once and come back signed online, with a signature certificate | Included[8](#source-8) Contract module with WYSIWYG/Liquid templates and built-in digital signature requests | | Artist advancing | Included[9](#source-9) Your artists can open their advance from a link with no login, and Fai fills it in from riders, tour books and emails | Included[10](#source-10) Advancing dashboard and external advancing requests for artists and promoters | | Supplier management | Included[11](#source-11) You can send hire lists, have suppliers confirm orders on their own page, match quotes to orders and count deliveries | Not found in ABOSS's public documentation[12](#source-12) No supplier or vendor module documented; a contacts and companies database is included | | Show day | | | | Run of show and day sheets | Included[13](#source-13) Your run of show names who calls each cue, and each team gets its own day sheet and show-day timing | Included[14](#source-14) Per-event time schedule in advancing, reusable schedule templates, PDF itineraries, mobile day sheets | | Crew and volunteer rota | Included[15](#source-15) Your team builds the rota, fills open shifts, recruits volunteers, approves hours and checks staff in | Not found in ABOSS's public documentation[16](#source-16) Crew can be invited with view-only access; no rota or shift scheduling documented | | Passes and accreditation | Included[17](#source-17) You can take accreditation requests, approve them and issue passes from a pass desk, and your door team scans them with the same app as tickets | Not found in ABOSS's public documentation[18](#source-18) Per-event guest lists (PDF or email); no passes or credential issuing documented | | Money | | | | Budgets and settlements | Included[19](#source-19) Your budget works in several currencies, and each artist and supplier cost counts as you book them | Included[20](#source-20) Deal costs, cost templates, break-even and artist statements through to settlement | | Ticket sales in the same system | Included[21](#source-21) Your tickets sell with checkout on your own website, and your door team scans them on phones and tablets | Not found in ABOSS's public documentation[22](#source-22) No own ticket sales documented; ticket sales counts are entered per ticket group | ## What else should you know about ABOSS and Ticket Fairy? How much does ABOSS cost for an agency?: Monthly ABOSS Agency plans start at EUR 70 base fee plus EUR 15 for each active project, or EUR 56 plus EUR 12 on a yearly plan, and projects above 50 are not charged. Every plan includes unlimited users and all modules. [23](#source-23) [24](#source-24) [6](#source-6) Which deal types does ABOSS support?: ABOSS supports five deal types: flat fee, guarantee, guarantee plus, guarantee versus percentage, and door deal. On Ticket Fairy, you can send an offer to an artist's agent and compare the contract they send back with your offer, term by term. [4](#source-4) [2](#source-2) Can promoters fill in an advance from ABOSS?: Yes. An external advancing dashboard lets artists and promoters manage production requirements, hospitality and logistics. On Ticket Fairy, your artists can open their advance from a link without a login, and Fai fills it in from their rider, tour book and emails. [5](#source-5) [25](#source-25) [9](#source-9) Can I send contracts for digital signature in ABOSS?: Yes. ABOSS contracts can be signed with built-in digital signatures, and requests beyond the free allowance cost EUR 0.75 each. On Ticket Fairy, you can send contracts from your templates to many performers, traders or suppliers at once, and they sign online with a signature certificate. [26](#source-26) [27](#source-27) [7](#source-7) Can ABOSS produce artist statements and settlements?: Yes. ABOSS tracks deal costs, cost templates and break-even through to the artist statement and settlement. On Ticket Fairy, you can settle with artists from a draft built on your actual ticket sales after refunds, and you can see where every line came from. [28](#source-28) [3](#source-3) Does ABOSS sell tickets?: We did not find ticket sales in ABOSS's public documentation. On Ticket Fairy, you can sell tickets with checkout on your own website and scan them at the door on phones and tablets. [21](#source-21) Can I export invoices from ABOSS?: Yes. ABOSS exports invoices to Excel, CSV or PDFs in a ZIP file, and contacts to Excel or CSV. [29](#source-29) ## What else are you comparing? - [Opendate vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/ticket-fairy-vs-opendate) - [Muzeek vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/ticket-fairy-vs-muzeek) - [Artist Growth vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/ticket-fairy-vs-artist-growth) - [ABOSS vs Muzeek](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/aboss-vs-muzeek) - [Opendate alternatives](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/opendate-alternatives) - [Best festival management software for festival producers](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/event-management/best-festival-management-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) ## 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 [Guide: Hold dates for shows at your venue](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/hold-dates-for-shows-at-your-venue) 2. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Handle the contract, invoice and riders an artist's agent sends for your event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/handle-the-contract-invoice-and-riders-an-agent-sends-back) 3. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Settle a show with an artist after your event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/settle-a-show-with-an-artist) 4. ABOSS ABOSS supports five deal types: flat fee, guarantee, guarantee plus, guarantee versus percentage, and door deal. "In ABOSS, you can choose from five Deal Types to structure your financial agreement for each event." [help.a-boss.net/en/articles/2583722-deal-structure](https://help.a-boss.net/en/articles/2583722-deal-structure), read on 17 October 2026. 5. ABOSS An external advancing dashboard lets artists and promoters manage production requirements, hospitality and logistics. "External dashboard where artists and promoters manage production requirements, hospitality, and logistics." [www.abossmusic.com/agency](https://www.abossmusic.com/agency), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20250426181801/https://abossmusic.com/agency) 6. ABOSS Every Agency plan includes unlimited users and all modules, including deals, contracts, advancing, travel and invoices. "Deals, contracts, advancing, travel, invoices. Nothing held back behind tiers." [www.abossmusic.com/agency/pricing](https://www.abossmusic.com/agency/pricing), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260513220525/https://abossmusic.com/agency/pricing) Show all 29 sources 7. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Send your event contracts and get them signed online](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/send-contracts-and-get-them-signed-online) 8. ABOSS Contracts and e-signing "Contract templates are created and edited with the WYSIWYG editor. For advanced customization, templates can also be edited directly with HTML and Liquid." [help.a-boss.net/en/articles/13350202-contract-templates](https://help.a-boss.net/en/articles/13350202-contract-templates), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260519032657/https://help.a-boss.net/en/articles/13350202-contract-templates) 9. 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) 10. ABOSS Artist advancing "External dashboard where artists and promoters manage production requirements, hospitality, and logistics." [www.abossmusic.com/agency](https://www.abossmusic.com/agency), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20250426181801/https://abossmusic.com/agency) 11. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Get hire suppliers to confirm orders and count deliveries for your event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/get-hire-suppliers-to-confirm-orders-and-count-deliveries) 12. ABOSS Supplier management "The Contacts module is your central database containing all the contacts in your agency account." Where we looked: https://www.abossmusic.com/, /agency, /agency/features, /agency/pricing, /artist/trial, /mobile, /developers; help.a-boss.net/en (all 13 collections, 248 article titles listed; read contacts, user roles, guest list, ticket sales, costs, deal, advancing and export articles); help titles searched for "supplier", "vendor". [help.a-boss.net/en/articles/1819483-contacts-overview](https://help.a-boss.net/en/articles/1819483-contacts-overview), read on 17 October 2026. 13. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Plan your run of show and who calls it](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/plan-your-run-of-show-and-who-calls-it) 14. ABOSS Run of show and day sheets "The Time Schedule function in ABOSS helps the artist and crew know exactly when they need to arrive at the venue, do the soundcheck, and have their meals." [help.a-boss.net/en/articles/1206143-using-the-time-schedule-in-the-advancing](https://help.a-boss.net/en/articles/1206143-using-the-time-schedule-in-the-advancing), read on 17 October 2026. 15. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Build your event rota and check staff in](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/build-your-event-rota-and-check-staff-in) 16. ABOSS Crew and volunteer rota "Artist/Crew have view-only permissions and cannot access your contact database or make any changes within your environment." Where we looked: https://www.abossmusic.com/, /agency, /agency/features, /agency/pricing, /artist/trial, /mobile, /developers; help.a-boss.net/en (all 13 collections, 248 article titles listed; read contacts, user roles, guest list, ticket sales, costs, deal, advancing and export articles); help titles searched for "rota", "shift", "volunteer", "staff". [help.a-boss.net/en/articles/8769447-understanding-user-roles-in-aboss-team-members-vs-artist-crew](https://help.a-boss.net/en/articles/8769447-understanding-user-roles-in-aboss-team-members-vs-artist-crew), read on 17 October 2026. 17. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Issue accreditation passes for your event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/issue-accreditation-passes-for-your-event) 18. ABOSS Passes and accreditation "You can add or modify guest details, download the list as a PDF, or send it directly via email." Where we looked: https://www.abossmusic.com/, /agency, /agency/features, /agency/pricing, /artist/trial, /mobile, /developers; help.a-boss.net/en (all 13 collections, 248 article titles listed; read contacts, user roles, guest list, ticket sales, costs, deal, advancing and export articles); help titles searched for "accreditation", "credential", "pass", "badge". [help.a-boss.net/en/articles/1914062-guest-list-tab](https://help.a-boss.net/en/articles/1914062-guest-list-tab), read on 17 October 2026. 19. Ticket Fairy [You know what every act and event really costs](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/budget-and-costs) 20. ABOSS Budgets and settlements "Costs Templates let you save a selection of cost items, including all their details, so you can quickly apply them to new deals." [help.a-boss.net/en/articles/14686776-costs-templates](https://help.a-boss.net/en/articles/14686776-costs-templates), read on 17 October 2026. 21. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Scan tickets at the door](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/scan-tickets-at-the-door) 22. ABOSS Ticket sales in the same system "Once at least one ticket group is created, enter the total ticket count per group." Where we looked: https://www.abossmusic.com/, /agency, /agency/features, /agency/pricing, /artist/trial, /mobile, /developers; help.a-boss.net/en (all 13 collections, 248 article titles listed; read contacts, user roles, guest list, ticket sales, costs, deal, advancing and export articles); help titles searched for "ticket", "box office", "checkout". [help.a-boss.net/en/articles/1914060-ticket-sales-tab](https://help.a-boss.net/en/articles/1914060-ticket-sales-tab), read on 17 October 2026. 23. ABOSS Monthly Agency plans start at EUR 70 base fee plus EUR 15 per project; yearly plans start at EUR 56 plus EUR 12 per project. "Monthly plans start at €70 base fee per month, plus €15 per project. Yearly plans start at €56 per month, plus €12 per project." [help.a-boss.net/en/articles/15868692-pricing-for-aboss-agency](https://help.a-boss.net/en/articles/15868692-pricing-for-aboss-agency), read on 17 October 2026. 24. ABOSS Active projects above 50 are not charged. "Projects above 50 are free." [www.abossmusic.com/agency/pricing](https://www.abossmusic.com/agency/pricing), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260513220525/https://abossmusic.com/agency/pricing) 25. ABOSS Advancing dashboard and external advancing requests for artists and promoters "External dashboard where artists and promoters manage production requirements, hospitality, and logistics." [www.abossmusic.com/agency](https://www.abossmusic.com/agency), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20250426181801/https://abossmusic.com/agency) 26. ABOSS Contracts can be signed with built-in digital signatures; requests beyond the free allowance are billed at EUR 0.75 each. "If your use of Digital Signatures exceeds the free requests, additional requests are billed at a rate of €0.75 each." [help.a-boss.net/en/articles/9155056-payment-billing-guide-for-digital-signatures](https://help.a-boss.net/en/articles/9155056-payment-billing-guide-for-digital-signatures), read on 17 October 2026. 27. ABOSS Contract module with WYSIWYG/Liquid templates and built-in digital signature requests "Contract templates are created and edited with the WYSIWYG editor. For advanced customization, templates can also be edited directly with HTML and Liquid." [help.a-boss.net/en/articles/13350202-contract-templates](https://help.a-boss.net/en/articles/13350202-contract-templates), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260519032657/https://help.a-boss.net/en/articles/13350202-contract-templates) 28. ABOSS Deal costs, cost templates, break-even and artist statements through to settlement "Costs Templates let you save a selection of cost items, including all their details, so you can quickly apply them to new deals." [help.a-boss.net/en/articles/14686776-costs-templates](https://help.a-boss.net/en/articles/14686776-costs-templates), read on 17 October 2026. 29. ABOSS Events, contacts, contracts, invoices and locations can be exported; invoices export to Excel, CSV, or PDFs in a ZIP file; contacts to Excel or CSV. "This article contains guidelines to export your data from ABOSS, including:" [help.a-boss.net/en/articles/6726231-export-your-data](https://help.a-boss.net/en/articles/6726231-export-your-data), read on 17 October 2026. Updated 17 October 2026: First published. ABOSS is a trademark of its owner. Ticket Fairy is not affiliated with it. **You choose the tools to start with** You can start with event management or marketing alongside your current ticketing provider. 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