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1. [Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/)
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4. Glue Up vs Ticket Fairy

# Glue Up vs Ticket Fairy

Membership organizations use Glue Up to run events alongside memberships, CRM and email campaigns, on an annual plan from $3,000. On Ticket Fairy, you can sell tickets and check people in, and every plan has one standard booking fee that you pass on or absorb.

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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 7** of the things you need, included on Ticket Fairy
- **4 of 7** of the things you need, confirmed on the published pages of Glue Up
- **$28** Ticket Fairy fee on a $350 ticket

## Which should you choose?

### Where Ticket Fairy is stronger

- You choose whether buyers pay the booking fee on top of your price or you absorb it.[1](#source-1)
- Payouts can arrive daily as tickets sell when you connect your own Stripe or Xendit account, where your country supports it, and money Ticket Fairy processes is paid after the event.[1](#source-1)
- Your door team can scan accreditation passes with the same app as tickets.[2](#source-2)

### Where Glue Up is stronger

- Glue Up combines event registration, payments, email campaigns, check-in, attendee data, CRM, mobile apps and reporting in one platform.[3](#source-3)
- Organizers can add several check-in locations, link them to tracks or sessions, and restrict entry by ticket type.[4](#source-4)
- Organizers can let attendees transfer a ticket to another person, who claims it by email.[5](#source-5)

Ticket Fairy is the better fit when you want daily payouts as tickets sell on your own Stripe or Xendit account, a crew rota and accreditation passes in the system that sells your tickets. Glue Up suits you if you run a membership organization and want events, memberships, CRM and email in one annual plan.

## What would 600 conference passes at $350 cost on each platform?

Glue Up does not publish a fee for each ticket, so you see Ticket Fairy's fees worked out and how Glue Up prices. You can enter your ticket price and the number of tickets you expect to sell.

| For 600 tickets at $350 | Ticket Fairy | Glue Up |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Who pays the fee | The buyer, unless you choose to absorb it | Not published |
| Fees per ticket | $28 | Not published; quote required |
| Buyers pay in total | $226,800 | Not published |
| You receive for the tickets | $210,000 | Not published |
| Your Business plan ($500 a month), once the Ticket Fairy fees on these sales come off it | $0 to pay that month | Annual subscription plans: Professional and Advanced with published starting price ranges in USD, Enterprise on custom pricing; pricing may vary by organization size and requirements. |

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. Glue Up's pricing is from [its own pricing page](https://www.glueup.com/pricing), read on 17 October 2026. [See Ticket Fairy pricing](https://www.ticketfairy.com/pricing).

## What can Glue Up and Ticket Fairy each do for your events?

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

- Included Contracts and e-signing  Not found
- Included Supplier management  Not found
- Included Budgets and settlements  Not found

**4 things you need are the same on both:** Run of show and day sheets, Crew and volunteer rota, Passes and accreditation, Ticket sales in the same system

Ticket Fairy includes 3 of these that we did not find in Glue Up's public documentation.

| What you need | Ticket Fairy | Glue Up |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artists and suppliers |  |  |
| Contracts and e-signing | Included[6](#source-6) Contracts go from your templates to many performers, traders or suppliers at once and come back signed online, with a signature certificate | Not found in Glue Up's public documentation[7](#source-7) Contract templates and e-signing not documented |
| Supplier management | Included[8](#source-8) You can send hire lists, have suppliers confirm orders on their own page, match quotes to orders and count deliveries | Not found in Glue Up's public documentation[9](#source-9) Supplier or vendor management not documented |
| Show day |  |  |
| Run of show and day sheets | Included[10](#source-10) Your run of show names who calls each cue, and each team gets its own day sheet and show-day timing | Included[11](#source-11) Event agenda with tracks and sessions, shown on the event website |
| Crew and volunteer rota | Included[12](#source-12) Your team builds the rota, fills open shifts, recruits volunteers, approves hours and checks staff in | Included[13](#source-13) Event teams and temporary staff accounts for registration and check-in |
| Passes and accreditation | Included[2](#source-2) 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 | Included[14](#source-14) Attendee badge designer with QR access passes, PDF pre-print or onsite printing |
| Money |  |  |
| Budgets and settlements | Included[15](#source-15) Your budget works in several currencies, and each artist and supplier cost counts as you book them | Not found in Glue Up's public documentation[16](#source-16) Event budgets and settlements not documented |
| Ticket sales in the same system | Included[17](#source-17) Your tickets sell with checkout on your own website, and your door team scans them on phones and tablets | Included[18](#source-18) Sells individual and group event tickets with early bird, member-only and door prices |

## What else should you know about Glue Up and Ticket Fairy?

How much does Glue Up cost?:  Glue Up's Professional plan is listed from $3,000 to $6,500 a year and Advanced from $8,000 to $18,500 a year, billed annually, with Enterprise on custom pricing. Glue Up does not currently offer a free trial; it offers a personalized demo. [19](#source-19) [20](#source-20) [21](#source-21) [22](#source-22)

Can I give members their own ticket price on Glue Up?:  Yes. Glue Up sells individual and group tickets with early bird, member-only and door prices. [23](#source-23)

Can helpers check people in without seeing everything in Glue Up?:  Yes. Temporary staff accounts let helpers run registration and check-in without access to the rest of the platform, and you can restrict each check-in location by ticket type. On Ticket Fairy, your door team can scan tickets on their own phones. [24](#source-24) [4](#source-4) [25](#source-25)

Can attendees pass their ticket to someone else on Glue Up?:  Yes. You can let attendees transfer a ticket to another person, who claims it by email, and run a waitlist when you sell out. [5](#source-5) [26](#source-26)

When does Glue Up pay out my event money?:  You choose per-event, monthly or quarterly payouts, and Glue Up sends a payout summary for you to confirm before it transfers the funds. On Ticket Fairy, you can be paid daily as tickets sell on your own connected Stripe or Xendit account, where your country supports it, and money Ticket Fairy processes is paid after the event. [27](#source-27) [1](#source-1)

Can Glue Up print attendee badges?:  Yes. You design attendee badges in eight sizes and either pre-print them as a PDF or print them on site. On Ticket Fairy, you can approve accreditation requests and issue passes from a pass desk, and your door team can scan passes and tickets with the same app. [28](#source-28) [29](#source-29) [2](#source-2)

What can I export from Glue Up?:  Glue Up exports event attendee lists to Excel with the fields you choose, and contacts and companies to Excel from filtered lists. [30](#source-30)

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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 [Your ticket money arrives daily, or after the show](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/payments-and-payouts/payment-accounts-fees-and-payouts)
2. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Issue accreditation passes for your event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/issue-accreditation-passes-for-your-event)
3. Glue Up Glue Up combines event registration, payments, email campaigns, check-in, attendee data, CRM, mobile apps and reporting in one platform. "Glue Up brings registration, payments, email campaigns, check-in, attendee data, CRM, mobile apps, and reporting together"  [www.glueup.com/event-management-software](https://www.glueup.com/event-management-software), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260504215541/https://www.glueup.com/event-management-software)
4. Glue Up Organizers can add several check-in locations, link them to tracks or sessions, and restrict entry by ticket type. "You can also provide certain attendees with exclusive access by opting to restrict check-ins according to ticket type."  [support.glueup.com/api/v2/help\_center/en-us/articles/43983701423769.json](https://support.glueup.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/43983701423769.json), read on 17 October 2026.
5. Glue Up Organizers can let attendees transfer a ticket to another person, who claims it by email. "This allows attendees to transfer their ticket to another person by providing the recipient"  [support.glueup.com/api/v2/help\_center/en-us/articles/46346016365977.json](https://support.glueup.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/46346016365977.json), read on 17 October 2026.
6. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Send your event contracts and get them signed online](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/send-contracts-and-get-them-signed-online)

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7. Glue Up Contracts and e-signing "Starting from $3,000 - $6,500/Yr" Where we looked: https://www.glueup.com/event-management-software, /pricing, /features/tasks, /features/finance-management, /features/glue-up-manager-app, /features/ai-copilot, /corporate-meetings-and-events-suite, home page, sitemap.xml page titles (1,646 URLs); support.glueup.com public help-center API (all 377 en-us articles, titles and bodies) searched for "contract", "e-sign", "esign", "signature" (only Glue Up's own customer contract mentioned); the pricing page.  [www.glueup.com/pricing](https://www.glueup.com/pricing), read on 17 October 2026.
8. 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)
9. Glue Up Supplier management "Starting from $3,000 - $6,500/Yr" Where we looked: https://www.glueup.com/event-management-software, /pricing, /features/tasks, /features/finance-management, /features/glue-up-manager-app, /features/ai-copilot, /corporate-meetings-and-events-suite, home page, sitemap.xml page titles (1,646 URLs); support.glueup.com public help-center API (all 377 en-us articles, titles and bodies) searched for "vendor", "supplier", "exhibitor" (exhibitor branding for webinars mentioned on the event page only); the pricing page.  [www.glueup.com/pricing](https://www.glueup.com/pricing), read on 17 October 2026.
10. 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)
11. Glue Up Run of show and day sheets "Tracks act as categories grouping related sessions, while sessions represent individual event segments."  [support.glueup.com/api/v2/help\_center/en-us/articles/44906657384857.json](https://support.glueup.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/44906657384857.json), read on 17 October 2026.
12. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Build your event rota and check staff in](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/build-your-event-rota-and-check-staff-in)
13. Glue Up Crew and volunteer rota "Temporary event staff accounts are designed for people who are assisting your team with event registration and check-in processes."  [support.glueup.com/api/v2/help\_center/en-us/articles/43984168584345.json](https://support.glueup.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/43984168584345.json), read on 17 October 2026.
14. Glue Up Passes and accreditation "Quickly design attendee badges for your events and select your desired size, layout, and display of attendee information."  [support.glueup.com/api/v2/help\_center/en-us/articles/43927449138073.json](https://support.glueup.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/43927449138073.json), read on 17 October 2026.
15. Ticket Fairy [You know what every act and event really costs](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/budget-and-costs)
16. Glue Up Budgets and settlements "Starting from $3,000 - $6,500/Yr" Where we looked: https://www.glueup.com/event-management-software, /pricing, /features/tasks, /features/finance-management, /features/glue-up-manager-app, /features/ai-copilot, /corporate-meetings-and-events-suite, home page, sitemap.xml page titles (1,646 URLs); support.glueup.com public help-center API (all 377 en-us articles, titles and bodies) searched for "budget", "settlement", "expense" (event revenue and payment reporting is documented; a budgeting guide exists as marketing content, not a product feature); the pricing page.  [www.glueup.com/pricing](https://www.glueup.com/pricing), read on 17 October 2026.
17. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Scan tickets at the door](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/scan-tickets-at-the-door)
18. Glue Up Ticket sales in the same system "Choose whether you are creating an individual ticket or a group ticket."  [support.glueup.com/api/v2/help\_center/en-us/articles/43754151362073.json](https://support.glueup.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/43754151362073.json), read on 17 October 2026.
19. Glue Up The Professional plan is listed as starting from $3,000 - $6,500 per year. "Starting from $3,000 - $6,500/Yr"  [www.glueup.com/pricing](https://www.glueup.com/pricing), read on 17 October 2026.
20. Glue Up The Advanced plan is listed as starting from $8,000 - $18,500 per year. "$8,000 - $18,500/Yr"  [www.glueup.com/pricing](https://www.glueup.com/pricing), read on 17 October 2026.
21. Glue Up Contracts are billed annually by default. "All contracts are billed annually by default."  [www.glueup.com/pricing](https://www.glueup.com/pricing), read on 17 October 2026.
22. Glue Up Glue Up does not currently offer a free trial; it offers a personalized demo. "Not at the moment, but you can get a personalized demo"  [www.glueup.com/event-management-software](https://www.glueup.com/event-management-software), read on 17 October 2026. [Archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20260504215541/https://www.glueup.com/event-management-software)
23. Glue Up Sells individual and group event tickets with early bird, member-only and door prices "Choose whether you are creating an individual ticket or a group ticket."  [support.glueup.com/api/v2/help\_center/en-us/articles/43754151362073.json](https://support.glueup.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/43754151362073.json), read on 17 October 2026.
24. Glue Up Temporary staff accounts let helpers run event registration and check-in without access to the rest of the platform. "Temporary event staff accounts are designed for people who are assisting your team with event registration and check-in processes."  [support.glueup.com/api/v2/help\_center/en-us/articles/43984168584345.json](https://support.glueup.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/43984168584345.json), read on 17 October 2026.
25. Ticket Fairy [Your crowd gets in fast on your team's own phones](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/check-in-and-box-office/door-scanning-and-entry)
26. Glue Up An event waitlist takes registrations when tickets sell out or capacity is reached. "Enabling the waitlist feature allows attendees to register for an event when tickets are no longer available"  [support.glueup.com/api/v2/help\_center/en-us/articles/43753637029657.json](https://support.glueup.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/43753637029657.json), read on 17 October 2026.
27. Glue Up For event payments, organizers choose per-event, monthly or quarterly payouts, and Glue Up sends a payout summary to confirm before transferring funds. "Glue Up will provide a payout summary prior to delivering funds."  [support.glueup.com/api/v2/help\_center/en-us/articles/46874597668377.json](https://support.glueup.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/46874597668377.json), read on 17 October 2026.
28. Glue Up Organizers design attendee badges in eight sizes and either pre-print them as a PDF or print onsite. "Quickly design attendee badges for your events and select your desired size, layout, and display of attendee information."  [support.glueup.com/api/v2/help\_center/en-us/articles/43927449138073.json](https://support.glueup.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/43927449138073.json), read on 17 October 2026.
29. Glue Up Attendee badge designer with QR access passes, PDF pre-print or onsite printing "Quickly design attendee badges for your events and select your desired size, layout, and display of attendee information."  [support.glueup.com/api/v2/help\_center/en-us/articles/43927449138073.json](https://support.glueup.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/43927449138073.json), read on 17 October 2026.
30. Glue Up Event attendee lists export to Excel with chosen fields; contacts and companies export to Excel from filtered lists. "A file will be downloaded to your device in Excel format with the data you requested."  [support.glueup.com/api/v2/help\_center/en-us/articles/43754440148761.json](https://support.glueup.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/43754440148761.json), read on 17 October 2026.

Updated 17 October 2026: First published.

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