Comparisons

How BANDANA compares

Most tools in this space pick a side: repertoire apps for bands, or booking systems for venues. BANDANA's difference is that both sides are in the same product, communicating with one another to streamline gigging — especially at the indie level. On the venue side there is a second difference: fan apps and door-scanning apps are common, but a native app where a booking agent can take the request, confirm the date, advance the show, and manage the ticket page is not — BANDANA does all of that from a phone. These pages say plainly where another tool is the better answer.

For venues

BANDANA tix vs Eventbrite for small venues
Eventbrite is general-purpose event ticketing with a service fee plus processing on every paid ticket. BANDANA tix is a flat 25 cents, paid out to the venue's own Stripe account.
BANDANA tix vs Afton Tickets
Afton charges the organizer nothing up front and takes a service fee from the attendee that moves with the ticket price. BANDANA publishes one number: a flat 25 cents, paid by the venue.
BANDANA tix vs DICE
DICE is a mobile-first marketplace that lends you its own fan audience, with fees quoted per partner. BANDANA tix has no audience to borrow — just a ticket page you own at a flat 25 cents.
BANDANA tix vs TicketWeb
TicketWeb is the Live Nation-owned incumbent for a lot of established clubs, sold by contract with rates it does not publish. BANDANA tix is free, self-serve, and a published flat 25 cents a ticket.

Also compared

BANDANA tix vs VenuePilot
VenuePilot is an independents-first venue platform with booking, widgets, and ticketing at a published flat $0.75, plus iOS apps for box office and will call. BANDANA is cheaper per ticket and treats the band as a user.
BANDANA vs Prism.fm
Prism.fm is booking and settlement software for promoters and multi-venue teams, delivered as mobile-friendly web, and it sells no tickets. BANDANA is one free tool for a room with no talent buyer on payroll.
BANDANA tix vs Eventim USA
Eventim USA quotes rates and caps its self-serve tier by volume. BANDANA publishes a flat 25 cents with no ceiling and no sales call.

For bands

BANDANA vs BandHelper
BandHelper is a paid, feature-dense app for a working band's repertoire and shows, from $2.25 a month. BANDANA does the same band work free, and connects to venues on to facilitate booking and gig details.
BANDANA vs Setlist Helper
Setlist Helper is a long-standing set-list-first app with a free tier and in-app purchases. BANDANA feeds the same set lists from one song library, then shares them by public link a sub can open with no account.
BANDANA vs OnSong
OnSong is an iPad-centric chord chart app with deep on-stage tooling, on free and paid tiers. BANDANA is free, with a native iOS app that runs full screen on iPad and iPhone, plus the same charts in any browser.
BANDANA vs Master Tour for indie bands
Master Tour is professional tour management at $74.99 a month, built for routed tours with dedicated staff. BANDANA is free for regional shows and advances gigs on one page the venue collaborates on.
BANDANA vs Band Mule
Band Mule is a private band organizer — shared calendar, members-only chat, set lists with audio — on iOS, Android, and web. BANDANA adds chords, transposition, auto-scroll, and the venue side of the booking.

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BANDANA is free for bands and venues. Sign in with a magic link or Google and bring your bandmates along.