Comparison

BANDANA vs Indie on the Move

Reviewed August 2026

Indie on the Move is a long-running venue database for DIY touring bands: a free tier with profiles and listings, and paid tiers from $13.99 a month that unlock venue booking details, advanced search, and outreach tools like QuickPitch and timed emailing. BANDANA's venue directory is free and works differently — instead of unlocking an email address to pitch, each listed venue shows the nights it currently has open, and your request lands on that date in the venue's own booking calendar.

BANDANA dashboard on a phone listing a band and a venue the same person runs — One dashboard for every band you play in and every room you run.

BANDANA song library on a phone listing a band's songs with keys and recordings — The band's song library, with keys and recordings attached to each song.

Lyrics with chords positioned above the words on a BANDANA song page — Chords sit above the lyric they belong to, not in a separate document.

BANDANA set list on a phone showing the running order and a maybe section — Drag songs into order and park undecided ones in the "maybe" section.

BANDANA set list showing the offline banner while the phone has no connection — Set lists you have opened stay readable when the venue has no signal.

Transposition controls on a BANDANA song shifting every chord into a new key — Shift the whole song up or down and the key badge follows.

Downloading a lyrics and chords PDF from a BANDANA song page — Export the chart as a PDF in whatever key you just transposed to.

Rehearsal recordings listed underneath a song in BANDANA — Rehearsal takes live on the song itself, not in a group chat.

A rehearsal recording playing in BANDANA with playback controls — Playback keeps going when the screen locks on iOS.

Proposed rehearsal time slots listed on a BANDANA band event — Propose rehearsal times instead of polling the group chat.

Band members voting on rehearsal time slots in BANDANA — Everyone votes, and the winning slot is obvious at a glance.

A band's stage setup and input needs attached to a BANDANA gig page — Your stage plot and input list, attached to the show before load-in.

A top-down BANDANA stage plot showing drums, keys, bass, guitar, two saxes and amp positions — Save a band setup once, then attach its stage plot to any gig.

Guest list entries submitted by a band on a BANDANA gig page — Each band fills its own guest list quota — no spreadsheet at the door.

A band filling out a venue's booking request form in BANDANA — Bands submit dates, links and their bio in one pass.

A BANDANA gig advance page showing set times, backline and band details — One advance page the venue and every band on the bill share.

What Indie on the Move focuses on

A community-curated venue database and outreach toolkit for independent touring artists.

BANDANA and Indie on the Move, side by side

Competitor details below are from their own public pages, checked August 2026. Pricing changes — confirm on their site before you decide. Indie on the Move pricing

Price: BANDANAFree; Indie on the MoveFree tier; Premium $13.99 a month or $119.90 a year; Deluxe $39.99 a month or $335.90 a year
Venue coverage: BANDANACurated directory of independent venues, growing; Indie on the MoveYes, and a strength — a large community-curated national database
Open dates: BANDANAEach listing shows the nights currently open, rechecked weekly; Indie on the MoveNot published — listings carry venue details, not live open dates
How the request arrives: BANDANAIn the venue's own BANDANA booking calendar, on the date requested; Indie on the MoveEmail to the venue via their outreach tools
Mass outreach: BANDANANot offered — one request per venue per week; Indie on the MoveYes — venue emailing, QuickPitch, timed sends, templates, analytics
Venue reviews: BANDANANot offered; Indie on the MoveYes — member-written venue reviews
After the yes: BANDANAShared gig page: run of show, stage plots, guest list, set lists; Indie on the MoveNot offered

What you get	BANDANA	Indie on the Move
Price	Free	Free tier; Premium $13.99 a month or $119.90 a year; Deluxe $39.99 a month or $335.90 a year
Venue coverage	Curated directory of independent venues, growing	Yes, and a strength — a large community-curated national database
Open dates	Each listing shows the nights currently open, rechecked weekly	Not published — listings carry venue details, not live open dates
How the request arrives	In the venue's own BANDANA booking calendar, on the date requested	Email to the venue via their outreach tools
Mass outreach	Not offered — one request per venue per week	Yes — venue emailing, QuickPitch, timed sends, templates, analytics
Venue reviews	Not offered	Yes — member-written venue reviews
After the yes	Shared gig page: run of show, stage plots, guest list, set lists	Not offered

Choose Indie on the Move if

You are routing a national tour and want the widest possible venue list
Bulk, templated outreach with analytics is how you book
Peer reviews of rooms you have never played matter to you

Choose BANDANA if

You would rather see real open dates than buy contact details
You want the request to land in the venue's workflow, not a shared inbox
You want the set lists, charts, and advance covered too, free

Common questions

Is there a free alternative to Indie on the Move?

BANDANA's venue directory is free for bands: browse independent venues by city, see which nights each one has open, and send a booking request at no cost. Coverage is smaller and more curated than a national database.

Can I email lots of venues at once through BANDANA?

No, by design. BANDANA allows one booking request per venue per week so requests stay worth reading.