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Ticket Tailor vs Brown Paper Tickets

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Ticket Tailor

Software

Sell tickets your way

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Brown Paper Tickets

Software

The fair-trade ticketing company

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Brown Paper Tickets has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Ticket Tailor official pricing page not publicly accessible (403 Forbidden); Brown Paper Tickets fees are charged to ticket buyers rather than the organiser, at $1.49 plus 6.0% of the ticket price in USD
  • They diverge on capability: Ticket Tailor covers Online ticketing, Brown Paper Tickets covers Ticketing.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Ticket Tailor and Brown Paper Tickets actually diverge.

Attributes where Ticket Tailor and Brown Paper Tickets differ
AttributeTicket TailorBrown Paper Tickets
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelUnknowntransaction
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, Ios, Android
Founded20112000

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Ticket Tailor

  • Online ticketing
  • Box office
  • Custom checkout
  • Waitlists
  • Stripe
  • Zapier

Only in Brown Paper Tickets

  • Ticketing
  • Will call
  • Reporting
  • Customer service
  • Facebook

Both cover

  • Seating charts
  • PayPal
  • Mailchimp
  • Google Analytics
  • Web support
  • Ios support
  • Android support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Ticket Tailor

  • Event ticketing and online ticket salesnot Brown Paper Tickets
  • Seating chart management for venuesnot Brown Paper Tickets
  • Customizable event registration pagesnot Brown Paper Tickets

Brown Paper Tickets

  • Selling tickets for events, performances and workshopsnot Ticket Tailor
  • Handling ticket distribution and door lists for independent organisersnot Ticket Tailor

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Ticket Tailor

  • Official pricing page not publicly accessible (403 Forbidden)
  • No published pricing information available through standard channels
  • Feature comparison table not verifiable

Brown Paper Tickets

  • Fees are charged to ticket buyers rather than the organiser, at $1.49 plus 6.0% of the ticket price in USD
  • The 6.0% applies regardless of payment method, including when the organiser uses their own merchant account or PayPal
  • The flat component varies by currency, running from roughly $0.99 to $1.99 equivalent
  • Because the buyer pays, the advertised ticket price is not what the buyer is charged

Pricing, plan by plan

Ticket Tailor

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Ticket Tailor review.

Brown Paper Tickets

Free
  • StandardFree
    • $0.99 + 5% per ticket
    • Free events free
    • All features

Which should you pick?

Choose Ticket Tailor if

  • You need online ticketing.
  • You also want box office.
Ticket Tailor review

Choose Brown Paper Tickets if

  • You need ticketing.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want will call.
Brown Paper Tickets review

Questions people ask

Is Ticket Tailor or Brown Paper Tickets better?
Neither clearly leads. Ticket Tailor starts at On request and Brown Paper Tickets at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Ticket Tailor or Brown Paper Tickets?
Brown Paper Tickets has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Ticket Tailor and Free for Brown Paper Tickets.
Does Ticket Tailor or Brown Paper Tickets run on more platforms?
Ticket Tailor runs on Web. Brown Paper Tickets runs on Web, Ios, Android.
Can I use Brown Paper Tickets for free?
Yes. Brown Paper Tickets has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Ticket Tailor starts at On request.
What is Ticket Tailor best used for?
Ticket Tailor is most often used for event ticketing and online ticket sales, seating chart management for venues, customizable event registration pages. Of those, event ticketing and online ticket sales and seating chart management for venues are not what Brown Paper Tickets is typically brought in for.
What can Ticket Tailor do that Brown Paper Tickets cannot?
Ticket Tailor covers Online ticketing, Box office, Custom checkout, Waitlists. Brown Paper Tickets covers Ticketing, Will call, Reporting, Customer service. Both handle Seating charts, PayPal, Mailchimp, Google Analytics.
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