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Center vs TicketingHub

Center logo

Center

Travel

Card-first travel and expense management with real-time transaction visibility

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
TicketingHub logo

TicketingHub

Travel

Ticketing and booking for tours and attractions with no subscription, only a percentage per booking

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Center the product is built around its own card, so employees still using a legacy bank corporate card get the ordinary receipt-chasing experience and the real-time promise does not apply to them.; TicketingHub the 3 per cent applies to cash and walk-up sales recorded in the system, not only to online bookings, which operators frequently miss and which makes on-site revenue more expensive than expected.
  • They diverge on capability: Center covers Center corporate card, TicketingHub covers No monthly fee.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Center and TicketingHub actually diverge.

Attributes where Center and TicketingHub differ
AttributeCenterTicketingHub
Pricing modelquotePer booking, 3 per cent of booking value

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Travel).

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 Center

  • Center corporate card
  • Real-time expense capture
  • Travel booking
  • Insights for Travel
  • Policy automation
  • ERP sync

Only in TicketingHub

  • No monthly fee
  • Ticket scanning
  • Walk-up sales
  • Booking widget
  • OTA connections
  • Session and capacity management
  • Reporting
  • Multi-currency and language

What people use each for

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

Center

  • A US mid-market finance team that wants committed travel spend visible before the month closesnot TicketingHub
  • A company replacing a bank corporate card plus a separate expense tool with one suppliernot TicketingHub
  • A business that wants hotel spend booked directly by staff still captured in travel reportingnot TicketingHub
  • A NetSuite or Sage Intacct user wanting coded expenses posted without manual re-keyingnot TicketingHub

TicketingHub

  • A seasonal walking tour company that closes for four winter months and refuses to pay a subscription through themnot Center
  • A small attraction wanting door scanning and online booking in one systemnot Center
  • A transport operator selling timed boarding tickets with capacity limitsnot Center
  • A new experience business unwilling to commit to fixed software cost before it has volumenot Center

Where each one falls short

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

Center

  • The product is built around its own card, so employees still using a legacy bank corporate card get the ordinary receipt-chasing experience and the real-time promise does not apply to them.
  • Travel booking depends on Spotnana, meaning content, service levels and roadmap for a core part of the product sit with a third party Center does not control.
  • It is a United States product, and multi-entity companies with European or Asian subsidiaries will need a separate card and expense stack for those entities.
  • Interchange on card spend is a significant part of how the vendor earns, which is why the software price looks low; a company that keeps most spend on an existing card programme is a poor fit commercially.
  • It is a smaller supplier than Brex, Ramp or SAP Concur, so integration coverage outside the main US accounting systems is thinner and custom connectors are often the answer.

TicketingHub

  • The 3 per cent applies to cash and walk-up sales recorded in the system, not only to online bookings, which operators frequently miss and which makes on-site revenue more expensive than expected.
  • At meaningful volume the model is expensive: a hundred thousand pounds of ticket revenue costs three thousand pounds a year, well above what a subscription platform with a lower booking fee would charge.
  • The 3 per cent excludes card processing, so the total take on each ticket is materially higher than the headline rate implies.
  • Enterprise discounts exist but are negotiated privately, so the published price is not the price for anyone with scale and there is no way to benchmark what a good deal looks like.
  • The product is a ticketing engine rather than an operations platform, with limited resource scheduling, customer relationship tooling and reseller management compared with the larger competitors.

Pricing, plan by plan

Center

On request
  • Center Expense and Travel$undefined/year
    • Usage-based, with no licence, deployment or support fee published
    • Flat per-booking travel fee including unlimited changes
    • Card interchange forms part of the vendor revenue

TicketingHub

On request
  • Standard$undefined/month
    • No monthly fee and no setup fee
    • 3% taken on every successful booking
    • Applies to website, OTA, card, cash and walk-up sales

Which should you pick?

Choose Center if

  • You need center corporate card.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want real-time expense capture.
Center review

Choose TicketingHub if

  • You need no monthly fee.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want ticket scanning.
TicketingHub review

Questions people ask

Is Center or TicketingHub better?
Neither clearly leads. Center starts at On request and TicketingHub at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Center or TicketingHub?
Center starts at On request and TicketingHub at On request.
Does Center or TicketingHub run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Center best used for?
Center is most often used for a us mid-market finance team that wants committed travel spend visible before the month closes, a company replacing a bank corporate card plus a separate expense tool with one supplier, a business that wants hotel spend booked directly by staff still captured in travel reporting, a netsuite or sage intacct user wanting coded expenses posted without manual re-keying. Of those, a us mid-market finance team that wants committed travel spend visible before the month closes and a company replacing a bank corporate card plus a separate expense tool with one supplier are not what TicketingHub is typically brought in for.
What can Center do that TicketingHub cannot?
Center covers Center corporate card, Real-time expense capture, Travel booking, Insights for Travel. TicketingHub covers No monthly fee, Ticket scanning, Walk-up sales, Booking widget.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Center: Do we have to use the Center card?

Effectively yes for the core benefit. Center can ingest other card feeds, but real-time capture, controls and the pricing model all assume its own card.

TicketingHub: What does TicketingHub cost?

There is no subscription. It takes 3 per cent of every successful booking, plus your card processing separately.

Center: Who provides the travel booking?

Spotnana provides the underlying Travel-as-a-Service platform; Center provides the interface, policy layer and reporting.

TicketingHub: Does the 3 per cent apply to cash sales?

Yes. It applies across the board, including cash and in-person walk-up sales entered into the system, which is the detail most operators overlook.

Center: Is there a per-user licence fee?

Center markets usage-based pricing with no licence, deployment or support fees; the economics rest on card interchange and booking fees.

TicketingHub: At what volume does a subscription platform become cheaper?

Roughly once ticket revenue passes about fifty thousand pounds a year, where 3 per cent begins to exceed a typical monthly subscription plus a lower booking fee.

TicketingHub: Can I negotiate the rate?

Yes for high volume. Enterprise rates are available but are not published, so you will need to ask directly.

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