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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Brown Paper Tickets

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/ABrown Paper Tickets is an event registration solution built to provide customers with a marketplace to sell tickets without fees. Additional features include mobile ticketing, social media integration, and built-in customer relationship management (CRM) capability.N/A

    ThunderTix

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Event ticketing software for the performing arts and live performances with both reserved seating and general admission. Supports a variety of season subscriptions at the same venue (or across multiple venues) including the full season, mini-season, or flex passes with voucher codes. Subscribers can be renewed for the next season in their same seats using an automated renewal process. The software is also a fundraising platform used to receive donations and track donors, with an included…

    $20

    per month

    Pricing
    Brown Paper TicketsThunderTix
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    General Admission
    $20
    per month ticket
    Reserved Seating
    $25
    per month ticket
    Enterprise
    $175
    per month ticket
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Brown Paper TicketsThunderTix
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Both the General Admission and Reserved Seating plans include the first 20 tickets processed each month. Additional tickets are $1 and $1.25 respectively. The Enterprise plan includes the first 100 tickets processed and each additional ticket is $1.75.
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    Brown Paper Tickets
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Brown Paper TicketsThunderTix
    Virtual Event
    Comparison of Virtual Event features of Brown Paper Tickets and ThunderTix
    Feature
    Brown Paper Tickets
    -
    Ratings
    ThunderTix
    8.9
    3 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Registration, RSVP, and ticketing00 Ratings9.13 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Audience engagement00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Event analytics00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Brown Paper TicketsThunderTix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Brown Paper TicketsThunderTix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Brown Paper Tickets
    For non-profits running free trainings, Brown Paper Ticket is great because there are no fees for using the service for this, whereas most other event registration software charges a per transaction fee. I wouldn't recommend it if you are hosting a conference or other event where there are breakout sessions that you need to register people for.
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    ThunderTix
    The capability to check in customers using a simple phone app allows offloading a lot of box office tasks to unskilled ushers and volunteers. It's just circumspect for all our ticketing needs.
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    Pros
    Brown Paper Tickets
    • Hard copy tickets. They make it very easy to customize and order hard copy tickets for your events.
    • Ease of event setup.
    • Good customer service
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    ThunderTix
    • Thundertix is a WONDERFUL price that allows us to sell more tickets and increase our profits. The pricing of Thundertix is lower cost than anything else in the market.
    • Thundertix is always innovating and adding to features relevant to the current market.
    • Thundertix has great customer service, especially if you are willing to pay the premium price for over the phone customer support.
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    Cons
    Brown Paper Tickets
    • Accounting Reports. They are not very concise.
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    ThunderTix
    • For the money, I honestly don't have a single critique. Some of the larger companies offer a few more features, but we believe that most of those bells and whistles are not worth a significant increase in price.
    • Our venue is a 160 seat venue. Thundertix is ideal for this. I do not know how Thundertix would translate to a 15,000 venue. It is not what we deal with. We are involved in some higher ticket events, but those are all General Admission so I do not have to deal with 15,000 reserved seats.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Brown Paper Tickets
    No answers on this topic
    ThunderTix
    We have been with them for over a decade and have no interest in leaving.
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    Usability
    Brown Paper Tickets
    No answers on this topic
    ThunderTix
    ThunderTix is designed to work where you need it to work regardless of device or platform.
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    Support Rating
    Brown Paper Tickets
    No answers on this topic
    ThunderTix
    They are quick to respond to both calls and email. They also have a robust online set of documentation and tools that offer the possibility of finding your own answer. But, even if you don't use it, ThunderTix never asks the "did you check our online resources" questions. They never complain about emails or calls. They are there to help and do a fantastic job!
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    Implementation Rating
    Brown Paper Tickets
    No answers on this topic
    ThunderTix
    It was an easy transition that took less than a month from planning to implementation
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    Alternatives Considered
    Brown Paper Tickets
    I have used Bloomerang's event management option, which is not very easy to use or pliable when it comes to customization. Evite - not professional enough Regonline - not very user friendly and the fees are a bit high. Qgiv - Very easy to use and has great reporting. However, there is a fee to use it for free events.
    Incentivized
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    ThunderTix
    AudienceView has some of the oldest and least efficient user interfaces I have ever seen. Theres 5 different websites for the same account to access different things that are all interlinked and need to be accessed together. Ticket Spice charges a higher per ticket cost for most ticket price ranges. ThunderTix is a flat rate while ticket spice is a percentage.
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    Return on Investment
    Brown Paper Tickets
    • Brown Paper Tickets has given us a free and easy to use option to register people for free trainings which has helped us cut our costs for these types of events.
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    ThunderTix
    • It has greatly increased online sales
    • We are break even but with only 1 event ran so far
    • It has made teaching box office sellers easy
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    ThunderTix Screenshots

    Screenshot of an interactive dashboard comparing sales month-over-month. This offers insight on orders, tickets, coupons, comps, merchandise, gift cards, shipping, and fees.Screenshot of the Event Manager is used to access and manage events and recurring performances.Screenshot of Custom seating charts are built to mimic the layout of each individual venue and space.Screenshot of the integration with payment terminals, that includes payments with both chip and tap for increased security. Integration with both Square and Stripe payment gateways and terminals.Screenshot of a gift card, where the customers can schedule delivery with a custom message for the recipient for special occasions. Gift cards can also be used to track customer credits.Screenshot of barcode scanning in the ThunderTix App, included for both iOS and Android for rapid scanning of barcoded tickets at the doors of event. No additional hardware is required.