Bandsintown alternative scorecard Event Schedule vs Bandsintown
Your own tour-date page that takes registrations and sells tickets, with calendar sync and zero platform fees.
5/14
lines where Event Schedule has the edge.
The other 9 are a match or go to Bandsintown.
Every line on this card is scored from the same table below. Nothing is averaged, weighted or rounded.
The card
Scored line by line.
A feature-by-feature comparison of Event Schedule and Bandsintown, in 14 lines across 6 sections. Our column names the plan behind every gated feature, because a comparison that hides the tier is not a comparison.
| Line | Event Schedule | Bandsintown |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing & Fees 0 of 3 to Event Schedule | ||
| Free plan | Included forever | Included free for artists |
| Paid plan price | $5/mo (7-day free trial) | Free (paid email and SMS extras) |
| Platform fees | 0% | Not applicable links to outside ticket sellers |
| Events & Ticketing 2 of 4 to Event Schedule | ||
| Ticketing (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | Included free RSVP, paid on Pro | Not offered links to outside ticket sellers |
| Ticket waitlist (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | Included Pro | RSVP waitlist, fans not notified automatically |
| Online events | Included Free | Included livestreams |
| Free event RSVP | Included Free | Included |
| Integrations 0 of 1 to Event Schedule | ||
| Newsletters | Included Free | Included 10,000 free emails/mo, then per email |
| Customization 0 of 1 to Event Schedule | ||
| Built-in analytics | Included Free | Included from 100 followers |
| Unique Features 0 of 2 to Event Schedule | ||
| Embeddable calendar | Included Free | Included events widget |
| Team collaboration | Included Enterprise | Included admin, editor and viewer roles |
| Platform 3 of 3 to Event Schedule | ||
| REST API (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | Included Pro | Read-only, for a single artist |
| Open source (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | Included | Not offered |
| Selfhosting (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | Included | Not offered |
Selfhost Event Schedule and every one of those plan chips opens: a selfhosted install resolves to Enterprise, so no line on the card is held back by a plan. Either way, ticket sales run through your own Stripe or PayPal account and Event Schedule takes 0%.
Straight answers
Three lines we do not claim.
A card you can trust has to name what is missing from it. These three are true about Event Schedule no matter which platform you are holding it against.
No marketplace
You bring the audience
Your public events can be listed on the Event Schedule browse and search pages, but a listing is not a marketplace's built-in audience. What actually fills a room is your own schedule page, an embeddable calendar, a follower QR code, newsletters, and an interest list that emails people when tickets go on sale.
Seat maps are Enterprise
Ticket types, then seats
On Free and Pro a ticket type has a name, a price and a quantity, and buyers are not choosing a specific seat. A reserved-seating house needs Enterprise, where a venue schedule draws the room once and buyers pick their seats from the map.
One team member on Free
Extra members are Enterprise
The free plan is one person per schedule. Adding team members is on Enterprise and is capped at five on the hosted platform, so do not plan on inviting a whole staff for nothing.
Everything else on this page is a line you can check for yourself. Back to the card
The margin marks
Where the marks fall our way.
5 of the 14 lines above carry a diamond. Here are the 6 advantages over Bandsintown that most often decide it, in plain language rather than table cells.
Tickets on Your Own Page
Bandsintown links fans out to other ticket sellers. Event Schedule takes free registrations with QR tickets on every plan, and paid tickets on Pro with zero platform fees.
Your Page, Your Audience
Your schedule is your own page, with your own followers and email sign-ups, and it keeps working whichever service your fans use.
Two-Way Calendar Sync
Google, Outlook and CalDAV sync both ways, free, so the dates in your own calendar and on your page never disagree.
Venues and Artists Together
Venue and talent schedules link to each other, so a show you play appears on the venue's schedule as well as your own.
Event Graphics
Turn your upcoming dates into a shareable graphic for social media in one click, free.
Open Source
Read the code and selfhost it on your own server. Bandsintown is a hosted service only.
Both columns
Read both sides before you sign.
About Bandsintown
Bandsintown for Artists is a free platform where musicians and their teams publish tour dates, reach fans who follow them, and send those dates on to streaming and search services. It links out to ticket sellers rather than selling tickets itself.
Bandsintown's strengths
- A large built-in audience of fans who follow artists and get alerts about new dates
- Publish once and the dates reach Spotify, Google, Apple Music, Shazam and Amazon Music
- Free for artists, with a tour-date widget for your website and 80+ ticketing integrations
Why choose Event Schedule?
Three things decide it against Bandsintown: the money is yours, the code is public, and the calendar keeps itself in step with the one you already use.
What you get
- Zero platform fees on ticket sales, at every plan level, into your own Stripe or PayPal account
- Free registration with no monthly ceiling, and a ticket scanned at the door on every plan
- Refunds from the Sales page on Pro, in full or in part, that send the money back through Stripe or PayPal
- One checkout for tickets to several of your events, and an interest list that emails people when tickets go on sale
- Passes, gift cards and installment payments on Pro, and allocated seating for venues on Enterprise
- Two-way Google, Outlook and CalDAV sync, free, so the public listing and your own diary cannot disagree
- Open source under the Attribution Assurance License, and selfhostable, which resolves to Enterprise
A fresh card
How to switch in 4 steps
Nothing has to move on day one. The schedule is useful the moment it exists, and the events and the list follow at whatever pace suits you.
01
Create your schedule
Free, no card, and it has its own address the moment it exists. Nothing has to move before it is useful.
02
Bring the events across
Paste a listing or upload the flyer and the parser fills in the name, date, time, venue and description for you to check. Fifty a day on the free and Pro plans (ten during a Pro trial), a hundred on Enterprise.
03
Bring your list across
Export the addresses you already have and paste them in or upload a CSV, up to ten thousand rows, on any plan. What the newsletter allowance counts is sending to them, not holding them.
04
Connect Stripe or PayPal and sell
Your own Stripe or PayPal account, so the money settles into it rather than into ours. Zero platform fees on every plan, a ticket with a price on it is Pro, and refunds go back through the same account.
Free forever. Upgrade when you're ready.
Free registration for as many people as you like. When you start charging, zero platform fees on every plan - the only deduction is your payment processor's own.
Everything you need to publish a schedule and fill the room, for as long as you like.
- Unlimited events, sub-schedules and recurring dates
- Two-way Google, Outlook and CalDAV sync
- Unlimited free registration and RSVPs, scanned at the door
No expiry, and no card asked for.
Start charging, and the rest of the selling kit arrives with it.
- Sell paid tickets, with the live check-in dashboard
- Promo codes, add-ons, passes and gift cards
- The REST API, webhooks, and no Event Schedule branding
7-day free trial, cancel any time.
For a room with a seating chart, a team, and a domain of its own.
- Reserved seating, drawn once and reused every date
- Your own domain, and up to five team members
- Internal and unlisted events, and 1,000 newsletter recipients
Included free on every selfhosted install.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about switching from Bandsintown.
Can I use Event Schedule alongside Bandsintown?
Yes. Many artists keep a Bandsintown listing for its fan alerts and use an Event Schedule page as the home for their dates, with their own tickets, followers and calendar feed. Paste your dates in and the AI parser fills in each show for you to check.
How does Event Schedule pricing compare to Bandsintown?
Bandsintown is free for artists, with paid extras for email beyond 10,000 a month, promoted emails and SMS. Event Schedule is free for listing dates, registrations and newsletters, and Pro is $5/mo for paid tickets with zero platform fees.
Can I sell tickets to my own shows?
Yes, on Pro, through your own Stripe or PayPal account, with zero platform fees. Each buyer gets a ticket with a QR code, scanned at the door on any plan.
Can I put my tour dates on my website?
Yes. The embeddable calendar shows your upcoming dates on any website, free, and each date links to its own event page.
Free forever, 0% platform fees
That is the card. Now sign it.
Final tally: 5 of 14 lines to Event Schedule.
Create your free schedule today. No credit card required, and nothing taken from your ticket sales.
Open source, and yours to selfhost whenever you want it.
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