MeraEvents vs Yapsody (2026): which should you pick?

Pick MeraEvents if

• Fits if you run events in India and want UPI payments
• Works for organisers who want QR check-in and printed badges

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want fees up front, because none are published
• Not for you if you sell outside India, as the ticketing page is built for Indian organisers
• Watch out: duplicate-ticket checks across devices need a connection, and offline scans sync later
• Watch out: the product pages show illustrative data, not real plan limits

Pick Yapsody if

• Fits if you run events with seat maps and want to pay per ticket
• Works for venues that want white-label pages and a box office app

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you use reserved seating: 98 cents + 2.49% against 59 cents + 1.75%
• Watch out: fees passed on make a $100 ticket cost the buyer $102.34
• Watch out: the fee calculator offers USD, GBP, CAD and AUD only

MeraEvents

• No pricing or fee schedule is published on the pages read, so none is recorded here.
• The ticketing page says it is built for organizers in India and shows rupee prices.
• Duplicate-ticket checks across devices need a connection; offline scans queue and sync later.
• Product pages show illustrative sample data rather than real plan limits.

Yapsody

• Reserved seating costs more per ticket than general admission: 98 cents + 2.49% against 59 cents + 1.75%.
• The pricing page's calculator shows a $100 ticket with fees passed on costing the attendee $102.34 under general seating.
• The pricing page's fee calculator offers USD, GBP, CAD and AUD.

MeraEvents

Flexible ticket types

Free and paid tickets with set prices, quantities, sales windows, discounts and custom registration fields.

UPI and card checkout

Buyers pay by UPI or card, and attendees can request a GST invoice and add billing details from their booking.

QR check-in

Staff scan QR tickets at multiple gates, with duplicate checks and offline scanning that syncs on reconnection.

Badge printing

Check-in can print a personalized badge showing the attendee's name and ticket type.

Sales reports and widgets

Organizers can review bookings and transactions, export sales reports, and add a ticket widget to their own website.

Yapsody

Reserved seating

Organizers design seat maps so attendees choose their own seats, with a feature to avoid leaving single orphaned seats between groups.

White-label ticketing

Tickets, emails and event pages can carry the organizer's branding, and event widgets can be embedded on an existing site.

Box office app

Staff can issue tickets to walk-ins, refund a whole order or single tickets, and exchange tickets for another event or seating section.

Ticket scanning

The YapScan app for iOS and Android scans tickets, works without a signal, and flags duplicate entries. An external scanner can be paired with it on iOS.

Payments and payouts

Payment gateways include Stripe, PayPal and a further 14 or more, and the pricing page says payouts go directly to the organizer's own account.

Reports and add-ons

Custom reports and the YapStats app track sales, and an online store sells add-ons such as merchandise or parking.

MeraEvents

Pricing could not be confirmed. See meraevents.com.

Yapsody

• General seating$0

  No subscription. Fee of 59 cents + 1.75% per ticket sold; the organizer can pass it on to attendees or absorb it.

• Reserved seating$0

  No subscription. Fee of 98 cents + 2.49% per ticket sold; the organizer can pass it on to attendees or absorb it.

MeraEvents

No public discounts listed.

Yapsody

• Nonprofit

  50% rebate for non-profit events

  The pricing page offers a 50% rebate on ticketing fees for non-profit events.