Showpass vs TicketLeap (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Showpass if

• Fits if you sell tickets in Canada and want no monthly fee
• Works for venues that need seating and packages on a per-ticket basis

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you need Professional, with fees of 2.5% + $1.69 CAD per paid item
• Not for you if you want a trial, as there isn't one
• Watch out: prices are in Canadian dollars, and card processing is charged on top
• Watch out: switching tiers is done by contacting support

Pick TicketLeap if

• Fits if you want buyers to cover every ticketing cost
• Works for haunts, farms, festivals and schools with timed entry or seats

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you need ticket money before the event, as it lands 4 to 7 business days after
• Skip it if you sell outside the US, Canada and Australia
• Too light for anyone who wants an API to pull orders into other systems
• Watch out: the 3% per-order fee has no cap, and you can't use your own payment processor
• Watch out: support is weekdays 9am to 5pm Eastern, with emergencies only on nights and weekends

Showpass

• Prices are shown in Canadian dollars; tickets can be sold in CAD, USD or EUR.
• Showpass's service fee (1% + $0.59 CAD on Essential) is charged per paid item, on top of card processing.
• Assigned seating, ticket packages and waitlists need Professional; group sales and memberships need Premium.
• There is no free trial, and moving between tiers is done by contacting support.

TicketLeap

• Paid tickets carry $1 + 2% (capped at $20 a ticket) plus a 3% online transaction fee per order, which has no cap; buyers pay by default or the organizer absorbs it.
• Ticket money is paid out by Stripe 4 to 7 business days after the event ends, not before it.
• Tickets can be sold only in US, Canadian and Australian dollars, and payments go through TicketLeap's own Stripe setup rather than your own processor.
• Support is by email and phone from 9am to 5pm Eastern on weekdays, with emergency support only on nights and weekends.

Showpass

Branded event pages and embeds

Each event gets a customizable page, and tickets can also be sold from an embedded widget on the organizer's own website.

Assigned seating and packages

On the Professional tier, organizers can build seating maps, bundle tickets into packages, and sell add-ons such as food tokens.

Group sales and memberships

The Premium tier adds a group sales portal and member-only packages with perks.

Check-in and on-site sales

Guests can be checked in from a smartphone, and at the door Showpass connects to Square for tap and debit payments.

Fee controls

Organizers choose whether to pass the service fee to buyers in full, in part, or absorb it, and fees are shown upfront at checkout.

Discovery and distribution

Events can be listed on Showpass Discovery at no extra charge, and the site mentions Meta and Google partnerships for promotion.

TicketLeap

Event pages and organization hub

Mobile-friendly event pages with your own images and colors, a hub listing all your events in list or calendar view, a cart across events and Buy Tickets buttons for your site.

Timed entry and reserved seating

Time-slot tickets with a recurring event scheduler, and a drag-and-drop seating chart builder over your venue map with prices by section.

Ticket types and checkout

Paid, free and pay-what-you-want tickets, donations, required waivers, custom checkout questions, sales tax as a line item, and Apple Pay and Google Pay.

Scanner and box office apps

Free iOS and Android apps scan QR tickets or check in by name, and sell at the door, with a Bluetooth card reader for card payments.

Promotion and reminders

Discount codes, email campaigns to ticket buyers, automatic reminders 24 hours ahead, QR codes for posters, and Google Analytics, Tag Manager and Meta Pixel tracking.

Ticket exchanges and weather guarantee

Move a buyer's ticket to another date or event instead of refunding, and offer a weather guarantee that refunds buyers if it rains while still letting them attend.

Showpass

• Essential$0

  Fee of 1% + $0.59 CAD per paid item, plus 2.9% + $0.30 CAD card processing. Unlimited events, branded pages and data.

• Professional$0

  Fee of 2.5% + $1.69 CAD per paid item. Adds ticket packages, assigned seating, tracking links, add-ons and waitlists.

• PremiumCustom

  Adds group sales, memberships, buy now pay later, on-site hardware and dedicated support. Priced per redeemable item.

TicketLeap

• Free events$0

  No fees at all for free events, even for organizers who never sell a paid ticket.

• Paid tickets$0

  $1 + 2% per ticket (capped at $20; $0.49 for tickets of $5 or less) plus 3% per order; passed to buyers or absorbed by the organizer.

• Box office sales$0

  Tickets sold at the door with the box office app cost $1 each ($0.49 for $5 or less), plus 3% on card payments; cash and checks avoid the 3%.

Showpass

No public discounts listed.

TicketLeap

• Other savings

  $0.49 fee on tickets of $5 or less

  Tickets priced at $5 or below carry a flat $0.49 TicketLeap fee instead of $1 + 2%, plus the 3% online transaction fee.