# PatronManager review (2026): is it worth it?

> Ticketing and CRM for arts organizations, built on Salesforce

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

PatronManager is a ticketing and constituent-management system for performing arts and cultural organizations. It combines ticketing, fundraising and marketing in one database built on Salesforce. The site says it is now part of the Ticketure family and serves more than 500 arts organizations.

- **Category:** Event Ticketing
- **Made by:** PatronManager (part of Ticketure)
- **Website:** https://patronmanager.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you run general events, as it is aimed at arts and culture.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

PatronManager's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site.


## Key features

- **Ticketing and subscriptions:** Sells single tickets and subscriptions for performances and concerts.
- **Fundraising:** Tracks donors and gifts in the same record as ticket buyers.
- **Marketing:** Uses patron data held in the one system for audience marketing.
- **Built on Salesforce:** Runs on the Salesforce platform, with all data in a single system.
- **Annual community meeting:** The vendor hosts a user meeting, listed for May 19-21, 2026 in Chicago.

## Good for

- Symphony orchestras, theaters and dance companies
- Arts councils and nonprofit museums
- Organizations that want ticketing and donor records in one place

## Worth knowing

- No prices are published; the site directs visitors to get in touch.
- It is aimed at arts and cultural organizations, not general event organizers.
- The vendor is now part of Ticketure and says both products will keep being developed.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. PatronManager is ticketing, subscriptions and fundraising for arts groups, built on Salesforce, with ticket buyers and donors in one record. No price is published, the listing rests on one page, and it is now part of Ticketure.

- **Value for money: C.** No prices are published; the site tells visitors to get in touch.
- **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial on the listing.
- **Features: C.** Ticketing, subscriptions, donors and marketing are described, but only briefly, with one page behind the listing.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. It sits on Salesforce, which brings set-up of its own.
- **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only on the listing, built on the Salesforce platform. No integrations are named.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from PatronManager's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among event ticketing platforms

- PatronManager's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 0 of the 79 other event ticketing platforms we grade, and level with 6.
- It stands best on value for money (C, above 8 of 79) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/event-ticketing

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** The plain part of PatronManager you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 1 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 73 of the 79 other event ticketing platforms grade higher.

- You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Salesforce

**Tags:** Ticketing, Reports

## Alternatives

- [Tessitura](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tessitura): CRM, ticketing and fundraising for arts and culture. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/patronmanager-vs-tessitura)
- [Ticketsolve](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticketsolve): Box office, CRM and fundraising platform for UK and Irish venues. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/patronmanager-vs-ticketsolve)
- [Audience View](https://toolgpa.com/tools/audience-view): Ticketing and audience software for theaters, venues and campuses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/audience-view-vs-patronmanager)
- [Ticketure](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticketure): Ticketing, POS and memberships for museums and attractions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/patronmanager-vs-ticketure)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://patronmanager.com/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/patronmanager
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