Showpass review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Ticketing platform for event organizers, sold on per-ticket fees
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Showpass report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for venues and promoters selling ticketed events in Canada
Showpass has no monthly fee and charges a per-ticket fee of 1% + $0.59 CAD on Essential, plus card processing. Seating, packages and waitlists need Professional, and moving between tiers means contacting support.
Who Showpass is for
- 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
Who Showpass is not for
- 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
Why Showpass gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyEssential is 1% + $0.59 CAD per paid item plus 2.9% + $0.30 CAD processing, and Professional rises to 2.5% + $1.69, so it sits in the middle.
- BFree plan and trialNo monthly fee, and free events cost nothing, though there is no trial and fees apply to paid tickets.
- CFeaturesBranded pages, check-in and on-site sales. Assigned seating, packages and waitlists need Professional, and group sales and memberships need Premium.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You set up event pages and fee settings.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, iPhone and Android, with Square, Meta and Google connections.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Showpass's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Showpass's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 39 of the 79 other event ticketing platforms we grade, and level with 9.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 43 of 79) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 80 event ticketing platforms we grade, cut by the letter each got. Showpass’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 8 of 79, level with 47
- BFree plan and trialAbove 43 of 79, level with 24
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 79, level with 29
- CEase of useAbove 4 of 79, level with 71
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 20 of 79, level with 57
Keep Showpass, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Showpass you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
What you could make
- Reports: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Selling tickets and checking them at the door.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- Hooks into the device itself: widgets.
What this rests on. Showpass’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Showpass?
Showpass is an event ticketing platform that lets organizers sell tickets on branded event pages or embed them on their own site. It has no monthly fee: organizers pay a service fee plus card processing on each paid ticket, and can pass those fees to buyers. Higher tiers add assigned seating, ticket packages, memberships and group sales.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
Showpass pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Showpass has a free plan.
- Starts at
- Not published
- Free plan
- Free to use for free events; fees apply only when paid tickets are sold. No monthly fee.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Premium | Custom | Adds group sales, memberships, buy now pay later, on-site hardware and dedicated support. Priced per redeemable item. |
Read from showpass.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Showpass before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Showpass have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Showpass is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Showpass have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Showpass is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Showpass open source?
Showpass is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.