# Showpass review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Ticketing platform for event organizers, sold on per-ticket fees Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Event Ticketing - **Made by:** Showpass - **Website:** https://www.showpass.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you need Professional, with fees of 2.5% + $1.69 CAD per paid item. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Showpass has a free plan. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **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 https://www.showpass.com/sell/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Showpass before buying. ## 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. ## Good for - Organizers who want no monthly fee and pay only when tickets sell - Venues and festivals that need assigned seating or season passes - Free events, which cost nothing to run on the platform ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: C.** Essential 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. - **Free plan and trial: B.** No monthly fee, and free events cost nothing, though there is no trial and fees apply to paid tickets. - **Features: C.** Branded pages, check-in and on-site sales. Assigned seating, packages and waitlists need Professional, and group sales and memberships need Premium. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You set up event pages and fee settings. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, with Square, Meta and Google connections. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among event ticketing platforms - 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). 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 Showpass you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: widgets. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Square, Meta, Google **Tags:** Ticketing, Reports ## Alternatives - [Ticket Tailor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticket-tailor): Event ticketing for a flat fee per ticket, with prepaid credits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/showpass-vs-ticket-tailor) - [Eventbrite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/eventbrite): Ticketing and event marketplace, with fees usually paid by buyers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventbrite-vs-showpass) - [Ticket Fairy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticketfairy): Ticketing and event operations for festivals, clubs and venues. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/showpass-vs-ticketfairy) - [TicketLeap](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticketleap): Self-service ticketing with fees buyers can cover in full. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/showpass-vs-ticketleap) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.showpass.com/sell/pricing - https://www.showpass.com/sell/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/showpass Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).