# Yapsody review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Per-ticket event ticketing with seat maps and white-label pages Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Yapsody is an event ticketing platform that charges a fee per ticket sold instead of a subscription. It covers general admission and reserved seating, a box-office app, ticket scanning and white-label ticket pages. The company is based in Los Angeles and says it also produces concerts for casinos. - **Category:** Event Ticketing - **Made by:** Yapsody - **Website:** https://www.yapsody.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you use reserved seating: 98 cents + 2.49% against 59 cents + 1.75%. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Yapsody has a free plan. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free events cost nothing, and there is no setup cost or limit on the number of events. Paid tickets carry a per-ticket fee instead of a subscription. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 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. | Read from https://www.yapsody.com/ticketing/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Yapsody before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **50% rebate for non-profit events** (Nonprofit): The pricing page offers a 50% rebate on ticketing fees for non-profit events. Source: https://www.yapsody.com/ticketing/pricing/ ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - Casinos, theaters and venues that sell reserved seats - Organizers who want fees paid per ticket and no monthly bill - Non-profits, which get a rebate on ticketing fees ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Yapsody has no subscription: free events cost nothing, and paid tickets cost 59 cents + 1.75% for general seating. Reserved seating costs more at 98 cents + 2.49%, and the calculator shows a $100 ticket costing the buyer $102.34. - **Value for money: B.** 59 cents + 1.75% a ticket for general seating, with no subscription. Reserved seating is 98 cents + 2.49%. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free events cost nothing, with no setup cost and no cap on events. Paid tickets carry a per-ticket fee. - **Features: B.** Reserved seating, white-label pages, a box office app, ticket scanning, payments and payouts, reports and add-ons. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Seat maps and white-label pages take building. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, with Stripe, PayPal, Google Analytics, Mailchimp and Infor HMS. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Yapsody's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among event ticketing platforms - Yapsody's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 31 of the 45 other event ticketing platforms we grade, and level with 4. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 31 of 45) and worst on ease of use (C, above 1). 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 Yapsody you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 6 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 31 of the 45 other event ticketing platforms we grade. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door. - You could not: Scanning barcodes with a phone camera or a scanner. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Stripe, PayPal and Google Analytics among them. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: widgets. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Stripe, PayPal, Google Analytics, Mailchimp, Infor HMS **Tags:** Ticketing, Reports, Barcode scanning ## 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/ticket-tailor-vs-yapsody) - [Eventbrite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/eventbrite): Ticketing and event marketplace, with fees usually paid by buyers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventbrite-vs-yapsody) - [TicketSpice](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticketspice): Ticketing for events and attractions at a flat 99¢ per ticket. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ticketspice-vs-yapsody) - [Purplepass](https://toolgpa.com/tools/purplepass): Ticketing with box-office apps and assigned seating. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/purplepass-vs-yapsody) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.yapsody.com/ticketing/pricing/ - https://www.yapsody.com/ - https://www.yapsody.com/ticketing/features/ticket-scanning-apps/ - https://www.yapsody.com/ticketing/features/box-office/ - https://www.yapsody.com/ticketing/aboutus/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/yapsody Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).