The Ultimate Ticketing Platform for Your Venue
From visual seat map editors to a full-service box office and check-in scanner, Noctern provides everything you need to manage your events and maximize revenue — completely free for venues.
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100% Free for Venues
There are no setup fees, no monthly charges, and no hidden costs. Noctern earns a small service fee on each ticket sold — paid by the ticket buyer, not you. You keep your full ticket price. Free events are just that, free.
How Noctern Compares to Other Ticketing Platforms
| Feature | Noctern | Etix | Dice | AXS | Turntable | Eventbrite | TicketSpice | Ticket Tailor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ticketing & Sales | ||||||||
| Reserved Seating / Seat Selection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| General Admission / GA Areas | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – |
| Multiple Pricing Tiers | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Flexible Discount & Promo Codes | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Early Bird / Scheduled On-Sale Times | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Free & Donation Tickets | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – |
| Membership Programs | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | – | ✓ |
| Waitlist for Sold-Out Events | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | – | ✓ |
| Event Series / Recurring Events | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Check-in & Verification | ||||||||
| QR Code Scanning Check-in | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bulk Check-in from Photos | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Low-Light / Mobile Scanning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Guest List Management | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | – |
| Mobile Check-in App | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fraud Prevention Tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | – |
| Box Office & Point of Sale | ||||||||
| Full Point of Sale / Box Office | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Walk-up / Door Sales | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Seat Holds & Reservations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| VIP Holds & Special Seating | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | – |
| Bulk Seat/Table Editing | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | – | – |
| Payments & Financial | ||||||||
| Secure Payment Processing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple Payment Methods | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| All-In Pricing Model | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Tax Calculation & Management | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – |
| Refund Processing | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| Artist Settlement & Payment Reports | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 1099 Tax Reporting | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Tickets & Delivery | ||||||||
| PDF Tickets | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Apple Wallet Passes | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Digital Mobile Ticketing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email Ticket Delivery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Marketing & Promotion | ||||||||
| Social Media Publishing (X/Facebook/Instagram) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Calendar Distribution | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Email Marketing | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Event Reminders & Notifications | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Merchandise & Add-ons Marketplace | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI-Powered Copy Assistance | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Social Media Ad Tools | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Analytics & Reporting | ||||||||
| Sales Reports & Revenue Analytics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Attendance & Check-in Analytics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Real-time Sales Dashboard | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| AI-Driven Intelligence & Insights | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Data Export / CSV Download | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Integrations & Partnerships | ||||||||
| QuickBooks Online | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Email Service Integrations | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Virtual Event Integration (Zoom/YouTube) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Official Resale Marketplace | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Widget / Embed Integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| API Access | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Venue & Organization | ||||||||
| Custom Menu Templates | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Custom Event Content & Pages | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hero Images & Branding | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Customizable Floor Plans / Layouts | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-venue Management | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – |
| Admin Role Management | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Artist Management & Deals | ||||||||
| Artist Management Portal | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Artist Deal Creation & Tracking | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Deal Types (Guarantee, Door, Versus, Bonus) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Deal Settlement Calculations | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Artist Payment Reports | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 1099 NEC Tax Reporting | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Digital Deal Sheet Signing | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Deal PDF Generation | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Artist Logistics Management (Schedule, Hospitality) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Pricing Model | ||||||||
| Completely Free for Venues | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| No Monthly Fees | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| No Setup Fees | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Legend
Current as of April 2026
Powerful Tools for Modern Venues
All of these features are included at no cost. No premium tiers, no feature gates — every venue gets the full platform.
Visual Layout Editor
Design detailed seating charts with our drag-and-drop editor. Create tables, rows, booths, general admission zones, stages, and custom sections — all with real-time previews.
Full-Service Box Office
Equip your staff with a complete point-of-sale for walk-up ticket sales, seat holds, and reservations. Process payments on the spot and keep every seat filled.
Seamless Attendee Check-in
Turn any phone or tablet into a ticket scanner. Validate QR codes in real-time to prevent fraud and keep your door line moving.
Bulk Check-in with AI Analysis
Print check-in sheets with printed row numbers and checkboxes. Snap photos of marked sheets and use AI vision to automatically detect which attendees to check in across multiple pages.
Customizable Pricing Tiers
Create multiple pricing levels with custom colors for different sections, seats, or tables. Offer VIP, premium, and standard pricing to maximize per-event revenue.
Flexible Discount Codes
Drive sales with percentage-based or fixed-amount discount codes. Create promo campaigns for early birds, loyalty rewards, or group bookings.
Membership Programs
Build recurring revenue with tiered membership programs. Offer free events, ticket discounts, and exclusive perks to your most loyal patrons.
Social Media Publishing
Promote events directly to X (Twitter), Facebook, and Instagram from your dashboard. Connect your social accounts and publish with one click.
Calendar Distribution
Distribute your events across major calendar platforms and listing sites to reach new audiences and drive organic ticket sales.
Menu Templates
Build reusable food and beverage menus with categorized items and pricing. Attach menus to events so guests know what to expect before they arrive.
Sales Reports & Analytics
Track gross revenue, fees, taxes, and net profit for every event. Analyze trends across your entire venue with detailed breakdowns and charts.
AI-Powered Intelligence
Get AI-driven insights about your events, attendance patterns, and revenue. Ask questions in plain language and get actionable recommendations.
Event Series & Recurring Events
Create event series for recurring shows with shared branding and settings. Manage weekly, monthly, or seasonal events from a single dashboard.
Attendee Management
View detailed attendee lists, track check-in status, and manage guest information for every event. Export data for follow-up marketing.
Secure Payments with Stripe
Accept credit cards, digital wallets, and more through Stripe. Funds are deposited directly to your bank account with transparent fee breakdowns.
Apple Wallet & PDF Tickets
Deliver tickets directly to attendees' Apple Wallet for seamless entry. Generate beautiful PDF tickets for email delivery or print-at-home options.
Email Notifications & Reminders
Automatically send event reminders, ticket confirmations, and post-event thank you emails. Keep attendees engaged from purchase to attendance.
Artist Management Portal
Create and manage artist profiles, track performance history, and organize logistics. Manage multiple artists with shared or individual event access and detailed artist information.
Artist Deals & Settlement
Manage artist deals with multiple deal types (Guarantee, Door Deal, Versus, Bonus), detailed settlement calculations, and payment reporting for 1099 tax compliance. All artist-venue financials in one place.
QuickBooks Online Integration
Automatically sync your ticket sales, fees, and refunds to QuickBooks Online. Eliminate manual data entry and keep your accounting in perfect sync.
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