Best festival map maker software for festivals and vendor markets

How this list is ranked

• Weighted for organizers whose income comes from vendor spaces on an outdoor or mixed site: whether you can draw the real site, whether vendors can pick and pay for a space on the map, and whether shoppers can search the same map on the day.
• A juried craft fair, a weekly farmers market or a festival built around stages and crews would rank these differently, and the section below names the better tool for each.
• Whether a vendor publishes its rates counts, because it decides whether you can size a budget before a sales call. No competitor figures are quoted.
• Map D publishes this list and ranks itself first, which is a conflict of interest. What makes that defensible is the weighting being stated rather than implied — and every entry here, including ours, carries its limitations in the same words and the same styling.

1. 1

   Map D

   Festivals, fairs and vendor markets that sell their spaces from the same live map shoppers use on the day

   Strengths

   • The map editor draws the site to scale over an uploaded background image, so a fairground, a park or a parking lot becomes a booth map rather than a hall plan.
   • Vendors pick their space on the map, add services such as electrical, and pay online or offline. You choose whether orders need your approval, and can hold spaces back for sponsors or anchor vendors.
   • The published map lets shoppers search for vendors and for places such as restrooms and entrances, on desktop or phone, and every sale updates it.
   • Building one event's map in the editor is free. Publishing starts at $1,500 per event and online space sales at Growth, $2,500 per event, with no per-booth fee and no Map D fee on booth sales.

   See what Map D does with a floor plan

   Limitations

   • Map D's help documentation describes approving orders for spaces, not application forms scored by a jury panel, so a juried craft fair needs another tool for that step.
   • The published plans are priced per event. A market that runs every week of a season should ask Map D how a season is quoted before comparing it with a monthly subscription.
   • Ticketing, check-in and the mobile app are quoted add-ons rather than part of the published plans, and volunteer scheduling is not documented.
2. 2

   Eventeny

   Festivals and markets that want vendor applications and the vendor map in the same platform

   Strengths

   • Indoor and outdoor event maps for festivals, fairs and markets, among other event types its mapping page lists.
   • Booths link to vendor applications for tracking and approvals, and you either assign booths or let vendors choose their own.
   • Attendees search and filter vendors, sponsors and products on any device, with no app or account needed.
   • Vendor applications are on every plan, including the free Basic plan, and rates are published.

   Limitations

   • Mapping is on the Pro and Premium plans, not the free Basic plan, so the map is a higher-tier purchase than the free plan suggests.
   • Ticketing carries a platform fee on top of card processing, so cost grows with ticket sales if you sell tickets through it.
3. 3

   ExpoFP

   Food festivals and fairs that run like an expo and want a focused booth map with a published price

   Strengths

   • Describes itself as for any expo, trade show or fair, and lists food festivals among its event categories.
   • Exhibitors see live availability and can reserve or purchase booths by credit card directly on the map.
   • Built-in wayfinding and search by company, category or booth on any device or browser, with no app needed.
   • Rates are published, and you can start free with no credit card.

   Limitations

   • Its home page leads with trade shows, expos and conferences; markets and outdoor sites are not named in its event categories.
   • Vendor applications and jury review are not part of what its home page describes, so a curated market would screen vendors somewhere else first.
4. 4

   Marketspread

   Recurring farmers, flea, antique and craft markets that want booth management built for markets

   Strengths

   • Built for markets (farmers, flea, antique and art), street, craft and food festivals and fairs, as well as expos.
   • An advanced map builder with multiple areas, for laying out spaces across buildings, floors or lots.
   • Booth assignments, rentals, pricing and payments managed by the organizer, with vendor applications.
   • Rates are published, with a free tier for vendors and exhibitors.

   Limitations

   • Its booth management page does not say vendors can choose their own space on the map; it describes organizer-side assignment.
   • A shopper-facing vendor map is not described explicitly; the map builder mentions a kiosk-style design for customers.
5. 5

   Manage My Market

   Farmers markets that need a market-day vendor map on their website and simple vendor approvals

   Strengths

   • Built for farmers market operators, with vendor applications that managers approve, decline or wait-list.
   • Stall assignments, and an interactive market map embedded on the market's website showing where vendors sell on a given market day.
   • Vendor payment tracking with receipts, and transactions recorded automatically from PayPal, Square and Stripe.

   Limitations

   • Rates are not published; its home page says registration is free and points you to support for details.
   • The interactive market map is built by the company from a layout sketch you send, rather than drawn by you in an editor, and vendors choosing their own stall is not described.
6. 6

   FestivalPro

   Festivals that need a scale site plan for crews and contractors more than a public vendor map

   Strengths

   • SitePlanner draws stages and venues over your own uploaded map or satellite and street views, measured to scale.
   • An icon library and colour-coded areas such as VIP and camping, with sites assigned to vendors and areas to contractors.
   • Part of a wider festival platform with vendor, artist and volunteer modules, and rates are published.

   Limitations

   • The site plan is shared with the public as a PDF download; an interactive public map is not described.
   • Vendors choosing their own pitch on the plan is not described; the page covers organizers assigning sites.

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