Eventeny alternatives for festival, fair and market organizers
Eventeny runs vendor applications, jurying, a vendor map, volunteers and tickets in one platform. Here is where it is the better choice, and where Map D and other tools fit vendor-heavy events better.
Written by Map D, which is one of the alternatives listed below. Claims about other platforms are limited to what those companies publish themselves, and each is sourced at the foot of the page. Last verified November 2026.
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What Eventeny is good at
Eventeny covers more of the vendor lifecycle in one place than most tools in this category, and for many festivals it is the right answer. If the following describe your event, keep it on your shortlist.
- Unlimited custom applications for artists, vendors and exhibitors on every plan, including the free Basic plan, with conditional logic, attachments and e-signatures.
- Jurying by invited jurors with solo or group scoring against custom criteria, on the Plus plan and above.
- COI insurance verification (evCover) listed on the Basic plan, and group or one-to-one messages to vendors, including by application status.
- A map builder on the Pro plan where booths link to vendor applications, vendors choose their own booth or are assigned one, and attendees search vendors with no app or account.
- Volunteer shifts and check-in on Pro, and ticketing on every plan, so a festival can run vendors, volunteers and tickets from one login.
Why organizers look elsewhere
The gaps that send trade show organizers looking for an alternative.
- Cost grows with what you collect. Eventeny's pricing page lists a percentage transaction fee on application payments on every plan, and on ticket sales, with card and ACH processing on top. An event that takes most of its income as vendor booth fees may prefer a flat price.
- The full lifecycle sits on higher tiers: jurying starts on Plus and the vendor map on Pro, so the free plan is a starting point rather than the whole product.
- Events that sell spaces like a trade show, with services such as electricity, deposits, booth codes for returning vendors and a choice of payment gateway, may want a tool built around selling from the floor plan.
How Map D compares
Map D’s column states what Map D does. Where a Eventeny equivalent is not publicly documented, the row says so rather than guessing.
- Map D offers
- 7 of 9
- Eventeny publicly documents
- 8 of 9
The second bar counts what Eventeny documents on its own site, which is not the same as what it can do. A criterion we could not verify is shown as unverified, not as missing — if Eventeny covers it somewhere we did not find, that is a gap in our checking rather than in their product.
| Criterion | Map D | Eventeny |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Included | Documented |
| Pricing unit | Included | Documented |
| Vendor applications and approval | Included | Documented |
| Jury scoring of applications | Not offered | Documented |
| Vendors pick and pay for a space on a live map | Included | Documented |
| Vendor insurance tracking | Included | Documented |
| Choice of payment gateway | Included | Unverified |
| Volunteer management | Not offered | Documented |
| Ticketing | Included | Documented |
$1,500
$2,500
$2,750
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Map D’s rates are per event and listed on the pricing page. The dashed column has no height and no figure on purpose: where rates are not published we will not put a number on them, and where they are published we will not restate one that can change without notice.
Criterion by criterion
| Criterion | Map D | Eventeny |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Yes. 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. | Eventeny publishes its rates, including a free Basic plan (checked November 2026). |
| Pricing unit | Per event, with no per-booth fee and no Map D transaction fee on booth sales. | Eventeny sells monthly or annual plans and lists a percentage transaction fee on application and ticket payments, plus card and ACH processing (checked November 2026). |
| Vendor applications and approval | Custom questions at booking, which can include a file upload, and Manager approval: the space stays reserved while you review the vendor, who pays once you approve. | Eventeny offers unlimited custom applications on every plan, with bulk approve, reject and waitlist on Plus (checked November 2026). |
| Jury scoring of applications | Not documented. Map D's help documentation describes approving orders for spaces, not applications scored by a jury panel. | Eventeny documents invited jurors with solo or group scoring against custom criteria, on Plus and above (checked November 2026). |
| Vendors pick and pay for a space on a live map | Core to the product. Vendors select an available space, add services such as electricity with limited inventory, and pay online or offline; every sale updates the map. | Eventeny's mapping page says you can assign booths or let vendors choose their own; mapping is on the Pro and Premium plans (checked November 2026). |
| Vendor insurance tracking | With Insurance on your show, vendors buy cover through Vertical Insure or upload a certificate, and the COI Compliance tab shows who is covered. | Eventeny lists evCover COI insurance verification on its Basic plan (checked November 2026). |
| Choice of payment gateway | Stripe, Authorize.Net, PayPal, Payflow Pro, NMI, BluePay or QuickBooks Payments, plus ACH through Authorize.Net, and check, wire or invoice offline. | Eventeny's pricing page refers to Stripe card processing; a choice of other gateways is not described there (checked November 2026). |
| Volunteer management | Not documented. Volunteer scheduling is not in Map D's help documentation. | Eventeny lists volunteer shift tracking, departments and check-in on its Pro plan (checked November 2026). |
| Ticketing | Available as a quoted add-on on the same event record, not part of the published plans. | Eventeny includes ticketing on every plan, with a percentage transaction fee on ticket sales (checked November 2026). |
The alternatives worth shortlisting
Map D
Fairs, markets and vendor events whose income comes from spaces sold on a live map
Vendors pick, add services to and pay for a space on the map, with approve-first sales, insurance tracking and published per-event pricing. No jury scoring or volunteer tools.
Marketspread
Recurring farmers, flea, craft and art markets
Applications with documents and digital signatures, bookings by day, week, month or full event, a mobile point-of-sale app and published rates.
ZAPP
Juried art fairs
Application forms scored by juror accounts, invitations from aggregated scores, and fee collection, with booth management as a priced add-on.
FestivalPro
Festivals with pitches, utilities, vehicle permits and a large crew
Vendor documents through a portal link, site fees and services linked to the site plan, and artist and volunteer modules alongside.
Manage My Market
Farmers markets
Applications, license tracking, invoices and vendor email, with an interactive market-day map. Rates are not published.
Where Map D is stronger
- Pricing is published and flat per event: building one event's map is free, publishing starts at $1,500 and online space sales at $2,500 per event, with no per-booth fee and no Map D transaction fee on booth sales.
- Vendors pick a space on the live map, add services such as electricity and tables with limited inventory, and pay by card, ACH, check, wire or invoice, with deposits for sales that open months ahead.
- Manager approval keeps juried and curated events in control: the space is held while you review the vendor, booth assignment can be manual, and booth codes keep spaces for returning vendors.
- More than 900 organizers have run over 9,000 events on Map D since 2011.
When Eventeny is the better choice
- You jury vendors or artists against scored criteria. Eventeny documents jury scoring and Map D does not.
- You want vendors, volunteers, sponsors and tickets in one platform. Map D has no volunteer tools, and ticketing is a quoted add-on.
- You want to start on a free plan for applications and vendor payments, and accept a transaction fee instead of a flat price.
- Your event is small and its vendor fees are modest, so a percentage fee costs less than a per-event plan.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Eventeny alternative?
It depends on why you are leaving. For vendor spaces sold from a live map at a flat per-event price, Map D. For a weekly or monthly market, Marketspread. For a juried art fair, ZAPP. For a festival with pitches, power and crews, FestivalPro. For a farmers market, Manage My Market. If you need jury scoring, volunteers and tickets in one tool, Eventeny may still be the better choice.
Does Eventeny have a free plan?
Yes. Its pricing page lists a free Basic plan with unlimited vendor applications, and a percentage platform fee on application payments on that plan (checked November 2026). Map D's free plan lets you build one event's map in the editor; publishing it and selling spaces are paid, from $1,500 per event.
Does Map D score vendor applications like Eventeny?
No. Map D's help documentation describes approving orders for spaces, with the space held while you review, not applications scored by a jury panel. A juried event can score in a dedicated tool and then sell accepted vendors their spaces on the Map D map.
Is Eventeny or Map D better for a craft fair or vendor market?
Eventeny if you want applications, jury scoring, volunteers and tickets in one platform. Map D if your income is booth fees and you want vendors to choose, add services to and pay for their space on a live map at a flat per-event price, with insurance tracking. See our vendor fair software page for how Map D runs one.
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Sources
- Eventeny artist, vendor and exhibitor management · checked 2026-11-04
- Eventeny pricing (rates published, features by plan) · checked 2026-11-04
- Eventeny event mapping · checked 2026-11-04
- Marketspread booth management software · checked 2026-11-04
- Marketspread pricing (rates published) · checked 2026-11-04
- ZAPP for Events · checked 2026-11-04
- ZAPP pricing (rates published) · checked 2026-11-04
- FestivalPro vendors module · checked 2026-11-04
- Manage My Market home page · checked 2026-11-04
- Map D pricing · checked 2026-11-04