Cinema ticketing software for Austrian cinemas
The best cinema ticketing software for an Austrian cinema that wants its own audience online is Filmgrail on top of the box office you already run. Keep your Kinokasse at the counter and let Filmgrail run your branded website, native iOS and Android apps and checkout, in German and English, at a flat price per screen with no per-ticket fees.
Cinema software in Austria: what cinemas run today
Austrian cinemas buy from the same German-language suppliers as German ones. Our crawl reached 13 active Austrian cinema sites, too few for a market share; the systems we did find linked were cinetixx and Kinoheld, together, on two of them.
| System | What it is | Austrian presence | Filmgrail |
|---|---|---|---|
| cinetixx | Cloud cinema software "for Germany": till, ticketing, marketing, reporting and film planning, with links to Kinoheld, Cineville and Cineamo | Found on Austrian cinema sites in our crawl, alongside Kinoheld | New integration, about a month |
| Kinoheld | Munich-based booking widget and consumer cinema portal; cites over 600 cinemas, no setup or monthly fees, and connects to COMPESO, Ticket International, cinetixx, Mars and Vista | Found on Austrian cinema sites in our crawl | Alternative: an owned site and app instead of a widget and portal |
| COMPESO | Cinema POS, webshop, app, kiosks, loyalty and film scheduling; founded 1984 in Ismaning, owner-managed, in use across Europe | Sold in the German-speaking market | Yes, integrated |
| Cineville | Monthly cinema subscription pass for independent cinemas | Lists Austria among its countries, with the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Sweden | A pass your box office accepts; unaffected by your website |
Vendor facts checked on each vendor's own website on 26 September 2026. Vendors change their products; confirm anything decision-critical with them directly. Crawl figures from our cinema website technology research, September 2026.
What that means for an Austrian cinema
Across the 1,189 cinema websites in our crawl, only 7% linked to an app, so the phone, where most tickets are bought, is left to the circuits and the portals. Filmgrail gives a Programmkino in Vienna or a town cinema in Tyrol its own site and app on its own domain, with a checkout in its own colours, while the Kinokasse and the reporting keep working underneath.
See Filmgrail vs Kinoheld, Kinoheld alternatives, cinetixx alternatives and the COMPESO integration.
Proof: who runs on Filmgrail
We will be straight with you: we do not yet have an Austrian cinema live. The closest comparables are in Norway, where cinemas are often municipal or cultural institutions. Trondheim Kino (19 halls, municipally owned) and Bergen Kino (18 halls) run website, native apps and ticketing on Filmgrail; Vega Scene in Oslo and Rådhus-Teatret sell film alongside stage, like many Austrian Kulturzentren. In Sweden, Bio Bristol is an association-run quality film cinema on the same platform.
For festivals, BIFF runs on our festival platform. The first Austrian cinemas get our full attention during setup.
Why Austrian cinemas choose Filmgrail
Austrian audiences compare your website with the multiplex app and with streaming, not with other independents. Filmgrail gives a Programmkino, a family-run cinema or a regional group the same kind of digital front door, in German and any other language you need.
Your brand, not a shared booking page
Your own website on your own domain, with a proper page for every film, your events and series, and a checkout in your colours. Not a portal or widget that looks the same for every cinema on it, and that can show your customer the cinema down the road.
Native iOS and Android apps included
Your cinema on the moviegoer's home screen, running on the same CMS as the website, with push when a saved film goes on sale. Most cinemas have no app at all; in our crawl of 1,189 cinema websites only 7% linked to one.
Flat price, no per-ticket fees
From $200 to $20,000 a year, flat per screen. Our price does not rise with your attendance, so a sold-out weekend costs you nothing extra.
Your box office stays
Filmgrail reads films, sessions, seats and prices from the box office you already run and writes each sale back. No counter migration, no retraining, no change to your reporting.
Live in weeks
A few weeks when we already integrate your box office and payment provider; about a month when we connect a new one.
Local payments, loyalty and Insights
Austrian moviegoers expect cards, eps bank transfer, PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay. We integrate your payment provider rather than forcing ours on you, with GDPR-compliant customer data. Member pricing, push and audience analytics sit in the same customer record as the sale.
The Austrian market
Austria was one of Europe's fastest-growing markets in 2025: box office rose 11% to €124.6 million, against a European total that fell about 1%, according to UNIC figures in our European cinema statistics. A growing market is the best time to win the regulars who are coming back.
Austrian exhibitors are represented by the Fachverband der Kino-, Kultur- und Vergnügungsbetriebe at the Austrian Economic Chamber (WKO), whose annual conference and DAS KINOFEST Österreich are listed in our cinema industry events. German-speaking exhibitors also meet at CineHamburg and the Filmkunstmesse Leipzig.
Published pricing in US dollars, from a single screen to a large circuit.
We never take a cut of your tickets. Every online sale costs the same as the last.
A few weeks if we already integrate your box office and payment provider; about a month for a new one.
The same flat logic for festivals: website, apps, passes and ticketing, no per-ticket fee.
Pricing and setup
Pricing is published and flat: from $200 a year for a single screen to $20,000 a year for a large circuit, per screen, with no per-ticket fees (see pricing). A mid-size film festival pays about $5,000 a year. If we already integrate your box office and payment provider you can be live in a few weeks; a provider we have not connected before takes about a month.
See your own cinema on it before you talk to anyone: the free cinema website prototype builds a version of your site from its current address. Then book a demo against your real programme.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best cinema ticketing software in Austria?
For your own website, app and checkout, Filmgrail. Keep your Kinokasse, whether COMPESO, cinetixx or another system, and put Filmgrail's branded website, native iOS and Android apps and checkout on top, at a flat price per screen with no per-ticket fees.
Does Filmgrail work with COMPESO?
Yes. Filmgrail is integrated with COMPESO, reading programme, sessions, seating and pricing and writing each order back. With an existing integration you can be live in a few weeks. For cinetixx or another system not yet on our list, a new integration takes about a month.
Can we keep Kinoheld or Cineville?
Cineville is a pass your box office accepts, so adding Filmgrail does not change it. Kinoheld is an online sales channel; cinemas moving to Filmgrail replace the widget with their own site and app, and we walk you through the switch.
How much does Filmgrail cost for an Austrian cinema?
From $200 a year for a single screen to $20,000 a year for a large circuit, flat per screen, with no per-ticket fees. Prices are set in US dollars. A mid-size film festival pays about $5,000 a year.
Are any Austrian cinemas on Filmgrail yet?
Not yet. Filmgrail runs cinemas and festivals in Norway, Sweden, the US, Australia and South Africa, including Bergen Kino and Trondheim Kino. Austrian cinemas joining now get our full attention during setup.
Filmgrail in other countries
United Kingdom
Branded website, apps and checkout on top of Savoy, Admit One, Tapos or Spektrix, with no per-ticket fees.
MarketIreland
Branded website, apps and checkout on Ticketsolve, MyCloudCinema, Spektrix or Vista. No per-ticket fees.
MarketUnited States
Movie theater website, apps and ticketing on top of Veezi, AgileTix, RTS or Omniterm. No per-ticket fees.
MarketCanada
Movie theatre website, apps and ticketing on top of Veezi, Omniterm, RTS or Vista. No per-ticket fees.
MarketAustralia
Branded website, apps and checkout on top of Vista or Veezi, as Wallis Cinemas runs. No per-ticket fees.
MarketNew Zealand
Branded website, apps and checkout on top of Vista or Veezi. Flat per screen, no per-ticket fees.
MarketSouth Africa
The platform behind Ster-Kinekor's website, ticketing and loyalty, on top of your box office.
MarketSingapore
Branded website, apps and checkout for Singapore cinemas and festivals, on top of your box office.
MarketNorway
Home market: Bergen Kino, Trondheim Kino, BIFF and a dozen more Norwegian venues run on Filmgrail.
MarketSweden
Branded website, apps and checkout on your box office, as Bio Bristol runs. No per-ticket fees.
MarketDenmark
Your own website, apps and checkout on top of your box office, from a Nordic supplier. No per-ticket fees.
MarketFinland
Branded website, apps and checkout on top of MyCloudCinema or your box office. No per-ticket fees.
MarketGermany
Your own website, apps and checkout on top of COMPESO or your Kinokasse, not a portal widget.
MarketSwitzerland
Multilingual website, apps and checkout on top of COMPESO or your box office. No per-ticket fees.
MarketNetherlands
Branded website, apps and checkout for bioscopen and filmtheaters, on your kassasysteem.
MarketBelgium
Bilingual website, apps and checkout on top of your box office. Flat per screen, no per-ticket fees.
MarketFrance
Website, apps and online sales on top of your CNC-approved billetterie. Flat price, no per-ticket fees.
MarketSpain
Website, apps and online sales on top of your ICAA-approved box office. Flat price, no per-ticket fees.
MarketItaly
Website, apps and online sales on top of your approved biglietteria. Flat price, no per-ticket fees.
MarketPortugal
Website, apps and online sales for cinemas and cine-teatros. Flat price, no per-ticket fees.
MarketPoland
Website, apps and online sales for Polish cinemas and kina studyjne. Flat price, no per-ticket fees.
MarketCzech Republic
Website, apps and online sales on top of MyCloudCinema or your box office. No per-ticket fees.
MarketUnited Arab Emirates
Website, native apps, loyalty and online sales on top of your box office. No per-ticket fees.
MarketSaudi Arabia
Website, native apps, loyalty and online sales for Saudi cinemas. Flat price, no per-ticket fees.
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