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Cinema software, compared honestly
We build one of the products on these pages, so read them with that in mind. What we have tried to do is describe each system by the job it is actually good at, say plainly where Filmgrail is the wrong answer, and leave you better equipped to run your own evaluation.
Vista vs Veezi
Two products from the same group aimed at opposite ends of exhibition, and the honest test for which end you are at.
ComparisonFilmgrail vs Veezi
Veezi runs the cinema. Filmgrail runs what the audience sees, on top of Veezi. For the website, apps and online sale, Filmgrail…
ComparisonFilmgrail vs Vista
Vista runs the back office. Filmgrail runs what moviegoers see, on top of Vista. For the website, apps and online sale, Filmgrail…
ComparisonFilmgrail vs Ticketsolve
Ticketsolve is a ticketing, box office and CRM platform for live venues. Filmgrail is the film-first website and app on top. For…
ComparisonFilmgrail vs Spektrix
Spektrix is ticketing, CRM and fundraising for arts organisations. Filmgrail is the film-first website and app on top. For…
ComparisonSpektrix vs Tessitura
The most-searched comparison in arts ticketing. What each is built for, the size of organisation each suits, and the question…
ComparisonFilmgrail vs The Boxoffice Company
The closest like-for-like comparison on this site. Boost is a bundle of tools and marketing services; Filmgrail is one product…
ComparisonFilmgrail vs Movio
Movio is Vista Group's data and campaign engine. Filmgrail is the website, apps, push and loyalty the audience actually uses…
ComparisonFilmgrail vs Filmbot
Filmbot bundles website, ticketing and an iPad box office for US independents. Filmgrail adds native apps and flat per-screen…
ComparisonFilmgrail vs Eventive
Eventive charges a percentage plus a fee on every paid ticket. Filmgrail gives a festival its own website and app at a flat…
ComparisonFilmgrail vs Kinoheld
Kinoheld is a ticketing widget and cinema portal on top of your POS. Filmgrail is a fully branded website and native app layer on…
ComparisonFilmgrail vs Agile Ticketing
AgileTix is a broad venue ticketing suite. Filmgrail is a front end built only for cinemas and film festivals, and it runs on top…
How to read a vendor's own comparison page
Including this one. Every comparison written by a vendor is built around the axis where that vendor wins, and the honest version of the genre is simply one that tells you which axis it chose.
Ours is this: Filmgrail is the moviegoer-facing digital layer — website, native apps, CMS, online checkout, loyalty and audience data — and it runs on top of the box office system you already have. If what you need is a new back office, a new counter POS or a film-booking and settlement engine, the systems on these pages do that and we do not. If what you need is for the thing your audience touches to stop looking like software from 2009, that is the whole of our argument.
When you evaluate anyone, including us, insist on the same three things: a session driven against your programme rather than a demo dataset, a written note of what the integration with your current box office actually involves, and a reference call with a cinema of roughly your size in roughly your market.