Filmgrail vs Veezi: run Veezi, sell with Filmgrail

Veezi is cloud-based cinema management software for independent cinemas, developed by Vista Group. It covers point of sale, film programming, reporting, V-Tix internet ticketing, websites, the UsherPoint app, Movie Mailer showtime emails, loyalty and subscriptions, inventory, vouchers and gift cards, kiosks, digital signage and Veezi Payments, priced by personalised quote.

Filmgrail is built only for the moviegoer: a branded website with a CMS, native iOS and Android apps, an online checkout, loyalty, push and audience analytics. It reads Veezi's programme and seat maps and writes each completed sale back to it.

For Veezi, the online side is one part of running a cinema. For Filmgrail it is the whole product, and that is why independents put us on top.

Your brand, not a template. The film page is where somebody decides whether to come. Filmgrail builds it around the film: trailer, context, sessions and a checkout that takes seconds on a phone.

An app that brings people back. A native app on the home screen reaches people who were not already planning to visit: a push when a saved film goes on sale, a reminder before a Q&A, a member offer on a quiet Tuesday. Across cinemas on Filmgrail, nine in ten end users create a profile, and the average yearly increase in digital ticket sales is 89%.

Nothing changes at the counter. Veezi keeps programming, POS and reporting. The Veezi integration page shows exactly what moves between the two.

Because an independent's website and app are its shop window, and they deserve a product built for nothing else. Filmgrail runs cinemas from single-screen town cinemas and cultural centres to Bergen Kino, Trondheim Kino and Ster-Kinekor, each on its own brand.

Pricing is published and scales by screens: 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 (see pricing). Because we already integrate with Veezi, you can be live in a few weeks.

See it before you talk to anyone: the cinema website prototype tool builds a version of your own site from its current URL. Then book a demo against your real programme.