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Opendate
Booking, ticketing, marketing and settlements in one platform for independent venues; NIVA conference sponsor.
Overall score out of 100, from the published formula.
Team Size uses LinkedIn-style ranges. "Unknown" means we found no reliable public figure; we don't guess. Sources: About Opendate (2020, Indianapolis).
Pros & cons
Our summary from this vendor's published pricing, features and sources.
✓Pros
- Booking, ticketing, marketing and settlements in one platform for independent venues; NIVA conference sponsor.
- Venue SMS broadcasts with segmentation, plus email marketing.
- Opendate API for events, orders and customers; branded websites and widgets.
- Memberships, classes, season passes and BOCA printing.
- Scheduled payouts via Dwolla, Trellis or Stripe Connect.
–Cons
- Pricing is quote-only, and card processing terms are not published.
- No in-house concessions POS: food and drink sales sync from Toast/Square, and merch sells as checkout add-ons.
- SMS requires connecting your own Twilio account.
- Support runs through in-app tickets; no phone line is published.
- Missing a few tools others include: no gift cards, volunteer management or SSO.
Pricing
All-in fees include card processing where the vendor publishes it.
Not published; switch offers quoted on request.
- Credit Card Processing
- UnknownPublished pricing doesn't say how card processing is charged.
- Who pays fees
- Not published.
- Contracts / fixed fees
- Quote based.
- Payouts
- Scheduled payouts via Dwolla, Trellis or Stripe Connect.
- Support
- Help center and in-app support tickets; an account manager sees each request.✓ Human Support? Weekend Support? Nighttime Human Support
Support tickets from the app; account manager copied. Phone/hours not published. Source · checked 2026-10-26
Score breakdown
Six weighted categories, applied identically to every system.
Features
Scored features count toward the 30% Features category. Each status links to the vendor page we checked.
Syncs Toast/Square F&B sales into reports and sells merch as checkout add-ons; no own POS. Source
Wired or wireless BOCA from Organizer App and dashboard. Source
Custom checkout fields and agreements. Source
Opendate API for events, orders and customers. Source
Venue SMS broadcasts with segmentation and A2P 10DLC compliance (you connect your own Twilio account). Source
More features
Not in overall scoreBranded websites & widgets. Source
✓ Yes: verified on a cited source · ~ Claimed: commonly advertised but not yet verified (half credit) · ◐ Limited: functionally partial, e.g. read-only, partner-only, reminders-only, regional (half credit) · — Not found: no credit; may still exist.
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Change log
Verification updates and observed changes to Opendate's features, pricing and website, newest first.
- Feature
We verified Mobile Scanning: marked Yes (Box Office + Organizer app scans, sells and prints, and works offline). Overall score changed from 47.1 (#31) to 48.8 (#30). Source
- Note
Added company facts: founded 2020; headquarters Indianapolis, Indiana. Source
- Feature
We verified SMS Marketing: marked Yes. Venue SMS broadcasts with segmentation and A2P 10DLC compliance (you connect your own Twilio account). Source
- Feature
API (already recorded as Yes) now counts in the Features score. Source
- Note
Directory scoring update: API, SMS Marketing and SSO now count toward the Features score (17 scored features, up from 14). Overall score changed from 47.5 (#22) to 47.1 (#22). Source
- Note
Rewrote the pros and cons summary.
Sources
Checked 2026-10-26.
- Ticketing: https://www.opendate.io/ticketing
- Independent venues: https://www.opendate.io/independent-venues
- Payouts: https://www.opendate.io/finance-reporting/finances-payouts
- API: https://www.opendate.io/developers
- NIVA '26 sponsor: https://www.nivassoc.org/statements/2026/the-national-independent-venue-association-unveils-minneapolis-conference-programming
- Logo source: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5ea04dbc26dc306a3217f6e6/63064e5988985e8d902c1793_webclip.png
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