Compare FareHarbor and Purplepass - Aug 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - FareHarbor or Purplepass?

Purplepass is more expensive to implement (TCO) than FareHarbor, and FareHarbor is rated higher (88/100) than Purplepass (81/100).

Looking for the right Online Ticketing solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

FareHarbor Holdings, Inc. Vs. Purplepass

FareHarbor Holdings, Inc.: Modern free reservation and online booking software designed for activity and tourism businesses. We got our start by taking over the phones for North Shore Catamaran Charters in Haleiwa, Oahu. It put us in the activity owner's shoes and taught us the ups, downs, and challenges of running an activity and tourism business. We’ve used that exper...

Purplepass: The venue or event promoter makes the final decision on whether or not to issue a refund. Purplepass assumes no responsibility for making any such decision, and will have no responsibility to issue refunds. If a refund is issued, Purplepass will issue refunds for all online and telephone purchases. If you purchased your tickets through a retail out...

Who is more expensive? FareHarbor or Purplepass?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Online Ticketing software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for FareHarbor and Purplepass.

FareHarbor accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 FareHarbor is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Online Ticketing software. Purplepass accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 FareHarbor is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Online Ticketing software.

Bottom line: FareHarbor cost is around the same cost of Purplepass.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared FareHarbor Vs. Purplepass based on some of the most important and required Online Ticketing features.

FareHarbor: We are still working to collect the list of features for FareHarbor.

Purplepass: We are still working to collect the list of features for Purplepass.

Target customer size

The software has specifically been designed for activity and tourism businesses. The usual clients of Purplepass software are the entrepreneurs with SMBs (small and/or medium sized businesses that has employees ranging from one to 100 and 100 to 1,000 respectively) that take advantage of the services from Information technology/IT, data and web hosting and other information related services, mainly with the online ticketing and event management.