Shortlist SeatLayer for $0 standard production entry, public stadium-scale demos, non-expiring purchased credits, composable web and native controls, interactive 3D, and scoped AI workflows. Keep seatmap.pro in the evaluation when on-premise deployment or full SVG round-tripping is required.
$0.10 per confirmed sold seat. Around 50% lower starting seat price than seatmap.pro Starter at its full annual cap. See pricing.
Discuss a seatmap.pro migration →Need a row-by-row decision? Open the SeatLayer vs seatmap.pro comparison.
SeatLayer leads this switch case on SDK breadth, non-expiring credits, sales channels, buyer 3D, and hosted operations. On-premise deployment and full SVG round-trip remain the clearest reasons not to move.
Need a literal capability grid? Continue to SeatLayer vs seatmap.pro. This route stays focused on switch triggers and migration.
SeatLayer statements reflect shipped product and published pricing. Competitor facts were checked against current official seatmap.pro pages on 5 Sep 2026.
| Switch decision | SeatLayer | seatmap.pro |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 100 free Platform/SDK credits every month, then $50 buys 500 confirmed-sold-seat credits: $0.10 each, falling to $0.05 at volume. No subscription and no minimum commitment. | Cloud Starter is €400/year for up to 2,500 confirmed sales. |
| Unused value | Purchased credits never expire. Buy once and use the balance whenever customers sell seats. | Cloud capacity is prepaid annually and unused cap does not roll into the next contract year. |
| SDK coverage | Stable JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Vue, and Angular SDKs, seven server families, REST/OpenAPI, and supported production React Native, Flutter, iOS/Swift, and Android/Kotlin SDKs. | Framework-agnostic TypeScript renderer paired with REST Booking API v2. |
| Inventory channels | Released sales channels provide scoped buyer access, live enforcement, reporting, and webhook attribution. | Current features describe arbitrary seat metadata plus role-based color, label, or hide behavior for different audiences. |
| Buyer experience | Complete 2D picker plus optional chart-derived interactive 3D with live selection and fly-to-seat navigation. | Current features describe optimized 2D interactive maps with per-seat view previews. |
| Operating path | Use the SDK inside your product or add hosted event, Box Office, Control Room, ticket, and door tools with the organizer's gateway. | Current public pages center integration into host-owned ticketing and also document white-label and deployment options. |
| Enterprise and deployment | Custom enterprise agreement above 100,000 sold seats per month. SeatLayer is cloud SaaS; contact us for SSO/SAML, SLA, DPA, integration support, or custom venue design. | Cloud tiers run through €10,000/year for 110,000 confirmed sales. On-Premise is listed at €20,000/year without a sales cap. |
| Source assets and exit | Open, exportable SeatLayer chart data and a bounded editable SVG/DXF subset; no arbitrary SVG round-trip fidelity or SVG export. | Official pricing and editor pages document SVG import/export and an Editor-only option. |
Every link here points to SeatLayer-owned product evidence or SeatLayer's public GitHub repositories.
Buy SeatLayer credits when you need them, with no annual commitment. Purchased credits never expire. seatmap.pro Starter costs €400 per year for up to 2,500 confirmed sales. Estimate your costs →
Reviewed 5 September 2026: pricing, integration.
SeatLayer does not claim automatic seatmap.pro chart, event, account, or order import. Validate the complete journey with real venue geometry and concurrency.
Use a private raster or selected PDF page as a trace reference, or test supported vector content against the bounded import subset.
Embed a stable JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Vue, or Angular SDK in your booking flow, or publish a hosted reserved-seating event page connected to the organizer's gateway.
Test hold expiry, payment, idempotent booking, webhooks, tickets, and door operations before cutover.
Import boundary: choose one selected page from a PDF source up to 15 MB and 100 pages; SeatLayer rasterizes that PDF page for tracing. Its bounded SVG/DXF subset can create editable shapes, but it does not preserve native PDF/vector fidelity, source-PDF round-tripping, or SVG export. A clean rasterized chart PDF can be downloaded.
Both paths use SeatLayer venue geometry and live inventory. The SDK remains the primary product motion.
Origin-restricted embed keys and short-lived sessions narrow browser authority. Your server re-inspects the hold, prices the order, takes payment, books idempotently, and reconciles signed webhooks.
Connect the organizer's Stripe or Razorpay keys so payment goes to its account. SeatLayer can provide the event page, Box Office, Control Room, ticket issue, and door tools.
Boundary: The organizer's connected Stripe or Razorpay provider controls processing fees, applicable taxes, and payout timing; SeatLayer bills Hosted Ticket usage separately and is not the organizer's CRM.
Review hosted operations →The legacy chart-preview iframe is non-transactional. Use the web SDK for your checkout, or a hosted embed for an eligible, staff-enabled Managed event with the organizer’s connected payment gateway. Managed Ticketing uses a separate Hosted Ticket wallet.
SeatLayer keeps venue data exportable and host commerce authoritative. It does not offer on-premise deployment, true SVG round-trip, or automatic seatmap.pro import.
Review the dated row-by-row comparison.
COMMERCIAL MODELInspect every published pack and estimator.
IMPLEMENTATIONMap browser, server, tenant, and webhook ownership.
VISUAL PROOFReview the released visual evidence and limits.
Run the buyer demo, then map one venue through inventory, payment, booking, and operator workflows. Contact us when you need an honest migration read.