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WHY SEATLAYER

Why SeatLayer, and how it compares.

SeatLayer builds its own seat map engine and sells tickets on it. Sell on your own website through 14 payment gateways, or put the same seat map inside your product with the SDK, on one account. Compare it with seats.io, Ticket Tailor, TicketSpice, Eventbrite and seatmap.pro below.

  • 100 free sold seats every month
  • Credits never expire
  • $0.50 a ticket on your own site
See the comparison ↓ Open the 200,000-seat demo →

Who builds the seat map, and who sells the ticket.

Seat map SDKs stop at the map. Ticketing tools stop at their own checkout, and many use a third-party seat map. SeatLayer builds both and runs them on one account. Read from each vendor's own pages on 25 September 2026.

QuestionSeatLayerseats.ioTicket TailorTicketSpiceEventbriteseatmap.pro
Builds its own seat mapYesmap, Designer, live seatsYesThird-partyYesYesYes
Sells tickets and takes paymentYescheckout, tickets, box office, doorNono ticketing or paymentsYesYesYesNoyour platform keeps orders
Seat SDK with your own checkoutYesweb, 4 mobile, 7 server SDKsYesNot foundRead-only APIon requestNot foundYesweb
Hosted and SDK on one accountYessame chart, both waysNoSDK onlyNot foundNot foundNot foundNoSDK only
3D in the buyer flowEvery charton every plan, no conversion stepOpt-insince 22 Sep 2026, per chartNot foundNot foundNot foundSeat photos
Payment gateways14worldwide plus India, Gulf, Latin America, South-East Asia, Africa, Europe, TurkeyNoneno payments3Stripe, PayPal, Square11US card processors, no PayPal2Noneno payments
Chart from a floor planClick the planone click per seat block or section; PDF, SVG, DXF, seats.io importImage traceand a seat scannerImage traceNot foundNot foundImage underlay
AI chart editing and MCPYesCopilot, Designer MCPNot foundNot foundNot foundNot foundNot found
Price$0.50 a tickethosted, no percentage; SDK $0.10 to $0.05 a sold seat€0.18per used seat after €450 a year$1.70a seated ticket: 2 credits at $0.85$0.99 a ticketplus 2.9% + 30¢ processing3.7% + $1.79plus 2.9% processing€400 a yearup to 2,500 sales

Not found means we found nothing on the vendor's own pages; check them before you decide. Sources: each vendor's own pricing, help centre and developer pages, read 25 September 2026.

Nine questions teams ask first.

The short answer to each, with a link to check it yourself.

  • Ready-made UI or your own?Both

    Use the complete SeatPicker, or the headless SeatingChart inside your own interface.

    Surface guide ↗
  • A native mobile app?4 mobile SDKs

    iOS, Android, Flutter and React Native around the same seat map.

    Mobile SDK guide ↗
  • Match your brand?Theme it or build it

    Theme and translate the picker into 37 languages, or build your own controls.

    Customization guide ↗
  • 2D and 3D?3D on every plan

    3D and view from seat come from the same chart, with no extra credit.

    Open live 3D ↗
  • Partners and presales?Sales channels

    Set seats aside, invite partners with their own login, and report per channel.

    Sales channels →
  • Season tickets?2 to 20 events

    The same seat for every event in a season, with renewal offers.

    Seasons API ↗
  • What does it cost?From $0

    100 free sold seats a month, then $0.10 down to $0.05. Credits never expire.

    Pricing →
  • A 50,000-seat stadium?Tested to 200,000

    A public 200,000-seat stadium you can open, and 10,000 buyers at once.

    Open the stadium ↗
  • Your checkout or ours?Either

    Keep your checkout with the SDK, or sell on your own website with hosted checkout.

    Compare the paths →
  • 200,000seats on one map, ready in 1.95 sOpen the stadium →
  • 100,000seats in a public arena you can tryOpen the arena →
  • 10,000buyers on one event, zero server errors
  • 9 msto hold a seat under that load (p99)

Tested on public venue files with simulated buyers, September 2026. How we measured loading · How we measured buyers · Every run on GitHub

ONE PRODUCT, EVERY WAY TO SELL

Use SeatLayer the way your business works.

Start with one way and add more later. It is the same venue chart and the same live seats every time, so nothing has to be rebuilt.

  • Sell on your own website

    Checkout on your page, paid into your own gateway. $0.50 a ticket.

    Sell on your website →

  • WordPress plugin

    Free plugin. Pick the event from a list and the seat map appears on the page.

    Get the plugin →

  • Inside your own product

    Add the seat map to your platform with the SDK. Your server keeps checkout and orders.

    See the SDK →

  • In your mobile app

    Native SDKs put the same seat map inside your iPhone and Android apps.

    Mobile SDK guide ↗

  • Under your brand

    Embed the Designer and the live control panel so your organizers never leave your product.

    For ticketing platforms →

  • Through partners

    Give sponsors and agencies their own seats and login, and track each channel.

    See sales channels →

  • At the box office

    Staff sell from the same live map and print tickets on 80 mm or A4.

    See the box office →

  • Built with AI

    Describe the venue to Copilot, ChatGPT or Claude, or upload a floor plan. No chart tool to learn, and you review before anything is published.

    See AI chart building →

Why SeatLayer questions

Still have a question? or email hello@seatlayer.io.

What makes SeatLayer different from a basic seat-map widget?
SeatLayer gives a product team two buyer surfaces: the complete SeatPicker and the headless SeatingChart. Both connect to the same published venue, live inventory, holds and server-confirmed booking. Supported mobile packages, invited partner sales channels, Fixed Renewable Seasons, chart-derived 3D for every customer, and hosted ticketing with a box office counter, refunds and door check-in use that same seating model.
Can SeatLayer fit an existing checkout?
Yes. Your application can keep identity, cart, payment, tax, orders, refunds, tickets and customer records. SeatLayer supplies the venue geometry, buyer selection, live seat state, temporary hold and booking transition. Your trusted server verifies the hold and confirms the booking after payment.
Can I use SeatLayer in a native mobile application?
Yes. SeatLayer publishes supported packages for React Native, Flutter, Swift on iOS and Kotlin on Android. They expose typed app-facing APIs around a version-pinned buyer runtime, so the mobile application controls navigation, checkout and the surrounding interface while SeatLayer renders and synchronizes the seating surface.
What does the public 200,000-seat proof demonstrate?
It demonstrates the SeatLayer buyer renderer on public 100,000-, 150,000- and 200,000-seat venue fixtures under a disclosed desktop-browser method (15 September 2026; 200,000 seats chart-ready in 1.95 s at 57.6 FPS zoom), with the fixtures, run log and SHA-256 manifests published at github.com/seatlayer/seatlayer-performance, and a 200,000-seat stadium demo anyone can open. The page publishes the hardware, browser, interaction method, timings and limitations. It is not a hard venue ceiling, a mobile benchmark, an authoring benchmark or an end-to-end concurrent on-sale claim.
Can a buyer use an AI assistant to find seats?
Yes, when an integrator opts in to buyer WebMCP in a supported browser. The assistant can read the event, find candidates, select seats and read the selection; placing a temporary hold is a separate optional permission. There is no checkout or payment tool. This buyer workflow is separate from Designer MCP, which edits one authorised chart scope, and from the public knowledge MCP.
How much does SeatLayer cost?
With the SDK, every organization gets 100 free sold seats a month, then $0.10 per sold seat, down to $0.05 on the largest pack, with no subscription; purchased credits never expire. Hosted ticketing on your own website is $0.50 per confirmed ticket, with the first 25 free and no percentage of the ticket price. The chart maker is free.
Can SeatLayer sell tickets on my own website?
Yes. Hosted ticketing puts the seat map and checkout on your own website, including WordPress with the free plugin. Buyers pay into your own Stripe, PayPal, Square, Braintree, Authorize.Net, Checkout.com, Mollie, Razorpay, Tap, Mercado Pago, Xendit, Flutterwave, Paystack or iyzico account, and you get QR and PDF tickets, refunds, a box office counter and door check-in.

Detailed comparisons

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