App comparison

Add up to 4 apps below to see how they compare. You can also use the "Compare" buttons while browsing.

VBO Tickets Logo

VBO Tickets

Cloud based ticketing, donation, & event registration

see alternatives

(3)

VBO Tickets Reviews

Overall rating

4.8

/5

78

Rating criteria

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9.38/10

Reviews by rating

Pros and cons

Our customer base is very pleased with the online interface, which allows them to complete ticket purchases and registrations with clarity and ease.
VBO has been an amazing addition to our online experience for our customers. The system is robust yet user friendly and the VBO staff is a pleasure to work with.
VBO is a very feature rich and robust platform. Additionally, the team is very helpful and responsive to support and new feature requests.
Updates sometimes come with no warning, Salesforce integration has been troublesome for our development team.
Most buyers are used to such fees and do not complain. It is fairly complex, so it is difficult to keep our box office volunteers trained to use all its functions.
Onboarding was a bit difficult as there was limited formal training.
Filter reviews by

Overall rating


Company size


Industry


Time used


78 reviews

Recommended

TR
AvatarImg

TIiu R.

Fine Art, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

Share this review:

San Francisco Playhouse loves VBO.

Reviewed 6 years ago

Customer support representatives are very responsive, and if what I need isn't possible in the system, they will build it for me. It's a powerful CRM that's user-friendly, my favorite ticketing system I've used so far (I'm familiar with 3 including Tessitura.) We've been trying to integrate it with salesforce, which has been a bit of a bother, but that's not my department!

Pros

Responsive, quick, user-friendly

Cons

updates sometimes come with no warning, Salesforce integration has been troublesome for our development team

CP
AvatarImg

Christian P.

Performing Arts, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

Share this review:

Best value ticketing software, amazing management

Reviewed 6 years ago

VBO Tickets has been a great partner. Senior staff is unwaveringly willing to make changes to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their product. The software has grown by leaps and bounds since it's inception and Management continues to improve the product on an almost daily basis. The reporting function could be more robust and customizable, but if I know VBO, upgrades are probably already in the works. I consistently receive ticketing system demos to keep my options open, and truly believe that there isn't another product on the market that even comes close to what VBO offers, at this price point.

Pros

Customizability

Cons

No cons were added to this review

AF
AvatarImg

Alice F.

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

Share this review:

VBO Review!

Reviewed 6 years ago

VBO has been pretty great to work with! It's a new system, so the support has been awesome about trying to get us the information we need if it's something different than what had been anticipated when creating the software.

Pros

No pros were added to this review

Cons

No cons were added to this review

JB
AvatarImg

Julia B.

Performing Arts, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

Share this review:

Great Service

Reviewed 6 years ago

The VBO team is great! They are always available to assist with use of any part of the product, and they really try to customize it so it works specifically for your company.

Pros

It's pretty easy to use. It has a lot of features. The customer service is amazing.

Cons

I don't always catch when there are updates, and so sometimes I am behind on new features. I wish there was a bit more customability with the CRM aspects of the software.

BG
AvatarImg

Ben G.

Entertainment, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

Share this review:

Fantastic Customer Support for a Fantastic Product

Reviewed 6 years ago

I've been using VBO for over three years now and I cannot express how fantastic a program it is. Multiple times I've called support with a question about how to do something obscure and gotten a response of "Oh, you can't do that... but give me a few hours" and before the end of the day, they have programmed in new functionality to meet my request. A+

Pros

Ease of use, and functionality

Cons

I think the UI could be a little more friendly to new users. Could be more intuitive.

JK
AvatarImg

Jeff K.

Entertainment, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

Share this review:

Best Customer Service.

Reviewed 6 years ago

VBO Tickets has been the backbone of our customer experience when selling tickets online. They have created a great product and are constantly refining it with new features. Other ticket companies ignored my requests for new features or promised to "look into it." VBO has always taken our requests seriously and sometimes new feature requests are implemented within 24 hours!

Pros

Ease of use

Cons

No cons were added to this review

SL
AvatarImg

Sheryl Lynn T.

Nonprofit Organization Management, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

Share this review:

Best all-in-one ticketing and CRM system!

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

That the software can do anything you need to do within ticketing, registration, donations, memberships and a CRM to keep track of it all!

Cons

It's a good thing, but because the system does so much it can be a little complex for novice users/non-techy people.

MC
AvatarImg

Max C.

Performing Arts, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

Share this review:

VBO Review

Reviewed 4 years ago
Pros

The software is fairly flexible and has a very clean interface; both for patrons and theatre staff. The template function makes creating events extremely efficient.

Cons

A lot of the neat tricks VBO can pull off are not inherently explained. Some features are only applicable to general admission shows and not assigned seating shows (like group sales: 10+ tickets bought at once) and vice versa.

AO
AvatarImg

Alexis O.

Performing Arts, 1-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

Share this review:

Great company and a great product!

Reviewed a year ago

The staff is incredibly friendly and really cares about their customers.

Pros

CRM Software, Reporting, Coupon Codes (all features we didn't have access to with our previous software)

Cons

Some minor nuances (having to hit the print button twice to print tickets, etc.) but most everything that I want improved is at least considered when I mention it.

SC
AvatarImg

Shawn C.

Entertainment, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

Share this review:

Music City Male Revue

Reviewed 4 years ago

The system works and they have helped us sellout almost every weekend.

Pros

It works every time my Customers want to purchase tickets . Once I Locate on the site it’s very simple to add more tickets.

Cons

We have a very hard time navigating the tasks we want to do. However if any questions come up VBO are always helpful in showing us the steeps.

AY
AvatarImg

Anne Y.

Entertainment, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support

Share this review:

Good option for small orgs

Reviewed 6 years ago

VBO has a lot of really great features that were not available in our previous ticketing system. We especially like the fact that their ticketing pages are embedded into our web pages so the customer sees a seamless site from start to finish. They are continually making upgrades to all areas of the software which mean they're constantly improving. Their reporting features are not as intuitive or malleable as we'd like. It would be great for them to add a custom reporting center where the client can build their own reports based on specified criteria. Hope they do that soon!

Pros

No pros were added to this review

Cons

No cons were added to this review

SL
AvatarImg

Sheryl Lynn T.

Education Management,

Used daily for 2+ years

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

Share this review:

What A Treasure!

Reviewed 6 years ago

VBO has been an amazing addition to our online experience for our customers! The system is robust yet user friendly and the VBO staff is a pleasure to work with.

Pros

Customization

Cons

Need some experience with computers/software

AZ
AvatarImg

Aimee Z.

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support

Share this review:

VBO Tickets - Great software for nonprofits!

Reviewed 6 years ago

We just started with VBO last summer for our outdoor summer theater festival that has over 14,000 attendees in 8 weeks of performances. VBO staff were able to get us up and running in under two weeks, which was AMAZING. (Although I wouldn't recommend that timeline to anyone -- but they can do it!) The software is very user friendly to our patrons who had no trouble moving to a new user experience,...

Pros

No pros were added to this review

Cons

No cons were added to this review

KK
AvatarImg

Kasey K.

Entertainment, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

Share this review:

LOVE VBO - a lot

Reviewed 6 years ago

VBO has dramatically improved our ticket integration on our website and cut our manual backend work in half! Literally. And their customer support has been outstanding

Pros

Intervention Flexibility Ease of use Customer service

Cons

Didn't switch sooner

LB
AvatarImg

Laurel B.

Fund-Raising, 1-10 employees

Used monthly for 2+ years

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

Share this review:

Super Easy and Responsive

Reviewed 6 years ago

We have used VBO for the past few years as the ticketing platform for my nonprofit organization's signature event, the Hoot & Howl. This party pulls in a guest list topping 750 people, and I really appreciate being able to use a friendly interface for both paid tickets and consignment tickets (for our sponsors). My technical assistance questions are always answered promptly, we receive electronic invoices in a timely fashion, our guests find VBO easy to use, and it's a tremendous help when it comes to check-in the night of the event, as well.

Pros

Easy to use- both for our guests and on the back end. Enough bells and whistles to be useful, but not so many that it's all just too bewildering.

Cons

I haven't yet figured out a way to de-segment guests from donors when it comes to targeting email addresses, but I'm sure it's doable.

CW
AvatarImg

Carter W.

Entertainment, 1-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

Share this review:

The BEST Ticking Service We've Found

Reviewed 6 years ago

As a small nonprofit community theatre, ticketing services can often be way more complicated than what we need. When we discovered, we were not aware just how amazing they would be at customizing our experience for our small theatre. The customer service ALONE is worth the cost of use. If I ever have a question on how to do something and can't figure it out, they always respond promptly with more information than I would normally expect. I cannot recommend VBO Tickets enough, they're AMAZING!

Pros

Customer service, ease of use, low service fees, prompt response, website integration

Cons

It has it's minor bugs but they ALWAYS look into them when you bring it to their attention

DB
AvatarImg

Dottie B.

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support

Share this review:

Amazing quality and support

Reviewed 6 years ago

VBO's willingness and ability to create special programs for us, a small community theater, continues to amaze me. It has allowed us to move our service up another level, and to rely less on one person (me) so that I can envision passing the ticketing/membership function on to someone else. The only suggestion I would make is that structure is needed in the overall training program. I am now at...

Pros

No pros were added to this review

Cons

No cons were added to this review

LL
AvatarImg

Lawrence L.

Entertainment, 1-10 employees

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

Share this review:

Excellent customizable platform.

Reviewed 6 years ago

The ticketing for my show is complex, but customer service agent and his team really go beyond to meet my needs. The platform gets a bit cumbersome and confusing, but they are patient and help walk me through every time I have a question. There are a few bugs that I've found with regards to how I need my ticketing to work, but I'm sure they will be addressed.

Pros

The customizability

Cons

Complexity

GF
AvatarImg

Gregg F.

Music, 1-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

Share this review:

Brilliant offering

Reviewed 4 years ago

I am utilising VBO for the bands I manage and it has been by far the best platform we have had the opportunity to work on.

Pros

VBO Tickets had been by far the easiest and most user friendly online ticketing system I have made use of.

Cons

There was nothing I didn't like about the platform.

CW
AvatarImg

Clayton W.

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support

Share this review:

VBO makes my business possible

Reviewed 6 years ago

I've been using virtual box office for over 3 years now and I can say without a doubt that if they didn't exist tomorrow my business would be in a bad way. We run between 25 and 45 different events every month and the ability to have those auto-populate to our website is a necessity. Also the staff at VBO is VERY responsive. I've asked for added features and the turn around is typically less than a week. I know I'm not asking for anything crazy, but I have trouble even responding to an email that fast. These guys are great, and they really care about my business. You'll like them.

Pros

No pros were added to this review

Cons

No cons were added to this review

KB
AvatarImg

Kat B.

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

Share this review:

We love it, but want to grow with it!

Reviewed 6 years ago

We have been using VBO since pretty much the start of our business, and right as they were launching theirs. I think that we have grown as much as they have, and sometimes I wish there was more support for specific functions that seem easy to fix. The support is good-- we get responses back, but sometimes I wish the action actually went through a little more.

Pros

Love the people that run it, Love the support. love the easy of use

Cons

Wish that the App was a little more functional.

KT
AvatarImg

Kent T.

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support

Share this review:

Great Software and Support

Reviewed 6 years ago

Our band has used VBO for many concerts over the past 5-6 years with great results. We've used assigned seating twice with zero errors. The amazing thing about VBO is their superb customer support --- always there to help in any way they can. They have truly helped our band get to the next level and help us maximize our audience. We highly recommend this service.

Pros

No pros were added to this review

Cons

No cons were added to this review

FB
AvatarImg

Frankie B.

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support

Share this review:

Fantastic Ticketing software

Reviewed 6 years ago

VBO is easy to use, reasonably intuitive once you learn the software and looks incredibly crisp. Even better, any time we have a question or suggestion of any sort, the team at VBO is quick to respond. They are knowledgeable and tremendously easy to work with for all your ticketing needs.

Pros

No pros were added to this review

Cons

No cons were added to this review

ET
AvatarImg

Edward T.

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support

Share this review:

Ed Trout VBO Review

Reviewed 6 years ago

We have been using VBO for a few years now, and have been satisfied overall with the product. When there have been issues, we usually get a swift response to the problem at hand.

Pros

No pros were added to this review

Cons

No cons were added to this review

WB
AvatarImg

William B.

Performing Arts, 1-10 employees

Used other for less than 6 months

Review source

Overall Rating
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

Share this review:

All-in-One Package for your Ticketing Needs!

Reviewed 4 years ago
Pros

Great integration with mobile and tablet devices and a great feature set that doesn't leave anything out, including selling merchandise and memberships.

Cons

Even with personalized pricing, they couldn't beat our current ticketing CRM.