Compare · Verified July 2026
FestKit vs Unite Worldwide.
Unite Worldwide is vendor-event management built around farmers markets: applications, booth payments, booth mapping, and automated vendor communications.
Unite gives every plan every feature, including booth mapping, and only varies the transaction fee: 5% free, 3% on Pro, 0% on Enterprise. That is a genuinely fair model, and for small recurring markets the free tier is hard to beat.
At festival scale the math flips. On $50,000 of vendor payments, Unite's free tier costs $2,500 in fees and Pro costs $2,700 all-in, while FestKit Spotlight is $1,549 with a flat 2%. Unite's own guidance says Enterprise ($3,720/yr) pays off above roughly $12K of vendor revenue per month, a volume most seasonal festivals never reach.
Published pricing
| Plan | Subscription | Fee on vendor payments |
|---|---|---|
| FestKit Spotlight | $549/yr per event | 2% |
| FestKit Showcase | $1,249/yr per event | 2% |
| Unite Pay as you Go | $0 | 5% per booking |
| Unite Pro | $120/mo, or $1,200/yr billed annually | 3% |
| Unite Enterprise | $350/mo, or $3,720/yr billed annually | 0% |
All Unite plans include the same features; the difference is the transaction fee. Card-processing fees apply on every plan.
All-in cost for a typical event
A typical FestKit customer: a 100-vendor event collecting a $500 booth fee, or $50,000 in vendor payments per year. Card-processing fees (Stripe or equivalent) apply on every platform and are excluded on all rows.
| Platform | Subscription | Platform fees | All-in / year |
|---|---|---|---|
| FestKit Spotlightbeta year one: $1,384 | $549 | $1,000 (2%) | $1,549 |
| Unite Pay as you Go (free) | $0 | $2,500 (5%) | $2,500 |
| Unite Pro | $1,200 | $1,500 (3%) | $2,700 |
| Unite Enterprise | $3,720 | $0 (0%) | $3,720 |
FestKit's beta discount takes 30% off year one, dropping Spotlight from $549 to $384 — so your first year lands at $1,384 all-in.
Where FestKit wins
- Lower all-in cost at festival scale: $1,549 vs $2,500 to $3,720 for the same $50K of vendor payments.
- A to-scale site plan on real satellite imagery, not just booth-slot assignment.
- Attendee-facing surfaces: a live public map, event feed, and staff map, all published from the same plan.
- A permanent company record per vendor: cross-event history, participation, ratings, and private review notes instead of a fresh spreadsheet each season.
Where Unite Worldwide is a better fit
- Small recurring markets: below roughly $18K of annual vendor payments, Unite's free 5% tier is cheaper all-in than any subscription plan.
- Weekly or monthly recurring events with reusable setups and QR vendor check-in.
- You process very high volume year-round: Enterprise's 0% fee beats FestKit Spotlight above roughly $160K of annual vendor payments.
Unite Worldwide pricing verified July 2026 from their pricing page. Vendors change pricing; if something here is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it.
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