Compare · Verified August 2026
FestKit vs Zinifly.
Zinifly is event and vendor management for markets, street fairs, and multi-day festivals: applications, booth spaces, payments, ticketing, and day-by-day scheduling.
Zinifly is the closest competitor on the recurring story. It sells booths per day, prices days independently, and prints per-day manifests: the same shape of inventory FestKit uses.
The split is cost and scale. Zinifly Professional is $1,428 a year at its current promotional price. FestKit Free is $440 on a $22,000 season. Spotlight is $1,789 all-in for the organization and covers unlimited events, venues, vendors, and teammates.
Published pricing
| Plan | Subscription | Fee on vendor payments |
|---|---|---|
| FestKit Free | $0 | 2% |
| FestKit Spotlight | $149/mo or $1,349/yr | 2% |
| FestKit Showcase | $299/mo or $2,699/yr | 2% |
| Zinifly Professional | $119/mo billed annually ($1,428/yr), list $298/mo | None on booth fees |
| Zinifly Enterprise | $319/mo billed annually ($3,828/yr), list $798/mo | None on booth fees |
Zinifly's published Professional and Enterprise prices are promotional ("Special Price — Save 50%") against $298 and $798 per month list. A lower Starter tier exists but its price was not on the pricing page at the time of writing. Zinifly charges a market commission on its online shopping product, which is separate from booth fees.
All-in cost for a market season
A recurring market: 40 stalls at $25 a date across a 22-week season, or $22,000 in vendor payments per year. A FestKit paid plan covers every event in the organization. Card-processing fees (Stripe or equivalent) apply on every platform and are excluded on all rows.
| Platform | Subscription | Platform fees | All-in / year |
|---|---|---|---|
| FestKit Freelisting, applications, and payments | $0 | $440 (2%) | $440 |
| Zinifly Professionalpromo price; $3,576 at list | $1,428 | $0 | $1,428 |
| FestKit Spotlightunlimited events + day-of operations | $1,349 | $440 (2%) | $1,789 |
| Zinifly Enterprisepromo price; $9,576 at list | $3,828 | $0 | $3,828 |
FestKit Free includes the public listing, vendor applications, and payments with no subscription. Spotlight adds exact placement, vendor broadcasts, staff and attendee maps, schedules, live updates, and insights across unlimited events. The table shows its full annual workspace price. Both rows use the same 2% platform fee.
Where FestKit wins
- FestKit Free is the lowest-cost row at $440. Spotlight covers unlimited events and has no vendor or venue caps.
- No plan caps to manage: Professional limits you to 30 events a month, 750 vendors, and 3 venues. FestKit includes unlimited events, vendors, and venues.
- A georeferenced site plan, not a floor-plan canvas. Zinifly's venue builder draws booths on an abstract multi-floor layout; FestKit draws them at real-world coordinates on a satellite basemap, so the public map can show a shopper where they are standing.
- A permanent company record per vendor: cross-event history, participation, ratings, and private review notes instead of a fresh spreadsheet each season.
Where Zinifly is a better fit
- You want ticketing and vendor management in one tool. Zinifly includes a ticketing system; FestKit does not sell tickets.
- You want no percentage fee on booth payments; Zinifly's current Professional promotion is also lower than Spotlight before payment volume.
- You want automated vendor payouts and an online shopping product alongside the market itself.
Zinifly pricing verified August 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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