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Fannera vs Openstage
Last updated: 2 August 2026
Openstage is a serious membership platform with real strengths — ticketing unlocks for members and SMS are two things Fannera does not offer. Build starts around $130/mo plus a 10% cut of memberships; enterprise tiers are custom-priced. Fannera is built for the label that has a roster and a modest budget, and wants to keep every pound of fan revenue.
The short version
- Transparent pricing. £29 or £59 a month, published on the site (larger labels by quote), card not required to start. Openstage’s Build plan starts around $130/mo, with custom quotes for enterprise tiers.
- 0% of membership revenue. Memberships and drops run through your own Stripe account and we take none of it. Openstage’s Build plan takes 10% of memberships.
- Both platforms score fans. Openstage has fan value and engagement scores; ours is roster-level, scoring the same fan across every artist you run, at a transparent small-label price.
- Openstage wins on ticketing and SMS. If member-only ticket allocations or text messaging are core to your plan, they do those today and we do not.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Fannera | Openstage |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | £29 / £59 per month on the website; larger labels by quote | Build from roughly $130/mo; enterprise tiers custom-priced |
| Cut of membership revenue | 0% — your own Stripe account | 10% of memberships on the Build plan |
| How you get started | Self-serve | Self-serve for the Build plan; sales-led for enterprise tiers |
| Positioning | Built for small and mid-size labels with a roster | Positioned around major artists (Paul McCartney, Radiohead) with enterprise tiers, though their entry plan targets growing creators |
| Ticketing unlocks for members | No | Yes — a genuine strength |
| SMS messaging | Not yet | Yes |
| Multi-artist roster in one account | Yes | Yes |
| Full CSV / JSON export | Yes — every tier, no gate | Available on request |
| Paid releases and direct sales | Yes — 0% taken | Yes |
| Superfan / engagement scoringBoth platforms score fans. The difference is scope and price: ours is cross-artist at a transparent SMB rate. | Yes — roster-level scoring across every artist in one account | Yes — fan value and engagement scores per artist |
What the revenue share costs
On £2,000 a month of membership income, a 10% platform share is £200 a month — £2,400 a year — on top of Stripe’s processing fees. Fannera’s Growth plan is £59 a month flat, and that number does not grow as your fan revenue does. That is the whole argument; if your membership income is small, the difference is small too.
Who should pick which
Pick Openstage if you want ticketing integrated into membership tiers, SMS as a channel, or the hands-on onboarding that comes with their enterprise tiers. Build starts around $130/mo plus a 10% cut of memberships; enterprise tiers are custom-priced.
Pick Fannera if you want to start today without a sales call, you run several artists, and you would rather pay a fixed monthly fee than a percentage of everything your fans spend.
A note on fairness
Openstage’s enterprise tiers are priced by quote, so the figures above are drawn from publicly available information as of 2 August 2026 and may differ from what you are offered. If anything here is out of date, email support@fannera.com and we will correct it.
Fixed price, 0% of your fan revenue
£29 or £59 a month, self-serve, full export on every tier.
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