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Kintana vs Tessera
One desk on your domain — or WordPress plus a venue ticketing layer.
Tessera is a venue ticketing platform by Tecture built around WordPress — dynamic inventory, presales, QR scanning, on-site Stripe reader sales, workflow automation, and marketing sync, with a monthly hosting model instead of per-ticket fees. Kintana is for comedians, promoters, and venues who want ticketing, CRM, marketing sites, and email in one workspace on their own domain — without maintaining WordPress, plugins, and a separate box office stack. Tessera fits when you want Tecture to design or integrate a WordPress site and run Tessera as your venue engine; Kintana fits when you want site, checkout, mail, and ops under one brand you control.
Often a fit if you are…
- Comedy clubs and venues tired of juggling WordPress, Tessera, and a separate email tool
- Promoters running multiple rooms who need settlement and roster tools beside the ticket shop
- Touring acts and agencies who want the same checkout and CRM stack — not only a venue WordPress install
Side by side
Kintana vs Tessera
| Kintana | Tessera | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand & checkout | ||
| Checkout on your own domain | WordPress site + Tessera checkout flow | |
| Full marketing site without WordPress | WordPress CMS (design or integration by Tecture) | |
| Custom domain for your brand | Pro plan | Hosted WordPress on Tessera stack |
| Headless / developer storefront (SDK) | — | |
| Audience & CRM | ||
| Contact on every order in your workspace | Attendee data in Tessera | |
| Tags, segments, and campaigns built in | Marketing segmentation + email platform sync | |
| Email drips & broadcasts you fully control | Sync contacts/tags to external email tools | |
| WhatsApp campaigns | — | |
| Export data / tenant-isolated workspace | Venue reporting & exports | |
| Operations | ||
| Stripe Connect payouts to your account | Bring your own payment gateway | |
| Dynamic inventory & presales / passcodes | ||
| QR check-in & door scanner (phone) | ||
| On-site card reader / box office POS | Stripe Terminal where supported | Integrated Stripe reader POS |
| Workflow automation & integrations | Automations + public API | Automation system for business apps |
| Request-a-show & tour tools (performers) | — | |
| Promoter settlement & multi-act roster | Venue event management | |
| Dedicated setup & training (Tecture team) | Docs + Agency onboarding | |
| Pricing & migration | ||
| Free tier to start | Monthly hosting fee (contact for quote) | |
| No per-ticket platform fee (their model) | Pro workspace plan + transparent fees | Monthly fee; no per-ticket charges advertised |
| Self-serve signup & pricing | Published plans | Sales / onboarding with Tecture |
| Import prior buyers / contacts | CSV import + migration support | Export from Tessera |
| Live Tessera sales sync | — | N/A — source platform |
Why teams switch
What changes after migration
Site + checkout + mail — not WordPress + plugins
Tessera pairs ticketing with WordPress for your public site. Kintana gives you block-based pages, tour dates, and Stripe checkout on your domain in one admin — plus CRM and campaigns without a separate CMS to patch and host.
Built for performers and promoters — not only venues
Tessera targets music venues, performing arts, and comedy rooms with a venue-first stack. Kintana gives comedians, promoters, and venues the same workspace: your list, your mail, and your checkout — whether you own the room or tour through it.
Own the stack end to end
Tessera’s monthly model avoids per-ticket fees, but you still depend on WordPress and Tecture’s hosting path. Kintana is tenant-isolated Stripe checkout with export anytime — one desk for door tools, settlement, and marketing under your brand.
Move from Tessera
Move from Tessera
Export contacts and order history from Tessera, import into Kintana, and run your next on-sale on your own checkout and site. We can walk through venue migration on a call — Agency plans include hands-on setup for your first shows.
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