Pricing
Simple plans for venues and event vendors. Change or cancel anytime.
Venues
Starter
$79/mo
billed annually · $948/yr
One venue getting off spreadsheets
3 team seats
Most popular
Pro
$169/mo
billed annually · $2,028/yr
Busy single venue with staff
15 team seats
Premium
$279/mo
billed annually · $3,348/yr
Full-service venue, payroll + AI voice
Unlimited seats
Multi-venue
Custom
per-venue pricing
Groups and multi-location owners
Premium + $149/mo each extra venue
Event vendors — DJs, photographers, planners
Solo
$24/mo
billed annually · $288/yr
One DJ, photographer or planner
1 seat
Most popular
Pro
$49/mo
billed annually · $588/yr
Growing vendor with a second shooter / assistant
3 seats
Team
$99/mo
billed annually · $1,188/yr
Multi-op DJ company, studio or planning firm
10 seats
Compare features
| Venues | Event vendors | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | Starter | Pro | Premium | Solo | Pro | Team | |
| Events & planning | |||||||
| Events, timelines & planning forms | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Planning form audit log (who / when / before-after) | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Client portal (planning, files, payments, messages) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Sales | |||||||
| Leads & lead forms | 2 forms | Unlimited | Unlimited | 2 forms | Unlimited | Unlimited | |
| Quotes with date availability & seasons | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Contracts & e-signature | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Shop, products, add-ons & Family Groups | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Sign, Pay, Book, and automatically create their account all at once. | Clients accept the quote online and pay a deposit or the full amount right away. Their date is secured, and their account and event are created automatically. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Payments & Financial | |||||||
| QuickBooks Pay, Stripe*, Square*, PayPal, Authorize.net, & Clover support | QuickBooks Pay, Stripe*, Square*, PayPal, Authorize.net, & Clover support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Optional processing fee to client for selected payment types | Optional processing fee to client for selected payment types | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deposits and payment schedules | Set deposit and payment schedule for each client. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto-Pay | Choose to just have payment reminders or turn on auto-pay for each contract. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Payment/Past-due reminders | Automatic nudges go out when a payment is due or late, so no one has to chase it. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sales tax built in | Add whatever taxes your location needs to each product. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audit record of each contract | The accepted quote, the client's selections and the signed quote/contract as a PDF are locked and stored once accepted. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Client portal payments | Clients see their balance and can pay any time from their portal. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Paying your staff and vendors | Easily pay 1099 staff and even international virtual assistants. | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Accounting | |||||||
| QuickBooks Online sync | Accepted quotes and payments flow into your books with no double entry. | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Xero & FreshBooks sync | Coming soon! | Soon | Soon | Soon | Soon | Soon | Soon |
| Communication | |||||||
| Messages: in-app + email | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Messages: SMS (two-way) | Add-on | 500 texts/mo | 2,000 texts/mo | Add-on | 300 texts/mo | 1,000 texts/mo | |
| Contacts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Calendar, availability & seasons / carve-outs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Music & playlists | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Team | |||||||
| Team & roles, View as | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Team Pay via BILL (BILL fees passed through at cost) | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | |
| International contractor pay (BILL) | — | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | |
| Time clock, overtime & weekly hours bonus | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | |
| W-2 weekly cards for payroll entry | — | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | |
| AI — Ask Hostee | |||||||
| Typed Ask Hostee (owners, team, clients) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Client voice AI (1 hr per event included, Stripe refill blocks) | — | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | |
| Owner / team AI included | Light | Standard | High + voice | Light | Standard | High | |
| Admin & brand | |||||||
| Help center | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Audit logs | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Your logo & colors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Custom domain for client portal | — | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | |
| Priority support | — | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | |
Multi-venue includes everything in Premium for each venue.
*Hostee adds a 0.1% platform fee to payments processed through Stripe and Square.
Add-ons
- SMS bundles: 500 texts $15 · 2,000 texts $49 · 5,000 texts $99 (per month; unused texts don’t roll over).
- AI voice refills: client voice 1 hr $9 · 5 hrs $39 (paid by the client through Stripe, or by the venue).
- Owner/team AI packs: +$19/mo (2× included use).
- Extra seats: $9/seat/mo beyond the plan’s seats.
- Extra venues: $149/mo each (Multi-venue).
- White-label (no Hostee branding anywhere, custom domain + sender): $99/mo, Premium and Team.
Processor fees (at cost, plus 0.1% on Stripe & Square)
- Team Pay via BILL: ACH $0.59 · check $1.99 · Pay Faster $11.99 · international per BILL’s rate for the country/currency.
- Client payments: your processor’s standard card / ACH fees. Stripe and Square payments also carry Hostee’s 0.1% platform fee; PayPal, QuickBooks Payments, Authorize.net and Clover have no Hostee fee.
- Per-event vs per-seat: plans are flat per venue with a seat allowance; client voice AI is the only per-event allowance (1 hr per event).