A quick roundup of 2019’s best DJ booking systems. There are only 4 systems that are focused on DJ’s. These vary in price and audiance.
Some of these booking systems have extensive feature set’s which make them extreamly compliced and error prone for the casual user. Some of the booking systems take the KISS approach.
With the exception of Kwik Event None of the booking system include a fully featured weebsite, they rely upon you having your own website to integrate the html snippest and forms into.
Product | Kwik Event v1 | Kwik Event v2 (2019) | DJ intelligence | dj event planner – DJEP | Gigbuilder (WeDj) |
Alexa | 0 | 0 | 175k | 1,000,000 | 200k |
Technology | PHP Started 2018 | PHP 019 | Calssic ASP Started 2000 | .php – vanilla | Lotus Notes/ Domino 6 and 7 Started 2011 (2004) |
Cost month | 0 | 0 | n/a | $20 | $12.95/month |
Cost year | 0 | $0 | $200 | $240 | n/a |
Full wesite | Yes | Yes | No | No | Directory listing Mobile only |
Customer availability, quote & booking | Yes | YES | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Easy to use 1 – 10 | 5/10 | 5/10 | 3/10 | 2/10 | 4/10 |
Looks | 8/10 | 8/10 | 1/10 | 4/10 | 3/10 |
Integrates into existing website | No – coming soon! | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Multi operator (employees) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Calendar integration | Google calendar | Google calendar | Outlook, Google Calendar, and more. | icalendar, outlook, google | |
Payments | Paypal | Paypal, stripe, payfast (southafrica) | Credit cars & Paypal | Paypal, square, stripe, authorize.net | Yes |
Playlists | 9/10 | 9/10 | 2/10 | Yes | Yes |
Planning form | NO | NO | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Event timeline form | NO | NO | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Survey | NO | NO | Yes | Yes – custom forms | Yes |
Client area | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Communications tracker | NO – notes area | Yes – log of emails from system | Yes | Yes – full email | Yes |
Quote stats / reports | Yes – graph | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Promo codes / coupons | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Packages | Yes – addons | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Charges and discounts | Partial | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Settings area | 5/10 – OK | 5/10 | 1/10 – Awful!! | 5/10 – Could take weeks! | 5/10 |
Support | Yes | Yes | Paid! | Paid! | Free – limited |
SMS | NO | no | n/a | Twillo SMS | Yes |
Employee tools | None | Partial | Yes | Yes | |
Financial reports | None | YES + Export | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Automated tasks | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Notes | Basic system for single operator Free | WordPress based | Comprehensive system | 2011 – clunky and not very well documented nor intuitive https://ourdjtalk.com/ | Old system, newly skinned system out soon |
Fulll event planning. Time off, calendar | No – partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Dashboard overview area | No | Yes – Will need to improve overview | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Meetings / appointments | NO | NO | Yes | Yes | Yes |
For the 80% of the market shich are single operator DJ’s concentrating on supplying a personal DJ service, I would recommend KwikEvent.com.
For multiple operators I would hold out for KwikEvent v2 later in 2019 or dive right into to DJ Event Planner.
I wouldn’t recommend Gigbuilder for outside of the US as it seems to lack basic functionality wor work with multiple currenecives, languages and regions when tested in December 2018.