Comparison of DJ booking and event software

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 v1Kwik Event v2 (2019)DJ intelligencedj event planner – DJEPGigbuilder (WeDj)
Alexa 00175k1,000,000200k
TechnologyPHP
Started 2018
PHP
019
Calssic ASP
Started 2000
.php – vanillaLotus Notes/
Domino 6 and 7
Started 2011 (2004)
Cost month00n/a$20$12.95/month
Cost year0$0$200$240n/a
Full wesiteYesYesNoNoDirectory listing
Mobile only
Customer availability, quote & bookingYesYESYesYesYes
Easy to use 1 – 105/105/103/102/104/10
Looks8/108/101/104/103/10
Integrates into existing websiteNo – coming soon!YesYesYesYes
Multi operator (employees)NoYesYesYesYes
Calendar integrationGoogle calendarGoogle calendarOutlook, Google Calendar, and more.icalendar, outlook, googlegoogle
PaymentsPaypalPaypal, stripe, payfast (southafrica)Credit cars & PaypalPaypal, square, stripe, authorize.netYes
Playlists9/109/102/10YesYes
Planning formNONOYesYesYes
Event timeline formNONOYesYesYes
SurveyNONOYesYes – custom formsYes
Client areaYesYesYesYesYes
Communications trackerNO – notes areaYes – log of emails from systemYesYes – full emailYes
Quote stats / reportsYes – graphYesYesYesYes
Promo codes / couponsNoNoYesYesYes
PackagesYes – addonsYesYesYesYes
Charges and discountsPartialPartialYesYesYes
Settings area5/10 – OK5/101/10 – Awful!!5/10 – Could take weeks!5/10
SupportYesYesPaid!Paid!Free – limited
SMSNOnon/aTwillo SMSYes
Employee toolsNonePartialYesYes
Financial reportsNoneYES + ExportYesYesYes
Automated tasksNoYesNoYesNo
NotesBasic system
for single operator
Free
WordPress basedComprehensive system2011 – clunky and not very well
documented nor intuitive
https://ourdjtalk.com/
Old system,
newly skinned
system out soon
Fulll event planning. Time off, calendarNo – partialYesYesYesYes
Dashboard overview areaNoYes – Will need to improve overviewYesYesYes
Meetings / appointmentsNONOYesYesYes

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.

Virtual DJ & customer playlist integration into booking system

Kwik event has just been updated with a new playlist builder! The playlist builder enables customers to easily build a playlist and for you as the DJ to be able to download it and use it in virtual DJ.

  • Customer can easily create a playlist with preview videos of each track
  • DJ can easily download the playlist to use in Virtual DJ.
  • No more hours of playlist prep!