Plug in at any layer.
seats.io and Seatmap.pro add a seat map to the ticketing system you already run. Panarimo does that too, and it can also render inside your own frontend, run headless over an API, run on your own servers, or be the whole platform, without redrawing a chart.
Panarimo (seatmap.io) is an independent product and is not affiliated with seats.io or Seatmap.pro.
One seat engine, five ways in
Start at the layer you need today and move up later. The chart you draw in Studio stays the same at every step.
1Embed
Cloud SDK
- You keep
- Your storefront, checkout, and payment provider
- Panarimo adds
- Seat selection with live holds, one API key, and signed webhooks
2Render
Panarimo Canvas
- You keep
- Your frontend, backend, and servers
- Panarimo adds
- The WebGL2 seat map as a licensed bundle, or the MIT-licensed v1 for free
3Headless
Platform API
- You keep
- Your own UI and buyer journey
- Panarimo adds
- An OpenAPI 3.1 API for venues, events, inventory, pricing, and orders
4Full platform
Platform and Front Store
- You keep
- Your domain and your brand
- Panarimo adds
- Events, checkout, orders, campaigns, and a storefront
5Self-hosted
Enterprise
- You keep
- Your infrastructure and identity provider
- Panarimo adds
- The full platform on Docker or Kubernetes, with SAML, OIDC, and SCIM
seats.io and Seatmap.pro stop at the seat map: checkout, orders, and the storefront always come from another system.
Feature by feature
Each competitor column reflects that vendor's own public pricing and feature pages.
Where Panarimo goes further
A seating layer ends at the seat map. Panarimo keeps going.
| Feature | Panarimo | seats.io | Seatmap.pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ways to adopt | Embed, own renderer, headless API, full platform, or self-hosted | A hosted seat map and booking API inside your ticketing system | Editor, renderer SDK, and booking API, in the cloud or on-premise |
| Works without another ticketing system | Yes: Events, checkout, orders, and refunds includedRolling out | No: Has to be integrated into a host ticketing system | No: Embeds into your ticketing platform |
| Checkout and payments | Built in, with your own provider or Panarimo's; no cut of sales | Handled by your ticketing system | Handled by your ticketing platform |
| Campaigns, promo codes, marketing journeys | Yes: Rule-based campaigns, capped promo codes, visual journeys | Not listed | Not listed |
| Time slots and appointments | Yes: Bookable slots with recurrence, exceptions, and time zones | Not listed | Not listed |
| Chart edits that protect sold seats | Yes: Refund, reassign, ask to re-select, or honor each affected seat | Not listed | Not listed |
| Free for production use | Yes: MIT-licensed renderer (v1), free to self-host | No: 90-day trial, not for production use | Free plan, but your venue layouts join a public library |
What they lead with, Panarimo has too
The headline features on seats.io and Seatmap.pro, side by side.
| Feature | Panarimo | seats.io | Seatmap.pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual chart designer | Yes: Panarimo Studio | Yes: Seating chart designer | Yes: Drag-and-drop editor |
| Floor plan to chart | Yes: AI scan of images, photos, and PDFsBeta | Yes: Scan a chart from an image | SVG floor plan import |
| White-label editor inside your product | Yes: Studio embed with flaggable panels and host eventsRolling out | Yes: White-label designer embed | Yes: Iframe embedding and white-label, Growth plan and up |
| 3D seat picking | Yes: Per-chart 3D picking in the storefront | Yes: 3D seat picking and view from seat | Not listed |
| Stadium-scale maps | Yes: WebGL2 renderer; demo stadium with 65,000 seats | Yes: 80,000+ seat stadiums on smartphones | Yes: 10,000 to 170,000 seats at 60 fps |
| Multi-floor venues | Yes: Up to nine floors in one chart | Yes: Multi-floor theaters | Not listed |
| Tables, standing areas, booths | Yes: Tables with real chairs, GA by capacity, booths as units | Yes: Bookable tables and general admission areas | Yes: Tables and standing areas |
| Live holds without double booking | Yes: Atomic holds with per-seat or cart timers | Yes: Seat holds with real-time double-booking protection | Yes: Lock-confirm booking API |
| Works in any frontend | Yes: Framework-agnostic JS mount; React, Vue, Angular, and Next wrappers for v1 | Yes: JavaScript embed with official React and Vue wrappers | Yes: React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, or vanilla JS |
| Isolated workspaces for many clients | Yes: Database-enforced multi-tenant isolation | Yes: Isolated workspaces | Not listed |
| Webhooks | Yes: HMAC-signed and retried, with a delivery log | Yes: Available | Yes: Growth plan and up |
| Single sign-on | Yes: SAML, OIDC, SCIM, and enforceable MFA | Not listed | Yes: SAML, Google, and OIDC, Growth plan and up |
Pricing and deployment
Yearly list prices in EUR, excluding VAT.
| Feature | Panarimo | seats.io | Seatmap.pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat license, never per seat or per sale | Per used seat, €0.05 to €0.18 depending on plan | Annual plans capped by confirmed sales |
| Entry price | On request; public tiers ship with self-serve billing | €450 a year for 2,500 used seats | €400 a year for 2,500 sales |
| When your sales grow | Yes: Your price stays the same | Every extra used seat is billed | Upgrade at each cap, up to 110,000 sales a year in the cloud |
| Self-hosting | Yes: The full platform on Docker or KubernetesEnterprise | Not listed | Yes: On-premise license, €20,000 a year |
| Support and SLA | Direct line to the engineers; dedicated support on Enterprise | Priority support and SLA on Diamond and up | 99.9% uptime SLA on Pro and up |
Competitor details come from each vendor's public pricing and feature pages, checked on September 24, 2026. "Not listed" means we could not find it there, not that it cannot exist. Items marked Rolling out or Beta ship with the Panarimo platform's public release. Track the release on the roadmap
Sources:seats.io pricingseats.io featuresseats.io docsSeatmap.pro pricingSeatmap.pro
Questions people ask
Can I use Panarimo with the ticketing system I already have?
Yes. Keep your storefront, checkout, and payment provider. Your server opens a selection session with one API key, the seat map embeds in your page, and signed webhooks tell your backend when seats are held or released. Most teams integrate in an afternoon.
How is Panarimo different from seats.io?
seats.io is a seating layer: by its own documentation it has to be integrated into a host ticketing system, and it bills per used seat. Panarimo can be that layer too, and it can also be the ticketing system itself or run on your own servers, licensed flat and never per seat.
Is Panarimo the same as Seatmap.pro?
No. Panarimo (seatmap.io) and Seatmap.pro are separate products from separate companies. Seatmap.pro embeds seat maps into ticketing platforms on annual plans capped by sales; Panarimo offers that layer plus a full event platform, with flat licensing.
Is there a free option?
The original seatmap-canvas renderer (v1) is MIT-licensed and free to self-host in production, forever. For the platform and Canvas Next, request a demo and we will size a flat license to your volume.
See it on your own venue
Bring a floor plan and your current setup. We will show you the layer that fits and what it costs, flat.