ZONE: DUE DILIGENCE
Bloop and the incumbent accreditation platforms.
Written to be useful when you are choosing, which means saying where they are the better answer. Rows we cannot verify say so rather than guessing in our own favour.
WHAT THEY ARE GOOD AT
Large single-venue operations with a dedicated accreditation team and a multi-month onboarding budget. If you have both, they work.
PICK THEM IF
You need a single-venue deployment with a named account manager, you already have their integrations built, and a three-month onboarding is acceptable.
PICK BLOOP IF
You run more than one kind of event, you need to be live in days rather than quarters, or you want to see the price before a sales call.
SIDE BY SIDE
What we can each show you.
| DIMENSION | BLOOP | THEM |
|---|---|---|
| Sectors covered | Festivals, venues, arenas, touring, exhibitions and brand experiences from one account | Typically one lane, wellFROM THEIR PUBLIC MATERIAL |
| Time to first credential | Same day. The setup checklist is six steps. | Onboarding projectFROM THEIR PUBLIC MATERIAL |
| Offline scanning | Scans keep going through connectivity dropouts and sync when the signal returns. Duplicate detection survives the gap. | Not stated publiclyFROM THEIR PUBLIC MATERIAL |
| Pricing published | Per event or per year, on the pricing page | Not stated publiclyFROM THEIR PUBLIC MATERIAL |
| Martyn's Law records | Accreditation records, induction and briefing records, and an audit trail under every change. Compliance file export is on the roadmap. | Not stated publiclyFROM THEIR PUBLIC MATERIAL |
Rows marked "from their public material" are taken from what they publish about themselves, read on 20 August 2026, and may have changed since. If you work there and something here is wrong, email hello@bloop.events and we will fix it.