ZONE: DUE DILIGENCE
Bloop and VenuePro.
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
Permanent venues that want one system across the whole building rather than one event. Their accreditation module sits inside a wider venue platform, and they cover estate types well beyond live events: convention centres, theme parks, shopping malls and airports.
PICK THEM IF
You are a permanent estate buying a venue management platform and accreditation is one requirement among many, or your site is a mall, airport or attraction rather than a show. Buying one platform for the building is a legitimate strategy and we do not do the rest of the building.
PICK BLOOP IF
Your problem is events rather than premises: touring, festivals, a venue with a different promoter every night, or a greenfield site with no signal. Bloop is built around the show, publishes its pricing, and is live the same day.
SIDE BY SIDE
What we can each show you.
| DIMENSION | BLOOP | THEM |
|---|---|---|
| What the product is | Event operations software. Accreditation is the spine, and gates, guest lists, crew, show day, finance and compliance hang off it. | A venue management platform in which accreditation is one module, controlling "who and what can access your event environment from a single, centralised system".FROM THEIR PUBLIC MATERIAL |
| People, agencies and vehicles | Pass types cover crew, contractors, artists, media, suppliers, guests and vehicles, with supplier portals against an allocation so the supplier maintains their own list. | States it manages staff, contractors, agencies and vehicles with configurable rules, in one place.FROM THEIR PUBLIC MATERIAL |
| Audit trail | Every change carries who made it and when, and the same records become the compliance file. Written as a by-product of use rather than a separate discipline. | States auditable action logging for security and compliance.FROM THEIR PUBLIC MATERIAL |
| Offline scanning | Scans keep going through dropouts and sync when signal returns, with visible queue depth. Built for greenfield sites. | Not mentioned on their accreditation page.FROM THEIR PUBLIC MATERIAL |
| Pricing | Published: per event or per year, unlimited devices and scans. | Not published.FROM THEIR PUBLIC MATERIAL |
| Sectors | Festivals, venues and nightlife, stadiums and arenas, touring, exhibitions, brand experiences. | Stadiums and arenas, convention centres, festivals, theme parks, shopping malls and airports.FROM THEIR PUBLIC MATERIAL |
| Martyn's Law readiness | Accreditation records, induction and briefing records and an audit trail under every change, plus published guidance on the tiers and deadlines. | Not stated publicly.FROM 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.