# bzar vs Cheddar Up

Cheddar Up is a group payments and sign-up tool that many organizers use to collect vendor registrations and booth fees. It's simple and free to start, but it has no application review, booth map or vendor directory, and ticketing needs its Team plan. bzar is built for vendor events, with all of those, free for organizers.

## Choose bzar if

- You want to review vendors and approve, reject or waitlist each one, not just take every sign-up.
- You want vendors placed on a booth map.
- You want rejected vendors refunded automatically.
- You want tickets and check-in in the same event without a paid plan.
- You want a public directory of your approved vendors.
- You want emails to go out on their own when vendors apply, get approved, and before and after the event.

## Choose Cheddar Up if

- You run a small one-off event and only need a sign-up form with payment, no review.
- You already use it for school, club or nonprofit collections and want one account for everything.

## Features

| Feature | bzar | Cheddar Up |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor applications with your own questions | Yes | Partly |
| Application scoring and jurying | No | Not listed |
| Vendor badges and track record | No | Not listed |
| Booth types with prices and limits | Yes | Partly |
| Booth map | Yes | Not listed |
| Booth fees paid by card | Yes | Yes |
| Refunds from the platform | Yes | Not listed |
| Insurance and permit collection | Yes | Partly |
| Vendor agreements to sign | Yes | Yes |
| Free and paid ticketing | Yes | Partly |
| QR check-in | Yes | Yes |
| Promo codes | Yes | Yes |
| Public vendor directory | Yes | Not listed |
| Messaging and announcements to vendors | Yes | Yes |
| Email automations | Yes | Partly |
| One inbox for platform messages, email and Instagram | No | Not listed |
| AI operator | No | Not listed |
| Organizer page with followers | Yes | Partly |
| Built-in audience of vendors and attendees | Yes | Not listed |
| Payouts and revenue analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Shopper preorders from vendors | Yes | Not listed |
| Weekly market seasons | Yes | Not listed |
| Organizer mobile app | No | Yes |

## Fees for the same event

Cheddar Up: Free Forever is $0 with 3.95% + $0.95 per payment; Pro is $15/month and Team is $35/month (both billed annually) with 3.59% + $0.59 per payment. The fee is passed to the payer by default. Ticketing needs Team. No separate booth or ticket platform fee is published.

## Switching from Cheddar Up

1. Create a free organizer account and set up your event.
2. Rebuild your registration questions in the bzar application form and set up booth types and prices.
3. Send your new application link instead of the collection page link.

Checked 2026-10-09 against Cheddar Up's own website. All comparisons: https://bzar.app/compare