bzar vs Google Forms and Square
Many organizers start with Google Forms or Jotform for applications and Square or PayPal for booth fees. It costs little, but matching payments to vendors, assigning booths, refunds, tickets and check-in all happen by hand. bzar keeps applications, payments, booths, tickets and check-in together.
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When to choose each.
Choose bzar if
- You want vendor applications, booth payments, ticketing and check-in in one dashboard.
- You're tired of matching payments to applications in a spreadsheet.
- You want rejected vendors refunded without logging into a separate payment app.
- You want vendors placed on a booth map, not a list.
- You want emails to go out on their own when vendors apply, get approved, and before and after the event.
Choose Google Forms and Square if
- You run a small one-off event with a handful of vendors and don't mind tracking payments yourself.
Features: bzar and Google Forms and Square.
"Not listed" means we couldn't find it on their website, not that it definitely doesn't exist.
| Feature | bzar | Google Forms or Jotform + Square |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor applications with your own questions | Yes | Yes |
| Application scoring and jurying | No | PartlyApproval flows, no scoring |
| Vendor badges and track record | No | NoNo vendor identity across events |
| Booth types with prices and limits | Yes | PartlyProducts with quantities |
| Booth map | Yes | Not listed |
| Booth fees paid by card | Yes | YesJotform only; Google Forms has none |
| Refunds from the platform | Yes | PartlyDone in Square, separately |
| Insurance and permit collection | Yes | YesFile upload field |
| Vendor agreements to sign | Yes | Yes |
| Free and paid ticketing | Yes | PartlyTickets sent by hand |
| QR check-in | Yes | PartlyBuild it yourself |
| Promo codes | Yes | Yes |
| Public vendor directory | Yes | Not listed |
| Messaging and announcements to vendors | Yes | Partly |
| Email automations | Yes | Yes |
| One inbox for platform messages, email and Instagram | No | Not listed |
| AI operator | No | YesAI agents reply to Instagram DMs and email |
| Organizer page with followers | Yes | No |
| Built-in audience of vendors and attendees | Yes | No |
| Payouts and revenue analytics | Yes | YesIn Square |
| Shopper preorders from vendors | Yes | Not listed |
| Weekly market seasons | Yes | Not listed |
| Organizer mobile app | No | Yes |
What the same event costs.
Total fees taken out of the event's money, whoever pays them. Open a row for the math and assumptions.
Market with paid entry: 40 booths at $75, 300 tickets at $10
| Platform | Total fees | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| bzar | $313 | Breakdown
|
| Forms + Square + Eventbrite | $846 | Breakdown
|
Free-entry market: 40 booths at $75
| Platform | Total fees | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| Forms + Square + Eventbrite | $111 | Breakdown
|
| bzar | $223 | Breakdown
|
Festival: 120 booths at $150, 2,000 tickets at $5
| Platform | Total fees | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| bzar | $1,598 | Breakdown
|
| Forms + Square + Eventbrite | $4,909 | Breakdown
|
bzar's full fee details are on the pricing page.
Moving from Google Forms and Square.
- Create a free organizer account and set up your event.
- Rebuild your form's questions in the bzar application form; the answers and payments now land in one place.
- Send the new application link instead of your form link.
Common questions.
Is bzar cheaper than Google Forms and Square?
Market with paid entry: 40 booths at $75, 300 tickets at $10: bzar $313 in total fees, Forms + Square + Eventbrite $846. Free-entry market: 40 booths at $75: bzar $223 in total fees, Forms + Square + Eventbrite $111. Festival: 120 booths at $150, 2,000 tickets at $5: bzar $1,598 in total fees, Forms + Square + Eventbrite $4,909.
When is Google Forms and Square the better choice?
You run a small one-off event with a handful of vendors and don't mind tracking payments yourself.
Can I switch from Google Forms and Square to bzar?
Yes. Create a free organizer account and set up your event. Rebuild your form's questions in the bzar application form; the answers and payments now land in one place. Send the new application link instead of your form link.
Does bzar charge organizers a subscription?
No. bzar is free for organizers: no monthly plan and no per-event fee.
Where these facts come from.
Competitor details come from each company’s own website, checked on 2026-10-09. Details change; tell us at hello@bzar.app if something here is out of date.
- https://squareup.com/us/en/payments/pricing
- https://www.jotform.com/
- https://www.jotform.com/products/workflows/
- https://www.jotform.com/integrations/square
- https://squareup.com/help/us/en/article/6116-process-refunds
- https://www.jotform.com/products/sign/
- https://squareup.com/help/us/en/article/6873-sell-non-physical-items-in-square-online-store
- https://www.jotform.com/blog/qr-codes-for-check-in/
- https://www.jotform.com/help/233-how-to-add-coupon-code-to-payment-forms/
- https://www.jotform.com/help/541-how-to-set-reminder-emails-for-your-forms/
- https://www.jotform.com/ai/agents/features/
- https://www.jotform.com/ai/instagram-agent/
- https://www.jotform.com/products/mobile-forms/
Try bzar on your next event.
Free for organizers. Bring your vendors, booths and tickets into one dashboard.