Velsa brings venue bookings, contracts, event operations, exhibitor management, and fund accounting into one system for convention and civic centers, campuses, fairgrounds, expo halls, and trade-show operators. It is available on the web or as self-hosted software. Booking tools cover partitioned spaces, holds, booking stages, ranked space suggestions, contracts, addenda, payment schedules, and sales forecasting. Operations tools include run-of-show schedules, floor plans, work orders, a multi-venue calendar, staff assignments, and equipment inventory. Velsa also provides invoicing, payments and refunds, budget variance reporting, configurable ledger exports, and financial statements. DocuSign can send contracts for signature; card payments use a pluggable gateway with BluePay, Stripe, and CardPointe adapters. The maker describes encryption, role-based access controls, and audit logging. SOC 2 Type II is on the roadmap. The free Community Edition is self-hosted, community-supported, and has no SLA. Cloud plans start at $199 per month; the Starter tier covers one venue and five users. Velsa is described as live today as a demo with realistic seeded data.
Who it is for
Velsa suits venue operators at convention and civic centers, county authorities, campuses, fairgrounds, expo halls, and trade shows. The maker highlights government and nonprofit venues in particular.
What is good
- Bookings include holds, stages, and space suggestions
- Operations cover schedules, floor plans, and equipment inventory
- Accounting includes refunds and budget variance reporting
- Community Edition is free and self-hosted
- Supports SAML/OIDC SSO and administrator multi-factor authentication
What to know first
- Community Edition has no SLA
- Starter cloud tier limits service to one venue and five users
- Full self-service account export remains on the roadmap
- SOC 2 Type II is on the roadmap
Verdict
Velsa combines booking, event operations, and venue finance tools, with both cloud and self-hosted options. Review venue and user limits, support terms, and export capabilities when choosing a plan.
Velsa plans and pricing
All plansCompared on event venue management software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $199/mo
- Venue calendar
- Yes
- Space booking
- Yes
- Contract management
- Yes
- Staff scheduling
- Yes
- Event-day tools
- Yes
- Floor-plan tools
- Yes
