Convene vs The Market Manager

Convene Markets is a marketplace and management platform for organisers of farmers markets, craft shows, street festivals and similar pop-up events. The Market Manager is a web workspace for people who run recurring farmers markets and similar vendor markets. Both are listed under Farmers Market & Cottage Food Business Tools. Where the profiles show a difference, it is in price and audience.

Key differences

  • price

    The Market Manager publishes a starting price of $149 (currency not stated) per month. Convene does not publish a starting price.

  • audience

    The audiences they list differ. Listed for one product only, for example: Convene: Farmers market and pop-up event organisers; The Market Manager: Single farmers markets leaving spreadsheets.

Side by side

Convene vs The Market Manager: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldConveneThe Market Manager
What it isConvene Markets is a marketplace and management platform for organisers of farmers markets, craft shows, street festivals and similar pop-up events.The Market Manager is a web workspace for people who run recurring farmers markets and similar vendor markets.
Best forFarmers market and pop-up event organisers; Food vendors, farmers and makers who sell at markets; Towns and property owners starting a marketSingle farmers markets leaving spreadsheets; Growing market teams with weekly operations; Multi-market organisations
Pricing modelTransaction fees on booth payments, no monthly subscriptionSubscription per organisation
Starting priceNot published$149 (currency not stated) per month
Free planNot publishedNo
Free trialNot publishedYes
ContractNot publishedNot published
PlatformsWebWeb
CountriesUnited StatesNot published
LanguagesEnglishNot published
Number of integrations9Not published
CertificationsNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedData processing addendum available at contract stage, MFA controls, tenant-scoped data and upload safety checks; no certification claimed
FoundedNot publishedNot published
HeadquartersNot publishedNot published
OwnerNot publishedNot published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by Convene

  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Constant Contact
  • ConvertKit
  • Eventbrite
  • Facebook Events
  • Luma
  • Mailchimp
  • Stripe

Named only by The Market Manager

The Market Manager does not name any integrations in the material we reviewed.

Which to choose

Convene

Choose Convene if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Farmers market and pop-up event organisers; Food vendors, farmers and makers who sell at markets; Towns and property owners starting a market.

The Market Manager

Choose The Market Manager if you fit its listed audience: Single farmers markets leaving spreadsheets; Growing market teams with weekly operations; Multi-market organisations.

Weaker fit: Markets that need a full payment processor: the vendor says it should not be described as one, and supports fee billing, payment tracking, reconciliation and closeout instead.

What we could not confirm

Convene

  • Fee percentage (only a calculator example is shown)
  • Headquarters, founding year, employee count, funding
  • Mobile apps
  • Security certifications

The Market Manager

  • Company name, location, founding, team, funding
  • Countries served
  • Named customers
  • Payment processor used
  • Named integrations
  • Mobile app platforms and store listings
  • Currency of published prices (dollar sign only)

Go further

Convene profileThe Market Manager profile

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Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below. Prices and features change, so confirm with each vendor before you buy.

Convene, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Marketplace, listed organisations and eventshttps://convene.markets/
  2. Organiser features, fees, integrations, roadmaphttps://convene.markets/for-organizers
  3. Vendor features and pricinghttps://convene.markets/for-vendors
  4. Company story and teamhttps://convene.markets/about
  5. Help centre, Stripe paymentshttps://convene.markets/support
  6. Municipal market programmehttps://convene.markets/municipal-partnerships