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What a traditional ticketing system really costs

Product03/07/2026
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When evaluating the cost of a ticketing system, the price of tickets or hardware is only the tip of the iceberg. The real cost is much higher and often invisible. Let's break it down, item by item.

1. Dedicated hardware

Readers, validators, turnstiles, printers: every touchpoint needs devices to buy, install and maintain. And every breakdown is a service that stops.

2. Tax warehouse

Ticket printing, distribution to resellers, stock management, replacing damaged or lost tickets. It's a recurring cost that grows with the network.

3. Maintenance and updates

Updating reader firmware, repairing faulty devices, managing on-site support: all this requires time and technical staff.

4. Dedicated staff

Manual revenue reconciliation, warehouse management, data entry: hours of work that could be automated.

5. Lost revenue

Queues that lose passengers, the inability to open new channels, no data analysis to optimise fares: this is revenue you don't see but lose.

The comparison with cloud

A cloud-native platform like Praticko eliminates or drastically reduces most of these costs: no warehouse, no mandatory hardware, automatic updates, automatic reconciliation. The daily operating cost drops.

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