The 5 best ticket monitors in 2026
A ticket monitor watches a ticketing site for you and alerts you when tickets restock, so you can buy before they are gone. These are the five worth knowing, from all-in-one platforms to a free tool you run yourself.
Updated October 28, 2026.
- Eventory: Best overall
- Phantom Checker: Best single-app monitor
- TicketsData: Best for developers
- Shows On Sale: Best for on-sale intel
- Ticket Monitor (open source): Best free option
Side by side
| Eventory | Phantom Checker | TicketsData | Shows On Sale | Ticket Monitor (open source) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restock and drop alerts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ticketmaster | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Eventim, See Tickets, fanSALE, TicketSwap | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Discord alerts | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Not listed | Yes |
| Slack, Telegram and WhatsApp alerts | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Webhooks or API | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| Section filters | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sales data for each event | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed |
| Price on the website | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Yes |
1. Eventory: Best overall
Eventory monitors 52 primary and resale ticketing sites in 35 countries and sends restocks, stock drops and price changes to the channels your team already uses, with the market data for every event next to the alert.
Strengths
- 52 sites, from Ticketmaster, AXS and SeatGeek to Eventim, See Tickets, fanSALE and TicketSwap
- Alerts in Discord, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp and Pushover, or your own tools through webhooks and the API
- Filters by section, row, seats together, maximum price and restock size
- Tickets sold, sale prices and listings on every event page, plus a Chrome extension and a desktop app
Limits
- Monitors are a paid plan, from €138 a month
Price: From €138/month (70 events, 2 users) to €960 (1,000 events, 8 users)
2. Phantom Checker: Best single-app monitor
Phantom Checker monitors Ticketmaster, SeatGeek, StubHub, MLB, Evenue, TicketWeb and TickPick and alerts you in its own desktop, web and mobile apps.
Strengths
- Early Monitor for Ticketmaster, which its docs say sees seats 3 to 60 seconds before they show on the site
- Filters by price, sections, ticket count and exclusions, with a low-stock monitor
- Desktop, web and mobile apps, and an AI assistant in beta
Limits
- Seven sites listed, none of them European primary sellers
- Alerts in Discord, Slack or webhooks are not listed
Price: $175/month for 1 user and 100 events; tiers up to 1,000 events
3. TicketsData: Best for developers
TicketsData is a ticketing data API with a monitoring dashboard on top: it polls marketplaces such as Ticketmaster, StubHub, SeatGeek and Vivid Seats and sends alerts to Discord, email or a webhook.
Strengths
- Triggers for price changes, price drops, new listings, selling out, fee changes and seat map changes
- Section, row and quantity filters
- One API for ten primary and resale marketplaces
Limits
- Polling intervals set from 1 to 60 minutes
- Starts at $499 a month, with 100 tracked events on Starter
Price: Starter $499/month, Pro $2,499/month; free trial without a card
4. Shows On Sale: Best for on-sale intel
Shows On Sale is a broker membership built around presales and on-sales, with drop checkers that email you when tickets are added on Ticketmaster, AXS, Eventbrite and TicketWeb.
Strengths
- Presale and on-sale lists, presale codes and on-sale history
- Section and inventory alerts for Ticketmaster and AXS
- Broker forums and live chat, and the Price Map extension for Ticketmaster
Limits
- Drop checker alerts arrive by email
- Membership price is not published
Price: Membership price not listed; Price Map extension $90 per license
5. Ticket Monitor (open source): Best free option
Ticket Monitor is a free, open-source app on GitHub that watches Ticketmaster's Face Value Exchange around the clock and sends Discord and ntfy alerts when tickets appear.
Strengths
- Free and open source
- Discord and ntfy alerts, with preferred sections and budgets
- Any Ticketmaster event URL
Limits
- Ticketmaster Face Value Exchange only
- Runs on your own Mac (Windows is a to-do) after a Python setup
Price: Free
How we ranked them
- Which ticketing sites it watches, and in how many countries
- How alerts reach you, and whether your whole team can get them
- How precisely you can filter what you are alerted about
- Whether you also see the market data to decide if a drop is worth buying
- What it costs, and whether the price is public
Eventory wrote this list and ranks itself first. Everything said about the other tools comes from their own websites, read on October 28, 2026 and linked below; a cross means the tool's website does not list the feature.
FAQ
What is the best ticket monitor?
For most resellers, Eventory: it monitors 52 sites in 35 countries, alerts your team in Discord, Slack, Telegram or WhatsApp and shows tickets sold and prices for every event. Phantom Checker suits a Ticketmaster-heavy, single-app workflow, and TicketsData suits developers who want an API first.
What does a ticket monitor do?
It watches the event pages you choose on a ticketing site and alerts you when tickets come back: released holds, returned tickets, new dates or resale listings. You still buy the tickets yourself.
Is there a free ticket monitor?
Ticket Monitor, an open-source app on GitHub, is free and watches Ticketmaster's Face Value Exchange. You run it on your own computer. Eventory's event pages are free, and its Monitors are a paid plan.
Which ticket monitor sends alerts to Discord?
Eventory, TicketsData and the open-source Ticket Monitor list Discord alerts. Eventory also sends to Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp and Pushover.
Sources
- phantomchecker.com and its docs
- ticketsdata.com/monitoring
- ticketsdata.com/pricing
- showsonsale.com/features
- github.com/ryrymags/ticket-monitor
Be first to every drop.
Eventory watches 52 ticketing sites around the clock and tells your team the second tickets are back.