What Stagera does

Stagera is an AI-native operations platform purpose-built for AV rental and live event production companies running 10 to 200-plus shows per year. The product consolidates the back-office workflow of event production — quoting, scheduling, inventory management, crew coordination, and client-facing portals — into a single system, with an AI assistant ("Sparky") embedded across modules and an Agentic Mode exposing API-ready endpoints for autonomous execution.

Under the hood, the platform is structured around an AI-first architecture rather than retrofitted intelligence: every workflow exposes recommendation, generative, process automation, anomaly detection, and optimization capabilities. A versioned public API (currently v2.5, with six releases shipped in roughly two weeks following v2.0) and 12+ native integrations with adjacent production tools position the product as an extensible system rather than a closed application. Named customers include Chattanooga Pro Audio, AVL Production & Rentals, Stingray Productions, Rad Pro Stage Co., Gordon Sound, and Meridian Events Group, with the company claiming 50-plus production companies and 60-plus production teams on the platform and 5-star ratings on Trustpilot and Capterra.

The business model is a SaaS subscription with two pricing tiers: a $990/year base plan for self-serve access and a $2,490/year white-glove onboarding tier for hands-on implementation. Stagera also pursues a content-led, comparison-driven go-to-market strategy, publishing structured competitive pages directly against incumbent platforms such as Rentman, Current RMS, PheedLoop, and Eventbrite. The company is privately held, headquartered in Corvallis, Oregon, reports 1-10 employees, and was founded in 2025; no funding rounds or revenue figures have been disclosed.

Name

Stagera

Legal name

Stagera

Website

https://stagera.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Stagera is an AI-native operations platform for AV rental and live event production companies, consolidating quoting, scheduling, inventory, crew, and client workflows with an embedded Sparky AI assistant and agentic endpoints, sold via $990-$2,490/year SaaS subscriptions to 50-plus SMB production companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Production Operations Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Software/SaaS Subscriptions (Consumer & Prosumer) (CRAFAIAB)

Keywords

• Event production software
• AV rental management
• Crew scheduling software
• Equipment inventory management
• Live event operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Corvallis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Pro Plan: Annual subscription SaaS model with flat, all-inclusive pricing. All features included on every plan with no per-feature add-ons. Crew, warehouse staff, and clients access for free. Pricing starts at $990/year for base plan. White-glove onboarding premium tier at $2,490/year includes migration, first shows built, training, and founder access.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stagera sells an all-in-one, AI-native SaaS platform that serves as an operations command center for live event production companies and AV rental businesses, unifying quoting, equipment inventory, crew scheduling, logistics/fleet, invoicing, and a client portal into a single system with workflow automation and autonomous AI agents. The offering is delivered as a flat, all-inclusive annual subscription with a public REST API and a premium white-glove onboarding service for migrating customers.

Product overview

Stagera is an all-in-one event production operations platform built as a unified system (not modular add-ons). The core Stagera Platform integrates six operational modules: Quotes & Sales (quoting and sales workflow), Inventory & Warehouse (equipment tracking with barcode scanning and maintenance), Crew & Labor (scheduling, availability, certifications), Logistics & Fleet (delivery routing, GPS tracking, DOT compliance), Testing & Maintenance (condition tracking and repair), and Automations & Client Portal (workflow automation and client-facing portal). The platform is complemented by AI capabilities including Sparky (in-app assistant) and Agentic AI (autonomous agents for lead triage and quote drafting). A Public API v2.5 provides programmatic access to all core entities. Pricing is flat and all-inclusive with no per-feature add-ons. A White-Glove Onboarding service provides managed migration and training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stagera Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• $70K+ annual leakage recovered per customer
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

AI capability9 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• QuickBookscoreTechnology or IntegrationTwo-way sync for invoices, payments, and customers. Ensures bookkeepers have real-time data and books always match.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationCard and ACH payment processing on every quote and invoice. Customers can pay directly from branded invoice links.
• PayPalcoreTechnology or IntegrationBring your own PayPal merchant account with no platform fees. Flexibility for customers with existing PayPal relationships.
• SquarecoreTechnology or IntegrationPer-tenant OAuth for in-person and online payments. Supports both retail and online payment flows.
• Google CalendarcoreTechnology or IntegrationTwo-way crew calendar sync with conflict detection. Crew schedules automatically stay in sync across systems.
• Microsoft OutlookcoreTechnology or IntegrationMicrosoft 365 calendar sync via Graph API for Outlook users and crew scheduling.
• Apple CalendarcoreTechnology or IntegrationiCloud subscribe-and-go for iOS crew members. Simple setup for Apple device users.
• GmailcoreTechnology or IntegrationSend quotes, advances, and invoices directly from Gmail inbox. Email integration for seamless communication.
• SlackcoreTechnology or IntegrationPipeline, advance, and ops alerts delivered to Slack channels. Team notification for quote statuses and operational updates.
• DropboxcoreTechnology or IntegrationOrg file storage that mirrors existing folder tree. Document management and file storage integration.
• GeotabcoreTechnology or IntegrationFleet telematics on trucks and load-in vehicles. GPS tracking and route ETAs for logistics.
• TruckPackercoreTechnology or IntegrationLiDAR truck-pack plans synced from pick lists, no manual measuring. Automated load planning for delivery vehicles.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• HoneyBook: HoneyBook is an SMB-focused clientflow and business management platform widely used by event and creative service businesses. It is less specialized in AV/live production inventory and logistics than Stagera, but competes for the same customer workflow wallet.

Broad incumbents

• Eventbrite: Eventbrite operates a large-scale consumer event ticketing and event management marketplace. It serves event organizers but focuses on ticketing and discovery rather than production operations, positioning it as a broader incumbent in event technology.
• Salesforce Industries (Event Management): Salesforce offers event management capabilities within its CRM platform via Industry Clouds and AppExchange partners. As a broad incumbent, it could encroach on Stagera's vertical workflows as enterprises look to consolidate tools into the CRM stack.
• Ungerboeck: Ungerboeck is an established enterprise event and venue management software platform serving large event organizers and venues. It addresses adjacent event operations workflows but is broader and more enterprise-focused than Stagera's AV rental niche.
• Cvent: Cvent is a leading enterprise event management platform spanning registration, venue sourcing, and event marketing. It is a broad incumbent in event technology but does not specialize in AV rental operations, making it an adjacent rather than direct competitor to Stagera.

Direct peers

• Rentman: Rentman is a leading cloud rental management and event production platform serving AV rental companies and event producers with quoting, crew scheduling, inventory, and logistics. It is Stagera's most direct head-to-head competitor and is explicitly named on Stagera's own comparison pages.
• Point of Rental Software: Point of Rental offers rental management software for equipment rental businesses including AV and event rental verticals. Stagera names Point of Rental on its comparison pages as a direct competitor.
• Current RMS: Current RMS provides rental management software for AV, event, and production rental businesses, covering inventory, quoting, contracts, and crew scheduling. It targets the same mid-market AV rental and event production customer base as Stagera.
• Planning Pod: Planning Pod is an all-in-one business management platform for event professionals and rental companies, covering proposals, timelines, floor plans, and client management. It overlaps with Stagera's all-in-one, workflow-driven positioning in the same SMB event business market.
• Goodshuffle Pro: Goodshuffle Pro is a business management platform for event rental companies, combining proposals, inventory, contracts, and client portals. Stagera cites Goodshuffle Pro's customer data on quote times and includes it as a named competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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