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Queue-Fair Description

A virtual waiting room is a page that keeps visitors away from busy websites and then feeds them back to the protected site at a pace it can handle, while maintaining responsiveness and performance.

Websites can handle sudden or unexpected peaks in traffic without a website crash. It also means that websites don't have to waste energy on additional servers when they are not busy. This makes it green tech, if implemented correctly.

Fair virtual waiting rooms return visitors in first-come first-served fashion. A good virtual waiting area should keep visitors informed about their progress and the remaining wait time.

A crashed website is the worst thing for your business. High-demand sales not only damage your servers but also damage your reputation. Smooth branding can help you protect your customers' goodwill.

Our original patented virtual waiting room technology allows you to show your customers that fairness is important while providing a fully branded customer journey.

Pricing

Pricing Starts At:
Free
Pricing Information:
You can create a Virtual Waiting Room on our Free Tier right now. Our Free Tier gives you more than any other Virtual Waiting Room provider, and is ideal if you want to try out Queue-Fair, with full Portal access and a range of branding options for your Queue Pages included. You won't find a more comprehensive free Virtual Waiting Room or free online queue offering anywhere.

If you are running a busier website or mobile app, require full HTML control, need multiple queues or Queue-Fair's advanced security features, then our Unlimited Service is better suited to your needs. We have a range of pricing plans to suit your use-case and offer a 25% discount guarantee against any comparable surge protection quote, so you can be sure of getting the best rates from us - full details. We are also happy to arrange a Free Trial for you.

There is no limit to the size of the queue (capacity) on either plan - Queue-Fair will queue as many people as you need, and add them to the queue as fast as they arrive.
Free Version:
Yes
Free Trial:
Yes

Integrations

API:
Yes, Queue-Fair has an API

Reviews - 74 Verified Reviews

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Company Details

Company:
Queue-Fair
Year Founded:
2004
Headquarters:
United Kingdom
Website:
queue-fair.com
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Queue-Fair Features and Options

  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Project Manager
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: Administrator, Deployment
    Organization Size: 26 - 99
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Reliable and Stress-Free Traffic Management for High-Demand Periods

    Date: Apr 24 2026

    Summary: We have been using Queue-Fair for several years now, specifically during high-demand events, and it has consistently delivered a smooth and reliable experience.

    It’s a solution we trust when it matters most, and we consider it an important part of our infrastructure during peak periods.

    Positive: Queue-Fair has been a very reliable solution for managing high traffic during our annual entrance exams period. We only need it for a short time each year, but during that critical window it performs exactly as expected — stable, easy to configure, and effective in preventing server overload.

    The setup is straightforward, and the rule-based system gives us full control over when and how it is activated. Their support team is also responsive and professional whenever needed.

    What we value most is the peace of mind it provides during peak demand, where downtime or performance issues would not be acceptable.

    Negative: Since our usage is limited to a short period each year, it would be helpful to have even more flexible billing options tailored for seasonal use cases. However, overall the value delivered during critical periods justifies the cost.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: User
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Yearly
    Role: Administrator
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Easy integration and setup

    Edited: Apr 09 2026

    Summary: We integrate Queue Fair into our online registration platform to manage traffic spikes during the launch of high-demand events.

    Positive: Integration into our site was made easy by the provided PHP kit. The documentation is clear and the support is responsive.

    Negative: So far, we haven't noticed any negative points; everything meets expectations.

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  • Name: Reyna S.
    Job Title: President
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: Administrator
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    A Game-Changer for High-Demand Ticket Sales

    Date: Apr 07 2026

    Summary: Queue-Fair effectively prevents site crashes during peak demand by controlling the flow of visitors, while still giving users real-time updates and a clear sense of their place in line. The platform is easy to integrate on our website, customizable to match our branding, and provides strong protection against bots and queue abuse - making it a reliable solution for handling large-scale ticket sales and high-demand events. The pricing is very reasonable, and the support team is exceptional - responsive, helpful, and always ready to assist when needed.

    Positive: What I like best about Queue-Fair is how seamlessly it manages high traffic of some of our high traffic events on our ticketing website while keeping the user experience smooth and fair.

    Negative: While Queue-Fair performs very well overall, some advanced features and customizations may require a deeper technical understanding to fully maximize their potential - but this also highlights how the platform goes beyond the basics.

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  • Name: Cathy W.
    Job Title: Assistant Director of Regional Events
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Yearly
    Role: Administrator
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Queue-Fair was a game-changer for our Registration Process!

    Date: Mar 28 2026

    Summary: Before using Queue-fair, our event registration process was frustrating for everybody involved. Our servers couldn't handle the load and registrants would have to repeatedly refresh, receiving Bad Gateway errors and timeouts. Queue-fair solved that issue for us, and registrants could see exactly how many users were ahead of them in the queue, and how long it would take to get to the registration. So much better!

    Positive: The Queue-fair virtual waiting room was a game-changer for our registration process. One registrant sent this message: "Smoothest sign-up ever. The queue system works SO much better." Having the queue helped prevent frustration, website crashes, continual refreshing — the registration process was monumentally improved. But in addition to having an excellent product, Queue-fair has incredible customer service. They were responsive and helpful, and made the entire set-up process extremely easy. And their pricing was extremely competitive — they even have a free version, which is such a valuable service to provide. I highly recommend!

    Negative: I can't think of anything I didn't like. Queue-fair exceeded all my expectations.

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  • Name: Yon Z.
    Job Title: ICT Development Coordinator
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Yearly
    Role: Administrator, Deployment
    Organization Size: 26 - 99
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Exceptional reliability and seamless integration

    Date: Mar 10 2026

    Summary: Queue-Fair exceeded all our expectations. It prevented any website downtime and ensured a smooth user experience throughout our event. It is a reliable, high-performance solution backed by an excellent support team. Highly recommended for anyone needing a professional virtual waiting room.

    Positive: The best part of Queue-Fair is its absolute accuracy and responsiveness. The real-time queue charts worked exactly as they should, providing total peace of mind during our high-traffic event. Additionally, the server-side adapter was incredibly easy to integrate with Drupal, and the testing phase was straightforward. Their customer support is also top-notch—very fast and direct.

    Negative: Honestly, we didn't encounter any issues. The platform is very robust and performed exactly as promised.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Youth Programs Manager
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Yearly
    Role: Administrator
    Organization Size: 5,000 - 9,999
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Queue

    Date: Mar 06 2026

    Summary: This is a great tool to handle large volumes of traffic. It's user friendly for both admin and clients.

    Positive: The pre-queue is great and allows us to customize messages and improve communication. The warnings are helpful on how many people to let through the door.

    Negative: Nothing comes to mind it suits our needs well and we have had a positive response from clients.

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  • Name: RoverPass Team -.
    Job Title: CSM
    Length of product use: Free Trial
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: Administrator, Deployment
    Organization Size: 26 - 99
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Smooth and Reliable Queue Solution in record time

    Edited: Mar 05 2026

    Summary: We recently used Queue-Fair for the first time, and it worked great. We needed to quickly set up a queue for one of our client’s reservation releases on very short notice, and Queue-Fair helped us get everything in place smoothly.

    The setup process was extremely easy and straightforward. The team was also very responsive — they scheduled a call with us to walk through everything and provided a technical guide in record time so we could implement it without delays.

    In the end, we barely needed support because the platform is very intuitive and easy to use. Both our team and our client were very satisfied with the results.

    Overall, it was a very positive experience, and because of how well it worked for us, we will definitely continue using it going forward.

    Positive: Extremely easy and quick to set up
    Very responsive and helpful support team
    Fast turnaround — provided a technical guide in record time
    Easy-to-use and intuitive platform
    Worked perfectly for managing a high-demand reservation release
    Both our team and our client were very satisfied with the results

    Negative: No issues so far; the platform was very straightforward to implement and use

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  • Name: Abdul K.
    Job Title: Director
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Yearly
    Role: User, Administrator, Deployment
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Amazing Queue-Fair Support for a Seamless, Stress-Free Shopify Drop

    Date: Feb 08 2026

    Summary: Queue-Fair solved one of my biggest concerns during high-demand drops from bots, traffic spikes, and potential website crashes. Instead of customers experiencing failed checkouts or site instability, they were placed into a fair, clear, and well-managed queue.

    This protected my Shopify store, ensured a smooth drop with no glitches, and created a calm and positive experience for both my team and my customers. It removed a huge amount of stress and gave me complete confidence that everything would work when it mattered most.

    Positive: My experience with Queue-Fair has been amazing. This was my first time integrating a queuing system with my Shopify store for a high-demand drop, and I was hesitant because bots are a huge issue in the TCG space. From the first call, the team listened to my concerns and challenges and understood that my priority was creating the best experience for my customers: a seamless, stress-free queue that would not crash under pressure.


    I’m not technical, but the team was happy to help with the full Shopify integration. We had a follow-up call where they double-checked everything, tested the setup in demo-live mode, and made sure it worked as expected. That level of support is priceless for someone without technical knowledge.


    They also joined us on a live call during our first drop to ensure everything ran smoothly, which made the entire experience feel calm and effortless. The dashboard is very easy to understand, and the demo I was shown early on made it clear how simple it would be to manage. Their support team is brilliant, always responsive, friendly, and happy to answer questions whenever I reached out.

    Negative: I genuinely don’t have any issues with Queue-Fair. If I had to suggest one improvement, it would be having a dedicated Shopify app that plugs directly into the platform for future integrations. That said, the current integration process was still very smooth thanks to the hands-on support from the team.

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  • Name: Daniel A.
    Job Title: CIO
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Yearly
    Role: Administrator, Deployment
    Organization Size: 500 - 999
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Queue-Fair saved the day: From chaos to order in hours

    Date: Dec 19 2025

    Summary: Outstanding experience. Queue-Fair saved us during a critical high-demand event regarding student registrations. We went from chaos to a perfectly orderly queue in less than 3 hours. The support is incredibly fast and effective—Matt helped us reactivate and deploy immediately. Highly recommended for anyone needing reliable and immediate traffic control.

    Positive: We were facing a chaotic situation with our student registration process due to extremely high demand. Queue-Fair completely saved us. It turned a messy process into an orderly queue, allowing us to process all registrations and resolve the situation in less than two hours.
    The support was magnificent. With just one email, Matt reactivated our service, and we were able to go into production in less than three hours. I couldn't be more grateful for the speed and efficiency.

    Negative: Nothing so far. The experience has been seamless.

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  • Name: Shareef H.
    Job Title: Engineering Projects Manager
    Length of product use: 6-12 Months
    Used How Often?: Yearly
    Role: User, Administrator
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Football flash crowd

    Date: Dec 16 2025

    Summary: great and beyond compared to competitors others support too slow, too expensive, not meeting requirement fully, nor enough customization and security

    Positive: Dashboard,
    is Real time, Smart, easy to use!

    Configurations and options
    exactly what needed

    Documentation
    Really handy and support is super! even on phone and whats app during weekends and holiday.

    Customization team
    They have team to do templating and other type of support, and advise!

    Sales
    Gives you the right plan with demonstration and try understand your needs to help you best!

    Negative: Possible improvement, Captcha Cloudflare. backend integration is a bit tricky for old tomcat 7 and java 8

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  • Name: Andrea L.
    Job Title: E-commerce
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 500 - 999
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Queue-Fair solved our issues!

    Date: Dec 11 2025

    Summary: Integrating Queue-Fair was surprisingly straightforward: quick installation, a solid, reliable solution that was truly easy to deploy.

    Positive: During peak traffic events, the service handled user volumes seamlessly, maintaining stability and consistent response times. A particularly interesting feature was the ability to perform 'live tuning' without any downtime or technical constraints: changes were applied in real-time and took effect immediately.

    Negative: nothing major as everything went well even activating the service after normal office hours.

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  • Name: Sam M.
    Job Title: SVP, Product
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: User, Administrator, Deployment
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Queue-Fair: Effortless Setup, Stellar Performance

    Date: Dec 02 2025

    Summary: I really appreciate that Queue-Fair just works and does everything we need without any unnecessary extra features. This straightforward functionality is something I value because it reduces complexity and potential points of failure. The software performs excellently for building queues in our event ticketing, especially during large high-volume sales, minimizing strain on our backend services. Moreover, the support from Queue-Fair is outstandingly quick, which provides reassurance that any queries or issues will be addressed promptly. Finally, I find the setup process of Queue-Fair to be incredibly easy. It’s as simple as copying and pasting the script into our HTML, and we had the added bonus of support from a Queue-Fair team member to walk us through the initial event setup, ensuring everything went smoothly.

    Positive: I use Queue-Fair to manage queues for our event ticketing software, especially for high-volume sales, solving bandwidth issues by controlling ticket purchases. The software is excellent, with quick support and easy setup, and despite the lack of extra features, it just works effectively. I would highly recommend it, giving it a 10 out of 10.

    Negative: There are no cons to using this product. It worked perfectly for our needs.

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  • Name: Mikkel M.
    Job Title: IT
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: Deployment
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    reliable, fair and easy to sue

    Date: Dec 02 2025

    Summary: Queue-Fair has transformed how we manage high-demand traffic. It prevents overload, ensures fairness for visitors, and integrates smoothly with our setup. Minor dashboard enhancements could make it even better, but overall, it’s a reliable, polished solution that gives peace of mind and excellent performance

    Positive: Queue-Fair keeps our website stable during high traffic, protecting servers and ensuring a smooth experience for all users. The setup is effortless, the virtual queue works seamlessly, and the real-time analytics provide clear insights. The system is flexible, customizable, and the support team is responsive and helpful

    Negative: Dashboard could offer more customizable at a glance views of key metrics

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  • Name: Randal B.
    Job Title: Owner
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Yearly
    Role: Administrator, Deployment
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Flawless Solution For Heavy Traffic Surges - Phenomenal Support

    Date: Nov 11 2025

    Summary: From start to finish, this is a well perfected platform that has every feature you'll ever need. Backed up by the most impressive support I've witnessed in years!

    Positive: Queue-Fair was very easy to integrate and the available 24/7 support was both reassuring and invaluable.
    Gave our website the ability to handle huge surges in traffic without any server overloads or crashes.

    Negative: Nothing to dislike, everything from integration to going live worked perfectly.

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  • Name: Bhanuka W.
    Job Title: Director
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User, Administrator
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Queue-Fair: A Seamless Solution for Managing Heavy Event Traffic

    Date: Oct 29 2025

    Summary: Queue-Fair has been an excellent solution for managing heavy traffic on TicketsMinistry during major event launches. It effectively prevented website crashes and ensured a smooth, fair queuing experience for users. The system was incredibly easy to implement, with a clean and user-friendly interface that made setup and monitoring effortless.

    Overall, we didn’t experience any drawbacks, Queue-Fair performed flawlessly and proved to be a reliable, efficient tool for handling large-scale traffic with confidence.

    Positive: We used Queue-Fair to manage heavy traffic for TicketsMinistry, and it worked perfectly. Instead of our site crashing under huge demand, the virtual queue handled everything smoothly. The user interface is clean, and implementation was simple and quick, making a huge difference during high-volume event launches. Highly recommend it for any platform expecting sudden traffic spikes!

    Negative: Overall, we didn’t experience any drawbacks or issues while using Queue-Fair. The system performed flawlessly from start to finish, efficiently managing massive spikes in traffic without a single disruption. Its clean interface, simple setup, and reliable performance made the entire process smooth and stress-free. We were genuinely impressed by how seamlessly it handled crowd control, keeping everything stable and fair throughout every event launch.

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