9 Eventbrite alternatives with lower fees (2026)

We picked platforms that sell paid tickets to the public, publish their fees, and cost less than Eventbrite in at least one common scenario. For each one we read the vendor's own pricing or help page on 1 October 2026 and computed the total cost of a 20 USD and a 50 USD ticket with US cards, using Stripe's US rate (2.9% + 0.30 USD) where processing is separate.

Disclosure: this list is published by the AnyEventTool team. To keep it useful, every entry, including AET, lists real cons, and we say plainly that none of these alternatives replaces Eventbrite's marketplace. Full arithmetic for three ticket scenarios is in ticket fees compared.

Notes: Humanitix lists its USD fee "plus applicable taxes", and for EUR it adds Stripe's card fees separately — check what applies in your currency. Billetto's fee is shown for euro tickets as published. Sources (checked 2026-10-01): eventbrite.com/organizer/pricing, zeffy.com/pricing, anyeventtool.com/en/pricing, luma.com/pricing, ti.to/pricing, hi.events/pricing, ticketspice.com/pricing, tickettailor.com/pricing, Humanitix help: booking fees, go.billetto.com/pricing, stripe.com/pricing.

Luma is free for free events, with polished pages, calendars and reminders by email, SMS, push and WhatsApp on the free plan. Paid tickets carry a 5% platform fee plus Stripe on the free plan; Luma Plus (59 USD a month billed annually) removes the platform fee and adds a check-in manager role, API access and Zapier. Luma also has discovery listings, which makes it the closest to Eventbrite in reach. Compare in detail: AET vs Luma.

Source: luma.com/pricing (checked 2026-10-01).

Ticket Tailor charges a flat fee per ticket instead of a percentage: 0.60 GBP + VAT pay-as-you-go, or from 0.22 GBP + VAT with prepaid credits. Up to 5,000 free tickets a year carry no fee, registered charities get 50% off, and the check-in app is free. Seating charts cost an extra credit per reserved seat. On a 150 USD ticket the flat fee is negligible; on a 10 USD ticket it is not.

Source: tickettailor.com/pricing (checked 2026-10-01).

Tito charges 3% per paid ticket (2.5% for charity, community and non-profit events, on application), capped at 25 EUR per ticket, with Stripe or PayPal fees on top. Free events are free. Its check-in works on web, iOS and Android, with a badge app. It has no reserved seating: seat numbers can only be added as ticket metadata.

Sources: ti.to/pricing, Tito help: check-ins, Tito help: seating (checked 2026-10-01).

Humanitix is a not-for-profit ticketing platform: profits from booking fees fund impact projects. Free tickets have no fees. Paid tickets carry a booking fee passed to the buyer by default: 5% + 1.29 USD in the US (3.9% + 1.29 USD for not-for-profits), 2.1% + 0.99 EUR plus Stripe card fees in euro markets, and 5.6% + 0.55 GBP including VAT in the UK. It has a seating map builder and a host app that works offline.

Sources: Humanitix help: booking fees, Humanitix help: seating, Humanitix help: host app (checked 2026-10-01).

Hi.Events is open-source ticketing. The hosted version charges 1.25% + 0.60 USD per paid ticket, paid by the buyer by default; free events cost nothing. You can self-host it for free under AGPL-3.0 as long as the "Powered by Hi.Events" link stays visible, or buy a commercial licence. There is no reserved seating, and check-in runs from a link on any phone.

Sources: hi.events/pricing, hi.events/venue-ticketing (checked 2026-10-01).

TicketSpice charges 0.99 USD per ticket plus payment processing at 2.9% + 0.30 USD; tickets of 5 USD or less cost 0.49 USD. Free events are free if you also run paid events with them. A simple, predictable model for US organizers.

Source: ticketspice.com/pricing (checked 2026-10-01).

Billetto charges the ticket buyer 3.99% + 0.90 EUR per ticket, and the organizer can choose to absorb it. There are no monthly or setup fees. A fit for European organizers who prefer the Eventbrite-style "buyer pays" model at a lower rate.

Source: go.billetto.com/pricing (checked 2026-10-01).

Zeffy says its price is 0 USD and that it covers transaction and card fees for nonprofits, relying on optional tips from donors. It is built only for nonprofits, so it is not an option for businesses or individuals.

Source: zeffy.com/pricing (checked 2026-10-01).

AET takes 0% on every plan: guests pay into the organizer's own Stripe or plata by mono account, so the only cost is processing. Around the ticket you get an event page with an AI poster, registration, seat maps with a hall designer, QR check-in in the phone browser, a live quiz, calendars, a merch shop and a consent-based community. Free costs 0 USD with 3 new events a month; Pro is 19 USD a month.

Honest limits: no marketplace, no native apps, no REST API or Zapier yet, and you need your own merchant account and handle receipts and refunds yourself. How it works: how to sell event tickets without platform fees; head to head: AET vs Eventbrite.

Source: anyeventtool.com/en/pricing (checked 2026-10-01).

• Discovery is your main channel. If many buyers find you on Eventbrite, its fee pays for reach none of the alternatives offers.
• You cannot open a merchant account. Eventbrite collects money for you; most alternatives need your own Stripe or similar.
• You rely on its apps and integrations. Switching costs time; do it at the start of a season, not mid-sale.

A practical middle ground: keep listing on Eventbrite for discovery and sell to your existing audience through a cheaper tool. In Ukraine, see ticket-selling services in Ukraine.