Event Ticketing

Contents

1. 01WelcomeWhat these tools do, how many we grade and what to know before choosing
2. 02Our top threeThe three we'd look at first, and who each one suits
3. 03What they costWhat paid plans start at, the best buy at each budget and the free plans
4. 04The gradesThe highest graded, and how the whole category does on each subject
5. 05Keep or make?Which are worth paying for, and which you could make yourself
6. 06Every toolAll of them, best graded first, with what each costs
7. 07Quick answersThe questions people ask when choosing, each answered in a line or two
8. 08About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from each tool’s own pages, their app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on the Event Ticketing page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 18, 2026.

Sell tickets to your event, check people in at the door and get paid out quickly.

Before you choose, here are 7 things to know about event ticketing platforms, worked out from every one we grade.

1. 1

   We grade 12 event ticketing platforms

   11 of them are free or have a free plan, and 1 more let you try before paying. Everything in this guide comes from their own pages and our grades.

2. 2

   Paid plans start at $59 a month in the middle

   From $15 (Eventbrite) to $200 (Eventzilla), going by what each one's paid plans start at.

3. 3

   Best value: Eventbrite, Zeffy, TicketSpice and Ticket Tailor

   Nothing on our chart scores higher than these without costing more.

4. 4

   10 of 12 have iPhone and Android apps

   12 run in a web browser and 0 have a Windows app. Check the one you need before you fall for anything.

5. 5

   The middle GPA is 2.9

   6 score 3.0 or higher. The highest is Luma, at 3.2.

6. 6

   Best free option: Luma

   Luma has the highest GPA of the free ones, 3.2. Event pages and calendars for community events, free or paid.

7. 7

   12 worth keeping, 0 you could make

   By our keep-or-make rules, 12 do something you couldn't reasonably build yourself, 0 are simple enough to make with an AI app builder, and 0 are a close call.

Part 02 · Top three

Our top three

The three we'd look at first, and who each one suits

The three event ticketing platforms we'd look at first. First place suits the most people; second and third are the best picks for the people it leaves out. Each has an Insider's Guide of its own.

1. 1st

   

   3.0GPA

   Ticket Tailor

   Free

   For: Most people selling tickets to small and mid-sized events

   Ticket Tailor sells tickets to one-off, recurring and seated events with no subscription and no cut of the price. You pay a flat $0.85 a paid ticket plus VAT, or from $0.30 with prepaid credits, and can pass it to buyers as a booking fee: $170 on 200 tickets at $20. Free events cost nothing up to 5,000 tickets a year, money lands in your own Stripe, PayPal or Square account as you sell, and the iPhone and Android check-in app works offline and takes Tap to Pay at the door. Know the limits: that account's card fees come out of your sales on top (2.9% + $0.30 with Stripe in the US), each reserved seat uses an extra credit, and removing its branding costs $49 a month.

   The Ticket Tailor Insider’s Guide

2. 2nd

   

   3.0GPA

   Eventbrite

   Free plan · from $15/mo

   For: Organizers who want buyers to find them and to pay the fees

   Eventbrite lists your event on its own marketplace, where buyers browse local events, with reserved seating, timed entry, email campaigns, social ad tools and payouts before the event. Publishing is free and free events carry no fees. On paid tickets buyers pay by default: 3.7% + $1.79 a ticket plus 2.9% processing per order, or $506 on 200 tickets at $20 before processing. Its Organizer app for iPhone and iPad averages 4.8 from about 32,600 ratings. It is second because its fee is about three times Ticket Tailor's, whoever pays it; its pricing plans cover only the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Ireland, and more than 250 marketing emails a day needs Pro from $15 a month.

   The Eventbrite Insider’s Guide

3. 3rd

   

   3.2GPA

   Zeffy

   Free

   For: Nonprofits that want to keep the whole ticket price

   Zeffy sells tickets for nonprofits and takes nothing from them, not even card fees: 200 tickets at $20 pays out the full $4,000, in a weekly payout. Buyers are asked at checkout for an optional tip to Zeffy and can set it to zero. Ticket forms have group and members-only rates, add-ons and tax receipts, volunteers check people in from the app or a shared web page, and Tap to Pay takes card sales at the door, with donations, raffles and auctions alongside. It is third because only nonprofits can use it, and only in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland and Australia, with no seating charts or app integrations on record.

   The Zeffy Insider’s Guide

Going by our grades, Eventbrite, Zeffy, TicketSpice, Ticket Tailor and 2 more give the most for the money among event ticketing platforms: no tool on this chart scores higher without costing more.

Paid plans start at a middle price of $59 a month across the 3 that charge, from $15 (Eventbrite) to $200 (Eventzilla). 7 more cost nothing at all.

2 of the 10 score above the category's average while starting at or below its middle price. 1 cost more than the middle price and score below the average.

Every tool gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. Here are the 12 highest graded event ticketing platforms, then how the whole category does on each subject.

Tool	Value	Free	Features	Ease	Platforms	GPA
Luma	A	B	C	A	B	3.2
Zeffy	A	A	B	C	B	3.2
Billetto	B	A	B	C	B	3.0
Eventbrite	C	B	B	A	B	3.0
Humanitix	B	A	B	C	B	3.0
Ticket Tailor	B	A	B	C	B	3.0
TicketLeap	B	A	C	C	B	2.8
Tito	B	A	C	C	B	2.8
Eventzilla	C	B	B	C	B	2.6
TicketSpice	C	B	B	C	B	2.6
Universe	C	A	C	C	B	2.6
Accelevents	D	C	A	C	B	2.4

Some software does something you couldn’t reasonably build yourself. Some is simple enough that an AI app builder could make the core of it in an afternoon. Here’s where event ticketing platforms land, by the same rules for every tool.

• 12

  Keep it

  It does something you could not reasonably make for yourself, or it costs nothing.

• 0

  Your call

  You could make the core of it, and you would give something up.

• 0

  You could make this

  What it does is the kind of thing an AI app builder makes well, and it charges every month.

Every event ticketing platform we grade, with its GPA and what it costs. Each one has a page of its own on toolgpa.com, with its Insider’s Guide.

1. 1LumaFree plan · from $59/mo3.2
2. 2ZeffyFree3.2
3. 3BillettoFree3.0
4. 4EventbriteFree plan · from $15/mo3.0
5. 5HumanitixFree3.0
6. 6Ticket TailorFree3.0
7. 7TicketLeapFree2.8
8. 8TitoFree2.8
9. 9EventzillaFree plan · from $200/mo2.6
10. 10TicketSpiceFree2.6
11. 11UniverseFree plan2.6
12. 12AcceleventsFree trial · from $7,5002.4

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

• 2,281

  tools graded

• 73

  categories

• 426

  price changes on record

• 579

  apps priced in 12 countries