Hi.Events vs Tito (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Hi.Events and Tito share a 2.8 GPA, both have a free plan, and Tito has no paid plan to buy, against $28 a month when paid by the year for Hi.Events.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Hi.Events
Open-source event ticketing with a hosted or self-run option
Which one is for you
Pick Hi.Events if
- Fits if you sell few tickets and want no monthly bill
- Makes sense if you can run your own server and want the open-source edition
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you want your own branding, as removing the label costs $33.99 a month
- Skip it if you need reserved seating today, since it is early access
- Watch out: payouts go through your own Stripe account and Stripe's fees are charged on top
- Watch out: self-hosting is free, but seating, box office and SSO on your own server need a licence
Pick Tito if
- Fits if you run a tech or developer conference and want checkout on your own site
- Works for charity and community events, which pay 2.5% instead of 3%
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want buyers to pay the booking fee on top of the ticket
- Skip it if you need reserved seats or sales at the door
- Watch out: fees are charged in euros, and Stripe or PayPal processing comes on top of the 3%
- Tight if you can't add code to your site, as the embedded checkout needs a snippet
- Pricey if you run invitation-only events, as Tito Pro starts at €99 a month and has a waiting list
How we grade them
| 2.8GPAHi.EventsGood | 2.8GPATitoGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BNo monthly fee, but each paid ticket costs 1.25% + $0.60, Stripe's processing fees come on top, and removing branding is $33.99 a month. | B3% of each paid ticket, so 200 tickets at $20 costs you $120 a month, with Stripe or PayPal fees on top that we haven't counted. You pay it, since Tito won't add it for buyers, and it's billed in euros. Among the lowest fees here at this size. |
| Free plan and trial | AThe hosted account has every feature with no monthly fee, and free events cost nothing. A self-hosted edition is free too. | ANo subscription or setup fee, and every feature is included whatever you sell. Free events cost nothing, so a meetup that never charges never pays a thing. |
| Features | CTicketing, QR check-in, team access and an API. Reserved seating and the box office are marked early access. | CEmbedded checkout, waitlists, secret and invoice tickets, discount codes, pages in 15 languages and check-in apps cover a conference. But there's no reserved seating or selling at the door on record, and the fee can't be passed to buyers. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You connect your own Stripe account to get paid. | CNo App Store rating on record. You connect Stripe or PayPal and build an event page, and putting the checkout on your own site takes a snippet of code: easy for developers, less so for everyone else. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with Stripe, an API, and connections to Claude and ChatGPT. | BWeb, plus iPhone and Android check-in apps, with Stripe, PayPal, Google Tag Manager, Facebook, webhooks and a full read and write API. No desktop app, which an A needs. |
| Best for | open-source ticketing with a hosted option | tech conferences and meetups |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Hi.Events and Tito. How we grade
Price against what you get
Hi.Events starts at $28 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Tito has no paid plan and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Tito starts $28 a month lower. Of the other event ticketing platforms on the chart, 9 score higher than Hi.Events for less, and none scores higher than Tito for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Hi.Events is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Tito also covers reports.
At a glance
| Hi.Events | Tito | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free |
| Starts at | $33.99 per month to remove branding, or $335.99 per year | Free |
| Free plan | Hosted account at no monthly fee with every feature; paid tickets cost 1.25% + $0.60 each, and free events cost nothing. | No subscription or setup fee, and every feature is included. Free events cost nothing; paid tickets cost 3% each (2.5% for charity, nonprofit and community events) plus Stripe or PayPal fees. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Hi.Events Ltd. | Team Tito Limited |
| Price read from | hi.events | ti.to |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Hi.Events
- Paid-ticket payouts go through your own Stripe account, and Stripe's processing fees are charged on top.
- Reserved seating and the box office are marked early access, and company SSO is on request.
- Self-hosting is free, but reserved seating, box office and SSO on your own server need a licence.
- Removing the Powered by Hi.Events branding costs $33.99 a month or $335.99 a year.
Tito
- Tito keeps 3% of each paid ticket (2.5% for charity and community events), capped at €25 a ticket, plus Stripe or PayPal fees (2.9% + 30¢ with Stripe in the US).
- Fees cannot be passed to buyers as a separate booking fee; Tito suggests building them into the ticket price.
- Tito's fees are charged in euros: taken from each Stripe or PayPal payment, or billed monthly to a card for pay-by-invoice tickets.
- Tito Pro, a separate white-label product for invitation-only events, starts at €99 a month and has a waiting list.
Key features
Hi.Events
- Ticketing and checkout
- Unlimited events and ticket types, an embeddable checkout widget, promo codes, affiliate tracking, and your own service fees and taxes.
- QR check-in
- Door staff check guests in with a link and no install, by camera scan, USB scanner or name search, with a live count per door list.
- Reserved seating
- Draw a venue once, price it by section, and let buyers choose their own seats. Marked early access on the pricing page.
- Box office
- Staff sell at the door from a browser, taking cash or cards on Stripe readers paid into your own Stripe account. Marked early access.
- AI assistant connection
- Connect Claude or ChatGPT to find attendees, resend tickets or pull sales figures by asking.
- Team access and API
- View-only and per-event team access, required two-factor sign-in, single sign-on on request, and a REST API.
Tito
- Embeddable checkout widget
- Two lines of code put the full checkout on your own site; the ticket list is injected as HTML rather than an iframe, so it can be styled with your own CSS.
- Event pages and dashboard
- Hosted event pages, team accounts with control over who sees financial data, sales reports, custom attendee questions and exports to CSV.
- Check-in apps
- Native iOS and Android apps, or a web app on any device, scan QR codes or search attendees by name on the day.
- Ticket options
- Secret tickets, donation tickets, discount codes, waiting lists, pay-by-invoice tickets and messages to attendees from inside Tito.
- Multilingual event pages
- Event pages can be shown in attendees' own language, with automatic translations in 15 languages so far.
- REST API and webhooks
- A full read and write Admin API, a Check-in API and webhooks for pushing registrations to other systems, plus Google Tag Manager and Facebook plugins.
Plans
Hi.Events
Hosted$0
No monthly fee or contract. Fee of 1.25% + $0.60 per paid ticket, paid by the buyer by default or absorbed by you.
Branding removal$33.99
per month for the whole account ($335.99 billed yearly)
Removes the Powered by Hi.Events label from pages, checkout, widgets, tickets and emails. Plus tax where it applies.
Self-hosted (AGPL)$0
Open source edition you run on your own servers, with no platform fees.
Self-hosted licence€249
per year for the first €10k of ticket sales
Annual licence priced by ticket sales: €12 per €1,000 from €10k to €30k, falling to €5.50 above €1.5M.
Tito
Free events$0
No charge for events with free tickets.
Tito fees$0
No subscription. The organizer pays 3% of each paid ticket, capped at €25 a ticket, plus Stripe or PayPal processing; it cannot be added on for buyers.
Charity, community & non-profit$0
A 2.5% fee per paid ticket for charity, nonprofit or community events with no commercial affiliation, on application.
Ways to pay less
Hi.Events
- Annual discount
Branding removal cheaper when billed yearly
Removing the branding is $335.99 a year instead of $33.99 a month, the yearly price the pricing page lists.
- Nonprofit
Licence discounts for non-profits and education
The self-hosted licence page says discounts exist for non-profits, education, early-stage startups and PPP-eligible countries, on request.
Tito
- Nonprofit
2.5% fee for charity and community events
Charity, nonprofit and community organizations with no commercial affiliation pay 2.5% per ticket instead of 3%, by applying through a form.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Hi.Events or Tito?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Tito is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $28 a month when paid by the year for Hi.Events. Hi.Events starts at $33.99 per month to remove branding, or $335.99 per year, and Tito is free.
Which has a free plan, Hi.Events or Tito?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Hi.Events and Tito have a free plan.
Which platforms do Hi.Events and Tito run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Tito lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.