pretix vs Tito (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, pretix grades higher than Tito: 3.0 against 2.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
pretix grades higher on features and platforms. Tito grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
pretix
Open-source ticket shop, hosted or on your own server
Which one is for you
Pick pretix if
- Fits if you run a business or non-profit and want a ticket shop you control
- Works for teams with a server who want the free Community edition
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you are an individual: hosted is for businesses and similar bodies
- Tight if you sell many free tickets, as those past 500 a year cost €0.50 each
- Watch out: fees are in euros, billed monthly and quoted without VAT
- Pricey if you want paid modules on hosted, such as €25 per exhibitor for lead scanning
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
| 3.0GPApretixVery good | 2.8GPATitoGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BHosted has no monthly fee and the first 500 free tickets a year cost nothing. Self-hosted paid tiers start at €499 a year. Hosted per-ticket rates aren't on the listing. | 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 | BHosted has no monthly fee, and the Community edition is free to run on your own server. But the hosted service refuses personal users. | 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 | BCustomisable shop, check-in, box office and kiosks, exhibitor lead scanning, reports and a REST API. Some extras, such as lead scanning, cost €25 per exhibitor. | 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. A shop has to be built, and the Community edition needs your own server. | 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 | AWeb, iPhone, Android, Windows and Linux, with PayPal, Stripe, Mollie, HubSpot and a REST API. | 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 ticket shop, hosted or your own | 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: pretix and Tito. How we grade
Price against what you get
pretix starts at about $46.46 a month and scores 3.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Tito has no paid plan and scores 2.3.
pretix scores higher, and starts $46.46 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other event ticketing platforms on the chart, 1 scores higher than pretix 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
- pretix is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
At a glance
| pretix | Tito | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free |
| Starts at | €499 per year, self-hosted, up to 10,000 orders a year | Free |
| Free plan | The hosted service has no monthly fee and no charge for the first 500 free tickets per calendar year; the Community edition is free open-source software you host yourself. | 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 | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | pretix GmbH | Team Tito Limited |
| Price read from | pretix.eu | ti.to |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
pretix
- The hosted service is for businesses and similar entities such as non-profits and associations; the pricing page says personal users cannot use it.
- Free tickets beyond the 500-a-year quota cost €0.50 each on hosted, and the quota grows with every paid ticket.
- Hosted fees are billed monthly by invoice and are quoted excluding VAT; fees are in euros, and other currencies are converted.
- Paid modules on hosted: Peppol and Italy or Portugal e-invoicing at €0.20 per invoice, and lead scanning at €25 per exhibitor.
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
pretix
- Customizable ticket shop
- A hosted or self-run shop with individual tickets, discount and voucher options and a choice of payment providers such as PayPal, Stripe and Mollie.
- Check-in and access control
- The pretixSCAN app runs on Android and iOS and works both online and offline, so scanning continues without a connection.
- Box office and kiosks
- pretixPOS is a cash register app for on-site sales and pretixKIOSK turns a device into a ticket vending machine.
- Exhibitor lead scanning
- pretixLEAD lets exhibitors scan attendees' badges for leads. The hosted service bills €25 per exhibitor who scans at least one lead.
- Reports and REST API
- Exports and full API access are included in every edition, and the company publishes REST API documentation.
- Hardware rental
- The company also rents event hardware for scanning and point of sale.
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
pretix
pretix Hosted€0
No monthly fee. 2.5% of the ticket price excl. taxes, at most €15 per ticket, plus payment provider fees. Free tickets: first 500 a year are free.
Community€0
Free open-source edition under AGPLv3 with additional terms. You host it yourself, with unlimited ticket volume and email support.
Enterprise Starter€499
per year, self-hosted, up to 10,000 orders and €30,000 revenue
Self-hosted license with 3 plugin license points. Price rises with volume: €2,000 for up to 50,000 orders and €150,000 revenue.
Enterprise Professional€750
per year, self-hosted, up to 10,000 orders and €30,000 revenue
Self-hosted license with 10 plugin license points.
Enterprise Ultimate€950
per year, self-hosted, up to 10,000 orders and €30,000 revenue
Self-hosted license with 20 plugin license points.
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
pretix
- Nonprofit
Lower hosted fees for non-profits
Non-profit and charity organizations pay 2.0% of the ticket price (maximum €15) and €0.10 per free ticket on pretix Hosted, after contacting the company.
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, pretix or Tito?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Tito is cheaper to start with: it is free, against about $46.46 a month for pretix. pretix starts at €499 per year, self-hosted, up to 10,000 orders a year, and Tito is free.
Which has a free plan, pretix or Tito?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both pretix and Tito have a free plan.
Which platforms do pretix and Tito run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only pretix lists Windows and Linux apps. Both list a web app and iOS and Android apps. 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.