The Hi.Events Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Hi.Events in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Hi.Events
The Insider’s Guide
Open-source event ticketing with a hosted or self-run option
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among event ticketing platforms, read from Hi.Events’s own pages.
Made by Hi.Events Ltd. · checked Nov 13, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Hi.Events’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Hi.Events’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 13, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.8
GPA, above 61 of the 79 other event ticketing platforms we grade
Hi.Events is an event ticketing platform that can be used as a hosted service or run on your own servers, since the code is open source under the AGPL. The hosted version has no monthly fee and charges a small fee on each paid ticket, with payouts going to your own Stripe account. Every feature is on every account; paid options remove branding or unlock a self-hosted licence.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Hi.Events, taken from its own pages and our grades.
You connect your own Stripe account to get paid.
- 1
Best for open-source ticketing with a hosted option
Hi.Events is open-source ticketing with a hosted account that has no monthly fee and takes 1.25% + $0.60 per paid ticket.
- 2
Paid plans start at $28 a month when paid by the year
As its pricing page puts it: $33.99 per month to remove branding, or $335.99 per year.
- 3
There is a free plan
Hosted account at no monthly fee with every feature; paid tickets cost 1.25% + $0.60 each, and free events cost nothing.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Ticketing and checkout
Unlimited events and ticket types, an embeddable checkout widget, promo codes, affiliate tracking, and your own service fees and taxes.
- 6
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.
- 7
Reserved seating
Draw a venue once, price it by section, and let buyers choose their own seats. Marked early access on the pricing page.
- 8
A 2.8 GPA, above 61 of 79
That is against the other event ticketing platforms we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
Nothing Hi.Events does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 5 things listed below take a company.
Hi.Events at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $33.99 per month to remove branding, or $335.99 per year
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Hi.Events Ltd.
- Category
- Event Ticketing
- Our grade
- 2.8 GPA, good
The report card
Best for open-source ticketing with a hosted option
Hi.Events is open-source ticketing with a hosted account that has no monthly fee and takes 1.25% + $0.60 per paid ticket. Removing its branding is $33.99 a month, and reserved seating and the box office are still early access.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B | No 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. |
| Free plan and trial | A | The hosted account has every feature with no monthly fee, and free events cost nothing. A self-hosted edition is free too. |
| Features | C | Ticketing, QR check-in, team access and an API. Reserved seating and the box office are marked early access. |
| Ease of use | C | No store rating on record. You connect your own Stripe account to get paid. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web, with Stripe, an API, and connections to Claude and ChatGPT. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Hi.Events is for
- 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
Who it is not for
- 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
Good to know
Good for
- Organizers who want low per-ticket fees and no monthly plan
- Teams that want to self-host an open-source ticketing system
- Conferences, classes and small festivals with door sales
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$28
A month to start, paid by the year. There is a free plan too
Hi.Events has a free plan. Paid plans start at $33.99 per month to remove branding, or $335.99 per year.
The hosted account has every feature with no monthly fee, and free events cost nothing.
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.
The free plan
Hosted account at no monthly fee with every feature; paid tickets cost 1.25% + $0.60 each, and free events cost nothing.
Read from hi.events on Nov 13, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on hi.eventsNonprofit
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.
Stated on hi.events
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Open-source event ticketing with a hosted or self-run option. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: open source, self-hostable, public API, AI features, ticketing.
Ticketing, QR check-in, team access and an API.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Stripe
- Claude
- ChatGPT
Hi.Events is made by Hi.Events Ltd.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
61/79
Other event ticketing platforms it is graded above
Hi.Events's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 61 of the 79 other event ticketing platforms we grade, and level with 8.
It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 68 of 79) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $28 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $50 for the category: 7 of the 22 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 9 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 80 event ticketing platforms we grade, cut by the letter each got. Hi.Events’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 56 of 79
- AFree plan and trialAbove 68 of 79
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 79
- CEase of useAbove 4 of 79
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 20 of 79
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 36 event ticketing platforms. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Hi.Events is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
Nothing Hi.Events does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 5 things listed below take a company.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 61 of the 79 other event ticketing platforms we grade. It costs $335.99 a year. Hi.Events is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.
What you could not
- Selling tickets and checking them at the door.
- It plugs into other products, Stripe, Claude and ChatGPT among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- Hooks into the device itself: widgets.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on.
What this rests on. Hi.Events’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
pretix, Ticket Tailor, Eventbrite, Tito and Eventyay
The 5 tools Hi.Events is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 3.0GPA
pretix
Free plan · from €499/yr
Open-source ticket shop, hosted or on your own server.
- Only pretix lists iOS, Android, Windows and Linux apps.
- pretix also covers reports.
- 3.0GPA
Ticket Tailor
Free
Event ticketing for a flat fee per ticket, with prepaid credits.
- Only Ticket Tailor lists iOS and Android apps.
- Hi.Events is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Ticket Tailor also covers reports and email campaigns.
- 3.0GPA
Eventbrite
Free plan · from $15/mo
Ticketing and event marketplace, with fees usually paid by buyers.
- Only Eventbrite lists iOS and Android apps.
- Hi.Events is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Eventbrite also covers reports and email campaigns.
- 2.8GPA
Tito
Free
Ticketing for conferences and meetups, for 3% of each ticket.
- Only Tito lists iOS and Android apps.
- Hi.Events is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Tito also covers reports.
- 2.4GPA
Eventyay
Free
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Hi.Events free?
Hi.Events has a free plan. Hosted account at no monthly fee with every feature; paid tickets cost 1.25% + $0.60 each, and free events cost nothing.
How much does Hi.Events cost?
Hi.Events lists 4 plans. Hosted: $0.
What platforms does Hi.Events work on?
Hi.Events is available on Web.
Does Hi.Events offer any discounts?
Hi.Events publicly lists the following: Branding removal cheaper when billed yearly; Licence discounts for non-profits and education.
Does Hi.Events have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Hi.Events is listed for Web.
Does Hi.Events have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Hi.Events is listed for Web.
Is Hi.Events open source?
Yes. Hi.Events is open source, according to its own site.
Does Hi.Events have an API?
Yes. Hi.Events offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Hi.Events integrate with?
Hi.Events's listing names Stripe, Claude and ChatGPT. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Who makes Hi.Events?
Hi.Events is made by Hi.Events Ltd.
What are the alternatives to Hi.Events?
The closest alternatives to Hi.Events in our directory are pretix, Ticket Tailor, Eventbrite, Tito and Eventyay.
How does Hi.Events compare with other event ticketing platforms?
Hi.Events's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 61 of the 79 other event ticketing platforms we grade, and level with 8.
Is Hi.Events good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Hi.Events B for value for money. Its paid plans start at $28 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $50 for the category: 7 of the 22 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Hi.Events?
Nothing Hi.Events does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 5 things listed below take a company.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Hi.Events’s own pages on Nov 13, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 13, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Hi.Events's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Hi.Events Ltd. Prices change, so check hi.events before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
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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.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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What else is on toolgpa.com
- Hi.Events, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/hi-events
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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