# Quicket review (2026): is the free plan enough? > South African ticketing platform with no cost to list an event Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Quicket is a ticketing platform and event marketplace that began in South Africa and has sites for several other countries. Creating an account and listing an event is free; fees apply when Quicket processes paid ticket sales. Organizers can also use optional services such as field staff, equipment hire, printed tickets and SMS. - **Category:** Event Ticketing - **Made by:** Quicket - **Website:** https://www.quicket.co.za - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you sell outside South Africa, as the published rates are South African standard rates. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Quicket has a free plan. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Creating an account and listing an event is free; free-only events pay no commission. Fees apply on paid tickets. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Pay per event | $0 | Rates in rand: 2.4% commission, 2.5% payment processing (both ex VAT) and a R7.50 booking fee per ticket, which the buyer or organizer can pay. | Read from https://help.quicket.com/portal/en/kb/articles/how-quicket-fees-work on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Quicket before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **2% commission for qualifying NPOs and PBOs** (Nonprofit): Quicket's fee article lists a reduced commission of 2% ex VAT for qualifying nonprofit and public benefit organizations. Source: https://help.quicket.com/portal/en/kb/articles/how-quicket-fees-work ## Key features - **Free event listing:** An account and event listing cost nothing, and events with only free tickets incur no Quicket commission. - **Flexible fee payer:** The fixed per-ticket booking fee can be paid by the ticket buyer or absorbed by the organizer. - **Payouts after fees:** When Quicket collects the funds, organizer fees are deducted from event proceeds before payout; with your own payment provider it may invoice you instead. - **Optional on-site services:** Field Services staff, equipment hire, printed tickets and SMS messaging are offered as extra paid services. - **Reduced rate for nonprofits:** Qualifying NPOs and PBOs are listed at a lower 2% commission, ex VAT. ## Good for - South African organizers who want to pay only when tickets sell - Nonprofits eligible for the reduced commission - Free events, which carry no commission ## Worth knowing - The published rates are South African standard rates in rand, and the vendor says rates vary by agreement, product, currency and country. - Commission and payment processing are both charged ex VAT, so VAT is added on top. - Refund processing, SMS, printed tickets and equipment hire can add further charges. - The main site pages are script-rendered, so features beyond fees were not readable here. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Quicket is a South African ticketing platform where listing an event costs nothing and free-only events pay no commission. On paid tickets it takes 2.4% commission, 2.5% processing and R7.50 a ticket, before VAT. - **Value for money: C.** 2.4% commission, 2.5% processing and a R7.50 booking fee per ticket, all before VAT, so it lands in the middle. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Listing is free and free events pay no commission, though fees apply to every paid ticket. - **Features: C.** Event listing, a choice of who pays the fee, payouts and optional on-site services. Features beyond fees could not be read. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You set up each event yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with no integrations listed and no phone apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Quicket's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. Its fees page needed JavaScript and gave no readable text, so the pricing check rests on the listing. ## Where it stands among event ticketing platforms - Quicket's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 36 of the 79 other event ticketing platforms we grade, and level with 2. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 43 of 79) and worst on features (C, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/event-ticketing ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Quicket you would be making texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. - You could not: Texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. - You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Ticketing, SMS marketing ## Alternatives - [Howler](https://toolgpa.com/tools/howler): South African ticketing, RFID cashless payments and access control. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/howler-vs-quicket) - [Ticket Fairy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticketfairy): Ticketing and event operations for festivals, clubs and venues. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/quicket-vs-ticketfairy) - [Eventbrite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/eventbrite): Ticketing and event marketplace, with fees usually paid by buyers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventbrite-vs-quicket) - [Billetto](https://toolgpa.com/tools/billetto): European ticketing marketplace with ads you pay for per sale. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/billetto-vs-quicket) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://help.quicket.com/portal/en/kb/articles/how-quicket-fees-work - https://www.quicket.co.za Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/quicket Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).