# SimpleTix review (2026): is it worth paying for? > Per-ticket event ticketing with reserved seating and season passes Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. SimpleTix sells tickets for events, venues and attractions with no setup or monthly fee: the organizer pays a fee on each paid ticket and can pass it to buyers. Every organizer gets the same features, including general admission, reserved seating, season tickets, box office sales and QR check-in. Payments go through Square, Stripe, PayPal or Authorize.net. - **Category:** Event Ticketing - **Made by:** SimpleTix - **Website:** https://www.simpletix.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Watch out: your processor's fee is charged separately, 2.9% + 30 cents in the page's own example. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, SimpleTix is a paid product. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Online sales | $0 | No setup or monthly fee. 79¢ + 2% per ticket sold online, capped at $9.99 a ticket; tickets of $5 or less pay a flat 25¢. | | In-person / box office | $0 | A flat 25¢ per ticket sold at the box office or gate; free general admission tickets cost nothing. | | Season tickets | $0 | 79¢ + 2% per ticket in the pass, charged on the total season pass value. | Read from https://www.simpletix.com/pricing.php on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with SimpleTix before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Reduced fee for 501(c)(3) nonprofits** (Nonprofit): Eligible nonprofits get 71¢ + 2% per online ticket after sending proof of status; an FAQ on the same page describes it as 10% off the platform fee. Source: https://www.simpletix.com/pricing.php ## Key features - **General admission and reserved seating:** Sell either, with seating charts built for free and the same seat assignable across all dates of a season pass. - **Season and flex passes:** Bundle several dates or performances into one pass, priced per ticket in the pass. - **Box office app:** An organizer app for iOS and Android sells tickets in person with Square and Stripe readers, Tap to Pay and Star Bluetooth printers. - **QR code check-in:** Scan tickets for check-in, with email blasts, reminders and reporting included on every plan. - **Fee choices:** Pass all fees to buyers, add a custom fee for facility or fundraising charges, or absorb all fees. - **Several processors:** Works with Square, Stripe, PayPal and Authorize.net, with a currency picker for USD, GBP, CAD, AUD and EUR. ## Good for - Theaters, farms, attractions and drive-ins - Organizers who want fees only on paid tickets - Nonprofits wanting a reduced service fee ## Worth knowing - Payment processing is charged separately by your processor (the page's example uses 2.9% + 30¢). - Fees for non-Square, non-Stripe, non-PayPal processors are billed to your card on the 1st of the next month. - Reserved seating free tickets cost 25¢ each; free general admission tickets are fee-free. - Multi-day or multi-event time tickets cannot be made free without a quote. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. SimpleTix charges 79 cents + 2% per ticket sold online, capped at $9.99, with no monthly fee, and a flat 25 cents at the door. Your processor's fees are billed on top, and free reserved-seat tickets still cost 25 cents each. - **Value for money: B.** No monthly fee: 79 cents + 2% per ticket, capped at $9.99, and 25 cents for in-person sales. That sits in the cheaper quarter for most ticket prices. - **Free plan and trial: B.** No plan to pay for, and free general admission tickets carry no fee. Reserved free tickets cost 25 cents each. - **Features: B.** General admission, reserved seating, season passes, box office app, QR check-in and reporting. Nothing in the core job is missing. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You build the event and, for seating, a chart. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web with iOS and Android organizer apps, Square and Stripe readers, and PayPal and Authorize.net. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from SimpleTix's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among event ticketing platforms - SimpleTix'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 value for money (B, above 56 of 79) and worst on ease of use (C, above 4). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/event-ticketing ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of SimpleTix you could make: qR codes and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. 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. - You could make: QR codes and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Square, Stripe and PayPal among them. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Square, Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net, Zapier, Salesforce, Zoom **Tags:** Ticketing, QR codes, Reports ## Alternatives - [TicketSpice](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticketspice): Ticketing for events and attractions at a flat 99¢ per ticket. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/simpletix-vs-ticketspice) - [TicketLeap](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticketleap): Self-service ticketing with fees buyers can cover in full. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/simpletix-vs-ticketleap) - [Eventbrite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/eventbrite): Ticketing and event marketplace, with fees usually paid by buyers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventbrite-vs-simpletix) - [Humanitix](https://toolgpa.com/tools/humanitix): Event ticketing run as a charity that gives its profits away. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/humanitix-vs-simpletix) - [Brushfire](https://toolgpa.com/tools/brushfire): Ticketing and registration for attractions, schools and churches. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/brushfire-vs-simpletix) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.simpletix.com/pricing.php - https://www.simpletix.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/simpletix Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).