# Tickera review (2026): is it worth $99 a year?

> WordPress ticketing plugin with no per-ticket commission

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Tickera is a WordPress plugin for selling event tickets on your own site, with PDF tickets and QR or barcode check-in. It takes no commission on ticket sales: buyers pay into the organizer's own Stripe, PayPal or other gateway account, and the license fee is the only charge from Tickera. Reserved seating and many other features come as add-ons.

- **Category:** Event Ticketing
- **Made by:** Tickera (since 2012)
- **Website:** https://tickera.com/
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you don't use WordPress, as it runs only inside it.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Tickera is a paid product, starting at $99 per year at renewal, after a first year at $149.

- **Pricing model:** Paid
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Standard | $99 per year at renewal, after a first year at $149 | Core plugin: unlimited sites, events and tickets, 19 payment gateways, Checkinera apps. Year one includes a $50 activation fee; add-ons are extra. |
| Bundle | $149 per year at renewal, after a first year at $199 | Everything in Standard plus all 25 add-ons, including Seating Charts and Bridge for WooCommerce. Year one includes a $50 activation fee. |
| Lifetime | $399 one-time | Everything in Bundle with lifetime updates and priority support, future add-ons free, and the Checkinera iOS and Android source code. |

Read from https://tickera.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Tickera before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Lifetime license** (Lifetime license): A $399 one-time payment covers every add-on, lifetime updates and priority support, with no renewals. Source: https://tickera.com/pricing/

## Key features

- **Ticket sales on your own site:** A branded checkout runs on the organizer's WordPress domain, with PDF tickets and email receipts.
- **Payments straight to your account:** 19 gateways are built in, including Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net and Braintree. Bundle and Lifetime add Bridge for WooCommerce, which the page says unlocks Square, Klarna and more.
- **Checkinera check-in apps:** Free iOS and Android apps scan QR codes and barcodes, with offline mode and multi-staff scanning. Any handheld barcode scanner also works.
- **Seating charts:** Visual reserved seating is one of the 25 premium add-ons included in the Bundle and Lifetime plans.
- **Add-ons for forms and discounts:** Add-ons include custom forms, bulk discount codes, a speakers add-on, an event calendar and CSV export.
- **Integrations for payments and affiliates:** Mollie, Stripe Connect and AffiliateWP integrations are in the Bundle and Lifetime plans.

## Good for

- Organizers who already run a WordPress site
- Sellers who want no commission on each ticket
- Teams that want to rebrand the check-in app, via the Lifetime plan

## Worth knowing

- It runs only inside WordPress.
- Payment gateway fees still apply, typically about 2.9% + $0.30 with Stripe according to the vendor.
- Year-one prices include a $50 activation fee. Without an active license, Checkinera app scanning stops and scanning is limited to the WordPress admin.
- Standard has no seating charts or other premium add-ons; those need Bundle or Lifetime.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Tickera is a plugin that sells tickets on your own WordPress site, so it takes no commission, though card fees still apply. Seating charts and other add-ons need the Bundle or Lifetime license, and scanning stops if the license lapses.

- **Value for money: A.** $99 a year at renewal is about $8 a month, under 60% of the cheaper quarter's $20, and Lifetime is $399 once. Year one is $149, which includes a $50 activation fee.
- **Free plan and trial: F.** Nothing free: no free version and no trial are on record for this listing.
- **Features: C.** Ticket sales, payments straight to you, check-in apps and add-ons. But Standard has no seating charts, which need Bundle or Lifetime.
- **Ease of use: D.** No store rating on record. You need a WordPress site of your own to run it, which means hosting and setup.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** WordPress only, plus iPhone and Android scanning apps, with Stripe, PayPal, WooCommerce and Mollie.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Tickera's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among event ticketing platforms

- Tickera's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 12 of the 45 other event ticketing platforms we grade, and level with 6.
- It stands best on value for money (A, above 43 of 45) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $8.25 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $59.50 for the category: 0 of the 13 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 8 tools score higher and cost less.

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 Tickera you could make: qR codes. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 27 of the 45 other event ticketing platforms grade higher. It costs $99 a year.

- You could make: QR codes: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door.
- You could not: Scanning barcodes with a phone camera or a scanner.
- 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, Stripe, PayPal and Authorize.net among them.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net, Braintree, WooCommerce, Mollie, Square, AffiliateWP

**Tags:** Ticketing, Barcode scanning, QR codes, One-time purchase

## Alternatives

- [TicketSpice](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticketspice): Ticketing for events and attractions at a flat 99¢ per ticket. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/tickera-vs-ticketspice)
- [Ticket Tailor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticket-tailor): Event ticketing for a flat fee per ticket, with prepaid credits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/tickera-vs-ticket-tailor)
- [Eventbrite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/eventbrite): Ticketing and event marketplace, with fees usually paid by buyers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventbrite-vs-tickera)
- [Ticketor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticketor): Ticketing and box-office system with seating charts and your own site. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/tickera-vs-ticketor)
- [Purplepass](https://toolgpa.com/tools/purplepass): Ticketing with box-office apps and assigned seating. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/purplepass-vs-tickera)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://tickera.com/pricing/
- https://tickera.com/

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