# Ticket Fairy review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Ticketing and event operations for festivals, clubs and venues

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

Ticket Fairy is a ticketing platform for festival, nightlife, venue and conference organizers. It sells tickets, runs door check-in and payouts, and adds referral rewards for buyers. Organizers connect their own Stripe account, and buyers pay a per-ticket fee unless the organizer folds it into the price.

- **Category:** Event Ticketing
- **Made by:** Ticket Fairy (since 2011)
- **Website:** https://www.ticketfairy.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Pricey if buyers see fees: the default is 10% under $100, 9% from $100 and 8% from $250.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Ticket Fairy has a free plan, and paid plans start at $20 per month ($17 per month billed yearly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Unlimited events and team members, ticket sales, box office, website builder and limited Fai AI usage, with a buyer-paid fee per ticket.
- **Free trial:** 30-day free trial of Plus; card required, includes $50 of Fai usage.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Whole platform with no monthly fee; buyers pay a fee on each paid ticket (US: 10% under $100, $2 minimum under $20). |
| Plus | $17 per month, billed yearly ($20 billed monthly) | Adds $20 of Fai usage a month, your own domains and your own ticketing fee on top of Ticket Fairy's. |
| Pro | $85 per month, billed yearly ($100 billed monthly) | Everything in Plus with $100 of Fai usage a month; a $200 a month usage tier is also offered. |
| Business | $425 per month, billed yearly ($500 billed monthly) | Three brands sharing $500 of Fai usage a month; extra brands are $100 a month each. |

Read from https://www.ticketfairy.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Ticket Fairy before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save about 15% on paid plans billed yearly** (Annual discount): Plus is $17 a month billed yearly against $20 monthly; Pro $85 against $100; Business $425 against $500. Source: https://www.ticketfairy.com/pricing

## Key features

- **Ticketing and checkout:** General admission, reserved seats, timed entry, payment plans, add-ons and merchandise sell from one checkout that can sit on your own site.
- **Referral rewards:** Buyers get a personal link and earn cash back when friends buy through it. The vendor cites a 20% average lift in sales.
- **Door check-in and box office:** Door staff scan tickets with the Entry Fairy app, and the platform covers box office sales and wallet passes.
- **Payouts through your Stripe account:** Connect your own Stripe account and ticket money is paid out daily while the event is still on sale.
- **Fai AI assistant:** Builds events, changes ticket types, answers questions about sales and drafts campaigns. Heavier usage is prepaid on a plan.
- **Marketing integrations:** Buyers who opt in at checkout can join a Mailchimp or Klaviyo audience, and paid orders can be sent to Laylo and Hive.

## Good for

- Festival, club night and concert promoters
- Organizers who want no monthly fee to start
- Teams that want ticketing and production planning in one place

## Worth knowing

- Buyers pay the ticketing fee by default; the US schedule is 10% under $100, 9% from $100 and 8% from $250.
- Paid plans are mostly prepaid Fai usage; ticketing fees reduce that bill rather than replacing it.
- The pages read name the Entry Fairy app, but do not say which phone platforms it runs on.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Ticket Fairy has a free plan with unlimited events, ticket sales and a box office, and paid plans from $17 a month. Buyers pay a 10% fee under $100 by default, and the paid plans are mostly prepaid usage of its AI assistant.

- **Value for money: B.** Free plan, then Plus at $17 a month on yearly billing. The default buyer fee is 10% under $100, which is above what many rivals take.
- **Free plan and trial: A.** The free plan has unlimited events, team members, ticket sales, box office and a website builder, with limited AI usage.
- **Features: B.** Ticketing and checkout, referral rewards, door check-in, a box office, Stripe payouts, an AI assistant and marketing integrations.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You build events, a site and payouts before selling.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only on the listing, with Stripe, Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Laylo and Hive. The Entry Fairy app's platforms aren't stated.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Ticket Fairy'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

- Ticket Fairy's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 36 of the 45 other event ticketing platforms we grade, and level with 7.
- It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 36 of 45) and worst on ease of use (C, above 1).
- Its paid plans start at $20 a month, against a middle price of $59.50 for the category: 2 of the 13 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/event-ticketing

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Ticket Fairy you would be making email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 36 of the 45 other event ticketing platforms we grade. It costs $240 a year.

- You could not: Email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox.
- You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Stripe, Mailchimp and Klaviyo among them, and has an API.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- 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

Stripe, Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Laylo, Hive

**Tags:** Ticketing, AI features, Public API, Marketing automation

## Alternatives

- [Dice](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dice): Ticketing app for gigs, club nights and festivals. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dice-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-ticketfairy)
- [Skiddle](https://toolgpa.com/tools/skiddle): UK events guide with free ticketing for promoters. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/skiddle-vs-ticketfairy)
- [Ticket Tailor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticket-tailor): Event ticketing for a flat fee per ticket, with prepaid credits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ticket-tailor-vs-ticketfairy)

## Sources

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

- https://www.ticketfairy.com/pricing
- https://www.ticketfairy.com/pricing/fees
- https://www.ticketfairy.com/about
- https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/integrations

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