# Ticketor review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Ticketing and box-office system with seating charts and your own site Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Ticketor is an online ticketing and box-office system for theaters, venues, schools, festivals and similar organizers. It handles general admission and assigned seating, season passes and recurring events, and it can pay out through the organizer's own payment processor. A free pay-as-you-go plan charges only per ticket sold. - **Category:** Event Ticketing - **Made by:** Ticketor (since 2006) - **Website:** https://www.ticketor.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you want your own look: website builder, white label and custom URL are Premium. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Ticketor has a free plan, and paid plans start at $37.95 per month, billed monthly (listed from $54.95). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Standard: no monthly fee and no card needed to sign up; you pay 2.90% + $0.69 per ticket as you sell. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Standard | $0 | Pay as you go: 2.90% + $0.69 per ticket. Unlimited events, seating charts and QR e-tickets. | | Premium Monthly | $37.95 per month, billed monthly | Crossed out from $54.95. $24.95 setup fee; 2.50% + $0.49 per ticket. Adds website builder and white label. | | Premium Annual | $37.95 per month, paid annually | Crossed out from $54.95. 2.50% + $0.29 per ticket, with the rate fixed for the term. | | Premium 3-Year | $37.95 per month, paid for 3 years | Crossed out from $54.95. 2.50% with no flat per-ticket fee, the lowest rate listed. | Read from https://www.ticketor.com/Account/Prices on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Ticketor before buying. ## Key features - **Seating charts and ticket types:** Interactive seating charts for theater, table and night-club layouts, plus general admission, price levels and group pricing. - **Season passes and recurring events:** Recurring and timed events, season passes, memberships, packages and bundles are part of the ticketing system. - **QR e-tickets and scanning app:** Tickets carry a QR code and can be scanned with a free scanning app; delivery is by email, text, WhatsApp or wallet pass. - **Payouts through your own processor:** Money goes straight to the processor you pick as tickets sell, among them Stripe, Square, PayPal and Authorize.net. - **Adjustable buyer fees:** You set the service charge buyers pay, from zero upward, and the vendor credits its fee when you refund tickets or cancel. - **Online booking:** Appointments, rentals, tours and activities can be booked with real-time availability and flexible payment options. ## Good for - Theaters, schools and venues that need assigned seating - Organizers who want to sell on their own site and domain - One-off events that prefer no monthly fee ## Worth knowing - Premium plans show a 30% coupon price; the pricing page lists $54.95 a month before it. - Website builder, white label, custom URL and advanced fraud protection are Premium features. - Fees are due as sales happen, and a card or PayPal must be on file for auto-payment. - Prepaid monthly, annual and setup fees are non-refundable. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Ticketor has a Standard plan with no monthly fee that charges 2.90% + $0.69 a ticket, and Premium at $37.95 a month with a 30% coupon. Website builder, white label and custom URL are Premium only. - **Value for money: C.** Standard is $0 a month plus 2.90% + $0.69 a ticket. Premium is $37.95 a month after a coupon, with $54.95 listed before it. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Standard has no monthly fee and needs no card to sign up, though you pay per ticket sold. - **Features: B.** Seating charts, season passes, recurring events, QR e-tickets and scanning, payouts through your own processor and online booking. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Seating charts and a booking page need building. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only on the listing, with Stripe, Square, PayPal, Authorize.net and Braintree. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Ticketor'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 - Ticketor's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 49 of the 79 other event ticketing platforms we grade, and level with 11. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 43 of 79) and worst on ease of use (C, above 4). - Its paid plans start at $37.95 a month, against a middle price of $50 for the category: 8 of the 22 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.** The plain part of Ticketor you could make: qR codes, appointment booking and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $455.40 a year. - You could make: QR codes, appointment booking and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Stripe, Square 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 Stripe, Square, PayPal, Authorize.net, Braintree **Tags:** Ticketing, QR codes, Appointment booking, Reports ## Alternatives - [TicketSpice](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticketspice): Ticketing for events and attractions at a flat 99¢ per ticket. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ticketor-vs-ticketspice) - [TicketLeap](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticketleap): Self-service ticketing with fees buyers can cover in full. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ticketleap-vs-ticketor) - [Ticketsauce](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticketsauce): White-label ticketing for venues, festivals and attractions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ticketor-vs-ticketsauce) - [Eventbrite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/eventbrite): Ticketing and event marketplace, with fees usually paid by buyers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventbrite-vs-ticketor) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.ticketor.com/Account/Prices - https://www.ticketor.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticketor Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).