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How Ticket Committee compares to other ticketing platforms
Most platforms charge a fee on every ticket you sell. Ticket Committee charges a flat yearly subscription with zero platform fees. See the full feature matrix below, or run the numbers for your event.
See why schools, fundraisers, and community organizations choose Ticket Committee, or view our simple pricing.
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Service Fee
The platform's own fee for using its ticketing software. Ticket Committee charges $0 here; the others take a cut of every ticket.
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Subscription
What the platform charges you to use it, regardless of how much you sell. Ticket Committee charges a flat $99 a year and nothing per ticket; the others charge nothing up front and take a cut of each ticket instead.
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Card Processing
The credit card processor's fee, estimated per platform from each one's published rates. Every platform charges this on top of its service fee, including Ticket Committee (through your own Stripe account).
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Total Fees
Everything this event costs you: subscription plus service fee plus card processing. The Ticket Committee subscription is billed once a year and includes your first published campaign, so it is counted against this event and not against every event you run. Publishing another campaign in the same year costs $24.99.
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| Ticket Committee | $0.00 | $99.00/yr | $256.25 | $355.25 $281.24 for each event after the first |
| Eventbrite | $678.75 | $0.00 | $181.25 | $860.00 |
| Passage | $281.25 | $0.00 | $256.25 | $537.50 |
| Hometown Ticketing | Varies | Varies | Varies | Varies |
| TicketSpice | $247.50 | $0.00 | $309.38 | $556.88 |
| TicketLeap | $375.00 | $0.00 | $187.50 | $562.50 |
Ticket Committee is a flat $99/year with no per-ticket fees. You still pay card processing through your own Stripe account, and every platform here charges card processing too. The difference is the service fee they add on top: up to $678.75 on 250 tickets at $25.00, more than a full year of Ticket Committee.
Card processing is estimated from each platform's published rates and charged on top of the service fee shown. Actual processing may vary, and TicketLeap's reduced rate for tickets $5 and under is not modeled. Ticket Committee's subscription is charged once a year, not per event, and is counted in full against the single event shown here. Silent auctions carry a separate 1.2%, capped at $15 fee per winning item.
Founder-owned
Why we can charge $0 platform fees
Ticket Committee is founder-owned and built for the long haul. There are no investors to repay and no exit to chase, so we're not built to squeeze a cut out of every ticket you sell. Our incentive is simple: keep you happy year after year, not extract more per order.
That's why our pricing is a flat yearly subscription instead of a percentage of your revenue, and why the people who build the product are the same people who answer your email.
The full feature matrix
Every platform, side by side. Scroll horizontally to see them all.
| Feature | Ticket Committee | Eventbrite | Passage | Hometown Ticketing | TicketSpice | TicketLeap |
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| Pricing | $99/year flat | 3.7% + $1.79/ticket | 2.5% + $0.50/ticket | Varies by contract | $0.99/ticket | 2% + $1.00/ticket |
| Pricing & payouts | ||||||
| No platform fee per ticket | ||||||
| Public, transparent pricing | ||||||
| No long-term contract | ||||||
| Direct payouts to your own Stripe | ||||||
| Selling tickets | ||||||
| Online ticket sales | ||||||
| In-person / box office sales | ||||||
| Cash / pay-in-person option | Limited | Limited | Limited | |||
| Multiple ticket types & pricing | ||||||
| Promo & discount codes | ||||||
| Embeddable ticket widget | ||||||
| Engagement & marketing | ||||||
| Email messaging to attendees | ||||||
| SMS messaging to attendees | Limited | Add-on | ||||
| Automated reminders & message sequences | Limited | Add-on | ||||
| Custom registration questions | ||||||
| Affiliate / referral tracking | Limited | |||||
| Event tools | ||||||
| Mobile QR check-in | ||||||
| Time-gated check-in windows | Limited | Limited | ||||
| Digital waivers | ||||||
| Waitlists | Limited | |||||
| Silent auctions | ||||||
| Raffles | ||||||
| Apple / Google Wallet passes | Limited | |||||
| Built for schools & nonprofits | ||||||
| Parent SMS check-in / out alerts | ||||||
| Student data privacy agreement | ||||||
| Nonprofit discount | ||||||
| Setup & support | ||||||
| Self-service signup | ||||||
| Phone support | Email & chat | Limited | Limited | |||
Fees shown are platform / service fees only and exclude standard card processing, which every platform charges. Competitor details are based on publicly available information and may change.
Head-to-head comparisons
Dig into how Ticket Committee stacks up against each platform.
vs Eventbrite
$99/year flat vs 3.7% + $1.79/ticket
Sell the same tickets with no per-ticket fee, get paid into your own Stripe account, and run the digital waivers, parent SMS alerts, and silent auctions Eventbrite has no answer for.
Compare in detailvs Passage
$99/year flat vs 2.5% + $0.50/ticket
One flat yearly price instead of a service fee your buyers meet at checkout, plus the silent auctions, raffles, and parent SMS alerts Passage does not run.
Compare in detailvs Hometown Ticketing
$99/year flat vs Varies by contract
Published pricing and same-day signup instead of a contract and a sales call, plus the silent auctions, digital waivers, and parent SMS alerts Hometown does not include.
Compare in detailvs TicketSpice
$99/year flat vs $0.99/ticket
No per-ticket fee at any volume, payouts straight into your own Stripe account, and fundraising tools built in rather than assembled out of a page builder.
Compare in detailvs TicketLeap
$99/year flat vs 2% + $1.00/ticket
No per-ticket fee, your own Stripe account, and the school tooling TicketLeap leaves out: parent SMS check-in alerts, digital waivers, and silent auctions.
Compare in detailFrequently asked questions
- Which ticketing platform has the lowest fees?
- Ticket Committee has no per-ticket platform fee. Instead of taking a percentage of every ticket like Eventbrite, Passage, TicketSpice, or TicketLeap, it charges a flat $99 per year plus standard card processing. For anything beyond a handful of tickets, that flat model is the lowest-cost option.
- What is the best Eventbrite alternative for schools?
- Ticket Committee is purpose-built for schools and community groups: flat pricing with no per-ticket fees, parent SMS check-in and check-out alerts, digital waivers, custom registration questions, and built-in silent auctions and raffles for fundraising.
- Do I have to pay a fee on every ticket I sell?
- Not with Ticket Committee. Most platforms charge a service fee on every ticket, so your costs grow as you sell more. Ticket Committee charges a flat yearly subscription and $0 per ticket, so you keep your ticket revenue.
- Do ticketing platforms charge card processing on top of their fees?
- Yes. Eventbrite, Passage, TicketSpice, and TicketLeap all charge card processing on top of their service fee. Ticket Committee has no service fee; you only pay standard card processing, and it runs through your own Stripe account so payouts go directly to you.
- Is there a contract or setup fee?
- No. Ticket Committee has no long-term contract and no setup fee. You can sign up, build an event, and start selling the same day.
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