Eventbrite Alternative
A better Eventbrite alternative for schools
Eventbrite is built for concerts and conferences. Your school needs something different. Ticket Committee is purpose-built for school events with features Eventbrite doesn't offer, at a fraction of the cost.
Ticket Committee vs Eventbrite for schools
Eventbrite is a general-purpose platform. Ticket Committee is built specifically for schools and organizations. Here's how they compare.
| Feature | Ticket Committee | Eventbrite |
|---|---|---|
| Platform fees on tickets | $0 | 3.7% + $1.79/ticket |
| Parent SMS check-in notifications | ||
| Mobile QR code check-in | ||
| Custom registration questions | ||
| Digital waivers | ||
| Promo codes | ||
| Email messaging to attendees | ||
| SMS messaging to attendees | ||
| Waitlists | ||
| Embeddable ticket widget | ||
| Built for school events | ||
| Revenue goes directly to you via Stripe | ||
| Online registration with cash payment option |
Why schools switch from Eventbrite
Per-ticket fees add up fast
Eventbrite charges 3.7% + $1.79 on every ticket. For a $10 school play ticket, that's $2.16 in fees. Sell 500 tickets and you've lost over $1,000. With Ticket Committee, that money stays with your school. Students can even register online and pay with cash before the event or at the door - you still collect all their information without needing to set up Stripe.
No parent safety notifications
Eventbrite has no way to notify parents when their child arrives at or leaves an event. For school dances, after-prom, and youth events, this is a critical safety gap that Ticket Committee fills with automatic SMS notifications.
Built for concerts, not classrooms
Eventbrite is designed for large-scale public events. Schools need digital waivers, emergency contact collection, SMS messaging to parents, and tools that volunteers can use without training. Ticket Committee is built for exactly that.
See how much your school could save
Enter your typical event numbers to see the difference in fees.
| Platform |
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.
Everything Eventbrite offers, plus more
Ticket Committee includes all the standard ticketing features you'd expect, plus school-specific tools you won't find anywhere else.
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