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Best Eventbrite Alternatives in 2026

Eventbrite is free for free events, and on paid tickets in the US it charges a service fee of 3.7% plus $1.79 per ticket and a payment processing fee of 2.9% per order. If those fees add up across your events, here are four alternatives and what each one costs.

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Key takeaways

  • Eventbrite is free for free events; paid tickets in the US carry 3.7% plus $1.79 each, plus 2.9% payment processing per order.
  • Humanitix charges 2.1% plus $0.99 per paid ticket, and less for charities and schools; Tito charges 3%; Luma is free with a 5% fee on paid events, or $59 a month billed yearly for none.
  • Fabricate builds an event site of your own, with tickets paid into your own Stripe account and no fee per ticket from Fabricate; a marketplace and a scanning app are not built in. Building and previewing are free; publishing is on Pro and Max.

Why Are Organizers Looking for Eventbrite Alternatives?

  • A Fee on Every Paid Ticket

    In the US, each paid ticket carries a 3.7% plus $1.79 service fee, and each order a 2.9% payment processing fee. Buyers pay them by default, or you absorb them.

  • Lower Fees for Good Causes

    Humanitix charges 2.1% plus $0.99 per paid ticket, and 1% plus $0.99 for charities and schools.

    Fits: Humanitix

  • A Percentage and Nothing Else

    Tito charges 3% per paid ticket with no flat fee, no setup fee and no subscription.

    Fits: Tito

  • No Fabricate Fee per Ticket

    An event site built with Fabricate takes tickets through your own Stripe account. Fabricate takes no share of what you are paid; Stripe charges its own card fees.

    Fits: Fabricate

Compare at a glance

Fabricate beside Eventbrite, feature by feature.

  • Builds From a Description
    Fabricate
    Yes
    Eventbrite
    No, ready-made ticketing
  • Free Events
    Fabricate
    Build and preview
    Eventbrite
    No fees
  • Fee per Paid Ticket
    Fabricate
    None from Fabricate; Stripe card fees
    Eventbrite
    3.7% + $1.79, plus 2.9% processing
  • Discovery on a Marketplace
    Fabricate
    Not built in
    Eventbrite
    Yes
  • Ticket Types and Limits
    Fabricate
    Whatever you describe
    Eventbrite
    Yes
  • Paid Plans From
    Fabricate
    $25 a month
    Eventbrite
    Fees per ticket; Pro from $15 a month for emails
Number 1

Fabricate

We make this

Best for: Your own events, on your own site

Builds an event website from your description: the event page, a schedule, registration with your own questions and a limit on places, a waiting list and a guest list. On Pro and Max, tickets are paid through Stripe Checkout into your own Stripe account, and Fabricate takes no fee per ticket. Emails to every guest at once and a ticket scanning app are not built in. Building and previewing are free; publishing is on Pro and Max.

Checks before you publish

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What it does well

  • No Fabricate fee per ticket
  • Registration questions you choose
  • Every guest in your own list
Paid plans from
$25 a month
350 credits a month on Pro
Free plan
60 credits
A month, to build and preview
A live app
Pro and Max
Publishing is on paid plans

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How to Move from Eventbrite to Fabricate

  1. 1

    List your event details

    The date, the place, the schedule, each ticket type with its price and limit, and the questions you ask each guest.

  2. 2

    Describe the event site

    Tell Fabricate what guests see, what they choose, what they pay and who signs in to see the guest list.

  3. 3

    Connect Stripe

    Connect your own Stripe account under More > Payments, and buy a ticket in the preview with a Stripe test card.

  4. 4

    Test the limits

    Register more guests than a ticket type allows in the preview to check that it shows sold out and opens the waiting list.

  5. 5

    Put it online

    On Pro, one press of Publish gives it its own address to share, after the same browser check.

Chat

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Your app

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The other Eventbrite alternatives

What each one does well, and the kind of project it suits best.

  1. Number 2

    Humanitix

    Best for: Charities, schools and community events

    Ticketing whose profits go to charity, with every feature on every plan and no subscription. Free events cost nothing; paid tickets carry 2.1% plus $0.99 each, plus card processing of 2.9% plus $0.30, and charities and schools pay 1% plus $0.99.

    • Free for free events
    • Lower fees for charities and schools
    • Profits go to charity

    Where Humanitix beats Fabricate

    If you want a ready-made ticketing system with lower fees than Eventbrite, and its profits going to charity, Humanitix does that with every feature on every plan.

    From 2.1% + $0.99 per paid ticket

    Source: humanitix.com/us/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked

  2. Number 3

    Luma

    Best for: Meetups and community events

    Event pages, registration and email and text reminders, free for unlimited events and guests. Paid events carry a 5% platform fee on the free plan; Luma Plus, at $59 a month billed yearly, has no platform fee. Stripe charges its card fee on top.

    • Free for unlimited events and guests
    • Reminders built in
    • No platform fee on Luma Plus

    Where Luma beats Fabricate

    If you run meetups or community events and want reminders and a guest list ready on day one, Luma is free for unlimited events and guests.

    From $59 a month, billed yearly

    Source: luma.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked

  3. Number 4

    Tito

    Best for: Conferences and tech meetups

    Ticketing for conferences and meetups with no setup fee and no monthly subscription. Free events are free; paid tickets carry 3%, or 2.5% for charities and community groups, plus card processing of 2.9% plus 30 cents in the US.

    • No monthly subscription
    • A percentage fee only
    • A lower rate for community groups

    Where Tito beats Fabricate

    If you sell conference tickets and want a plain percentage fee with no flat fee per ticket, Tito charges 3% and nothing else.

    From 3% per paid ticket

    Source: ti.to/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked

Eventbrite and its alternatives: a fee per ticket, or a site of your own

Eventbrite lists events on its own marketplace and charges nothing for free events. On paid tickets in the US, it adds a service fee of 3.7% plus $1.79 per ticket and a payment processing fee of 2.9% per order, which buyers pay by default.

Humanitix and Tito are ready-made ticketing too, with lower fees: Humanitix 2.1% plus $0.99 per paid ticket, Tito 3% with no flat fee, each with card processing on top. Luma suits meetups and community events, free for unlimited events with a 5% fee on paid tickets, or none on Luma Plus.

Each of these suits an organizer who wants ticketing ready the day they sign up. The fee per ticket is the price of that, and it grows with every ticket you sell.

An event site built with Fabricate is your own: the page, the schedule, registration with your questions, a limit on places and a guest list you download as a CSV file. On Pro and Max, the app can take card payments through Stripe Checkout, paid into your own Stripe account, which you connect under More > Payments. Fabricate takes no share of what you are paid; Stripe charges its own card fees. A marketplace of events, emails to every guest at once and a scanning app are not built in.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Eventbrite charge?
Free events cost nothing. On paid tickets in the US, Eventbrite charges a service fee of 3.7% plus $1.79 per ticket and a payment processing fee of 2.9% per order. Buyers pay them by default, or you can absorb them. Eventbrite Pro, for sending more emails, starts at $15 a month.
What is the cheapest Eventbrite alternative?
For free events, Eventbrite, Humanitix, Luma and Tito all cost nothing. For paid tickets, Tito charges 3% and Humanitix 2.1% plus $0.99, each with card processing on top. An event site built with Fabricate takes no fee per ticket, on Pro and Max; Pro is $25 a month.
Can I sell tickets on my own website?
Yes. Describe the event, its ticket types and what you ask each guest, and Fabricate builds the event website. On Pro and Max, the app can take card payments through Stripe Checkout, paid into your own Stripe account, which you connect under More > Payments. A place is saved once Stripe confirms the payment.
Do guests get a confirmation email?
On Pro and Max, once you turn it on, each guest gets a confirmation email when they register, up to a daily limit. Emails to every guest at once, such as an update or a reminder, are not built in.
Will my event be found on a marketplace, like on Eventbrite?
Not on Fabricate: an event site built with it is your own site, with no marketplace of events around it. Eventbrite and Luma list events where people browse; share your own link on your website and social pages instead.

Sources

The pages this guide quotes, each with the day it was read.

  1. eventbrite.com/organizer/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked
  2. humanitix.com/us/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked
  3. luma.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked
  4. ti.to/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked
  5. fabricate.build/pricing, from our live plans

About this guide

Written by the Fabricate team. Fabricate is our product, so it is first on this page and marked "We make this". Where a reason to switch fits another tool better, the reason says which.

Each tool's card lists the pages we read about it and the day we read them. We compared the tools from their own pricing pages and documentation, not by signing up for them. Spotted something out of date? Write to info@fabricate.build.

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