The Eventbrite alternative with a lower booking fee
On a $17 ticket, Eventbrite's fees come to $2.98. Stage Stubs charges buyers $1.10, card processing included, builds your seating plan for free, and can pay you every week while tickets sell.
- Stage Stubs
- Buyer pays$18.10
- You get$17.00
- Our booking fee of $0.50 + 3.5% per ticket is paid by the buyer, with card processing included
- Eventbrite
- Buyer pays$19.98
- You get$17.00
- Their fee of 3.7% + $1.79 and card processing, paid by the buyer
Eventbrite vs Stage Stubs at a glance
| Feature | Stage Stubs | Eventbrite |
|---|---|---|
| Booking fee per paid ticket | ||
| Booking fee per paid ticket | $0.50 + 3.5% per ticket | 3.7% + $1.79 |
| Who pays it | ||
| Who pays it | The buyer, on top of the ticket price | The buyer, unless you absorb it |
| Card processing | ||
| Card processing | Included in the fee | 2.9% of the order |
| On a $17 ticket | ||
| On a $17 ticket | Buyer pays $18.10, you get $17.00 | Buyer pays $19.98, you get $17.00 |
| Seating plans | ||
| Seating plans | Built for you by our team, free, for paid events | You build it in their venue designer |
| When you're paid | ||
| When you're paid | Every week while tickets sell, once Stripe has your details, you've sold 20 paid tickets, 14 days have passed since your first sale and you've asked for payouts | From 3 days after your event, or weekly before it once your account qualifies |
| Door scanning app | ||
| Door scanning app |
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Eventbrite's fees as Eventbrite publishes them, checked 30 October 2026. These figures are for the United States.
What one ticket costs
One ticket at three prices typical of shows in the United States. On Stage Stubs the buyer pays our fee and you get the full price; on Eventbrite the buyer pays their fee and card processing.
$13 ticket
| Stage Stubs | Eventbrite | |
|---|---|---|
| Buyer pays | $13.96 | $15.71 |
| You get | $13.00 | $13.00 |
| Fees | $0.96 | $2.71 |
$17 ticket
| Stage Stubs | Eventbrite | |
|---|---|---|
| Buyer pays | $18.10 | $19.98 |
| You get | $17.00 | $17.00 |
| Fees | $1.10 | $2.98 |
$25 ticket
| Stage Stubs | Eventbrite | |
|---|---|---|
| Buyer pays | $26.38 | $28.52 |
| You get | $25.00 | $25.00 |
| Fees | $1.38 | $3.52 |
Stage Stubs costs less whatever your tickets cost.
One ticket in an order. Eventbrite's fees as they publish them, checked on 30 October 2026: 3.7% + $1.79 per ticket, and card processing: 2.9% of the order. What buyers pay is before any sales tax.
Everything your show needs
All included, all free for organisers.
They choose their seats
Send us your venue's layout and our team builds your seating plan, free. Your audience picks their own seats, so nobody argues on the night.
Prefer general admission? Sell unreserved tickets instead.
No fee for you, either way
Same booking fee for buyers, either way
Seating plans are included on paid events
Every way to pay
Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Apple Pay and Google Pay, all through Stripe's secure checkout.
Secure checkout
Tickets on their phones
E-tickets arrive by email straight away and save to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. No printing, no lost tickets.
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Free ticket scanning app
Check tickets in on your phone at the door, add helpers to scan with you, and sell any spare seats on the night for cash or with your own card machine.
Every performance in one place
Matinees, evening shows and extra dates, each with its own tickets, seats and sales.
Sales, live on your phone
See every booking as it happens in the organiser app, and download attendee lists and sales reports any time.
Your audience comes back
People who follow you are emailed when you announce your next show, so every show starts with a crowd.
Programmes and extras
Sell programmes, raffle tickets or merchandise alongside the tickets, all in one checkout.
Plus
- Scan tickets offline when the venue has no signal
- Buyers can send tickets to family and friends, each with its own QR code
- "Add to calendar" in every booking email, so fewer people forget
- A waiting room keeps big on-sales fair and orderly
- Undo a check-in if the wrong ticket gets scanned
- Reminder emails win back buyers who left tickets in their basket
- Discount codes for groups, friends and early birds
- Adult, child, family and concession prices
- Sponsors' adverts on every e-ticket
- A ticket page of your own to share anywhere
…and much more.
What are you waiting for?
Your first show could be on sale in as little as 5 minutes.
Why organisers choose Stage Stubs over Eventbrite
A lower booking fee
On a $17 ticket, the fees come to $1.10 on Stage Stubs and $2.98 on Eventbrite. Ours includes card processing, and free tickets have no fee on either.
Paid while tickets sell
Stripe pays you every week while tickets are still selling, once Stripe has your details, you've sold 20 paid tickets, 14 days have passed since your first sale and you've asked for payouts. Eventbrite pays out after your event unless your account qualifies for payouts before it, and then holds back 20% until the event.
We build your seating plan
Send us your venue's layout and our team builds the plan for free, usually within a working day. On Eventbrite you build the map yourself in its venue designer.
Is Eventbrite ever the better choice?
For a few things, yes. Eventbrite may suit you better if:
- You want your event listed on Eventbrite's marketplace, which it says 89 million people use each month.
- You run online events, want people on a waiting list given a set time to claim tickets, or need checkout on your own website.
- You want buyers paying by PayPal.
For most shows, concerts and events in person, Stage Stubs comes out ahead
Nothing to pay to sell, card processing included, a seating plan built for you, and payouts every week while tickets are still selling, once Stripe has your details, you've sold 20 paid tickets, 14 days have passed since your first sale and you've asked for payouts.
Moving from Eventbrite
There's no fixed term or notice to give, so you can move at your next event.
- 1 Create your free account. It takes a few minutes.
- 2 Add your event. For a seated show, add your venue's layout and we'll build the plan.
- 3 Share your event's link. Buyers book on any phone or computer, with no account.
Bookings already made on Eventbrite stay there: we don't import them.
Talk to us about moving
We'll help set up your next event, seating plan included.
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