Event management software · 12 alternatives

Eventbrite alternatives: 12 compared

By Sebastiaan Smits · Published October 8, 2026 · Updated October 8, 2026

Organizers look past Eventbrite when per-ticket fees add up, when the event outgrows a ticketing page, or when they want their attendee relationship to sit outside a marketplace. Most go to Ticket Tailor, Luma or Tito for ticketing, and to Cvent, Swoogo or Accelevents for conferences.

Short answer: The closest replacements for Eventbrite in our event management software ranking are Ticket Tailor, Luma and Tito. Choose Ticket Tailor if you already bring your own audience and want ticket data kept private. All 12 alternatives below are ranked products from Best Event Management Software in 2026, and each says where it differs from Eventbrite and when Eventbrite is still the better choice.

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Eventbrite at a glance

Headquarters: United States
Pricing model: Per ticket fee
Pricing: Free for free events; paid tickets carry a service fee plus payment processing, with optional paid marketing tools.
Free option: Free plan
Built for: Public ticketed events seeking discovery
Wrong for: A B2B team whose events exist to generate pipeline and who needs session data in the CRM. They should look at Swoogo, Bizzabo or Accelevents.
Place in our ranking: #5 of 18
Website: eventbrite.com

Facts from our event management software ranking, last checked October 8, 2026.

Why buyers look past Eventbrite

Fees stack on every paid ticket

Eventbrite's US pricing page shows a 3.7% + $1.79 service fee per ticket plus 2.9% processing per order. Its help center lists higher service fees by payout country, for example 6.95% + £0.59 in the United Kingdom. Organizers with many low-priced tickets feel the fixed part most.
Ticketing first, event operations second

The pricing page groups its tools under discovery, ticket sales and attendee check-in: ads, email, promo codes, payouts, an organizer app, waitlists. It names no sponsor management, agenda builder or speaker workflow. Conference teams that need those usually add a second system or switch.
Large events leave the self-serve path

Eventbrite says hosts of large or complex events should contact sales for tailored packages and a strategic advisor. At that point the flat self-serve fee no longer applies, and buyers often price the same event on a platform built around negotiated contracts.

12 alternatives at a glance

Closest replacement first. The last column is our place in the full 18-product ranking.

#	Alternative	Headquarters	Pricing	Key difference	Switch if	Our rank
1	Ticket Tailor	United Kingdom	Per ticket fee; free plan	Independent ticketing with flat, low per-ticket fees	you already bring your own audience and want ticket data kept private	#10
2	Luma	United States	Freemium + subscription; free plan	Event pages, RSVPs and calendars for community events	you run meetups, talks or community events and want invite-style registration	#6
3	Tito	Ireland	Per ticket fee; free plan	Straightforward ticketing favored by tech conferences	you run conferences or workshops and want to wire ticketing into your own site	#11
4	Humanitix	Australia	Per ticket fee; free plan	Charity-backed ticketing for public and community events	you want a marketplace like Eventbrite's but with fee profits directed to charity	#15
5	Whova	United States	Quote only; none	Event app and management tools for conferences and trade shows	your attendees need an event app with agendas and networking, not only tickets	#3
6	Swoogo	United States	Per user / year; none	Registration and event website platform for conferences and field events	you run recurring conferences or field events and need deep registration logic	#1
7	Cvent	United States	Quote only; none	Enterprise event management and venue sourcing suite	you plan many corporate events and need venue sourcing and room blocks in one system	#4
8	Accelevents	United States	Published tiers; none	All-in-one platform for in-person, virtual and hybrid events	you need speakers, sponsors, badges and an agenda handled in one platform	#7
9	EventMobi	Canada	Quote only; none	Event app and registration platform for conferences	you run association or corporate events and want to buy modules like an app and registration separately	#8
10	vFairs	United States	Quote only; none	Managed platform for virtual, hybrid and in-person fairs	you want virtual, hybrid and on-site events in one platform with a support team	#13
11	Brella	Finland	Quote only; none	Matchmaking and meeting booking for conferences	your conference is judged on the meetings attendees book, not on ticket volume	#14
12	Airmeet	United States	Per attendee tier; free trial	Virtual and hybrid event platform with social networking	your events are mostly online or hybrid and you need webinar-style delivery	#9

What each alternative does differently

1. Ticket Tailor

Independent ticketing with flat, low per-ticket fees · United Kingdom

Ticketing without a consumer marketplace. Its homepage states that your customer data is yours and that it will not send your buyers promotions for other events. It offers reserved seating, a free check-in app and an API, but no event-discovery audience to bring buyers to you.

Switch from Eventbrite if you already bring your own audience and want ticket data kept private.

Pricing: Free for up to 5,000 free tickets a year; paid tickets carry a small flat fee, cheaper when bought in advance as credits, plus the payment processor's fee, with 50% off for charities. (free plan)

Full review: #10 of 18 in our ranking · Visit Ticket Tailor →

2. Luma

Event pages, RSVPs and calendars for community events · United States

Built around invitations and community calendars. Registration can require approval, guest data imports and exports as CSV, and reminders go out by email, SMS, push and WhatsApp. Regional payment methods such as iDEAL are supported. It suits meetups and talks, less so seated or timed-entry venues.

Switch from Eventbrite if you run meetups, talks or community events and want invite-style registration.

Pricing: Free with unlimited events and guests and a 5% platform fee on paid tickets; Luma Plus ($59 a month billed annually) removes the fee. Stripe card fees apply on top. (free plan)

Full review: #6 of 18 in our ranking · Visit Luma →

3. Tito

Straightforward ticketing favored by tech conferences · Ireland

A developer-friendly registration tool for conferences and workshops. It lists secret tickets, donation tickets, discount codes, waiting lists and attendee messaging from inside the product, and pitches itself on integration. There is no discovery marketplace, so buyers arrive from your own site.

Switch from Eventbrite if you run conferences or workshops and want to wire ticketing into your own site.

Pricing: Free tickets are free; paid tickets carry a 3% fee (2.5% for charity and community events), capped at EUR 25 per ticket, plus the processor's charges. (free plan)

Full review: #11 of 18 in our ranking · Visit Tito →

4. Humanitix

Charity-backed ticketing for public and community events · Australia

A ticketing platform that states 100% of its booking-fee profits go to charity, with a public donation counter on its site. Hosts pay no subscription. It lists events publicly like Eventbrite does, so it replaces both ticketing and some discovery for community and arts events.

Switch from Eventbrite if you want a marketplace like Eventbrite's but with fee profits directed to charity.

Pricing: Free for free events; paid tickets carry a percentage-plus-flat booking fee, with lower rates for charities and schools. In Australia the fee covers card processing; in the US processing (2.9% + $0.30) is charged on top. (free plan)

Full review: #15 of 18 in our ranking · Visit Humanitix →

5. Whova

Event app and management tools for conferences and trade shows · United States

App-centered rather than ticketing-centered. Its homepage leads with an event app with personalized agendas and networking, then name badges, check-in, surveys and certificates, plus hybrid and virtual tools. It fits conferences and association meetings, and it is quoted instead of self-serve.

Switch from Eventbrite if your attendees need an event app with agendas and networking, not only tickets.

Pricing: Priced per event or on multi-event packages by attendee count, quoted after a demo. (none)

Full review: #3 of 18 in our ranking · Visit Whova →

6. Swoogo

Registration and event website platform for conferences and field events · United States

Registration-heavy software for professional event teams, with websites, email, logistics and reporting as separate capability areas. It recently added a white-label event app and an MCP server for AI tools. It is the heavier choice for field marketing and conference series.

Switch from Eventbrite if you run recurring conferences or field events and need deep registration logic.

Pricing: Professional plan published at $11,800 a year with one full user and one reporting user, unlimited events and registrations; Enterprise is quoted, and the event app and other upgrades cost extra. (none)

Full review: #1 of 18 in our ranking · Visit Swoogo →

7. Cvent

Enterprise event management and venue sourcing suite · United States

The broadest suite here: its menu spans venue and vendor sourcing, hotel room blocks, event diagramming, approvals and budgeting, trade show lead capture and webinars. That scope means a longer rollout than Eventbrite's. It targets planners at companies, agencies and associations, not independent promoters.

Switch from Eventbrite if you plan many corporate events and need venue sourcing and room blocks in one system.

Pricing: Quote-only modular licensing, usually on multi-year contracts, with separate charges per module. (none)

Full review: #4 of 18 in our ranking · Visit Cvent →

8. Accelevents

All-in-one platform for in-person, virtual and hybrid events · United States

Conference tooling under one login: an agenda builder, call for speakers, exhibitor and sponsor management, badge printing, lead capture and an event app. It also covers virtual and hybrid events. The scope matches what Eventbrite's pricing page leaves out, though the setup is heavier.

Switch from Eventbrite if you need speakers, sponsors, badges and an agenda handled in one platform.

Pricing: Professional starts at $7,500 for a single event and Business at $13,500 for unlimited events; Enterprise and White Label are quoted, and the mobile app and virtual events are paid add-ons on lower plans. (none)

Full review: #7 of 18 in our ranking · Visit Accelevents →

9. EventMobi

Event app and registration platform for conferences · Canada

Sold as modular products around an event app. Its site describes modular solutions for associations, agencies and corporations, and attendees open the app with an event code. German and English are offered. It is a product-by-product build, not a self-serve ticket page.

Switch from Eventbrite if you run association or corporate events and want to buy modules like an app and registration separately.

Pricing: Per-event pricing from $3,000 or annual packages from $8,900 with unlimited events, scaled by attendees and products; paid tickets carry no platform fee, and standard integrations cost from $1,000 each. (none)

Full review: #8 of 18 in our ranking · Visit EventMobi →

10. vFairs

Managed platform for virtual, hybrid and in-person fairs · United States

One platform spanning registration, ticketing, check-in, badge printing, a mobile app, lead capture and virtual events, with a dedicated team attached to each account. It also lists multi-event management and speaker abstracts. The vendor positions this as full-service rather than self-serve.

Switch from Eventbrite if you want virtual, hybrid and on-site events in one platform with a support team.

Pricing: Quoted per event or on annual packages, scaled by attendee numbers, booths and on-site services such as badge printing. (none)

Full review: #13 of 18 in our ranking · Visit vFairs →

11. Brella

Matchmaking and meeting booking for conferences · Finland

Focused on matchmaking and networking, with an event app, sponsor and partner features, and ticketing and registration as add-on areas. It is meant for conferences where meetings between attendees are the product. For simple public ticket sales it offers little over Eventbrite.

Switch from Eventbrite if your conference is judged on the meetings attendees book, not on ticket volume.

Pricing: Quoted per event or on annual contracts, usually scaled by attendee count and the sponsor features included. (none)

Full review: #14 of 18 in our ranking · Visit Brella →

12. Airmeet

Virtual and hybrid event platform with social networking · United States

Starts from virtual and hybrid rather than venue ticketing. Its menu lists premium webinars, conferences and summits, hybrid events, managed events and a streaming studio, and it adds AI content generation. It is a poor fit for a club night or festival gate.

Switch from Eventbrite if your events are mostly online or hybrid and you need webinar-style delivery.

Pricing: Premium Webinars starts at $167 a month billed yearly; the Events plan is quoted with a free trial, and Managed Events start at $4,999 per event. (free trial)

Full review: #9 of 18 in our ranking · Visit Airmeet →

When Eventbrite is still the right choice

Stay on Eventbrite if you sell public tickets for local events and want a marketplace that brings buyers to you. Its pricing page lists free events without fees, reserved seating, an organizer app with tap-to-pay, ads and flexible payouts. Fees matter less when ticket prices are high and reach matters more.

What to expect when you switch from Eventbrite

Export attendees before you cut over

Eventbrite's API v3 reference lists attendees by event, paginated, with a status filter, and offers webhooks. We could not confirm a dashboard CSV export from a current help article, so test that on your account. Keep the order IDs, since refunds will still run through Eventbrite.
Handle open sales and payout settings

Eventbrite's help center says you cannot change your payout country or currency once tickets have been sold, and a fee-absorption change applies only to future orders. Let current events finish on Eventbrite, and start the new platform with a new event.
Replace what the marketplace gave you

Eventbrite's pricing page offers a marketplace, ads, promo codes and email campaigns as built-in promotion. Most alternatives sell tickets but do not bring an audience. Plan your own mailing list, links and ad spend before the first event goes live elsewhere.

Questions and answers

What does Eventbrite charge per paid ticket?

On its US pricing page, Eventbrite charges a 3.7% + $1.79 service fee per ticket plus 2.9% payment processing per order, and nothing for free events. Fees differ by payout country, and buyers pay them by default unless the organizer chooses to absorb them.

Can I export my attendee list from Eventbrite?

Through the API, yes: the v3 reference lists attendees per event with a status filter and pagination. We did not verify a dashboard CSV export on a current help article, so confirm it on your account first.

Can I change my Eventbrite payout country after selling tickets?

No. Eventbrite's help center states you cannot change the payout country and currency while sales are pending or after tickets have been sold. Plan the switch around a new event.

Does Eventbrite let me absorb the fees instead of the buyer?

Yes. When you create a paid ticket type you can tick Absorb fees, and the fees are then taken from your sales at payout. Leave it unticked and buyers pay by default. A change applies only to future orders.

Will I lose the audience I get from the Eventbrite marketplace?

Probably, in part. Eventbrite describes a discovery marketplace connecting local buyers to events, and most ticketing alternatives do not run one. Luma and Humanitix show public event listings; Ticket Tailor is positioned on keeping buyer data yours.

Is there a platform with no fee on free events like Eventbrite?

Eventbrite charges no fees for free events. Luma states unlimited events and guests on its free plan, and Humanitix lists free events at no cost, so a switch does not require paying for free RSVP events.

Sources

Prices, plan limits and product facts about Eventbrite on this page were checked against the vendors' own pages on October 8, 2026. Vendors change both without notice, so treat the figures as of that date.

Eventbrite organizer pricing: US fees, free events, Eventbrite Pro, marketplace and promotion tools, sales contact for large events.
Eventbrite help: ticketing fees: fees by payout country, absorb or pass on fees, payout country cannot change.
Eventbrite event payment system: instant payouts, custom payout schedule, sales reports.
Eventbrite API v3 reference: attendee listing by event, status filter, webhooks.
Eventbrite organizer check-in app: check-in and on-site sales app.
Eventbrite reserved seating: reserved seating and seating chart tools.
Luma pricing: CSV import and export, approval-based registration, reminders by email, SMS and WhatsApp, iDEAL.
Ticket Tailor: buyer data ownership claim, reserved seating, free check-in app, API.
Tito features: secret tickets, donation tickets, discount codes, waiting list, attendee messaging.
Humanitix: booking-fee profits to charity, public event listings.
Whova: event app, badges, check-in, hybrid tools.
Cvent: venue sourcing, room blocks, lead capture, webinars.
Accelevents: agenda builder, call for speakers, badge printing, event app.
Swoogo: capability areas, white-label app, MCP server.
vFairs: registration, ticketing, badge printing, mobile app, virtual events.
Brella: matchmaking, event app, sponsors and partners.
Airmeet: webinars, hybrid events, streaming studio.
EventMobi: modular solutions, event-code app login, German and English.

Who wrote this

Sebastiaan Smits, Founder, wrote, edited and fact-checked this page. Founder of The Interregnum and of 2 Steps Ahead, an AI search visibility agency. Writes, edits and fact-checks every page here. Last reviewed October 8, 2026. How we review.