What is the cheapest way to sell event tickets?

If you're a nonprofit, Zeffy charges the organization nothing. Otherwise it depends on price and volume. At $25 a ticket, by published rates, Luma Plus comes to $1.03 plus its $59 monthly plan, Tito $1.78, Ticket Tailor $1.88 and RSVPlinks $2.00, while Luma's free plan is $2.28 and Eventbrite $3.44. RSVPlinks ranks number 5 of 11 at that price.

How much does Eventbrite charge per ticket?

Eventbrite's pricing page lists 3.7% + $1.79 per paid ticket, plus 2.9% payment processing per order, paid by buyers by default. On a $25 ticket that comes to about $3.44. Free events carry no fee.

Does Partiful charge a fee on tickets?

Yes, on paid tickets. Partiful's help center says fees depend on event size and ticket price and are shown to the host during setup, so we can't work out a figure for it. It says free tickets have no fees.

Do you get the ticket fee back on a refund?

Usually not. Luma, Ticket Tailor and Tito all say their fee stays when you refund. Partiful refunds its fee if the event is cancelled. Humanitix keeps a passed-on fee by default. RSVPlinks never refunds its fee, on any path.

Ticketing platforms compared: fees, payouts and refunds

The fee is only part of it. Check whether card processing is on top, when the money reaches you, and what happens to the fee on a refund. Our fee is 6% + 50¢ a ticket with card processing included, which is not the lowest at every price: the table works it out at four prices, and we're mid-table.

Facts read from each vendor's own pages on November 1, 2026. RSVPlinks is one of the products compared.

Which one fits

You're a nonprofit: Zeffy, at no fee
Lowest cost on many tickets a month: Luma Plus
Expensive tickets, or buyers picking seats: Ticket Tailor
Fees that fund charity, and seated events: Humanitix
A tech conference, or tickets in other currencies: Tito
A marketplace that may bring you buyers: Eventbrite
A dinner, gala or reunion with a designed page, tables and approval: RSVPlinks

What one ticket costs to sell

The fee on one ticket at four prices, worked out from each platform's published rates.
Platform	$10 ticket	$25 ticket	$50 ticket	$100 ticket	Note
Zeffy¹	$0	$0	$0	$0	Nonprofits only. Payers are asked for an optional tip
Luma Plus²	$0.59	$1.03	$1.75	$3.20	Plus $59 a month, billed yearly
Tito⁴	$0.89	$1.78	$3.25	$6.20	Capped at €25 a ticket
Ticket Tailor³	$1.44	$1.88	$2.60	$4.05	Pay as you go. Prepaid credits go lower
RSVPlinks	$1.10	$2.00	$3.50	$6.50	Card processing included
TicketLeap⁶	$1.50	$2.25	$3.50	$6.00	$1 + 2% ticketing plus a 3% transaction fee
Luma Free²	$1.09	$2.28	$4.25	$8.20	$0 a month
RSVPify⁵	$1.69	$2.41	$3.63	$6.05	$0 a month when selling tickets
Humanitix⁷	$1.79	$2.54	$3.79	$6.29	Charities and schools 1% + 99¢
Eventbrite⁸	$2.45	$3.44	$5.09	$8.39	Processing is 2.9% per order
Posh⁹	$1.99	$3.49	$5.99	$10.99	From Posh's own blog; its pricing page showed no figures

Our arithmetic from each platform's published rates for a one-ticket order, with Stripe's standard US 2.9% + 30¢ where a platform bills card processing separately. It leaves out tax, currency conversion, monthly plan costs and any custom pricing, and passing a fee to the buyer changes the base slightly. Partiful doesn't publish a rate, so it isn't here.

Side by side

Ticketing platforms compared: fees, payouts and refunds
Feature	RSVPlinks	Eventbrite	Luma	Partiful	Ticket Tailor	Humanitix	Zeffy	Tito
Who can use it	Anyone with a US bank account	Not found	Not found	Not found	Not found	Not found	Nonprofits and charities only¹⁰	Not found
Monthly fee	None	None to publish⁸	None, or $59 for 0%²	Not found	None³	None⁷	None¹¹	None⁴
Card processing	Included	On top: 2.9% per order⁸	On top: Stripe²	Included¹²	On top³	On top: 2.9% + 30¢⁷	Covered by Zeffy¹	On top⁴
Free tickets	Free, within the plan's limit (20 free)	No fee⁸	No fee²	No fee¹²	Free to 5,000 a year³	No fee⁷	No fee¹¹	No fee⁴
When you're paid	Mondays from $25; first event 3 days after	Not found	Stripe's rolling schedule¹³	3–5 business days after the event; first up to 14¹⁴	Your own processor, at sale³	Within 5 business days after¹⁵	Not found	Through your gateway; never held⁴
Its fee on a refund	Never refunded	Not found	Host still covers it¹⁶	Back only if cancelled¹⁷	Not returned¹⁸	Passed-on fee kept by default¹⁹	Not found	Not reversed²⁰
Buyers pick seats	No	Reserved seating²¹	No¹³	Not found	Yes²²	Including tables²³	Yes²⁴	Not found
Tables and sponsorships	Yes	Not found	Not found	Not found	Not found	Not found	Not found	Not found
Paid extras at checkout	Yes	Not found	Not found	Not found	Merch and downloads²²	Merchandise²³	Not found	Not found
Approve buyers first	Yes	Not found	Card held until approved¹³	Yes²⁵	Not found	Not found	Not found	Not found
Promo codes	Yes	Yes²⁶	Yes²	Not found	Yes²²	Yes²³	Yes²⁴	Not found
QR check-in	One QR per person, browser scanner	Check-in app²⁷	Luma's scanner²⁸	App only¹⁴	iOS and Android app²²	Free app²³	Yes²⁴	Not found
Wallet passes	No	Not found	Apple and Google²⁹	Not found	Apple²²	Not found	Not found	Not found
Waitlist when sold out	Interest list before a sale	Not found	Including paid¹³	Yes²⁵	Yes²²	Notifies automatically²³	Not found	Not found

A cross means the vendor says it doesn't offer it, or for RSVPlinks that we don't. “Not found” means we looked through its public pricing and help pages and saw nothing either way. It may still exist. A number links to the source.

Where RSVPlinks does well

One fee that includes card processing: 6% + 50¢, with no second bill from Stripe.
Your ticket page can be your invitation or a full website, not a listing on someone else's marketplace.
Whole tables with a seat each on your seating chart, sponsorships and paid extras.
Approve buyers first, and show the address only to those who bought.
Refunds from your dashboard, including Refund all if an event is canceled.

Where RSVPlinks falls short

Tickets are new here, with far less history than platforms that have sold for years.
Card payments pay out to US bank accounts, in US dollars only.
Buyers can't pick a seat on a map: you sell tickets or whole tables, and seat people yourself.
Our fee is never refunded, on any path.
A first-time seller's money waits until 3 days after the event.
No Apple or Google Wallet passes: tickets are a QR in the email, on the web and in a PDF.
No marketplace: nobody finds your event by browsing RSVPlinks, so you bring your own guests.

Questions

What is the cheapest way to sell event tickets?: If you're a nonprofit, Zeffy charges the organization nothing. Otherwise it depends on price and volume. At $25 a ticket, by published rates, Luma Plus comes to $1.03 plus its $59 monthly plan, Tito $1.78, Ticket Tailor $1.88 and RSVPlinks $2.00, while Luma's free plan is $2.28 and Eventbrite $3.44. RSVPlinks ranks number 5 of 11 at that price.
How much does Eventbrite charge per ticket?: Eventbrite's pricing page lists 3.7% + $1.79 per paid ticket, plus 2.9% payment processing per order, paid by buyers by default. On a $25 ticket that comes to about $3.44. Free events carry no fee.
Does Partiful charge a fee on tickets?: Yes, on paid tickets. Partiful's help center says fees depend on event size and ticket price and are shown to the host during setup, so we can't work out a figure for it. It says free tickets have no fees.
Do you get the ticket fee back on a refund?: Usually not. Luma, Ticket Tailor and Tito all say their fee stays when you refund. Partiful refunds its fee if the event is cancelled. Humanitix keeps a passed-on fee by default. RSVPlinks never refunds its fee, on any path.

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Sources

Read on November 1, 2026. Vendors change prices and features, so check their pages before you decide.

1. Zeffy: pricing
2. Luma: pricing
3. Ticket Tailor: pricing
4. Tito: pricing
5. RSVPify: selling tickets
6. TicketLeap help: fees
7. Humanitix: pricing
8. Eventbrite: pricing
9. Posh: Eventbrite fees explained (Posh's blog)
10. Zeffy support: who can use Zeffy
11. Zeffy support: what is Zeffy
12. Partiful help: fees
13. Luma help: Luma vs Ticket Tailor
14. Partiful help: selling tickets
15. Humanitix help: when events are paid out
16. Luma help: refunding a guest
17. Partiful help: refund policy
18. Ticket Tailor help: how you're charged
19. Humanitix help: refund amounts
20. Tito help: fees on cancelled tickets
21. Eventbrite: compare packages
22. Ticket Tailor: features
23. Humanitix: features
24. Zeffy: ticketing software
25. Partiful help: managing an event
26. Eventbrite: registration features
27. Eventbrite: check-in app
28. Luma help: check-in
29. Luma help: mobile wallet passes