For event organizers
Thinking about leaving Eventbrite? Here’s the honest math.
Fees, payout timing, and who owns your attendee list. Side by side, from published rates.
Platform comparison
Side by side, from published rates.
Platform fee
Eventrise: 5% flat
Eventbrite: 3.7% + $1.79 per ticket
Payment processing
Eventrise: Stripe standard, 2.9% + $0.30, no markupStripe standard, 2.9% + 30¢, no markup
Eventbrite: 2.9% per order
Payout timing
Eventrise: As tickets sell. to your own Stripe accountAs tickets sell, to your own Stripe account
Eventbrite: Starts 3 business days after the event ends
Reserve held
Eventrise: None
Eventbrite: 20% of net sales until after the event
Early access to your money
Eventrise: Not needed, it's already yoursNot needed, it’s already yours
Eventbrite: Instant payouts at 3% per payoutInstant Payouts at 3% per payout, existing organizers only
Marketing to your attendees
Eventrise: Never
Eventbrite: Promotes other events to your buyers
Attendee data export
Eventrise: Free, always
Eventbrite: Yours to export, marketplace keeps using it
Contract
Eventrise: None
Eventbrite: None
Support
Eventrise: A human, usually within hours
Eventbrite: Tiered, queue-based
Reserved seating
Eventrise: Included, $1 per reserved-seat ticket paid by attendees
Eventbrite: Included on paid plans
*Eventbrite published US pricing and payout policies as of August 2026 (eventbrite.com/organizer/pricing and Eventbrite Help Center).
The fee breakdown
What a $25 ticket actually costs.
300 tickets at $25. Fees the ticket buyer pays; you receive full face value on both platforms.
Platform fee
Eventrise: $1.25 (5%)
Eventbrite: $2.72 (3.7% + $1.79)
Payment processing
Eventrise: $1.10 (Stripe 2.9% + $0.30 on the full charge
Eventbrite: $0.72 (2.9%)
Fees per ticket
Eventrise: $2.35
Eventbrite: $3.44
Buyer pays at checkout
Eventrise: $27.35
Eventbrite: $28.44
Fees across 300 tickets
Eventrise: $705
Eventbrite: $1,032
Reserved seating adds $1 per seated ticket, shown to the buyer at checkout.
Fees pass to attendees by default on both platforms. Lower fees at checkout means fewer abandoned carts, not just money saved.
*Eventbrite's published US rates as of August 2026 (3.7% + $1.79 service fee, 2.9% payment processing shown on face value, its conservative reading). General admission. Line items rounded to the cent; totals exact.
When your money arrives
A ticket sells in March. When do you see the money?
Eventbrite
Sale: March
Money lands: June
Payouts start 3 business days after the event ends, take 6 to 8 business days to reach the bank, and pre-event payouts hold 20% back.
Eventrise
Sale: March
Money lands: March
As tickets sell, into your own Stripe account. No reserve held back.
Free migration
The switch is on us.
We rebuild your events and seat maps, import your attendees, and you’re live in days. Keep selling on your old platform until you’re ready to flip.
FAQ
Switching, answered
- Run them out where they are, or we help you move them. No overlap penalty, no contract.
- Eventbrite's marketplace can surface your event to browsers, and for some events that matters. Most organizers bring their own audience and pay full fees on traffic they generated themselves. Your Eventrise pages are yours, embeddable on your own site, and your attendee list is yours to market to, free.
- Usually days. Seat maps included.
- 5% plus Stripe's standard processing, both shown to attendees upfront. No subscription, no setup fee, no add-on tiers.
