Eventbrite charges US organizers 3.7% + $1.79 per paid ticket, plus 2.9% payment processing on each order. Free tickets cost nothing to sell. On a $50 ticket the fees come to $5.09, about 10.2% of the price. On a $10 ticket they come to $2.45, almost a quarter of it.
By default the buyer pays these fees on top of the ticket price. You can absorb them instead, which keeps the checkout price round but reduces what you receive. This guide covers both, with worked examples, the rates in other countries, optional paid plans, door sales, payouts and refunds. Rates were checked on October 24, 2026 against Eventbrite's own pages, linked in each section.
| Question | Short answer |
|---|---|
| Service fee (US) | 3.7% + $1.79 per paid ticket |
| Payment processing (US) | 2.9% per order |
| Free tickets | No fee |
| Who pays by default | The buyer; you can absorb fees per ticket type |
| Subscription required? | No. The optional Premium plan is $69 a month in the US |
| When you get paid | Three business days after the event ends, sooner on a payout schedule |
| Fees refunded? | Not on ordinary refunds; yes when the event is cancelled or postponed |
| Fee cap | None in the published fee table |
To run your own numbers, use the Eventbrite fee calculator.
How Eventbrite's fees work
Eventbrite's US pricing has two parts, and they are calculated differently.
| Charge | Published US rate | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| Eventbrite service fee | 3.7% + $1.79 | Each paid ticket |
| Payment processing | 2.9% | Each order's total |
| Free tickets | $0 | Tickets with no payment |
| Custom plans | Quoted by Eventbrite's sales team | Complex or high-volume events |
The service fee is charged per paid ticket: 3.7% of the ticket price plus a fixed $1.79. The processing fee is 2.9% of the whole order. Eventbrite says processing is calculated on the order total, including service fees and applicable tax. Its published US rate does not add a separate fixed $0.30 per transaction, which card processors such as Stripe charge.
Sources: Eventbrite pricing and how Eventbrite calculates US taxes and fees.
What Eventbrite costs at common ticket prices
One ticket per order, US online sales, no tax:
| Ticket price | Fees if you absorb them | You keep | Fees as share of price | Buyer pays if you pass fees on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5.00 | $2.13 | $2.87 | 42.6% | $7.19 |
| $10.00 | $2.45 | $7.55 | 24.5% | $12.52 |
| $15.00 | $2.79 | $12.21 | 18.6% | $17.87 |
| $25.00 | $3.45 | $21.55 | 13.8% | $28.55 |
| $50.00 | $5.09 | $44.91 | 10.2% | $55.24 |
| $75.00 | $6.75 | $68.25 | 9.0% | $81.95 |
| $100.00 | $8.39 | $91.61 | 8.4% | $108.64 |
| $150.00 | $11.69 | $138.31 | 7.8% | $162.04 |
The fixed $1.79 is why low-priced tickets are expensive to sell. Fees take 24.5% of a $10 ticket but 10.2% of a $50 ticket, and the share keeps falling as the price rises. Eventbrite's fee table has no maximum per ticket, so the fee keeps growing with the price: $18.29 on a $250 ticket.
Example: you absorb the fees
For one $50 ticket the buyer pays $50. The service fee is $3.64 (3.7% of $50 plus $1.79), and 2.9% processing on the $50 payment is $1.45. Total fees are $5.09, leaving $44.91 for you, before tax.
If you need to keep $50 per ticket while absorbing fees, the lowest price that does it is $55.45. The calculator has a table of these break-even prices.
Example: the buyer pays the fees
If you pass fees on, you keep the $50 face value and the buyer pays more. Adding $5.09 is not quite enough, because the extra amount collected also attracts 2.9% processing. Solving for an order total that covers both gives about $55.24 for one $50 ticket, before tax.
Since May 12, 2025, the FTC's Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees has required sellers of live-event tickets, including third-party platforms, to show the total price with mandatory fees more prominently than other pricing. Taxes can be shown separately before payment. Passing fees on changes who pays them; it does not hide them. Preview your checkout before you advertise a price.
Multiple tickets per order
The service fee applies to every paid ticket, so buying two tickets in one order doesn't reduce it. Processing is a percentage of the order total, so on Eventbrite grouping tickets into one order changes very little. That is different from platforms that use Stripe's 2.9% + $0.30, where the fixed $0.30 is paid once per order.
What does reduce Eventbrite's fixed charge is selling a bundle as one ticket type. One $20 "pair" ticket pays the $1.79 once; two $10 tickets pay it twice. Table tickets, family passes and multi-session passes work the same way.
Eventbrite compared with a flat-fee platform
The table below models 100 tickets sold one per order, with fees absorbed, on Eventbrite and on TixFox, which charges a flat per-ticket fee with Stripe processing on top. Both columns include processing.
| Ticket price | Tickets | Eventbrite fees | TixFox + Stripe fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10.00 | 100 | $245.00 | $98.00 |
| $25.00 | 100 | $345.00 | $142.00 |
| $50.00 | 100 | $509.00 | $214.00 |
| $100.00 | 100 | $839.00 | $359.00 |
The gap is widest on low-priced tickets. A lower fee only matters if the platform also handles your seating, check-in, reporting and payout needs, so compare features before switching.
Eventbrite fees by country
Eventbrite charges by payout country: the country of the bank account that receives your ticket money. These are the rates in Eventbrite's own fee table, checked October 24, 2026. The last column applies them to a ticket priced at 50 in the local currency, one ticket per order, with fees absorbed.
| Payout country | Service fee per paid ticket | Payment processing | Donation tickets | Fees on a 50 ticket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3.7% + $1.79 | 2.9% of the order | 2.9% processing only | $5.09 (10.2%) |
| Canada | 3.5% + C$1.29 | 2.9% of the order | 2.9% processing only | CA$4.49 (9.0%) |
| United Kingdom | 6.95% + £0.59 | None charged separately | 2% service fee | £4.07 (8.1%), plus VAT |
| Ireland | 5.9% + €0.79 | None charged separately | 2% service fee | €3.74 (7.5%) |
| Australia | 5.35% + A$1.19 | None charged separately | 2% service fee | A$3.87 (7.7%) |
| New Zealand | 4.2% + NZ$0.55 | 2.4% of the order | 2.4% processing only | NZ$3.85 (7.7%) |
In the UK, Ireland and Australia there is no separate processing fee, which is why the service fee is higher. UK organizers also pay 20% VAT on Eventbrite's service fee unless they add a verified VAT ID to the event, which takes the £4.07 example to about £4.88 (Eventbrite on UK VAT). Our Eventbrite fees UK guide covers VAT, payouts, refunds and cheaper UK platforms in more detail.
When we checked, Eventbrite's UK, Canadian, Irish and New Zealand pricing pages displayed the US rates (3.7% + $1.79) rather than their own. The help-center table above gives country-specific rates and matches the Australian pricing page, so we have used it. Confirm the rate shown in your own account before you set prices.
Free events: what costs nothing
Eventbrite says organizers can "publish unlimited events of any size at no cost", and free tickets carry no ticketing fee (Eventbrite's pricing and plans). The per-event charges of the old Flex plan ended on September 4, 2024 (Eventbrite's announcement).
A free event starts costing money when you add:
- A paid ticket type or paid add-on, which pays the normal service and processing fees.
- A donation ticket, which in the US pays 2.9% processing but no service fee.
- More marketing than the free allowance. Free accounts can send up to 250 marketing emails a day (email marketing features); more needs a paid plan.
- Eventbrite Ads, which are paid promotion billed separately.
Eventbrite Premium, Pro and other optional costs
Ticketing fees apply on every plan. The paid plans add marketing and support; they don't lower the fee per ticket.
- Eventbrite Premium costs $69 a month or $708 a year in the US (£59, CA$89, A$99, NZ$99, or €59 in Ireland and parts of the EU). It includes your events in Eventbrite's own advertising on Meta, Google and TikTok, $20 a month in Eventbrite Ads credits that don't roll over, up to 2,000 marketing emails a day, placements in Eventbrite's consumer newsletter, live chat and priority email support, and 50% off Instant Payout fees. Eventbrite says eligibility "is being expanded gradually, starting with organizers in the United States" (pricing and plans).
- Eventbrite Pro is closed to new subscribers. Existing subscribers keep their plan and price. Pro was sold by email volume: 2,000 emails a day for $15 a month, 6,000 for $50 and 10,000 for $100 (2024 announcement). When we checked, Eventbrite's pricing pages still advertised Pro from $15 a month, so expect them to change.
- Eventbrite Ads promote events inside Eventbrite, in select markets; ad spend is not included in any plan except Premium's monthly credit.
- Custom plans for complex or high-volume events are quoted by Eventbrite's sales team.
Premium only pays for itself if Eventbrite's own audience sells tickets you wouldn't sell otherwise. If your buyers come from your own list or community, the plan adds cost without adding many sales.
Nonprofit pricing
Eventbrite does not discount ticketing fees for nonprofits. Its nonprofit program is a 50% discount on Pro plans for organizations verified through its partner Percent, in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, and the help article says plainly: "This discount doesn't apply to Ticketing Fees" (nonprofit pricing). With Pro closed to new subscribers, a new nonprofit may have nothing to apply the discount to; the article doesn't mention Premium.
What does lower a nonprofit's costs on Eventbrite is the donation ticket type: in the US, Canada and New Zealand it pays processing only, and in the UK, Ireland and Australia a 2% service fee. For galas and fundraisers, compare platforms built for nonprofits in our nonprofit ticketing comparison.
Door sales
Tickets sold on site through the Eventbrite Organizer app have their own, lower fees (fee table):
| Payout country | Service fee | Payment processing |
|---|---|---|
| United States | $1 per paid ticket | 2.9% of the order on card payments |
| Canada | C$1 per paid ticket | 2.9% of the order on card payments |
| United Kingdom | £0.50 per paid ticket + 1.6% per order | None |
| Australia | A$1.00 per paid ticket + 2% per order | None |
A $50 ticket paid by card at a US door costs about $2.45 in fees, against $5.09 online. Card readers, Tap to Pay and manually keyed cards count as card payments. Cash, checks and vouchers recorded in the app pay no processing, but the service fee still applies to every ticket recorded through Eventbrite. Processing on app sales can't be passed to the buyer, and on-site sales need an event currency of USD, CAD, GBP or AUD (selling with the Organizer app).
When Eventbrite pays you
- Standard payout: Eventbrite sends your money three business days after the event ends. US banks usually take another 2–3 business days to post it; outside the US allow 5–7 business days (when you get paid). Eventbrite's merchant agreement sets the outer limit at five business days after the event.
- Total time: add the two together and a US organizer usually has the money five to six business days after the event; outside the US, allow eight to ten. For example, an event that ends on a Saturday is paid out the following Wednesday, and the funds typically reach a US bank by Friday or the Monday after.
- First event: if you're new to Eventbrite, your first payout is sent after the event ends, whatever schedule you'd prefer. Organizers with banks in the US, UK, Canada or Australia must verify their financial details before the first payout, and the bank must be in the payout country you chose.
- Payouts before the event: once you've hosted a paid event and received a payout, an owner or admin can set a weekly (Wednesdays) or twice-monthly (1st and 15th) schedule. Eventbrite holds 20% of net sales in reserve for refunds and chargebacks, caps pre-event payouts at $100,000 or the local equivalent, and sends the rest three days after the event (payout schedules).
- Instant Payouts (eligible US organizers): up to $10,000 per payout, usually within 30 minutes, for a 3% fee with a $2.99 minimum and $40 maximum (Instant Payouts). Premium halves that fee.
- PayPal: if you take payments through PayPal instead, sales go straight to your PayPal account.
- Delays: a postponed event's payout waits until the event takes place, and a payout more than 60 days after the event won't send automatically.
Plan deposits around this. If the venue wants money before the night and this is your first Eventbrite event, ticket sales won't reach your bank in time.
Refunds, cancellations and fees
- Ordinary refunds: Eventbrite keeps its ticketing fees when an order is refunded, whether you absorbed the fees or passed them on. A buyer who paid fees on top gets back the ticket price, not the fees (is the fee refundable?).
- Cancelled or postponed events: refunds cover the entire purchase, ticket price and fees.
- Duplicate charges are refunded in full within seven days of purchase.
So a generous refund policy has a cost on Eventbrite: every refunded ticket loses its fee. The help article doesn't say how fees refunded on a cancelled event are settled with the organizer, so ask Eventbrite before you cancel.
Sales tax
In the US, service fees and sales tax are calculated on the ticket price, and processing on the order total including service fees and tax, so a taxed event pays processing on the tax as well. In the states and localities where Eventbrite is a marketplace facilitator (its list runs to more than 30, including Florida, Texas and Washington), Eventbrite calculates, collects and remits sales tax on the buyer total. Elsewhere tax obligations stay with you (how US taxes work on Eventbrite).
What has changed since the Bending Spoons acquisition
Bending Spoons agreed on December 2, 2025 to buy Eventbrite for about $500 million in cash, $4.50 a share (announcement). The deal closed on March 10, 2026; Eventbrite became a wholly owned subsidiary and its shares left the New York Stock Exchange (closing filing). Co-founder Julia Hartz stepped down as CEO. In April, Reuters reported that the new owner had cut a large part of the pre-acquisition workforce and shipped faster event creation and redesigned organizer profiles (Reuters via WHBL).
For organizers, what has changed so far:
- Ticketing fees: no change announced. The US rate is the same 3.7% + $1.79 plus 2.9% we recorded before the deal closed.
- Plans: Pro is closed to new subscribers, and Premium at $69 a month is rolling out from the US.
- Product direction: at announcement Bending Spoons said it planned messaging, AI-assisted event creation, better search and "a system for the secondary ticket market."
Treat today's pricing as a baseline rather than a promise, and recheck it before each season's events go on sale. Our timeline of Eventbrite under Bending Spoons tracks the changes as they are announced.
How to lower your Eventbrite fees
- Decide deliberately who pays. Passing fees to buyers protects your revenue; absorbing them keeps the advertised price round. Either way, the buyer must see the full price up front.
- Bundle tickets that are bought together. A pair, family or table ticket pays the fixed $1.79 once instead of per person.
- Avoid very low prices on paid tickets. Below about $10, fees take a quarter or more of the price. Consider a free registration with optional paid add-ons, or a higher price with more included.
- Sell at the door through the Organizer app. In the US that is $1 per ticket plus 2.9% on card payments, and cash pays no processing.
- Price for the fees you keep. Use the calculator to find the face value that leaves your cost per guest.
- Compare a flat-fee platform when you bring your own audience. If most buyers come from your own email list, social channels or partners, Eventbrite's marketplace may add little to justify the difference.
When a cheaper platform is worth considering
If you bring buyers through your own mailing list, partners or social audience, compare the total cost of processing those sales. If Eventbrite brings incremental customers, include that additional revenue in the decision. A small fee reduction is not worthwhile if a required seating, registration or reporting workflow is missing.
See our lowest-fee platform comparison, the nonprofit ticketing comparison and our comparison methodology.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Eventbrite charge per ticket?
In the US, 3.7% of the ticket price plus $1.79 per paid ticket, plus 2.9% processing on the order. A $50 ticket costs $5.09 in fees in total.
What percentage does Eventbrite take?
It depends on the price, because part of the fee is fixed: about 24.5% of a $10 ticket, 10.2% of a $50 ticket and less on more expensive tickets.
Is Eventbrite free for free events?
Yes. Eventbrite says you can publish unlimited free events at no cost, and free tickets carry no ticketing fee.
Does Eventbrite have a fee cap?
No. The published fee table has no maximum, so a $250 ticket pays $18.29 in US fees.
Does Eventbrite charge nonprofits less?
Not on ticketing fees. The nonprofit discount is 50% off Pro plans, which are closed to new subscribers. Donation ticket types pay lower fees than ordinary tickets.
When does Eventbrite pay organizers?
Three business days after the event ends, plus your bank's processing time (2–3 business days in the US, 5–7 elsewhere), so about five to six business days in total for a US organizer. After your first event you can set a weekly or twice-monthly payout schedule, with 20% held in reserve, and eligible US organizers can pay for Instant Payouts.
Are Eventbrite fees refundable?
Not when you refund an order for an event that goes ahead. If the event is cancelled or postponed, buyers get the entire purchase back, including fees.
How much does Eventbrite charge in the UK, Canada and Australia?
UK: 6.95% + £0.59 per ticket, with no separate processing fee but VAT on the fee (our UK fees guide has the details). Canada: 3.5% + C$1.29 plus 2.9% processing. Australia: 5.35% + A$1.19, with no separate processing fee.
Does Eventbrite offer dynamic pricing?
It offers rule-based price changes: a ticket's price can change automatically on a set date or after a set number of sales, with up to 10 rules per ticket type (automatic price changes). It does not adjust prices to demand on its own.