Eventbrite alternative
Easy Tickets & Events: an Eventbrite alternative for Shopify
Short answer
How they compare
| Feature | This appEasy Tickets on ShopifyFree plan, then $15-99/mo | EventbritePer-ticket fees |
|---|---|---|
| Per-ticket service fee | None | 3.7% + $1.79 (US) |
| Pricing model | Flat monthly plan | Per-ticket fees |
| Where checkout happens | Your Shopify checkout | Eventbrite-hosted |
| Who the buyer belongs to | Your Shopify customer | Eventbrite account holder |
| When you get paid | Your normal Shopify payout | ~3 business days after the event |
| QR check-in app | Yes | Yes |
| Recurring events | Yes | Yes |
| Reserved-seating charts | No | Yes |
| Public event-discovery marketplace | No | Yes |
What Eventbrite charges, and what Shopify does not
Eventbrite charges a per-ticket service fee on paid tickets. In the United States that is 3.7% plus $1.79 per ticket, plus 2.9% payment processing per order (fees vary by country, for example 6.95% + £0.59 in the UK). Free events are free. You can pass the fee to the buyer or absorb it, but on a paid ticket it cannot be removed.
On a $30 ticket in the US, Eventbrite's published fees work out to about $3.77 (the 3.7% + $1.79 service fee, plus 2.9% processing), or roughly an eighth of the ticket. That is our calculation from Eventbrite's fees as published in July 2026, so check their current pricing before you plan around it.
With Easy Tickets & Events there is no per-ticket platform fee. Tickets sell through your normal Shopify checkout, so you pay only your usual Shopify payment processing, the same as any other order, on a flat monthly app plan that starts free.
Who owns the sale and the customer
This is the part that is easy to miss. On Eventbrite the buyer completes the purchase on an Eventbrite page or embedded widget, Eventbrite processes the payment and controls the payout, and the buyer becomes an Eventbrite account holder. Your default payout arrives around three business days after the event ends.
On Shopify the ticket is a normal Shopify order. The buyer checks out on your store, becomes your Shopify customer, and the money follows your normal Shopify payout schedule. You still get every attendee's details in the app, with per-event lists and CSV export. Eventbrite gives you attendee emails too, so the real difference is who owns the checkout and the payout, not whether you can see the list.
Where Eventbrite is still the better choice
Eventbrite runs a public marketplace where people browse and discover events, which is a genuine source of new attendees that a Shopify store does not have on its own. It also offers reserved-seating charts for assigned seats. If discovery traffic or a seating map is central to how you sell, Eventbrite earns its fee.
Selling on Shopify fits best when you already have an audience, a storefront, or an email list, and you would rather keep the sale, the customer and the checkout on your own store. If that is you, see how selling tickets on Shopify works.
Choose Easy Tickets on Shopify if
you already have an audience or storefront traffic, you want tickets sold through your own checkout with no per-ticket fee, and you want the buyer to be your Shopify customer paid out on your normal schedule.
Choose Eventbrite if
you are relying on Eventbrite's public marketplace to find new attendees, or you need reserved-seating charts for assigned seats.