Admission revenue should fund the gardens, not the platform.
Botanical gardens, arboretums, and conservatories run on admission revenue, membership programs, and philanthropic support. Per-ticket fees from Eventbrite quietly take a cut of every visitor admission and every special event ticket. Equaticket charges a flat subscription. Your horticultural mission keeps its revenue.
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The problem
Per-ticket fees compound across every admission and every event
A botanical garden selling 2,000 admissions a month at $18 average is giving Eventbrite $3,600 every month. That's $43,000 a year that could fund new plantings, education programming, and conservation research instead.
Gardens that rely on a mix of general admission, seasonal exhibitions, and special events face platform fees on every revenue stream. Equaticket's flat subscription covers all of them under one predictable monthly cost.
How it works
How Equaticket works for botanical gardens
General admission and special exhibitions.
Run multiple concurrent ticket types from one account. General admission, butterfly house add-on, seasonal exhibition, evening gala. All under one flat subscription: no per-type fees.
Timed entry for popular exhibitions.
Sell entry to special exhibitions by time window with capacity per slot. Manage flow through a specific greenhouse or featured garden without crowding or wait times.
Member access codes.
Issue annual members an access code that unlocks complimentary or discounted admission. Zero Equaticket fees on member redemptions.
Evening events and gala ticketing.
Lights in the Garden, twilight tours, donor cultivation events: set up premium-priced special events alongside regular admission. No separate platform needed.
Embed on your garden website.
Keep ticket purchases on your garden's own site. The Equaticket embed puts checkout on your pages without redirecting visitors to a third-party listing site.
Platform comparison
The math
A botanical garden selling 2,000 admissions/month at $18 average:
| Platform | Monthly platform fees |
|---|---|
| Eventbrite (~17%) | ~$3,600/mo |
| TicketSpice ($0.99/ticket) | ~$1,980/mo |
| Equaticket Growth | $79/mo |
$3,500 a month is education programming, new plantings, and conservation work.
Savings calculator
See how much your garden would save
Enter your monthly admission volume and average ticket price.
See how much you’ll save with Equaticket
Zero per-ticket platform fees. One flat price. The more you sell, the more you save.
- Biggest savingsEventbrite$24,394/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $16,870/yearwith Equaticket vs. Eventbrite
- TicketSpice$14,496/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $6,972/yearwith Equaticket vs. TicketSpice
- Ticket Tailor$13,376/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $5,852/yearwith Equaticket vs. Ticket Tailor
Total Savings
$5,852 – $16,870/year
or $29,260 – $84,349 over 5 years
Calculations based on total fees. All platforms include payment processing via Stripe (2.9% + $0.30 per transaction) unless otherwise noted. Eventbrite bundles processing into their fee. Equaticket subscription billed quarterly. Competitor pricing verified March 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. You can set up time slots with per-slot capacity limits. When a slot fills, it closes automatically. Visitors pick their arrival window at checkout. This works for general admission timed entry, special exhibitions, and guided tours.
No. Equaticket charges a flat monthly subscription, billed quarterly. We take nothing from each ticket sold. Your attendees pay exactly the price you set, with no added booking fees from us. Stripe payment processing applies at their standard rate (2.9% + $0.30 per transaction).
The Free tier is completely free with no time limit. It includes 50 tickets per 30 days, unlimited events, QR check-in, and the embeddable checkout widget. Paid plans start at $29/mo (Starter, billed quarterly at $87) for up to 750 tickets per quarter. No credit card required to sign up.
Yes. Every Equaticket plan includes an embeddable checkout widget. Paste a single script tag into your site — WordPress, Squarespace, Webflow, or any HTML page — and the ticket purchase flow runs directly on your site. Buyers never leave your domain.
Every ticket includes a unique QR code. Your staff scan it using any smartphone camera through our check-in app — no hardware required, no app store download needed. Paid plans include real-time multi-device sync, so multiple scanners at multiple gates stay in sync instantly with no double-entries.
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