Your ministry shouldn't pay per ticket.
Churches run free services, paid concerts, annual banquets, and community outreach. Equaticket is a flat subscription, so ticketing a sold-out Easter service costs the same as ticketing a midweek Bible study. No per-ticket fees, ever.
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An annual church banquet: 200 tickets at $60 each
Eventbrite
3.7% + $1.79 per ticket, plus 2.9% payment processing
$1,173
Equaticket Growth
Flat subscription, no Equaticket ticket fees
$79
The problem
Why churches pay too much for ticketing
Most ticketing platforms were built for commercial promoters. Their pricing model is a percentage of every ticket sold, which makes sense when you're a venue trying to maximize revenue. It doesn't make sense for a church that's just trying to manage capacity for Easter Sunday or keep more of the proceeds from a fundraising dinner.
On a $60 banquet ticket, Eventbrite takes $5.87 per ticket before anything reaches the ministry. Sell 200 seats and you've donated $1,173 to a ticketing company instead of your mission.
Equaticket is a flat subscription. Your banquet, your Christmas concert, and your free Easter service all run on the same plan. Sell more tickets and pay nothing more.
How it works
What you get
No Equaticket fees on any ticket
Your $60 banquet ticket keeps $60 minus payment processing. No Equaticket service fee, no platform cut, no per-attendee charge. Stripe's payment processing applies (approximately 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction), but that's Stripe's fee, not ours.
Free events don't count toward your cap
Free RSVPs for Easter services, Christmas Eve, community outreach, or midweek Bible studies don't count toward your monthly ticket cap. Your subscription covers paid events; free events are always free to ticket.
Waitlist for sold-out services
Set a capacity limit and enable the waitlist. When your Easter service fills up, attendees join a waitlist and are automatically notified if a spot opens. No manual tracking, no spreadsheets.
Embed checkout on your church website
If your church already has a website (WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, or anything else), the Equaticket embeddable checkout widget runs the ticket purchase or RSVP flow directly on your site. Your congregation never leaves your domain to register.
Member pricing and promo codes
Create promo codes for member-only pricing on a banquet or concert. Set usage limits so the discount applies only to those who have the code. Works for staff comps, sponsor tickets, and volunteer passes too.
Your attendee data is yours
Every RSVP and ticket buyer is in your Equaticket audience dashboard. Export your full attendee list as a CSV at any time with no restrictions. Connect to Mailchimp or Kit to add registrants directly to your ministry email list.
Savings calculator
See how much your church would save
Set your event ticket price and expected attendance. The calculator shows your platform cost versus Eventbrite and other per-ticket competitors.
- Biggest savingsEventbrite$4,693/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $2,713/yearwith Equaticket vs. Eventbrite
- TicketSpice$2,424/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $444/yearwith Equaticket vs. TicketSpice
- Ticket Tailor$2,312/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $332/yearwith Equaticket vs. Ticket Tailor
Total Savings
$332 – $2,713/year
or $1,660 – $13,565 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.
Platform comparison
Pricing for churches
Equaticket doesn't have a church discount. We don't need one. Our base pricing is already a flat subscription that works for any size congregation.
| Plan | Tickets/month | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Up to 50, plus unlimited free-event RSVPs | $0 |
| Starter | Up to 250, good for most churches running a handful of events per quarter | $29/mo |
| Growth | Up to 1,000, for larger congregations or high-attendance events | $79/mo |
Common church event use cases
Easter and Christmas services
Free RSVP ticketing for high-attendance holiday services. Set a capacity limit by service time, enable the waitlist for overflow, and let attendees pick the 9am or 11am slot. Free events don't count toward your ticket cap.
Annual banquets and fundraising dinners
Paid ticket sales for church galas and benefit dinners. Attendee name collection per ticket, promo codes for table sponsors or major donors, and no per-ticket platform fee eating into what you raise.
Worship concerts and guest speakers
Tiered pricing (Early Bird, General Admission, Reserved Seating) and promo codes for members. Sell tickets directly from your church website with the Equaticket embed.
VBS and children's ministry registration
Free registration for Vacation Bible School, youth retreats, and children's programs. Free events have no Equaticket cost and don't count toward your monthly cap, no matter how many kids register.
Conferences and retreats
Higher-priced multi-day events where the savings from flat-subscription pricing are largest. Sell 300 retreat tickets at $125 each without sending a cut of every ticket to a platform.
Community outreach events
Free community dinners, open worship nights, and neighborhood events. Issue as many free RSVPs as you need. The headcount data goes straight to your attendee dashboard.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Free events on Equaticket don't count toward your monthly ticket cap and have no Equaticket fee. Whether you're issuing free RSVPs for a Christmas Eve service or selling paid tickets for a fundraising banquet, your subscription cost stays the same. You only pay for paid tickets sold, up to your plan's cap.
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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