Your festival budget shouldn't go to a ticketing platform.
“The industry model is wrong. This is my attempt to fix it.”
Drew Connerton, Founder
Community festivals run on tight margins and tighter timelines. Per-ticket fees eat into revenue that should go to vendors, performers, and the community. Equaticket is a flat subscription: $79/mo for Growth (1,000 tickets a month on average, 3,000 at a time), $189/mo for Pro (3,500 tickets a month on average, 10,500 at a time). Need more? Enterprise pricing is available.
No credit card required · First 100 paid tickets free · No per-ticket fees
The problem
The problem with festival ticketing
Festival organizers are resourceful. You negotiate with vendors, coordinate volunteers, chase permits, stretch every dollar. Then your ticketing platform takes 8-15% of your ticket revenue. That money could have paid for another stage, another food vendor, another reason for people to come back next year.
Your budget spreadsheet has a line item for every tent stake and trash can. The ticketing line should be predictable too.
How it works
How Equaticket works for festivals
One price, budget it once.
$79/mo on Growth is sized for 1,000 tickets a month on average and gives you 3,000 at a time, across unlimited events. Running a bigger festival? Pro is sized for 3,500 a month and gives you 10,500 at a time, for $189/mo. Plan it in January, know the cost in December. No surprises from selling more tickets than expected that blow your vendor budget.
Multiple ticket types, one event.
General admission, VIP, kids-free, early bird, Saturday-only, weekend pass: set up as many ticket types as your festival needs. All included, no per-type Equaticket fees.
Your town, your brand.
Festival pages look like your festival, not like Eventbrite. Hosted event pages with your branding, or embed tickets directly on your festival website.
Check-in that handles the rush.
Paid plans give you real-time QR scanning with multi-device sync and gate management. Set up separate check-in points for GA and VIP. Everyone sees the same live count.
Attendee data stays with you.
Your email list of past festival-goers is yours. Export anytime. When you're planning next year's event, that data is waiting. No platform holding it hostage.
Platform comparison
The math
A community festival selling 1,500 tickets at $35 average:
| Platform | Platform fees on this event |
|---|---|
| Eventbrite (~12%) | ~$6,284 |
| TicketSpice ($0.99/ticket) | ~$1,485 |
| Equaticket Growth | $237$79/mo, 3-month minimum |
$6,000 is a headliner act. Or 10 vendor booth rentals. Or next year's deposit on the park.
Savings calculator
See how much your festival would save
Set your ticket volume and average price. The savings are often enough to fund another stage or a headline act.
= 1,500 tickets every 3 months.
- Biggest savingsEventbrite$25,137/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $16,299/yearwith Equaticket vs. Eventbrite
- TicketSpice$13,830/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $4,992/yearwith Equaticket vs. TicketSpice
- Ticket Tailor$12,990/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $4,152/yearwith Equaticket vs. Ticket Tailor
Total Savings
$4,152 – $16,299/year
or $20,760 – $81,494 over 5 years
30-day money-back guarantee. Available once per organization within 30 days of starting a paid subscription. A refund ends your paid plan immediately and may pause future paid events. See the guarantee terms.
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 monthly on a 3-month minimum. Competitor pricing verified July 2026. Sales tax and organizer-added fees can change a checkout total.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Gate and zone management is included on all paid plans. Assign different staff to different entrances, each scanning on their own device, all synced in real time.
No. Equaticket charges a flat subscription with no per-ticket fees. We take nothing from each ticket sold. Your attendees pay 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). Sales tax and organizer-added fees can change a checkout total.
The Free tier has no time limit. Your first 100 paid tickets are free, with up to 50 tickets per event. It includes QR check-in and the embeddable checkout widget, and tickets priced at $0 do not count toward your first 100 paid tickets. Paid plans start at $29/mo (Starter): pay monthly with a 3-month minimum, or $87 up front for the 3 months. Starter is sized for 250 tickets a month on average, and gives you 750 at a time. Annual pricing and any applicable discount are shown on the pricing page and at checkout. No credit card required to sign up. Every paid plan, including annual, has a 30-day money-back guarantee. Available once per organization within 30 days of starting a paid subscription. A refund ends your paid plan immediately and may pause future paid events.
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, with no hardware required and 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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