Campus events deserve ticketing that fits an institutional budget.
“The industry model is wrong. This is my attempt to fix it.”
Drew Connerton, Founder
Colleges and universities run public lectures, alumni events, athletic events, performances, and campus programming across dozens of departments. Per-ticket fees on every event registration add up to real budget pressure. Equaticket charges a flat subscription, or nothing at all for smaller event programs.
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The problem
Institutional budgets can't absorb per-ticket platform fees across a semester
A university events office running 8 events per semester with 500 attendees each at $20 average is paying Eventbrite around $800 per event (over $6,400 per semester) just for ticketing infrastructure. That's budget that comes from student activity fees, departmental allocations, or grant funding.
Higher education event programs benefit from predictable, flat-rate infrastructure. Equaticket's tiers are enforced on a rolling 90-day window, not a calendar quarter: 4,000 tickets spread evenly across a 4-5 month semester works out to roughly 800–1,000 in any 90 days, which would fit Growth. But semester programming rarely spreads evenly — welcome week and homecoming cluster attendance into a much narrower window — so sizing for that busiest 90 days, not the average, is what actually avoids a mid-semester quota wall. That makes Pro ($189/mo, on a 3-month minimum commitment) the safer plan at this volume: budget $756–$945 across the full 4-5 month term, not a single quarter's charge. For departments running smaller events, the free plan covers 50 tickets every rolling 30 days with no subscription required.
How it works
How Equaticket works for higher education
Free plan for small campus events.
Equaticket's free tier includes your first 50 tickets sold with no subscription required. For small lectures, departmental events, and one-off screenings, you may never need to pay anything.
Recurring series for lecture programs.
Set up a distinguished lecture series, a speaker program, or a film series once and publish every event date. Each date gets its own ticket page and check-in flow on the Growth tier.
Embed on your .edu website.
Keep ticket purchases on your department or events office site. The Equaticket embed puts checkout on your institutional pages without redirecting students and public to a third-party marketplace.
Promo codes for students and alumni.
Issue discount codes for student tickets, alumni association members, and faculty. Set usage limits and expiration dates, all included on paid plans.
Attendee data for alumni relations.
Every ticket buyer is in your audience dashboard. Export your attendee list to track alumni engagement, measure event program reach, and support development office outreach.
Platform comparison
The math
500 tickets/event across 8 events/semester at $20 average (4,000 tickets/semester):
| Platform | Semester platform fees |
|---|---|
| Eventbrite (~16%) | ~$6,400 |
| TicketSpice ($0.99/ticket) | ~$3,960 |
| Equaticket Pro | $567$189/mo, 3-month minimum |
$5,455 per semester funds the events themselves, not the platform that hosts them.
Savings calculator
See how much your program would save
Enter your typical event attendance and average ticket price. This uses an even monthly spread — a semester with clustered events (welcome week, homecoming) can need a higher tier than the average alone suggests.
See how much you’ll save with Equaticket
Zero per-ticket platform fees. One flat price. The more you sell, the more you save.
= 2,400 per quarter, pooled.
- Biggest savingsEventbrite$30,560/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $21,164/yearwith Equaticket vs. Eventbrite
- TicketSpice$17,952/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $8,556/yearwith Equaticket vs. TicketSpice
- Ticket Tailor$16,608/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $7,212/yearwith Equaticket vs. Ticket Tailor
Total Savings
$7,212 – $21,164/year
or $36,060 – $105,822 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 monthly on a 3-month minimum. Competitor pricing verified July 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. You can create access-code-gated ticket types with 100% promo codes for speakers, sponsors, VIPs, or staff. Equaticket charges nothing for free or comped tickets.
No. Equaticket charges a flat subscription with no per-ticket fees. 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): pay monthly with a 3-month minimum, or $87 billed upfront per quarter, 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, 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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