Your admission revenue should fund the mission, not a platform's margin.
Museums run on tight institutional budgets. Per-ticket fees on general admission, special exhibitions, and ticketed programs add up quietly. Equaticket is a flat subscription: timed entry, member access, and exhibition ticketing with no platform cut per visitor.
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The problem
Per-ticket fees compound across every exhibition
A natural history museum charging $18 general admission and running a special exhibition at $32, selling 1,200 combined tickets a month, is losing over $2,000 a month to platform fees at Eventbrite rates. That's $25,000 a year that isn't funding programming, curation, or education.
Museums' per-visit admission model means every single visitor represents a platform fee opportunity for Eventbrite. Equaticket's flat subscription is built for exactly this: predictable volume, predictable cost.
How it works
How Equaticket works for museums
Timed-entry capacity management.
Sell entry by time slot with capacity per window. When a slot fills, it's automatically closed. Visitors pick their arrival time at checkout, with no crowding or surprise wait times at the door.
General admission and special exhibitions.
Run multiple concurrent ticket types from one account. General admission, special exhibition upsell, after-hours member event, lecture series. All under one flat subscription.
Member and comp access.
Issue access-code-gated free tickets for members. Set up promo codes for school groups, seniors, and partner organizations. No per-ticket Equaticket fee on any of them.
Embed on your museum website.
Keep visitors on your site. The Equaticket embed widget puts ticketing directly on your museum's website, with no redirect to a third-party marketplace.
Your visitor data.
Every ticket buyer's name and email is in your audience dashboard. Export your visitor list for membership outreach, exhibition announcements, and donor stewardship.
Platform comparison
The math
A museum selling 1,200 tickets/month across general admission ($18) and special exhibition ($32) at $22 average:
| Platform | Monthly platform fees |
|---|---|
| Eventbrite (~15%) | ~$3,981/mo |
| TicketSpice ($0.99/ticket) | ~$1,188/mo |
| Equaticket Growth | $79/mo |
~$3,900 a month funds programming that keeps people coming back.
Savings calculator
See how much your museum would save
Enter your monthly ticket volume and average admission price.
- Biggest savingsEventbrite$15,924/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $10,474/yearwith Equaticket vs. Eventbrite
- TicketSpice$9,254/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $3,804/yearwith Equaticket vs. TicketSpice
- Ticket Tailor$8,582/year
in total ticketing fees
Save $3,132/yearwith Equaticket vs. Ticket Tailor
Total Savings
$3,132 – $10,474/year
or $15,660 – $52,368 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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