Ticket Sales With No Per-Attendee Fees
Hosted and self-installed ticketing options without a mandatory platform charge for each ticket sold
Ticketing prices often contain several separate charges. This guide uses "no per-attendee fee" to mean that the ticketing provider does not add a mandatory percentage or fixed platform charge for each ticket sold.
Card processors can still charge a percentage and a fixed amount for each payment transaction. One transaction can contain several tickets, so a payment-processing charge is not always a per-attendee charge.
Hosted ticketing services
These are the qualifying hosted providers with detailed comparisons on this site. The list is not a directory of every ticketing service.
| Provider | Platform charging model | Qualifications |
|---|---|---|
| Chobble Tickets | £50/year or £5/month, or £25/year for eligible groups | No percentage or fixed per-ticket platform fee. Stripe, Square or SumUp processing remains separate. |
| tickts | Free Starter plan; fixed Growth and Pro subscriptions | Every plan states 0% commission and no buyer booking fee. Stripe processing remains separate, and some features require a paid plan. |
| Dandelion | No annual subscription or mandatory ticket fee | Dandelion normally asks for a voluntary 1% organiser contribution and buyer donations. Some off-platform events and listing boosts have separate charges. |
Chobble Tickets keeps the same hosting price at every ticket volume. tickts separates features into plans. Dandelion relies on voluntary contributions and paid marketplace options rather than a mandatory fee on each ticket.
Self-installed ticketing software
Self-installed software removes or replaces the provider's managed hosting charge. The organiser still pays for infrastructure, payment processing, email and any technical work needed to keep the service running.
| Software | Software charge | Qualifications |
|---|---|---|
| Chobble Tickets | No Chobble software fee | The complete product can be self-hosted. Infrastructure and configured services cost extra. |
| Pretix Community | No licence fee for the Community edition | Core ticketing is open source. Proprietary enterprise plugins start at €499/year, and the operator maintains the server and database. |
| alf.io | No software fee | Open source software with no per-ticket platform fee. The operator pays for infrastructure and processing. |
| Hi.Events | No platform fee when self-hosted | Free use requires visible "Powered by Hi.Events" branding. A Single Domain commercial licence removes it for $499 or more. |
| FooEvents | Core plugin from $69/year; bundles from $139/year | The WordPress and WooCommerce plugin takes no commission or per-ticket fee. WordPress hosting, the plugin subscription and payment processing remain separate. |
Options with volume conditions
Some providers advertise no percentage commission but still make the price depend on booking or ticket volume. They are not included in the strict lists above.
- Resova has no percentage commission, but each monthly plan includes a booking allowance and then charges for extra bookings. Its custom-priced Enterprise plan lists unlimited bookings.
- Tessera Tickets takes no cut from each ticket, but its monthly subscription tiers rise with annual ticket volume.
- Ticket Tailor charges no percentage, but it does charge a fixed amount for each paid ticket.
- Cal.com's free Individual plan includes unlimited meetings and Stripe or PayPal payments, but it is scheduling software rather than a complete event-ticketing service.
Costs to check
- Annual or monthly software subscriptions
- Fixed and percentage platform fees
- Payment-processing charges per transaction
- Buyer-paid booking fees
- Ticket-volume tiers and booking allowances
- VAT, currency conversion and refund charges
- Hosting, email, maintenance and support for self-installed software
The platform fee calculator compares the documented prices for Chobble Tickets and other hosted providers. Its fixed-cost examples assume one ticket per payment transaction, so an organiser should also test the usual number of tickets in each order.