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    Eventbrite

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AEventbrite is a global ticketing and event technology platform that provides creators of events with tools and resources to plan, promote, and produce live experiences. The vendor says event organizers can benefit from Eventbrite’s self-service event planning tools including email invitation creation, RSVP tracking, and ticket selling. Ticket sales can be managed online via the ticketing website or through integration with social media sites including Facebook, and real-time sales data…N/A
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    Eventbrite
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    Yes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    Yes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsOnly pay when ticket sales are made Essentials plan: 2% + $0.79/ paid ticket Professional plan: 3.5% + $1.59/ paid ticket Premium plan: contact Eventbrite for a custom pricing plan Free for free events
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    Eventbrite
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    Eventbrite
    Chose Eventbrite
    I haven't evaluated any competitors similar to EventBrite
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    Chose Eventbrite
    I am searching for a new vendor.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    Eventbrite is in our experience much easier to use and has more offerings for what you can do with it. In addition, many people have used Eventbrite in the past because of its popularity which makes it an overall easier experience for setting up an account and going through the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    Eventbrite is very flexible and a great option for our smaller events and definitely our free events. Cvent however is the preferred tool for our larger events, that required custom apps, onsite badge printing, and many other conference features. The price Cvent charged and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    Both are wonderful tools. Eventbrite has more recognition among non-professional event planners. While the features stacked up nicely, it was the familiar navigation and UX that put Eventbrite over the edge.
    Incentivized
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    Eventbrite is excellent for free events and does a great job with virtual events. Eventbrite does not offer an alternative to merchant processing. Freshtix and Passage allow me to use our own merchant processing systems. With Eventbrite, you have to use their processor and they …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    Splash is the closest equal competitor and has more beautiful design options but isn't as easy to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    Facebook Events are a de facto must-have but the registration is not included beyond a simple 3-way indicator (Interested, Going, Not Going) which only supplements but so many of our supporters, attendees, staff, etc. object to Facebook for various reasons (data haul, at-scale …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    My "go to" for event registration has always been Constant Contact because they don't charge additional processing fees above the standard transaction. If it's a more basic event where I just need to capture name, email, and payment, I'll continue to use Constant Contact over …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    Eventbrite is really the best in the business for events! We do use other software for some of our events but in comparison, Eventbrite is the best and so many people are already familiar with it because of their brand recognition.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    We use Eventbrite for everyday activities because it is simply easier to set up an event and send the invitation to a group of people. OneCause and many other platforms like it are very useful but require much more time to build out an event infrastructure. Again, if going for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    We didn't evaluate any other platforms too deeply because Eventbrite had the cheapest fee per ticket and the value of an already successful and connected platform for event discovery was important to us.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    I like Eventbrite better for a wide variety of reasons. For starters, it looks significantly more professional than Google Forms does. Additionally, there's a tremendous amount of capability to this software, and it comes at no cost to the business user (if you pass the fees on …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    Before using Eventbrite, we collected event registrations through our website. We could only customize it to a certain limit and would have to manually send reminder emails, now Eventbrite takes care of all of this for us. It makes it so much easier for our marketing team.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    We have utilized Eventbrite due to its popularity in the market. After our experience, we can see why it remains one of the top event platforms out there. Overall, the experience is extremely streamlined and helps individuals get details, sign up, and attend events with ease. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    We have used Meetup alongside Eventbrite. Meetup has its pros and cons but as far as driving greater traffic toward an event and having actual ticket registrations, Eventbrite takes the crown.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    It's not an apples to apples comparison. Eventbrite is a much more robust event management platform, designed specifically for ticket sales. Formstack, however, is perfectly fine for event registrations when all that's required is a simple RSVP form and it isn't crucial to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    Eventbrite is more polished and easy to set up out of the box, whereas FormAssembly gives you more flexibility and customization.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    Eventbrite is not as customizable as some of the other event marketing platforms. Eventbrite is very broad whereas some of the other event marketing platforms enable you to tailor your message, collect more data and insights on your attendees and guests.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    It's way cheaper and gets the job done. I have mentioned this to Cvent multiple times. Therefore I now only talk to Cvent about solutions Eventbrite does not have (like their event in a box).
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    I had previously used Eventbrite but did investigate alternatives to see how their platforms compared. I stuck with Eventbrite since I was familiar with its functionality.
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    We looked at Ticketspice as well, and they're much more affordable and their pages are more customizable than Eventbrite's. They aren't as state of the art of Eventbrite's pages and don't have the blog/current event pages like Eventbrite has, but Ticketspice is very competitive …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    While we haven't used other products, we were approached by Evensi for promoting our event - they found our Eventbrite webpage and contacted us for further services. Several on our planning committee gave it some thought, as Evensi brought our Eventbrite webpage an additional …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    We looked at several ticketing solutions and the customer service and price point (for a non-profit) was not able to be found with other providers. However, with the constant evolution in cloud-based software, we anticipate future growth within both Eventbrite and other …
    Incentivized
    Chose Eventbrite
    I used to use Cvent at another company, and it was really clunky and hard to customize. Everything felt like a chore, and Eventbrite made things a lot easier and more intuitive. I can create an event in minutes instead of hours, and the attendees have a way better experience …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    97%
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    Whova
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    Score6.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Eventbrite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (57 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (23 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Eventbrite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Eventbrite
    We're a nonprofit organization so we have a very lean time, labor, and money so the super easy self-explanatory nature makes it easy for our team to admin an event. The simple UI [of Eventbrite] keeps our focus on the event and avoids any headache-inducing tech hurdles. There're just enough user roles to handle multi-staffer admin. A less appropriate situation is an event that is huge in complexity with a custom workflow and processing which Eventbrite's not built to handle in-house such as multi-step registration, multiple item and category all-select options during registration, multi-event type (not just physical or ticket but virtual goods tracking), more HootSuite-like social media refinery, etc.
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    Pros
    Eventbrite
    • Event management--providing a detailed description of the event (date, time, place) plus details of the event (speakers, topic, sponsors, etc.)
    • Registrations--provides enough details about people who register, and tools to manage those registrations (add people manually who didn't pre-register, cancel orders, check-in of attendees)
    • Event promotion--events created using Eventbrite can be found by searching Eventbrite for local events
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    Cons
    Eventbrite
    • I'd like to see Eventbrite add more customization to the event page layout. It would be nice to be able to differentiate our event through more specific design.
    • I've had occasional problems with email formatting in the Eventbrite email builder. It would be nice to have a slightly more trustworthy builder.
    • Other than those two things, I think Eventbrite does exactly what it needs to do.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Eventbrite
    Excellent platform and easy to use to create events. Eventbrite sets the standard for simple, effective and safe ticketing platforms. Our customers trust Eventbrite and we've always done well when we use this platform for ticketing. They have recently updated some of the virtual connectivity tools which make it even easier to set up and promote virtual events.
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    Usability
    Eventbrite
    Great platform with so many incredible features. It streamlines workflow, communication, messaging, and analyzing data. I know of no other platform that can do what Eventbrite can do for the price or user-friendliness. They also offer great support for new users and integrate well with other platforms (i.e., social media and Sched).
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    Support Rating
    Eventbrite
    I haven't yet needed to contact customer support, but the information provided next to the various features has been exceptionally helpful. This info is located just to the right of most options, and it provides answers to frequently asked questions. At this point, that information has been enough to keep me from having to contact anyone.
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    Implementation Rating
    Eventbrite
    Just jump in, don't over thinking it, doing it will net the very few basic questions you'll have. There's not much complexity so one doesn't need to plan as if moving a canal. It's as simple as can be.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Eventbrite
    My "go to" for event registration has always been Constant Contact because they don't charge additional processing fees above the standard transaction. If it's a more basic event where I just need to capture name, email, and payment, I'll continue to use Constant Contact over Eventbrite. However, if it's more complex and requires marketing, I would choose Eventbrite.
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    Return on Investment
    Eventbrite
    • A dedicated URL for each event has been easy to use for tying events to editorial content, promotion and marketing.
    • For ticketed events, it has been an easy -to-use system without requiring a lot of training on a complicated technology. It is also competitively priced for transaction management.
    • Whether we have discovered any Eventbrite users via the Eventbrite site promotion, we appreciate it as a recommendation of our event for like-minded event attendees.
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