# The best ticketing for community events (2026) — Box Office Fees

> Source: https://boxofficefees.com/category/community-events (curated, re-verified)
> Updated 1 November 2026 · Reviewed by the Box Office Fees editorial team

Ticketing for meetups, markets, fairs, school and church events.

14 ticketing platforms in this category, ranked by what we can confirm about each (a public price, an API and docs, independent sources, stated limits; payment never changes the order). Each name links to its answer-first markdown twin.

## Facts

- Free to start: 9 of 14
- API: 10 of 14
- First paid plan a month: 3 of 14 publish one, $29.99 to $180
- Checked against their own sites: 27–29 October 2026 (14 of 14)
- Added in November 2026: 1

| Name | What it is | Pricing | API |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Eventeny](https://boxofficefees.com/eventeny.md) | All-in-one event management with 3% ticketing, vendor, volunteer and sponsor modules. | Free, then $180 a month | Yes |
| [Eventleaf](https://boxofficefees.com/eventleaf.md) | Per-attendee event registration with badge printing, check-in apps and a 3-6% fee on ticket sales. | Free, then $500 a year | Yes |
| [Humanitix](https://boxofficefees.com/humanitix.md) | Nonprofit ticketing: 5% + $1.29 a paid ticket, card processing included, profits to charity. | Free, then $1.29 per paid ticket | Yes |
| [Luma](https://boxofficefees.com/luma.md) | Event pages and calendars with a 5% ticket fee that drops to zero on a flat subscription. | Free, then $69 a month | Yes |
| [Meetup](https://boxofficefees.com/meetup.md) | A community platform that helps organizers build groups and run local or online events. | From $29.99 a month | Yes |
| [Partiful](https://boxofficefees.com/partiful.md) | Free invite and RSVP pages with Stripe-backed ticketing for US and UK hosts. | Free | — |
| [Peatix](https://boxofficefees.com/peatix.md) | Community ticketing with group pages, attendee messaging, and its own event discovery. | Free | — |
| [Posh](https://boxofficefees.com/posh.md) | Social event platform with organizer dashboard, all-in ticket pricing and a consumer discovery app. | On quote | — |
| [Purplepass](https://boxofficefees.com/purplepass.md) | Ticketing, box office and door scanning for venues, promoters, schools and theaters. | Free, then $0.99 per per paid ticket, plus 2.5% of the ticket price | — |
| [RSVPify](https://boxofficefees.com/rsvpify.md) | Registration, ticketing, guest management, seating, and QR-code check-in in one platform. | Free, then $0.90 per ticket | Yes |
| [Subsplash](https://boxofficefees.com/subsplash.md) | Church platform that combines event registration with its giving and people tools. | On quote | Yes |
| [Ticketmaster](https://boxofficefees.com/ticketmaster.md) | Enterprise ticketing for venues, teams and promoters, sold through its own marketplace. | On quote | Yes |
| [TicketSpice](https://boxofficefees.com/ticketspice.md) | Flat 99¢-per-ticket ticketing for events and attractions, with in-house payments and a box office app. | From $0.99 per ticket | Yes |
| [Tito](https://boxofficefees.com/tito.md) | Flat 3% per paid ticket, no subscription, with a two-line checkout widget for your own site. | Free | Yes |

## Ticketing for community events compared

| Ticketing platform | Price on its site | MCP server | API | Open source | Self-host |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Eventeny](https://boxofficefees.com/eventeny) | Free, then $180 a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Eventleaf](https://boxofficefees.com/eventleaf) | Free, then $500 a year | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Humanitix](https://boxofficefees.com/humanitix) | Free, then $1.29 per paid ticket | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Luma](https://boxofficefees.com/luma) | Free, then $69 a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Meetup](https://boxofficefees.com/meetup) | From $29.99 a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Partiful](https://boxofficefees.com/partiful) | Free | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Peatix](https://boxofficefees.com/peatix) | Free | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Posh](https://boxofficefees.com/posh) | On quote | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Purplepass](https://boxofficefees.com/purplepass) | Free, then $0.99 per per paid ticket, plus 2.5% of the ticket price | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| [RSVPify](https://boxofficefees.com/rsvpify) | Free, then $0.90 per ticket | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Subsplash](https://boxofficefees.com/subsplash) | On quote | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Ticketmaster](https://boxofficefees.com/ticketmaster) | On quote | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [TicketSpice](https://boxofficefees.com/ticketspice) | From $0.99 per ticket | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Tito](https://boxofficefees.com/tito) | Free | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |

All 14 ticketing for community events we list.

## Questions buyers ask

### Which ticketing platform here costs the least?

9 of the 14 have a free plan: Eventeny, Eventleaf, Humanitix, Luma and Partiful and 4 more. The lowest paid plan is Meetup, from $29.99 a month. Price checked on 29 October 2026.

### How much do ticketing for community events cost?

Paid plans run from $29.99 to $180 a month, across the 3 with a monthly price. The median is $69 a month.

### When were these prices checked?

Fees read between 27 October 2026 and 29 October 2026 from each platform's own fee schedule.

## Sources and method

Ranked by the fees on the same event, read from each platform's own fee page. [How we rank](https://boxofficefees.com/methodology/)

Every fee is read from the platform's own fee schedule.

- [Eventeny](https://boxofficefees.com/eventeny): [eventeny.com/product/pricing](https://www.eventeny.com/product/pricing/), checked 27 October 2026
- [Eventleaf](https://boxofficefees.com/eventleaf): [eventleaf.com/event-management-platform/pricing](https://www.eventleaf.com/event-management-platform/pricing), checked 28 October 2026
- [Humanitix](https://boxofficefees.com/humanitix): [help.humanitix.com/en/articles/12292391-what-are-the-humanitix-booking-fees](https://help.humanitix.com/en/articles/12292391-what-are-the-humanitix-booking-fees), checked 27 October 2026
- [Luma](https://boxofficefees.com/luma): [luma.com/pricing](https://luma.com/pricing), checked 27 October 2026
- [Meetup](https://boxofficefees.com/meetup): [help.meetup.com/hc/en-us/articles/28677808413197-Organizer-Subscription-prices-overview](https://help.meetup.com/hc/en-us/articles/28677808413197-Organizer-Subscription-prices-overview), checked 29 October 2026
- [Partiful](https://boxofficefees.com/partiful): [help.partiful.com/en-us/articles/15525599-does-partiful-cost-money](https://help.partiful.com/en-us/articles/15525599-does-partiful-cost-money), checked 27 October 2026
- [Posh](https://boxofficefees.com/posh): [posh.vip/platform](https://posh.vip/platform), checked 28 October 2026
- [Purplepass](https://boxofficefees.com/purplepass): [purplepass.com/learn/pricing](https://www.purplepass.com/learn/pricing/), checked 27 October 2026
- [RSVPify](https://boxofficefees.com/rsvpify): [rsvpify.com/pricing/selling-tickets](https://rsvpify.com/pricing/selling-tickets/), checked 27 October 2026
- [Subsplash](https://boxofficefees.com/subsplash): [subsplash.com/pricing](https://www.subsplash.com/pricing), checked 29 October 2026
- [Ticketmaster](https://boxofficefees.com/ticketmaster): [help.ticketmaster.com/hc/en-us/articles/9663528775313-How-are-ticket-prices-and-fees-determined](https://help.ticketmaster.com/hc/en-us/articles/9663528775313-How-are-ticket-prices-and-fees-determined), checked 27 October 2026
- [TicketSpice](https://boxofficefees.com/ticketspice): [ticketspice.com/pricing](https://www.ticketspice.com/pricing), checked 28 October 2026

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