# Sched — Conference scheduling platform whose registration and ticketing run on the organizer's own Stripe account. > Source: Box Office Fees — https://boxofficefees.com/sched (structured, researched, re-verified) Sched is an event management platform for conferences, festivals and professional development programs, combining a published schedule, event website and mobile app with registration, ticketing and session check-in. Paid tickets are sold through the organizer's connected Stripe account. **Best for:** Conference and professional-development teams needing a schedule plus registration | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Website | https://sched.com/ | | Category | Event and conference registration, Concerts and nightlife, Conferences, Nonprofits | | API | Yes | | Open source | No | | Price | $600 per event | | Price checked | 31 October 2026 | **What we checked** - Pages last read: 31 October 2026 - Price on its site: From $600 per event (From its pricing page) ## Sched price and terms **Terms** - Sign up without sales: Some plans **What needs a higher plan** - Boost: Timed entry, Waitlist, Sell on your own website, Website builders, Check-in app ## For AI agents - API: Yes Read on https://wf-prod.sched.co/pricing, 31 October 2026. ## What we checked on Sched ### What the fees come to **The fee per ticket** · Yes — Sched charges 1.9% plus $0.99 per ticket; the Ultra Plan lowers the percentage to 0.99%. > 1.9% (or 0.99% on Ultra Plan) + $0.99 per ticket > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/setting-up-paid-registration-stripe-configuration · Payment Fees & Processing Costs, Sched Service Fee, checked 31 October 2026 **Who pays the fees** · Yes — The organizer decides: a single toggle in the payments settings either passes the ticket fee to attendees or absorbs it inside the ticket price, and the help center's worked example shows the attendee charged by default. > Toggle 'Event planner absorbs the ticket processing fee' on/off to either pass it to attendees or absorb it within ticket prices. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/setting-up-paid-registration-stripe-configuration · Connecting Stripe to Sched, step 5 'Configure payment settings', checked 28 October 2026 **Card processing** · Partly — Paid registration uses the organizer's Stripe account, but Stripe’s separate rate varies by card and location. > Stripe Transaction Fees: Deducted from Stripe payouts. Varies based on the card type, location, and Stripe account settings. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/setting-up-paid-registration-stripe-configuration · Payment Fees & Processing Costs, Stripe Transaction Fees, checked 31 October 2026 **All-in price at checkout** · Partly — Sched's own example shows the buyer charged more than the ticket price once the service fee is added, and nothing on its pages states whether that total is shown as the first price a buyer sees. > Registration fee = $10 Attendee will be charged $10.20 (1.99% Sched's service fee) > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/sched-paid-registration-faq · Fees, Payments, Refunds, and Taxes, 'For example' block, checked 31 October 2026 **Free events** · Yes — Tickets can be created with no price at all, and small free events run on the standing free allowance below fifty attendees without a Stripe connection. > Set price (leave blank for a free ticket). > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/sched-ticketing · Step 3: Customize Your Ticket, item 6, checked 28 October 2026 **Nonprofit rates** · Yes — The help center points nonprofits and educational organizations at a reduced price list, and the pricing page carries dedicated nonprofit, education, government and start-up audience tabs. > We also have reduced pricing for non-profit and educational organizations. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/plans-pricing · Pricing section, first paragraph, checked 28 October 2026 **Plans and subscriptions** · Yes — Plans are sold either per event or as an unlimited-events subscription billed annually, and the plan you pick changes the ticket fee: Ultra halves it. > 50% lower ticketing fees > — https://wf-prod.sched.co/pricing · Ultra plan card, 'Everything in Boost' feature list, checked 28 October 2026 **Donations and tips** · Partly — Sched's Stripe integration is documented as handling donations and cash gifts alongside ticket purchases, but no page describes a donation form, a donation fee, or a checkout tip prompt. > So that Sched can process payments for your purchases, donations and/or cash gifts, we require a connection to Stripe's platform. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/sched-paid-registration-faq · Setup section, 'What if I don't have a Stripe account?', checked 28 October 2026 **Sales tax on tickets** · Partly — collects and remits, but only through the organizer's Stripe Tax configuration: Sched states plainly that it does not control tax, and manual tax rates for Canada and the UK must be set up by support. > Stripe can calculate, collect, and remit sales tax/VAT/GST on eligible transactions. ... Sched doesn't control tax; it uses your Stripe configuration. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/setting-up-paid-registration-stripe-configuration · Taxes & Compliance, 'Automatic tax with Stripe Tax', checked 28 October 2026 ### Getting paid **When you get the money** · Yes — Money reaches the organizer's own Stripe balance as each ticket sells rather than being held until after the event, with no separate payout request and no Sched payout fee stated. > Registration fee sans any service fee is added to your Stripe account balance immediately. There is no separate process. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/sched-paid-registration-faq · Fees, Payments, Refunds, and Taxes, 'How am I paid for ticket purchases?', checked 28 October 2026 **Your buyers’ details** · Yes — Buyer and attendee reports list names and email addresses for export, and the platform's own messaging tool sends bulk email to ticket holders and guest buyers. > Includes a list of all issued tickets, the buyer's details, and any attendee assignments. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/sched-ticketing · Reporting section, 'Buyers' report, checked 28 October 2026 ### Selling the tickets **Ticket types and discounts** · Yes — Multiple named ticket types carry their own price, sales window and quantity, with percentage or fixed-amount coupon codes at ticket or order level and hidden tickets unlocked by code. > Create your ticket types (e.g., General Admission, VIP, Workshop Pass). > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/sched-ticketing · Step 2: Add a Ticket, checked 28 October 2026 **Questions at checkout** · Yes — A custom registration form takes your own questions in seven field types including file upload, with conditional follow-ups reserved for the Boost and Ultra plans. > You can add fields for job titles, organizations, or any custom questions relevant to your event. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/event-registration-sched · Step 3: Click "Customize Your Form.", checked 28 October 2026 **Registration forms and waivers** · Yes — The registration form takes custom required fields and a file upload documented for a signed waiver, with first name, last name and email always included. > Upload | Attendees can upload a file. | Max file size: 10MB. Example: Resume, signed waiver > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/event-registration-sched · Question Type table, 'Upload' row, checked 28 October 2026 **Timed entry** · Partly — Capacity is set per session rather than per entry slot, so timed sessions can be capped, and that control needs the Boost or Ultra plan. > Available in the Boost and Ultra plans. Set capacities on sessions to limit the number of attendees who can register > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/session-registration · Capacities and Waitlists section, checked 28 October 2026 **Waitlist** · Partly — Waitlists are a toggle that lets attendees join when a session is full, with an editable message, but the feature is limited to the Boost and Ultra plans. > Enable waitlists to allow attendees to join a waitlist if the session is full > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/session-registration · Capacities and Waitlists section, 'Enable waitlists', checked 28 October 2026 **Online events** · Yes — A Zoom meeting or webinar link dropped into a session's video stream field gives registered attendees an access button, though Sched warns that link does not open in its iOS app. > Attendees will be able to access your Zoom Meeting or Webinars via a 'Video Stream' or 'Open Zoom' button that will show for attendees in the session listings on your Sched event. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/using-zoom-with-sched · THE ATTENDEE EXPERIENCE section, checked 28 October 2026 **Sell on your own website** · Partly — The schedule embeds into your own site so visitors stay on it, but the embed needs the Boost or Ultra plan and during a trial only logged-in admins see it. > This feature is available on our Boost and Ultra Plans. ... Integrate Sched into your own website by using the simple embed code. Your audience stays on your site > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/embed-in-your-site · Page introduction, above 'Install Instructions', checked 28 October 2026 **Website builders** · Partly — native plugin or app for self-hosted WordPress only; everywhere else it is an embed code, WordPress.com is excluded outright, and Squarespace, Wix and Shopify are not addressed. > If you use a self-hosted version of WordPress to manage your event site, use the WordPress plugin to embed your schedule. Wordpress.com: The plugin does not work on WordPress.com sites. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/embed-in-your-site · WordPress Plugin section, checked 28 October 2026 **Add-ons** · Partly — Extra ticket types can be sold as add-ons that each unlock one more session, which covers paid extras but not merchandise or parking inventory. > This works best for tickets meant to act like an add-on, where each extra ticket purchased is meant to unlock one more session. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/sched-ticketing · Step 7: Set Up Ticket Rules, Cumulative note, checked 28 October 2026 **Refunds and transfers by buyers** · Partly — Buyers can assign or pass tickets to others themselves from the confirmation email, but refunds run through the organizer's Stripe account and some transfers need Sched support. > A confirmation email is sent to the email address provided. It includes: A link to manage the tickets and assign them later, or An option to assign the ticket immediately. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/guest-checkout-in-sched-how-it-works · What the Attendee Sees section, checked 28 October 2026 ### At the door **Check-in app** · Partly — An iPhone and iPad app plus a browser tool scan QR codes and add walk-ups, but it needs the Boost or Ultra plan and Sched tells scanners to stay connected to sync. > This feature is available on our Boost and Ultra Plans. ... Sync devices: Connect to wifi or a cellular network to sync check-ins with your Sched site. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/check-in-app · Page note and 'Tips for training check-in managers', checked 28 October 2026 ### Finding buyers **Email to buyers** · Yes — Unlimited email announcements go to attendees, speakers, sponsors and ticket buyers, segmented by role, tag, session or ticket status, and can be scheduled ahead. > Every plan includes unlimited email notifications, and you can segment by role (attendee, speaker, sponsor, etc.) or session attendance. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/messaging · Opening paragraph, checked 28 October 2026 ### What it connects to and where it is sold **Works with** · Partly — Stripe for payments, Eventbrite for ticketing, Zoom for virtual sessions and calendar sync are all documented, while the Zapier and CRM connections Sched advertises elsewhere are not documented on the pages read. > We now have API endpoints that allow any ticketing providers or registration platforms to build an integration with Sched and sync ticket buyers to your event. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/registration-and-ticketing · Opening paragraph, checked 28 October 2026 **API** · Yes — Sched publishes a ticket API for outside registration platforms to sync buyers in, with public API documentation it tells organizers to hand to their provider. > Share our API documentation with your ticketing provider. Contact us at hello@sched.com to learn more. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/registration-and-ticketing · Steps to Managing Your Registration with Sched, closing line, checked 28 October 2026 ### Starting and getting help **Free to start** · Partly — Small events under fifty attendees run free and ticket fees can be passed to buyers, but anything larger needs a paid plan starting at 250 attendees. > Unlimited free participants For all your smaller events below 50 attendees. > — https://wf-prod.sched.co/pricing · Benefits strip above the plan cards, checked 28 October 2026 **Sign up without a sales call** · Partly — You can sign up and buy a single event plan by card without talking to anyone, while the Boost and Ultra cards lead with a demo request. > Once you have created an event, you can use any major credit or debit card to purchase a single event plan. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/plans-pricing · Purchasing / Billing section, checked 28 October 2026 **Contract** · Partly — Plans are bought per event or as an annually billed subscription covering unlimited events, and Sched backs them with a sixty-day money-back guarantee; no exclusivity is stated. > Money-back guarantee We offer a no-risk 60-day money-back guarantee* > — https://wf-prod.sched.co/pricing · Benefits strip above the plan cards, checked 28 October 2026 **Support on event day** · Partly — Email and a help center ticket form are the documented routes, with priority support sold inside Ultra; no phone line, chat or support hours are published on the pages read. > For Sched-related inquiries, contact Sched Support at support@sched.com. > — https://support.sched.com/knowledge/setting-up-paid-registration-stripe-configuration · Additional Notes & Support section, checked 28 October 2026 ## Sched alternatives - [GoFundMe Pro](https://boxofficefees.com/gofundme-pro) · Price on request: Nonprofit fundraising platform with event ticketing, registration and Live Events, sold by quote. - [RSVPify](https://boxofficefees.com/rsvpify) · Free plan, then $0.90 per ticket: Registration, ticketing, guest management, seating, and QR-code check-in in one platform. - [Eventbrite](https://boxofficefees.com/eventbrite) · Free plan, then $69 a month: Ticketing platform with a buyer-discovery marketplace and optional fee transfer. - [Humanitix](https://boxofficefees.com/humanitix) · Free plan, then $1.29 per paid ticket: Nonprofit ticketing: 5% + $1.29 a paid ticket, card processing included, profits to charity. - [Givebutter](https://boxofficefees.com/givebutter) · Free plan, then $33.80 a month: Free nonprofit fundraising platform with event ticketing, auctions and a built-in donor CRM. - [Ticket Tailor](https://boxofficefees.com/ticket-tailor) · Free plan, then £0.60 (about $0.80) per ticket: Flat per-ticket fee ticketing paid into your own Stripe, PayPal or Square account. - [TicketSpice](https://boxofficefees.com/ticketspice) · From $0.99 per ticket: Flat 99¢-per-ticket ticketing for events and attractions, with in-house payments and a box office app. - [RunSignup](https://boxofficefees.com/runsignup) · Free plan: Free endurance-event registration platform billed only through per-transaction processing fees. - [Event Espresso](https://boxofficefees.com/event-espresso) · Free plan, then $129 a year: Self-hosted WordPress ticketing plugin with no per-ticket commission while your license key is active. 8 of the 9 publish a price. [All 9 alternatives](https://boxofficefees.com/sched/alternatives/) ## Sources and changes Last changed 31 October 2026 **Sources** (13) - https://support.sched.com/knowledge/setting-up-paid-registration-stripe-configuration, read 31 October 2026 - https://support.sched.com/knowledge/sched-paid-registration-faq, read 31 October 2026 - https://support.sched.com/knowledge/sched-ticketing, read 28 October 2026 - https://wf-prod.sched.co/pricing, read 28 October 2026 - https://support.sched.com/knowledge/embed-in-your-site, read 28 October 2026 - https://support.sched.com/knowledge/event-registration-sched, read 28 October 2026 - https://support.sched.com/knowledge/plans-pricing, read 28 October 2026 - https://support.sched.com/knowledge/registration-and-ticketing, read 28 October 2026 - https://support.sched.com/knowledge/session-registration, read 28 October 2026 - https://support.sched.com/knowledge/check-in-app, read 28 October 2026 - https://support.sched.com/knowledge/guest-checkout-in-sched-how-it-works, read 28 October 2026 - https://support.sched.com/knowledge/messaging, read 28 October 2026 - https://support.sched.com/knowledge/using-zoom-with-sched, read 28 October 2026 ## Is this yours? 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