# Alternatives to Tessitura

> Source: https://boxofficefees.com/tessitura/alternatives/ (re-verified)
> Updated: 28 October 2026

## At a glance

| Name | Best for | Starts at | Better than Tessitura at | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Tessitura](https://boxofficefees.com/tessitura.md) | Arts and cultural organizations with ticketing, membership and fundraising in one database | On quote | — | 27 October 2026 |
| [Race Entry](https://boxofficefees.com/raceentry.md) | Race directors and running clubs who want signup fees carried by participants | Free | The fee per ticket, Card processing | 28 October 2026 |
| [Eventbrite](https://boxofficefees.com/eventbrite.md) | Organizers who want ticketing plus discovery on Eventbrite’s marketplace | Free, then $69 a month | The fee per ticket, Card processing | 30 October 2026 |
| [Humanitix](https://boxofficefees.com/humanitix.md) | Charities, schools and community organizers who want every feature without a subscription | Free, then $1.29 per paid ticket | The fee per ticket, Card processing | 27 October 2026 |
| [Ticket Tailor](https://boxofficefees.com/ticket-tailor.md) | Independent event creators, venues and charities selling tickets from their own site | Free, then about $0.80 per ticket | The fee per ticket, Card processing | 27 October 2026 |
| [TicketSpice](https://boxofficefees.com/ticketspice.md) | Fairs, festivals and attractions selling high ticket volumes online and at the gate | From $0.99 per ticket | The fee per ticket, Card processing | 27 October 2026 |
| [RSVPify](https://boxofficefees.com/rsvpify.md) | Business, nonprofit, school, and personal event teams | Free, then $0.90 per ticket | The fee per ticket, Card processing | 30 October 2026 |
| [RunSignup](https://boxofficefees.com/runsignup.md) | Race directors and nonprofits running 5Ks, ultras and multi-event endurance races | Free | The fee per ticket, Card processing | 27 October 2026 |
| [UltraSignup](https://boxofficefees.com/ultrasignup.md) | Trail and ultra race directors who want registration, results and timing in one place | Free, then $2.50 per registration | The fee per ticket, Card processing | 27 October 2026 |
| [Etix](https://boxofficefees.com/etix.md) | Venues, promoters and attractions ticketing their own recurring events in-house | On quote | The fee per ticket, Check-in app | 27 October 2026 |

“About” figures are converted at the European Central Bank rate of 30 October 2026.

The ones people open most here come first, then the closest matches.

## Shortlist

### 1. Race Entry

Free race management software paid for by one per-registration fee that already covers card processing.

**Where it improves on Tessitura:**
- [The fee per ticket: yes — A percentage plus a fixed amount on every paid registration, with no cap or minimum published anywhere on the pricing page.](https://www.raceentry.com/race-entry-pricing)
- [Card processing: yes — Race Entry processes the cards itself through its own card processor, and says its single service fee already contains the card and merchant cost.](https://www.raceentry.com/race-entry-pricing)
- [Sell on your own website: yes — Registration forms and results pages can be embedded in the organizer's own site so entrants complete signup without leaving it.](https://www.raceentry.com/benefits-of-race-entry)

**Trade-offs against Tessitura:**
- [API: partial — A documented REST API exists for participants, teams and races, but access is restricted to authorized timing partners rather than open to any organizer.](https://www.raceentry.com/documentation/timerapi/index)

[View Race Entry](https://boxofficefees.com/raceentry)

### 2. Eventbrite

Ticketing platform with a buyer-discovery marketplace and optional fee transfer.

**Where it improves on Tessitura:**
- [The fee per ticket: yes — For United States online paid tickets, Eventbrite publishes a percentage plus fixed service fee.](https://www.eventbrite.com/organizer/pricing/)
- [Card processing: yes — Eventbrite Payment Processing is the default online processor; United States processing is 2.9% per order.](https://www.eventbrite.com/help/en-us/articles/755615/how-much-does-it-cost-for-organizers-to-use-eventbrite/)
- [Sell on your own website: yes — Embedded Checkout sells tickets on an organizer website while attendees complete purchase without leaving it.](https://www.eventbrite.com/help/en-us/articles/347218/how-to-sell-eventbrite-tickets-on-your-website-through-an-embedded-checkout/)

**Trade-offs against Tessitura:**
- [Support on event day: partial — Email support is listed generally, while 24/7 chat is for paid events and phone access is for larger plans.](https://www.eventbrite.com/organizer/pricing/)

[View Eventbrite](https://boxofficefees.com/eventbrite)

### 3. Humanitix

Nonprofit ticketing: 5% + $1.29 a paid ticket, card processing included, profits to charity.

**Where it improves on Tessitura:**
- [The fee per ticket: yes — Humanitix charges a percentage plus a fixed amount on every paid ticket, and in US dollars that one rate also covers card handling.](https://help.humanitix.com/en/articles/12292391-what-are-the-humanitix-booking-fees)
- [Card processing: yes — Humanitix handles the card payment itself on US dollar events and the cost sits inside its 5% + $1.29 fee; connecting Stripe instead means Stripe bills you separately.](https://help.humanitix.com/en/articles/9760527-how-much-does-humanitix-cost)
- [Sell on your own website: yes — The whole checkout can be embedded on your own site, so buyers pay without leaving your pages.](https://help.humanitix.com/en/articles/8889214-sell-tickets-on-your-website-with-an-embedded-checkout)

**Trade-offs against Tessitura:**
- [Timed entry: partial — Timed slots work as a recurring event where buyers pick an occurrence, but ticket prices and capacities you set apply to every slot alike.](https://help.humanitix.com/en/articles/8888608-event-guide-create-a-recurring-event-with-repeating-dates-and-times)

[View Humanitix](https://boxofficefees.com/humanitix)

### 4. Ticket Tailor

Flat per-ticket fee ticketing paid into your own Stripe, PayPal or Square account.

**Where it improves on Tessitura:**
- [The fee per ticket: yes — One flat fee per paid ticket sold, not a percentage of the ticket price and with no cap needed; a seated ticket costs two usages (one for the reservation, one for the sale) and products, imported tickets and API-issued tickets each cost one.](https://help.tickettailor.com/en/articles/6731528-how-much-does-ticket-tailor-cost-and-how-will-i-be-charged)
- [Card processing: yes — You connect your own Stripe, PayPal or Square account and that processor's fee is charged on top of Ticket Tailor's per-ticket fee, which the vendor states it never touches; it prints 2.9% + $0.30 as an example US Stripe rate but labels those figures illustrative rather than its own.](https://www.tickettailor.com/en-us/pricing)
- [Sell on your own website: yes — An embeddable widget lets buyers complete the purchase on the organizer's own site in list or calendar layouts, with colors, a pop-out cart and a referral tag, instead of sending them to the hosted box office.](https://help.tickettailor.com/en/articles/950997-how-to-embed-a-box-office-widget-on-your-website)

**Trade-offs against Tessitura:**
- [Free events: partial — Free tickets are genuinely free up to a stated 5,000 per year, after which the vendor asks you to contact support for a quote; free tickets issued through a seating chart still cost one usage each.](https://www.tickettailor.com/en-us/pricing)
- [Support on event day: partial — The vendor advertises round-the-clock human support on every plan including free events, but the pages I read name no phone number or stated hours and route you to the help center and a contact-support link.](https://www.tickettailor.com/free-events)

[View Ticket Tailor](https://boxofficefees.com/ticket-tailor)

### 5. TicketSpice

Flat 99¢-per-ticket ticketing for events and attractions, with in-house payments and a box office app.

**Where it improves on Tessitura:**
- [The fee per ticket: yes — One flat 99¢ fee per paid ticket, with no percentage and no cap, dropping to 49¢ on tickets of $5 or less and 49¢ on door sales through the box office app; card processing of 2.9% + 30¢ sits on top.](https://www.ticketspice.com/pricing)
- [Card processing: yes — Card processing is separate from and on top of the per-ticket fee, run by in-house Webconnex Payments at 2.9% plus 30 cents per transaction.](https://www.ticketspice.com/pricing)
- [Sell on your own website: yes — The ticketing page can be embedded in your own site as an iframe, a pop-over window or a tickets widget so buyers never leave it.](https://help.ticketspice.com/en/articles/2671193)

**Trade-offs against Tessitura:**
- [Free events: partial — Free events are free only if you also run paid events on the platform; organizers who only run free events pay 99 cents per free ticket.](https://www.ticketspice.com/pricing)
- [API: partial — A documented REST API with self-serve keys is included for every account, but the vendor says it is largely read-only and it will not support custom builds.](https://help.ticketspice.com/en/articles/2471507)
- [Support on event day: partial — Chat, email, phone and Zoom are offered free on every account, but staffed hours are 8am to 5pm Pacific on weekdays with only limited weekend cover.](https://www.ticketspice.com/support)

[View TicketSpice](https://boxofficefees.com/ticketspice)

### 6. RSVPify

Registration, ticketing, guest management, seating, and QR-code check-in in one platform.

**Where it improves on Tessitura:**
- [The fee per ticket: yes — RSVPify charges ticket sellers a 1.95 percent fee plus 90 cents per registrant.](https://rsvpify.com/robots.txt)
- [Card processing: yes — Stripe processing is separately charged at 2.9 percent plus 30 cents per transaction.](https://rsvpify.com/robots.txt)
- [Sell on your own website: yes — RSVPify says RSVP and registration forms can be embedded on any website.](https://rsvpify.com/robots.txt)

**Trade-offs against Tessitura:**
- [Reserved seating: partial — There is a seating chart, but the vendor describes it as the host dragging guests to tables, with Table Captains letting hosts fill their own tables, not buyers choosing a seat during checkout.](https://rsvpify.com/pricing/selling-tickets/)
- [Door sales: partial — You can take money at the door, but only by offering a pay-later ticket option with payment collected off the platform, so no card terminal or door fee is documented.](https://help.rsvpify.com/en/articles/2389959-how-do-i-allow-guests-to-pay-at-the-door)
- [API: partial — The documented programmatic routes are an MCP server for AI assistants, Zapier and webhooks through Zapier; the vendor's own list of integration options names no public API, and it says connecting needs no API key.](https://rsvpify.com/ai/)

[View RSVPify](https://boxofficefees.com/rsvpify)

### 7. RunSignup

Free endurance-event registration platform billed only through per-transaction processing fees.

**Where it improves on Tessitura:**
- [The fee per ticket: yes — A percentage plus a fixed dollar, banded by cart total and charged once per cart rather than per ticket, so group orders dilute the fee; no cap is published.](https://help.runsignup.com/support/solutions/articles/17000064141--why-are-my-registrants-being-charged-different-fees-)
- [Card processing: yes — Card processing is inside the single banded fee rather than charged on top, and the vendor names Adyen as the processor behind payment accounts; no separate card rate is published.](https://info.runsignup.com/pricing/)
- [Check-in app: yes — The RaceDay Checkin app is free on iOS and Android and scans QR codes against live registration data; the setup article does not say whether it keeps working without a connection.](https://help.runsignup.com/support/solutions/articles/17000141592-raceday-checkin-app-setup-1-)

**Trade-offs against Tessitura:**
- [Recurring events: partial — An annual event is renewed rather than rebuilt, copying settings, store and questions and keeping the same URL, but each edition is still renewed one at a time rather than scheduled as a repeating series.](https://help.runsignup.com/support/solutions/articles/17000064301-renewing-your-race)

[View RunSignup](https://boxofficefees.com/runsignup)

### 8. UltraSignup

Race registration, results and free timing for trail, ultra and endurance events in North America.

**Where it improves on Tessitura:**
- [The fee per ticket: yes — A percentage of the registration price plus a fixed amount charged once per cart, banded by price: 6.25% + $2.50 with a $3.50 minimum under $100, 6.5% + $3.50 to $999, then 5.25% + $5.](https://help.ultrasignup.com/hc/en-us/articles/30362746490637-What-are-the-event-hosting-fees-on-UltraSignup)
- [Card processing: yes — For US events card processing is inside the hosting fee rather than charged on top; outside the US the UltraSignup service fee is separate and Stripe's own fees fall to the director.](https://help.ultrasignup.com/hc/en-us/articles/30362746490637-What-are-the-event-hosting-fees-on-UltraSignup)
- [Email to buyers: yes — A drag-and-drop communications tool sends branded race emails from templates, and recurring events can mail past attendees by selecting a previous year.](https://help.ultrasignup.com/hc/en-us/articles/30339390079885-How-to-Send-Race-Communications-Emails-Email-Tool)

**Trade-offs against Tessitura:**
- None found.

[View UltraSignup](https://boxofficefees.com/ultrasignup)

### 9. Etix

Venue-focused primary ticketing with box office, scanning, patron data and marketing, sold by quote.

**Where it improves on Tessitura:**
- [The fee per ticket: partial — A per-ticket convenience fee plus possible delivery fees is the published structure, but Etix states no percentage, fixed amount, minimum or cap anywhere on its own sites.](https://etix.com/ticket/online3/purchase-policy.jsp)
- [Check-in app: yes — The Etix Scanner app validates barcodes and QR codes on staff-owned iOS and Android phones; Etix does not say whether it scans offline, as all scans sync to its system.](https://hello.etix.com/clients/mobile)
- [Email to buyers: yes — Built-in automation emails past and lapsed buyers with onsale reminders, cart abandonment notices and thank-you mails, and the Etix Community CRM exports lists for campaigns.](https://hello.etix.com/clients/marketing)

**Trade-offs against Tessitura:**
- None found.

[View Etix](https://boxofficefees.com/etix)