Eventbrite lists your event. Trybe helps you sell it out.
If selling out depends on marketing you run yourself, choose Trybe: selling tickets costs you nothing, and email, SMS, automations, Instagram DMs and Meta ads all work from the list your buyers build. If you need reserved seating today, Eventbrite has it, at a higher fee per ticket.
Our math, from each platform's published rates, before tax.
Buyer pays
$27.80
You receive
$25.00
10% + $0.30 service fee, paid by the buyer.
Buyer pays
$28.52
You receive
$25.00
3.7% + $1.79 per ticket, plus 2.9% per order, paid by the buyer by default.
Eventbrite's US rates, with the 2.9% applied to the whole order as its help center describes it. In Canada it charges 3.5% + C$1.29 per ticket, plus 2.9% of the order.
See Trybe pricing| Feature | Trybe | Eventbrite |
|---|---|---|
| Email campaigns | Yes. Emails about events you host on Trybe are free. | Partial. 250 marketing emails a day for free. More needs Eventbrite Pro, from $15 a month. |
| SMS campaigns | Yes. Paid per message in tokens, to any list or segment. | Not documented. No SMS campaign tool in its documentation. |
| Automations | Yes. Visual builder: welcome, reminders before the show, win-back after it. | Partial. Scheduled emails and automatic subscriber lists. |
| Instagram comment-to-DM | Yes. Auto-replies send your ticket link by DM. | Not documented. Not in its documentation. |
| Meta ads | Yes. Campaigns launched from Trybe, with ticket sales counted at checkout and followed up by your automations. | Partial. Eventbrite Ads runs Facebook and Instagram ads, in select markets. |
| Pre-sale sign-ups | Yes. A pre-sale page collects emails and phone numbers before tickets drop. | Partial. Hidden tickets unlocked with an access code. |
| Waitlist | Yes. Paid: the card is pre-authorized and charged only when you accept. | Partial. Notifies the next person when a ticket frees up. |
| Reserved seating | No. Coming soon. Sell tables and sections as ticket tiers today. | Yes. Seating chart maker with sections, rows and tables. |
Eventbrite's free plan caps marketing email at 250 a day. On Trybe, campaigns about events you host are free, to your whole Community.
See how it worksAutomations remind ticket holders before the show and bring last season's crowd back, with the sales each flow brings in.
See how it worksFans join with their card pre-authorized. Accept them and they're charged and get their ticket. Eventbrite's waitlist only sends a notice.
See how it worksIn Eventbrite, download your attendee report as a CSV file.
Trybe keeps where each contact came from, so your first campaign can target past buyers.
Or start with a Launch that sends fans to your Eventbrite page while you try the marketing tools.
For your buyers, yes: on a $25 ticket they pay $27.80 on Trybe and $28.52 on Eventbrite in the US. On both, you receive the full $25. The bigger difference is what comes with it: free email about events you host, SMS, automations, Instagram DMs and Meta ads.
Yes. A Launch gives an event sold elsewhere its own Trybe page, a tracked link and the marketing tools. Fans click through to buy on Eventbrite.
Not yet; seat maps are coming soon. Today you can sell tables and sections as ticket tiers, each with its own price and quantity.
Everything we say about Eventbrite comes from its own pages, checked on October 5, 2026. Spotted something out of date? Email help@trybe.fm and we'll fix it. Eventbrite pricing (US) · How much does it cost for organizers to use Eventbrite? (Canada) · Eventbrite email marketing · Eventbrite Ads · How to set up an event waitlist · Eventbrite reserved seating
Selling tickets costs you nothing, and email, SMS, automations, Instagram DMs and Meta ads all run from the same place.