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Ticketbud
Self-serve event ticketing and registration with no contracts or pricing tiers.
Overall score out of 100, from the published formula.
Team Size uses LinkedIn-style ranges. "Unknown" means we found no reliable public figure; we don't guess. Sources: About Ticketbud.
Pros & cons
Our summary from this vendor's published pricing, features and sources.
✓Pros
- Low published fee: 2% + $0.99 per ticket (1.75% + $0.99 for nonprofits and schools); free events are free.
- No contracts, subscriptions or pricing tiers; every feature is included.
- Public API, Zapier and Salesforce integrations, plus SSO for organizers.
- Daily, weekly or monthly payouts, with early access to funds before the event.
- Embeddable ticket and calendar widgets, custom registration questions and donations.
–Cons
- Payment processing (2.9% + 30¢ per ticket) is on top of the Ticketbud fee: $3.74 all-in on a $50 ticket.
- Reserved seating is a custom-built venue-map service rather than a self-serve seat-map builder.
- Door sales run through the event page or rented mPOS hardware; merch is sold as online upsells only.
- Missing a few tools others include: no season passes, patron CRM, gift cards, volunteer management or SMS marketing found.
Pricing
All-in fees include card processing where the vendor publishes it.
Attendees pay 2% + $0.99 per ticket (1.75% + $0.99 for nonprofits and schools) plus payment processing of 2.9% + 30¢ per ticket. Free events are free. No contracts, subscriptions or pricing tiers. Discounted rate for tickets under $10 on request; custom and white-label plans by quote.
- Credit Card Processing
- Paid in addition to your ticket feesStripe or PayPal processing (2.9% + 30¢ per ticket) on top of the Ticketbud fee.
- Who pays fees
- Attendees pay by default; organizer can absorb fees.
- Contracts / fixed fees
- "No Credit Cards · No Contracts · No Subscription · No Pricing Tiers."
- Payouts
- Daily, weekly and monthly payout options, with early access to funds before your event.
- Support
- Customer support by email and phone, 1 (844) 376-6061, Monday–Friday 9am–5pm CST.? Human Support? Weekend Support? Nighttime Human Support
Score breakdown
Six weighted categories, applied identically to every system.
Features
Scored features count toward the 30% Features category. Each status links to the vendor page we checked.
Merchandise and product upsells added after ticket selection (online); no standalone concessions POS found. Source
Printed / souvenir tickets listed as an added service. Source
Custom registration and attendee questions, per ticket type. Source
"Powerful integrations and API" plus Zapier and Salesforce integrations. Source
Text-message ticket delivery only; no SMS campaigns found. Source
SSO available to organizers as an extra layer of security; supported identity providers not documented. Source
More features
Not in overall scoreFree iOS and Android check-in app with offline mode. Source
✓ Yes: verified on a cited source · ~ Claimed: commonly advertised but not yet verified (half credit) · ◐ Limited: functionally partial, e.g. read-only, partner-only, reminders-only, regional (half credit) · — Not found: no credit; may still exist.
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Change log
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Sources
Checked 2026-11-02.
- Pricing: https://www.ticketbud.com/pricing
- Features: https://www.ticketbud.com/features
- FAQ (payouts): https://www.ticketbud.com/faqs
- About: https://www.ticketbud.com/about/
- Logo source: https://www.ticketbud.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cropped-Favicon-180x180.png
- Support contact: https://www.ticketbud.com/support/?tab=contact
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