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Tavolina vs Eventbrite, for seated events
Eventbrite is built to fill a general-admission list from its marketplace. A gala is built around tables. Here is what each one costs, added up.
For a seated gala, banquet, or fundraiser, Tavolina charges a flat $1.00 per paid ticket with card processing on the organizer's own Stripe account, while Eventbrite's published rates (3.7% + $1.79 service fee plus 2.9% processing) total about $11.90 in fees on a $150 ticket versus $5.82 all-in on Tavolina.
The fees, side by side
| Eventbrite | Tavolina | |
|---|---|---|
| Platform fee per paid ticket | 3.7% + $1.79 | $1.00 flat, no percentage |
| Card processing | 2.9% per order, bundled — Eventbrite processes | Stripe's standard rate (~2.9% + 30¢), billed to your own Stripe account |
| Where ticket money sits | With Eventbrite; payouts after | Your own Stripe account, paid out on Stripe's normal schedule |
| Free events | Free | Free |
| Table-based selling on your floor plan | Not offered | Built in: whole tables, seat minimums, VIP and sponsor tables |
Eventbrite rates as published 2026-07-15 — source. Run your own numbers in the fee calculator.
One $150 table seat, added up
Eventbrite
≈ $11.90 in fees
Tavolina
$5.82 all-in ($1 to us + your own Stripe processing)
About $6 more per seat on Eventbrite — roughly $60 more per table of ten.
Where Eventbrite wins
- Discovery. Eventbrite's marketplace puts events in front of millions of browsers. If strangers finding your event matters more than fees, that reach is real.
- General admission at scale — concerts, festivals, multi-session programming — is what Eventbrite is shaped for.
Where Tavolina wins
- Fees: $1 flat versus a percentage stack. The gap grows with your ticket price — gala tickets are exactly where it hurts most.
- Tables: buyers pick a table on your real floor plan. Eventbrite has no banquet-style table flow.
- Your money: it settles into your own Stripe account as tickets sell. It never sits with us.
Questions, answered
- Is Tavolina cheaper than Eventbrite?
- On paid tickets at every price point we compared, yes — by $1.46 to $6.08 per ticket at Eventbrite's published rates as of 2026-07-15. The pricing calculator shows the arithmetic for your exact ticket price.
- Can I move an event from Eventbrite to Tavolina?
- Yes. Your first event sets up in an afternoon: create the org, lay out tables, connect Stripe, publish. Attendee data exports from Tavolina as CSV and stays yours.
- Does Tavolina have a marketplace like Eventbrite?
- No. Gala tickets sell through your community, not strangers browsing a marketplace — so we spend nothing on discovery and charge no percentage.
Sell your gala’s tables for a dollar a ticket.
Your first event fits in an afternoon: create the org, lay out tables, connect Stripe, publish.