The free alternative to TicketSource
TicketSource is free to organisers and popular with theatres and community venues, but it charges buyers a per-order booking fee. Ticketable is also free to organisers and adds no booking fee for buyers either.
Start selling free →TicketSource's buyer booking fee is roughly £1.50–£2 per order. On 500 single-ticket orders that's around £750–£1,000 added to your buyers' totals. Ticketable adds nothing — buyers pay face value.
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Running a ticketing platform isn’t as expensive as the big players make out. Ticketable covers its costs through small, tasteful, non-intrusive advertising — for example a discreet sponsor logo on the printable ticket. Nothing on your event page, and nothing that interrupts your buyer. That’s the only thing subsidising the platform — so you keep every penny of your ticket revenue.
Ticketable vs TicketSource — your questions
Both are free to organisers — so what's the difference?
TicketSource passes a per-order booking fee (around £1.50–£2) to the buyer. Ticketable charges the buyer no booking fee at all — only Stripe's processing, at cost — so your prices look lower at checkout.
Is Ticketable suitable for theatres and community venues?
Yes — multiple ticket types, discount codes, QR check-in, wallet + PDF tickets and refunds are all included free. (Reserved seating maps aren't a feature yet — worth checking if that's essential for you.)
Do I connect my own payments?
Yes. Ticketable runs entirely on your own Stripe account, so money lands directly in your bank with daily payouts and you're never waiting on the platform.
Is Ticketable really free?
Yes — no platform fee, no per-ticket cut, no subscription. It's funded by tasteful advertising on printable tickets.
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Start selling tickets free →Fee comparison based on published pricing as of May 2026, shown in your local currency; figures are illustrative — please check each provider’s current pricing. Stripe processing shown at the headline rate (1.5% + 20p per transaction). TicketSource is a trademark of its respective owner; Ticketable is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by TicketSource.