A Booking Fee for Good. Or No Booking Fee at All.
Humanitix does something genuinely lovely — its booking-fee profits fund children's education. It still charges 5% + $1.29 a ticket, and by default holds your money until after the event. eventcloud charges one flat fee, $0 per ticket, paid straight to your Stripe. Here is the honest, respectful comparison.
Facts checked 26 June 2026 against Humanitix's published US fees.
The Honest Verdict
A platform with a real mission, and a very different cost model. Honesty first.
Choose eventcloud if…
- ✓ You sell paid tickets at volume. Humanitix’s 5% + $1.29 per ticket scales with sales; our flat fee does not.
- ✓ You want your money as you sell, in your own Stripe — not held until after the event.
- ✓ You need conference kit: native badge printing, session tickets, per-ticket-type forms.
- ✓ You want your own domain and white-label across the whole journey.
Choose Humanitix if…
- → You want your fees to fund charity — Humanitix is a not-for-profit and donates its booking-fee profits to children’s education (over $13M to date). That is a genuinely good reason.
- → You run free or community events and want zero cost with no subscription.
- → You like that the fee is passed to buyers by default, so you keep the full face value.
The Comparison Table
Humanitix's US fee is 5% + $1.29 per paid ticket; free events are free.
| eventcloud | Humanitix | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat $125 per user/month, unlimited | No subscription; per-ticket booking fee |
| Per-ticket fees | $0 at any volume | 5% + $1.29 per paid ticket |
| Your payout | Your own Stripe, days or instant | Held until after the event (default); own-Stripe option pays direct |
| Badges | Native badge designer + printing | No native badge printing |
| Check-in | QR check-in on any phone | Free check-in app (offline) |
| White-label | Your brand + own domain included | Branded pages + embeddable checkout widget |
| Charity donation | Commercial platform | Booking-fee profits fund charity |
| Registration forms | Custom forms per ticket type | Custom forms per ticket type |
Humanitix is a not-for-profit and donates booking-fee profits to charity. Its fee includes card processing; eventcloud’s Stripe processing is separate.
One Conference, Two Invoices
A 1,000-ticket event at $100 a ticket.
One user for a full year. Unlimited events and tickets, paid to your own Stripe.
Humanitix's 5% + $1.29 on 1,000 tickets — about $6,290 in booking fees (passed to buyers by default, and the profit funds charity).
Humanitix passes its fee to buyers by default, so attendees usually absorb it — and that fee does good. The comparison is about your cost model: a percentage scales with sales; a flat fee does not.
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