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Givebutter vs Eventbrite
Compare Givebutter's pricing, features, and support to Eventbrite. Both give you world-class event management tools, but which one is right for you?
See for yourself why Givebutter is a better way to give
🧈 Our take: Eventbrite is one of the most popular event hosting sites, but Givebutter lets you host, ticket, and livestream your events for free, alongside a full suite of fundraising and marketing tools. Check out what each site has to offer and make the best choice for your event planning needs.
Givebutter
Eventbrite
A+
F
Givebutter is a free, all-in-one fundraising, marketing, and events platform that anyone can use to raise money for good causes.
With Givebutter, you can seamlessly integrate event ticketing and livestreaming with all of your fundraising campaigns, donor engagement tools, and supporter tracking for free.
Eventbrite offers sleek tools for virtual, hybrid, and in-person events, just like Givebutter.
But unlike Givebutter, Eventbrite requires a premium package for unlimited ticket types, detailed reporting, and team access—all of which come standard with Givebutter, along with 100+ other fundraising tools and features.
Givebutter is free thanks to optional donor tips.
The fee charged by our secure payment processors is 2.9% + 30¢ except ACH, which offers a reduced rate of 1.9% + 30¢ per transaction. Donors can choose to cover these fees (which 95% do!).
If you'd prefer to disable tips, a platform fee applies instead:
→ 1% for Donation Forms
→ 3% for Fundraising Pages
→ 5% for Events & Auctions
Eventbrite offers two event plans, both of which are free to use if you are using free or donation-based tickets.
Eventbrite does charge a service fee for paid tickets on both plans:
→ Essentials: 2% + $0.79 per ticket
→ Professional: 3.5% + $1.59 per ticket
Eventbrite also applies a 2.5% payment processing fee to every transaction. Users can absorb these fees or require attendees to pay for them.
Users can also pay $15–$100+ per month to get access to marketing tools through Eventbrite Boost.
Additional fees apply for international and onsite ticket sales, third-party payment processors, and custom package pricing.
💳 Major credit/debit cards
🚀 Donor-advised funds
📱 Google Pay & Apple Pay
⚡️ Venmo
🤝 PayPal
💫 ACH
💵 Checks & cash
💳 Major credit/debit cards
🤝 PayPal
💵 Checks & cash
💬 Chat
🕊️ Always free
💛 Always human
📞 Phone
💬 Chat
💰 Only for paid events
✅ Virtual, in-person, & hybrid events
✅ Livestream integration with Zoom, Vimeo, Facebook Live, YouTube, Vimeo, and other third-party apps
✅ Unlimited ticket types for all events
✅ Attendee information & complete donor history available for free through built-in CRM
✅ SMS & email marketing tools available for free
✅ Mobile app
✅100+ additional free fundraising features and integrations
✅ Virtual, in-person, & hybrid events
✅ Livestream integration with Zoom, Vimeo, Facebook Live, YouTube, Vimeo, and other third-party apps
✅ Unlimited ticket types for premium plans
✅ Attendee information available for paid plans
✅ Email marketing tools available for paid plans
✅ Mobile app
Methodology
Givebutter’s editorial staff aims to bring you the most transparent and objective comparisons possible. We sourced these comparison metrics directly from sites like G2, Capterra, Trustpilot, BBB, InHerSight, Comparably, Glassdoor, and more. Score data gathered on October 6 2022.
Givebutter leads the pack in user satisfaction
According to G2, the largest independent software review site, Givebutter was ranked as the #1 software for fundraising, donor management, and auctions in 2023.
Givebutter is the leader in
online fundraising
According to G2, Givebutter is the #1 software for fundraising, donor management, and auctions in all of the following categories:
- Quality of Support
- Ease of Use
- Ease of Setup
- Likelihood to Recommend
We were using too many different platforms to sell and manage tickets for our events—and then even more systems to process and collect online donations. Plus we had no tool for crowdfunding. When we did go shopping for crowdfunding tools, we found solutions in the tens of thousands of dollars—way outside what we could justify. Then we discovered Givebutter and quickly realized we could centralize ticket and event management, crowdfunding, social engagement in fundraising campaigns, and centralize payment and donation processing for all occasions through the interface. Givebutter is going to be a critical part of how we reach our audiences for a long, long time.
Michael Fedor
Vice President for Advancement and Strategic Initiatives
Central Penn College
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