18 September 2026
Tickstler vs. Eventbrite: The Best Way to Sell Tickets on Your Own Site
Eventbrite sends buyers to its own platform. Tickstler embeds checkout into your website and pays you directly via Stripe. Here's how they compare.
Looking for Eventbrite alternatives? The biggest difference is simple: Tickstler is an embeddable ticketing system, so you sell tickets on your own website — and the money lands directly in your Stripe or Square account. No redirect, no middleman holding your funds.
With Tickstler
Your websiteCheckout, right thereYour Stripe / Square
Buyers stay on your page from first click to paid ticket.
With Eventbrite
Your websiteeventbrite.comPayout after the event
Buyers leave your site — every redirect is a chance to abandon.
Side by side
| Tickstler | Eventbrite | |
|---|---|---|
| Where checkout happens | Embedded on your own website — buyers never leave | Buyers are sent to eventbrite.com to pay |
| Who holds the money | Paid straight into your Stripe or Square account | Held by Eventbrite and paid out after the event |
| Branding | Your brand throughout; white-label option removes ours | Eventbrite branding on the checkout and emails |
| Fees | Flat per-ticket fee — the same on a £5 or £500 ticket | Percentage service fee plus processing, rising on pro plans |
| Buyer questions | Optional or required custom fields per event | Custom questions supported |
| Discovery marketplace | Embed-only, no marketplace | Buyers find events on Eventbrite |
Stay on your own turf
With Eventbrite, buyers create an Eventbrite account and get Eventbrite's emails. With Tickstler, the checkout, the confirmation email and the customer relationship are all yours. We A/B tested embedded checkout against off-site redirects across thirty events — embedding converted 23% better.
Get paid as you sell
Tickstler connects to your own Stripe or Square account and the fee is split at the moment of charge, so ticket revenue reaches you on your payment provider's normal payout timeline — not after your event has finished.
Fair's fair — where Eventbrite wins
Eventbrite has a built-in discovery marketplace, so strangers can find your event by browsing. If you don't already have an audience or a website, that reach is genuinely useful. If you do, an embed keeps buyers, data and revenue with you.
Try it in ten minutes
Create an event, connect Stripe or Square, paste one embed code into your site — and you're selling tickets on your own page.
Start selling