Eventbrite is an online event management and ticketing platform founded in 2006 in San Francisco. Organizers use it to build an event page, choose ticket types (including reserved seating and timed-entry tickets), collect payments, and promote the event, while attendees browse Eventbrite's marketplace to find and register for events. On the organizer side, Eventbrite bundles ticketing with payment processing and scheduled payouts, a mobile Organizer app for real-time sales tracking and attendee check-in, built-in promotion tools, and an official Zoom integration for virtual and hybrid events. Its business model is fee-based: publishing free events costs nothing, while paid tickets carry a per-ticket service fee plus a payment-processing fee. Eventbrite went public on the NYSE (ticker: EB) in 2018 and was acquired by Bending Spoons in a deal that closed in March 2026, after which it became a privately held company.
Key Features
Event Page Builder — Customizable event listing pages for in-person or virtual events.
Ticketing & Payments — Reserved seating, timed entry, and built-in payment processing with scheduled payouts.
Organizer Mobile App — Real-time sales tracking, ticket scanning, and attendee check-in.
Zoom Integration — Official integration for creating and managing virtual/hybrid events.
Pros & Cons
Pros
Free to publish unlimited events — there's no listing or subscription fee for hosting free events.
Combines event page hosting, ticketing, payments/payouts, and a mobile check-in app in a single platform.
Built-in promotion toolkit plus an official Zoom integration for virtual events.
Extensible via a 100+-app App Marketplace and an official Zapier listing.
Cons
Paid tickets carry a per-ticket service fee (3.7% + $1.79) plus a 2.9% payment-processing fee per order.
No published flat subscription tiers for the core platform — higher-volume features require an add-on or custom sales-assisted pricing.
Ownership changed in March 2026 when Bending Spoons completed its acquisition and took Eventbrite private, which has come with organizer-facing changes.