The price anchor
| Eventcraft | Eventbrite | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $0 — no subscription | 2.7% + $0.79/ticket |
| Annual | $0 after purchase | $665 |
| 5-year total | $39 | $3,325 |
| 10-year total | $39 | $6,650 |
Subscription figures from the vendor's published pricing (2.7% + $0.79/ticket, ~$665/yr); the Eventcraft column is the full price, paid once.
Break-even analysis
One 500-ticket event on Eventbrite costs around $665 in fees; Eventcraft is $39, and the next event is free.
- After 1 year: Eventcraft has cost you $39 total — Eventbrite has cost $665.
- After 3 years: Eventcraft is still $39 — the subscription is at $1,995.
- After 5 years: Eventcraft is still $39 — the subscription is at $3,325.
What you get for $39 once
- Event pages. Title, rich description, date and time, venue or virtual link, cover image and a shareable clean URL.
- Ticket tiers. Free or paid, quantity limits and early-bird pricing windows, with all money handled as integer cents to avoid rounding bugs.
- BYO Stripe Payment Link. Paste your own Payment Link per tier; attendees pay Stripe's standard rate and only Stripe's rate, with zero API calls to any payment provider.
- QR-code tickets. Generated server-side, emailed on confirmation via optional SMTP, and always viewable at a private ticket URL.
- Door check-in mode. An in-browser webcam scanner with duplicate-scan detection, a live checked-in counter and a manual code fallback.
- No renewal, ever. The license does not expire and there is no per-seat meter — $39 is the whole price.
Pricing questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes — Eventcraft is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/event-registration-mvp. The $39 buys the packaged installer and 1-click setup; building from source is free.
Where does my attendee data live?
In one SQLite file on your own server or machine. Zero telemetry, and Eventcraft makes zero API calls to any payment provider.
Do you take a per-ticket cut?
No. Attendees pay your own Stripe Payment Link at Stripe's standard rate; Eventcraft takes nothing. It's $39 once, no renewal.
Eventcraft — $39, one time
Or get Eventcraft plus every other app in the suite: the OneTimeSuite bundle is currently $97, one time.