The answer first
For a $25 ticket, Sticky Tickets’ fee is $2.50 and Luma’s is $2.31, so Luma is $0.19 cheaper per ticket.
- On Sticky Tickets, the booking fee is added on top of your ticket price and paid by the buyer by default; you can include it in your price instead.
- Luma’s published rates we used don’t say who pays the fee by default: check its own site.
- Sticky Tickets charges nothing for free events. Luma charges no fee on free events.
What each charges from $10 to $150
| Ticket | Sticky Tickets | Luma | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10 | $1.50 | $1.10 | Luma by $0.40 |
| $20 | $1.50 | $1.91 | Sticky Tickets by $0.41 |
| $25 | $2.50 | $2.31 | Luma by $0.19 |
| $50 | $3.50 | $4.32 | Sticky Tickets by $0.82 |
| $100 | $4.50 | $8.35 | Sticky Tickets by $3.85 |
| $150 | $4.50 | $12.37 | Sticky Tickets by $7.87 |
The whole fee on a one-ticket order, platform and card processing. The lower fee at each price is in bold.
What the buyer pays and the organiser receives
With the fee passed on to the buyer, the organiser receives the whole ticket price.
Sticky Tickets
| Ticket | Fee | Buyer pays | Organiser receives | If absorbed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10 | $1.50 | $11.50 | $10.00 | $8.50 |
| $20 | $1.50 | $21.50 | $20.00 | $18.50 |
| $25 | $2.50 | $27.50 | $25.00 | $22.50 |
| $50 | $3.50 | $53.50 | $50.00 | $46.50 |
| $100 | $4.50 | $104.50 | $100.00 | $95.50 |
| $150 | $4.50 | $154.50 | $150.00 | $145.50 |
If absorbed: the organiser keeps the price less the fee.
Luma
| Ticket | Fee | Buyer pays | Organiser receives | If absorbed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10 | $1.10 | $11.10 | $10.00 | $8.91 |
| $20 | $1.91 | $21.91 | $20.00 | $18.12 |
| $25 | $2.31 | $27.31 | $25.00 | $22.72 |
| $50 | $4.32 | $54.32 | $50.00 | $45.75 |
| $100 | $8.35 | $108.35 | $100.00 | $91.80 |
| $150 | $12.37 | $162.37 | $150.00 | $137.85 |
If absorbed: the organiser keeps the price less the fee, with card processing charged on the price alone.
Why the cheaper one keeps changing
The cheaper one changes 5 times between $1 and $500: from $1 to $8.65 Luma is cheaper; from $8.70 to $9.95 Sticky Tickets is cheaper; from $10 to $14.90 Luma is cheaper; from $14.95 to $24.95 Sticky Tickets is cheaper; from $25 to $27.40 Luma is cheaper; from $27.45 to $500 Sticky Tickets is cheaper.
How each fee works
Sticky Tickets
A booking fee by ticket price: $1.00 up to $9.99, $1.50 up to $24.99, $2.50 up to $49.99, $3.50 up to $99.99, $4.50 up to $149.99, 2% + $1.50 above $149.99.
Uses Sticky Tickets published all-inclusive booking fee tiers (includes Visa/Mastercard processing). Confirm current rates on Sticky Tickets if your volume plan differs. Rates checked August 2026: confirm current rates on Sticky Tickets’ own site.
More: How much does Sticky Tickets charge per ticket?
Luma
5% per paid ticket, plus 2.9% + $0.30 card processing on the order.
Uses Luma free-plan style pricing (~5% platform) plus a typical card processing estimate. Luma Plus can reduce platform fee to $0. Confirm on Luma. Rates checked August 2026: confirm current rates on Luma’s own site.
Sticky Tickets and Luma: features
Feature by feature, from each platform’s own help and pricing pages, with One Ticket alongside.
| Feature | Sticky Tickets | Luma | One Ticket |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selling | |||
| Free events: no fee for anyone | Yes | Yes | Yes: No Stripe account needed |
| No monthly cost to sell | Yes | Yes: Luma Plus is optional | Yes: The Free plan |
| Ticket types with their own price and capacity | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tickets on and off sale at set times, like an early bird | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Discount codes | Yes | Yes | Yes: Limited by uses or dates |
| A limit on tickets per order | Yes: Per order | Partly: no cap per guest with group registration on | Yes: Per order and per person |
| Repeat events or sessions on one page | Yes | Check their site | Yes: A series on one landing page |
| Subscriptions billed weekly, fortnightly or monthly | Check their site | Check their site | Yes: Each session’s ticket issued for them |
| Sell in AUD, USD or GBP | Partly: AUD only, as far as we found | Yes: You choose the currency | Yes: Set per organiser |
| Waitlists for sold-out events | Yes | Yes | Yes: Freed places offered in turn |
| Getting paid | |||
| The buyer pays the fee on top of your price, by default | Yes: You can include it in your price instead | Not that we could find | Yes: You receive 100% of your price, or absorb it on Pro and Team |
| Ticket money paid into your own Stripe account | No: Paid into your bank account after the event, less booking fees | Yes | Yes |
| Export orders and attendees | Yes: CSV, Excel or PDF | Yes: CSV | Yes: As CSV |
| Refunds | |||
| Refund policy shown before purchase | Yes | Yes: A link on the event page | Yes |
| Buyers ask for a refund through the platform | Yes: From My Tickets | Check their site | Yes: Unanswered ones go to One Ticket support |
| Buyers refund themselves within your policy | Not that we could find | Not that we could find | Yes: Where your policy allows |
| The door | |||
| QR code tickets by email | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Add to calendar | Yes | Yes | Yes: A calendar file on every ticket |
| Reminder emails before the event | Partly: you schedule them, and messages can carry a fee | Yes: Automatic | Yes: Automatic: the day before and the morning of |
| QR check-in in a phone’s browser, no app | Partly: search or a barcode scanner in a browser; camera scanning is in its app | Yes: From the event’s manage page | Yes: Any phone, and a door link for volunteers |
| Box office: cash and comps at the door | Yes | Check their site | Yes: Cash, comps and bank transfers |
| Your page | |||
| Your colours and theme on the event page | Yes | Yes: 40+ themes, a colour and a title font | Yes: A colour theme, cover and display font |
| Hidden tickets unlocked by a code | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Your own questions at checkout | Yes | Yes | Yes: Dropdown or free text |
| Online | |||
| Online events with a join link for ticket holders | Yes: The link in the confirmation email | Yes: In confirmation and reminder emails | Yes: On every ticket |
Features checked October 2026 from each platform’s own help and pricing pages; they change, so check their sites. We list only features One Ticket has. ✗ means a platform’s own pages say it isn’t offered, or describe another way of doing it. “Not that we could find” means it wasn’t on the pages we checked.
Sources
From each platform’s own pages, checked October 2026.
- Sticky Tickets: What about free events · Sticky Tickets event pricing guide · Creating different ticket types · How do I create an event · Create event · Organisers outside Australia · Add waiting list · Exclude booking fees · Ticket revenue payout schedule · Available event report downloads · Refund policy · E-ticket and receipt · Add to calendar settings daily weekly monthly · Email and SMS reminders · How do I use the check in attendees tab · Offline sales · Design your own event and organiser page · Data collection from attendees · How to send Zoom or streaming links to your guests
- Luma: Luma vs Meetup · Luma Plus · Waitlist · Setting up ticket types · Create coupons for paid events · Group registration · Payment methods · Creating a paid event · How to set up your Stripe account · Download guest CSV · Refunding a guest · Check in · iCal syncing · Update to reminders on Luma · Event themes and customization · Unlock codes · Collect registration questions · Google Meet integration
Or skip both: One Ticket
On One Ticket the buyer pays a $1.45 booking fee on a $25 ticket, and you receive the whole $25.
Your price is your takings
You receive 100% of the price you set, on every ticket and every plan. The booking fee is added at checkout for the buyer.
Walk-ups welcome
Record cash, comps and bank transfers at the door with the box office.
Series and subscriptions, built in
Sell the season, not just the night: subscribers pay on a schedule you set and get the next session’s ticket before it runs.
Common questions
- Is Sticky Tickets or Luma cheaper for a $25 ticket?
- For a $25 ticket, Sticky Tickets’ fee is $2.50 and Luma’s is $2.31, so Luma is $0.19 cheaper per ticket. Fees are for a one-ticket order, from published rates checked August 2026.
- Who pays the fee on Sticky Tickets and Luma?
- On Sticky Tickets, the booking fee is added on top of your ticket price and paid by the buyer by default; you can include it in your price instead. Luma’s published rates we used don’t say who pays the fee by default: check its own site. Checked October 2026 on Sticky Tickets’ own pages.
- Are free tickets free on Sticky Tickets and Luma?
- Sticky Tickets charges nothing for free events. Luma charges no fee on free events. Checked October 2026 on each platform’s own pages.
- At what ticket price does the cheaper one change?
- The cheaper one changes 5 times between $1 and $500: from $1 to $8.65 Luma is cheaper; from $8.70 to $9.95 Sticky Tickets is cheaper; from $10 to $14.90 Luma is cheaper; from $14.95 to $24.95 Sticky Tickets is cheaper; from $25 to $27.40 Luma is cheaper; from $27.45 to $500 Sticky Tickets is cheaper.
- Can you check people in without an app on Sticky Tickets or Luma?
- On Sticky Tickets, partly: its Check-in Attendees tab works in a browser, by search or with a barcode scanner; its help pages document phone camera scanning in its Check-in app. On Luma, yes: its check-in scanner opens from the event’s manage page on the web. On One Ticket, yes: QR check-in runs in any phone’s browser, with nothing to install. Checked October 2026 on each platform’s own pages.
- Is ticket money paid into your own Stripe account on Sticky Tickets or Luma?
- On Sticky Tickets, no: its help centre says ticket revenue is deposited into your nominated bank account at the end of your event, less booking fees. On Luma, yes: you link your own Stripe account, and ticket payments go into it. On One Ticket, yes: ticket money is charged to your own Stripe account. Until your first paid event has gone cleanly, it is paid out two days after each event. Checked October 2026 on each platform’s own pages.