The short answer
For a $25 ticket, Ticket Tailor’s fee is $1.49 and Sticky Tickets’ is $2.50, so Ticket Tailor is $1.01 cheaper per ticket.
- On Ticket Tailor, the organiser pays its per-ticket fee by default: its help centre says it can’t automatically pass all fees on to buyers, though you can add your own booking fee.
- 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.
- Ticket Tailor charges no fee on free tickets, up to 5,000 a year. Sticky Tickets charges nothing for free events.
Fee per ticket at each price
| Ticket | Ticket Tailor | Sticky Tickets | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10 | $0.96 | $1.50 | Ticket Tailor by $0.54 |
| $20 | $1.31 | $1.50 | Ticket Tailor by $0.19 |
| $25 | $1.49 | $2.50 | Ticket Tailor by $1.01 |
| $50 | $2.38 | $3.50 | Ticket Tailor by $1.12 |
| $100 | $4.14 | $4.50 | Ticket Tailor by $0.36 |
| $150 | $5.91 | $4.50 | Sticky Tickets by $1.41 |
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.
Ticket Tailor
| Ticket | Fee | Buyer pays | Organiser receives | If absorbed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10 | $0.96 | $10.96 | $10.00 | $9.04 |
| $20 | $1.31 | $21.31 | $20.00 | $18.70 |
| $25 | $1.49 | $26.49 | $25.00 | $23.52 |
| $50 | $2.38 | $52.38 | $50.00 | $47.64 |
| $100 | $4.14 | $104.14 | $100.00 | $95.90 |
| $150 | $5.91 | $155.91 | $150.00 | $144.14 |
If absorbed: the organiser keeps the price less the fee, with card processing charged on the price alone.
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.
Why the cheaper one keeps changing
The cheaper one changes 3 times between $1 and $500: from $1 to $81.95 Ticket Tailor is cheaper; from $82 to $99.95 Sticky Tickets is cheaper; from $100 to $110.55 Ticket Tailor is cheaper; from $110.60 to $500 Sticky Tickets is cheaper.
How each fee works
Ticket Tailor
1.75% + $0.30 per paid ticket, plus 1.75% + $0.30 card processing on the order.
Uses Ticket Tailor published platform fee of 1.75% + $0.30 per ticket plus a Stripe Australia processing estimate (1.75% + $0.30) shown separately. PayPal/Square may differ. Confirm on Ticket Tailor. Rates checked August 2026: confirm current rates on Ticket Tailor’s own site.
More: How much does Ticket Tailor charge per ticket?
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.
Ticket Tailor and Sticky Tickets: features
Feature by feature, from each platform’s own help and pricing pages, with One Ticket alongside.
| Feature | Ticket Tailor | Sticky Tickets | One Ticket |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selling | |||
| Free events: no fee for anyone | Yes: Up to 5,000 free tickets a year | Yes | Yes: No Stripe account needed |
| No monthly cost to sell | Yes: Pay per ticket | Yes | 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 | Yes: Per order | Yes: Per order and per person |
| Repeat events or sessions on one page | Yes | Yes | Yes: A series on one landing page |
| Subscriptions billed weekly, fortnightly or monthly | Partly: one-off memberships with a renewal reminder | Check their site | Yes: Each session’s ticket issued for them |
| Sell in AUD, USD or GBP | Check their site | Partly: AUD only, as far as we found | Yes: Set per organiser |
| Waitlists for sold-out events | Check their site | Yes | Yes: Freed places offered in turn |
| Getting paid | |||
| The buyer pays the fee on top of your price, by default | No: You pay its fee; it can’t pass all fees on automatically | Yes: You can include it in your price instead | Yes: You receive 100% of your price, or absorb it on Pro and Team |
| Ticket money paid into your own Stripe account | Yes: Stripe, Square or PayPal | No: Paid into your bank account after the event, less booking fees | Yes |
| Export orders and attendees | Yes | Yes: CSV, Excel or PDF | Yes: As CSV |
| Refunds | |||
| Refund policy shown before purchase | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Buyers ask for a refund through the platform | Partly: buyers contact you, unless self-serve is on | Yes: From My Tickets | Yes: Unanswered ones go to One Ticket support |
| Buyers refund themselves within your policy | Yes: If you turn on self-serve | 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 | Yes: You schedule them | Partly: you schedule them, and messages can carry a fee | Yes: Automatic: the day before and the morning of |
| QR check-in in a phone’s browser, no app | Partly: check in from the web list; QR scanning is in its app | Partly: search or a barcode scanner in a browser; camera scanning is in its app | Yes: Any phone, and a door link for volunteers |
| Box office: cash and comps at the door | Yes: In its Check-in app | Yes | Yes: Cash, comps and bank transfers |
| Your page | |||
| Your colours and theme on the event page | Yes: A theme, colours and fonts | Yes | 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 | Yes: The link in the confirmation email | 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.
- Ticket Tailor: Pricing · How much does Ticket Tailor cost and how will I be charged · How to manage ticket types and groups · Can I hide tickets for my event · How to create discount codes · How do I limit the number of tickets purchased per order · How to set up a recurring event with time slots · Getting started with memberships · How to pass fees onto your ticket buyers · How to take payments for your tickets · How to print out your doorlist · How can I add a refund policy to my event · I’m a ticket buyer can I get a refund on my tickets · Why can’t my ticket buyer issue their own refund via self serve · What will my tickets look like · How to send announcements to your ticket buyers using email broadcasts · How to manage orders and issued tickets · How to sell tickets in person using the check in app · How to customise your Ticket Tailor box office · How to reveal tickets with a code · How to see answers to your checkout form questions · How do I send ticket buyers the link to join my online event
- 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
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.
Clear refunds, up front
Buyers see your refund policy before they pay, and get a full refund, booking fee included, if the date, time or place moves.
A page that looks like you
Pick your colours, a cover and a button that says Book, Register or RSVP. Guests see your event, not a feed of others.
The Ticket Tailor alternative · The Sticky Tickets alternative
Common questions
- Is Ticket Tailor or Sticky Tickets cheaper for a $25 ticket?
- For a $25 ticket, Ticket Tailor’s fee is $1.49 and Sticky Tickets’ is $2.50, so Ticket Tailor is $1.01 cheaper per ticket. Fees are for a one-ticket order, from published rates checked August 2026.
- Who pays the fee on Ticket Tailor and Sticky Tickets?
- On Ticket Tailor, the organiser pays its per-ticket fee by default: its help centre says it can’t automatically pass all fees on to buyers, though you can add your own booking fee. 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. Checked October 2026 on each platform’s own pages.
- Are free tickets free on Ticket Tailor and Sticky Tickets?
- Ticket Tailor charges no fee on free tickets, up to 5,000 a year. Sticky Tickets charges nothing for free events. Checked October 2026 on each platform’s own pages.
- At what ticket price does the cheaper one change?
- The cheaper one changes 3 times between $1 and $500: from $1 to $81.95 Ticket Tailor is cheaper; from $82 to $99.95 Sticky Tickets is cheaper; from $100 to $110.55 Ticket Tailor is cheaper; from $110.60 to $500 Sticky Tickets is cheaper.
- Can you check people in without an app on Ticket Tailor or Sticky Tickets?
- On Ticket Tailor, partly: you can check tickets in from the issued tickets list on the web; its help pages document QR scanning in its Check-in app. 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 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 Ticket Tailor or Sticky Tickets?
- On Ticket Tailor, yes: you connect your own Stripe, Square or PayPal account, and its help centre says ticket funds never touch its bank account. 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 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.