The best Eventbrite alternatives in 2026
Eventbrite is a self-serve ticketing platform with its own event discovery marketplace. Organizers publish an event, sell tickets and check guests in, and free events can be listed without a fee. If it’s stopped fitting how you run, here are 5 alternatives worth a look — what each is best at, what it costs, and when staying on Eventbrite is the right call.
Checked October 2026 · By the Hiive team
The short answer
- Hiive — best for organizers, venues and communities in India, from gigs to run clubs, who want tickets in ₹, curated entry and venue schedules in one place.
- Townscript — indian organizers selling tickets to standalone or multi-date events.
- Luma — polished event pages and calendars for tech and startup communities.
- District by Zomato — ticketed events that want reach with a large Indian going-out audience.
- Meetup — interest groups that meet regularly and want to be found by strangers.
Why people look for a Eventbrite alternative
- Per-ticket fees add up for organizers who run frequent, low-priced sessions.
- Indian organizers want ticket revenue paid out in rupees.
- Recurring communities need members, chat and repeat engagement, not just event pages.
- Venues and recurring organizers need schedules and bookable slots, which Eventbrite doesn't offer.
The alternatives, one by one
01 · OUR PICK
Hiive
Hiive is an app for finding local events and the communities behind them — gigs, comedy nights, workshops, supper clubs, run clubs, games and meetups — with a business workspace for the venues, event IPs and organizers who run them. Ticketing, venue schedules, memberships, campaigns, analytics, a shop and payouts live in one place, and the same events surface to people nearby in the Hiive app.
Hiive vs Eventbrite, in detailPick it over Eventbrite if
- You run recurring sessions in India and want payouts in rupees.
- You want a community that lasts between events, with members and chat.
- You manage a venue or bookable services alongside events.
- You want to control entry by request, invite or application.
Worth knowing
- Hiive is newer than most tools it's compared with. Its event and community coverage is deepest in Mumbai, where it launched, and is growing city by city.
- Business pricing isn't a public rate card: the software is free for the first couple of months, then a fee is agreed with each partner based on the value delivered.
02
Townscript
Best for: Indian organizers selling tickets to standalone or multi-date events
Townscript is a self-serve event ticketing and registration platform from Pune, India. Organizers create an event, sell tickets with custom registration forms and discounts, and track sales in reports.
Good at
- Made in India, with ticketing that suits Indian organizers.
- Free events cost nothing and there's no setup fee.
- Custom registration forms, discounts and multi-date events are built in.
Watch out for
- Built around events: no community, member groups or chat.
- No venue or court scheduling, and no activity tracking.
- No public API documentation; integrations run through Zoho Flow.
Pricing: Free events: no charge, and no setup fee.
03
Luma
Best for: Polished event pages and calendars for tech and startup communities
Luma (formerly lu.ma) is a platform for event pages, registration and ticketing, with calendars that work as community hubs. It is especially popular with tech and startup communities.
Good at
- Clean, fast event pages that guests find easy to register on.
- Calendars give a community a home, with subscribers and memberships.
- Approvals, tickets, coupons and check-in are built in.
Watch out for
- Paid ticketing runs only through Stripe, and Stripe accounts based in India aren't supported.
- A 5% platform fee on paid tickets on the Free plan; removing it needs Luma Plus.
- API access is a Luma Plus feature.
Pricing: Free: a 5% platform fee on paid tickets, plus Stripe fees.
04
District by Zomato
Best for: Ticketed events that want reach with a large Indian going-out audience
District is the going-out app from Eternal (formerly Zomato Ltd) for movies, events, dining, comedy, activities and sports. It is built on the Paytm Insider ticketing business, which Zomato agreed to acquire in August 2024, and the app launched in November 2024.
Good at
- A large consumer audience already using the app to plan nights and weekends out.
- Events sit alongside movies, dining and comedy, so people find them while browsing.
- The District Creator app lets organizers sell tickets on the spot and send SMS payment links.
Watch out for
- Listing events goes through an application rather than instant self-serve setup.
- Organizer pricing isn't published, so fees are hard to compare up front.
- No community, chat or membership features.
Pricing: Organizer pricing is not published on District's site.
05
Meetup
Best for: Interest groups that meet regularly and want to be found by strangers
Meetup is a long-running platform for interest-based groups and the events they hold. Members join and RSVP free; organizers run their groups on a paid plan, with a limited free Starter tier.
Good at
- A large, established discovery network — people search Meetup specifically to find groups.
- Group-first structure: members, RSVPs, waitlists and attendance live under one group page.
- Works for almost any interest, from tech talks to hiking to language exchange.
Watch out for
- Organizers pay a subscription before they can charge for events; the free Starter tier caps events and attendees.
- Member email export and the API are limited to Meetup Pro.
- No venue or court scheduling, and no activity tracking.
Pricing: Starter: free — one group, up to 2 in-person events a month and 10 attendees, no online events, and no event fees.
Compared side by side
Yes Partly No? Not confirmed from official sources
Leaving Eventbrite? Take your people with you
Organizers can download an attendee report for one event, or run a report across several events, as CSV or Excel. An orders report is also available.
How to export attendees from EventbriteQuestions
It depends on why you're leaving. For event organizers, venues and communities in India that want ticketing with payouts in rupees, curated membership, venue schedules and booking analytics in one place, Hiive is the strongest fit. Townscript is best for indian organizers selling tickets to standalone or multi-date events. Luma is best for polished event pages and calendars for tech and startup communities. District by Zomato is best for ticketed events that want reach with a large Indian going-out audience.
Per-ticket fees add up for organizers who run frequent, low-priced sessions. Indian organizers want ticket revenue paid out in rupees. Recurring communities need members, chat and repeat engagement, not just event pages. Venues and recurring organizers need schedules and bookable slots, which Eventbrite doesn't offer.
Stay on Eventbrite if: your audience is outside india, or spread across many countries; you run large one-off events and want marketplace discovery; your events are free and you only need registration and check-in; you want a public api and an established ecosystem of integrations.
For recurring events and the communities around them in India, Hiive combines ticketing with payouts in rupees, member communities, venue schedules and booking analytics. Townscript and District by Zomato are Indian ticketing options for standalone events.
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Written by the Hiive team. We make a competing product, so every claim about another product here comes from its own website or help centre, checked in October 2026. Prices and features change — check the provider before you decide. Spotted something out of date? Email jai@hiive.club and we’ll fix it.