You’d receiveR 134 047,50
- Commission · 4.9% × VATR 8 452,50
- Booking · R7,50 / ticketR 7 500,00
Pricing
5,9% all-in.
No tiers, no setup, no surprises.
5,9% per sold ticket. Stable whether you sell ten tickets or ten thousand. Drag the calculator below to see what hits your bank — same scenario acrossEventU and the two leading SA competitors, live.
- PCI Level 1 · via Paystack
- Card data never touches us
- T+1 daily ZAR settlement
- Public REST API · /v1
- Signed webhooks · HMAC-SHA256
- RLS on every tenant table
- POPIA-compliant by design
- 30-min seat reservation hold
- CPA-aligned refund policy
- Built in South Africa
Payout calculator · live
How much do you actually keep?
Same turnover, three platforms. Drag the sliders — the numbers update every frame. No login, no estimate request, no email-us-a-quote.
TurnoverR 150 000,00
Orders100
Guests pay / orderR 1 500,00
You’d receiveR 138 187,50
- Commission · 5%R 7 500,00
- Banking · 2,5% × VATR 4 312,50
You’d receiveR 141 150,00
- EventU · 3%R 4 500,00
- Paystack rails · 2,9%R 4 350,00
vs Competitor 1+R 7 102,50
vs Competitor 2+R 2 962,50
Pricing as published 2026-05.
Competitor 1: 2,4% + 2,5% (ex VAT) + R 7,50/ticket on R 100+ tickets. Competitor 2: up to 5% commission + 2,5% banking (+ VAT). EventU 3% + 2,9% Paystack rails, all-in.
Line by line
No bundling. No fine print.
Every fee broken out, every “included” named. The four headline rows match the calculator above; the rest is what each platform does and doesn’t ship in the box.
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EventU
Competitor 1
Competitor 2
Headline
All-in rate (typical R 150 ticket)
5,9%
~10,6%
7,9%+
Platform commission
3%
2,4% (ex VAT)
up to 5%
Payment / banking rails
2,9% Paystack
2,5% (ex VAT)
2,5% (+ VAT)
Per-ticket booking fee
—
R 7,50 (R 100+)
organiser-set
What you don't pay
Setup fee
—
—
—
Monthly minimum
—
—
—
Refund admin charge
—
—
per-ticket
What's included
Public REST API · /v1
Included
—
—
Resale queue (face-value cap)
Included
—
Add-on
Custom organiser subdomain
Included
Add-on
Add-on
WhatsApp ticket delivery
Included
—
—
POPIA / CPA tooling
Included
Manual
Manual
Door-staff scanner PWA
Included
Add-on app
Add-on app
Sources · Competitor 1 and Competitor 2: each platform's published fee schedule (2026-05). EventU pricing is flat-rate by design — no NPO tiers, no volume tables, no surcharges.
Ready when you are
Start selling in ten minutes. Pay only when you do.
POPIA compliantPaystack securedCPA-aligned refundsBuilt in South Africa