What Is Eventbrite?

Eventbrite is the world's most popular event ticketing and discovery platform, with hundreds of millions of tickets sold annually. It's the default choice for concerts, community events, fundraisers, and local meetups. If you need to sell tickets and get discovered on a marketplace, Eventbrite does that extremely well.

Who Uses Eventbrite?

• Concert and entertainment promoters
• Community organizations and meetup groups
• Non-profits hosting fundraisers and galas
• Local business events and workshops
• Conference organizers using it for ticketing (only)

What Eventbrite Does Well

• Ticket sales and discovery: Eventbrite's marketplace drives organic discovery for consumer events, helping new audiences find your event.
• Simple registration: Setting up a basic event page and starting ticket sales takes minutes.
• Payment processing: Integrated payment handling makes it easy to collect revenue.
• Brand recognition: Attendees are familiar with Eventbrite, reducing friction for first-time ticket buyers.

Where Eventbrite Falls Short for Professional Conferences

Eventbrite was designed for consumer events — concerts, parties, and local workshops — not professional conferences. When you try to use it as a conference platform, the gaps become painfully obvious:

• No mobile event app: Eventbrite doesn't offer a dedicated mobile conference app with branded UI for your attendees. There's no app to navigate the agenda, message other attendees, or view session details in real time.
• No agenda or session management: Eventbrite has no concept of multi-track agendas, session scheduling, speaker profiles, or concurrent breakout sessions. This is fundamental conference infrastructure that Eventbrite simply doesn't have.
• No attendee networking: There's no 1:1 messaging, meeting scheduling, or attendee directory. Conference attendees expect to connect with each other — Eventbrite offers nothing here.
• No sponsor management: There are no virtual booths, lead capture tools, or sponsor visibility features. Sponsors who expect ROI from your event get nothing from an Eventbrite setup.
• Per-ticket fees add up fast: Eventbrite charges a percentage of each ticket sale (typically 3.7%+ service fee + payment processing). For a conference with 500 attendees at $400/ticket, that's $7,400+ in fees — before you've paid for a single event feature.
• It's their brand, not yours: Attendees get Eventbrite emails, Eventbrite confirmation pages, and the Eventbrite app. Your conference identity takes a back seat to Eventbrite's marketplace.

The Core Problem: Eventbrite Is a Ticketing Tool, Not an Event Platform

Professional conferences need more than a way to collect registrations. They need an end-to-end experience that starts before the event (agenda preview, networking prep) and continues through every session. Eventbrite was never built to deliver that experience.

Why ConferenceTap Is the Best Eventbrite Alternative for Professional Conferences

If you're using Eventbrite for your conference and wondering why it feels so limited, you've identified the core problem: Eventbrite is a ticketing marketplace, and ConferenceTap is a professional event platform. They're built for fundamentally different jobs. Here's why ConferenceTap is the Eventbrite alternative that conference organizers actually need.

ConferenceTap vs. Eventbrite: Feature Comparison

Key Advantages of ConferenceTap Over Eventbrite

• A complete conference experience, not just a registration form: ConferenceTap gives your attendees a dedicated mobile app with branded UI, full agenda, session notes, speaker bios, and real-time announcements. Eventbrite gives them a confirmation email and a PDF ticket.
• Networking your attendees actually use: The #1 reason professionals attend conferences is to connect with peers. ConferenceTap's 1:1 messaging, meeting scheduler, and attendee directory make that happen. Eventbrite offers nothing for networking.
• Sponsor ROI you can prove: With ConferenceTap, sponsors get virtual booths, branded visibility in the app, and lead capture tools with real analytics. Instead of a logo on a webpage, sponsors get measurable engagement.
• No per-ticket fees eating into your revenue: Eventbrite's percentage-based fees can cost you thousands on a single conference. ConferenceTap's flat annual pricing means your revenue stays yours.
• Your brand, your conference: Attendees experience YOUR event, not Eventbrite's marketplace. Custom app branding, your domain, your color scheme — ConferenceTap disappears into the background.

Who Should Add ConferenceTap (or Switch from Eventbrite)?

ConferenceTap is the right Eventbrite alternative if you:

• Run a professional conference, association annual meeting, or corporate summit
• Have 100+ attendees who expect a real event app experience
• Need agenda management, session tracks, and speaker profiles
• Want to offer attendee networking beyond a list of names
• Have sponsors who expect measurable ROI from their investment
• Are tired of paying per-ticket fees that scale with your success

You don't have to choose between ticketing and a full conference experience. ConferenceTap handles both — registration, ticketing, and every feature your conference needs to deliver a professional attendee experience. See ConferenceTap in action with a live demo.