TidyHQ vs Eventbrite

In Australia, Eventbrite charges 5.35% + A$1.19 per paid ticket plus payment processing (2.5% for Australian cards). For a $30 ticket, that's roughly $3.67 in combined fees — over 12% of the ticket price. In the US, it's 3.7% + $1.79 per ticket. For a club running 20 events a year at 50 tickets each, that adds up to roughly $2,800 AUD in Eventbrite fees alone. TidyHQ Pro is $890 AUD/year flat with 1% + 20c transaction fees plus Stripe.

No. Eventbrite is a ticketing platform — it sells tickets to events. It doesn't manage memberships, track renewals, store payment history, or distinguish between financial and lapsed members. If your events need member-only pricing, attendance tracking tied to membership records, or member vs non-member reporting, you need a club management platform like TidyHQ.

Not easily. Eventbrite can create promo codes for discounted tickets, but it doesn't know who your members are. You'd need to manually create and distribute codes, then hope non-members don't get them. TidyHQ connects your membership database to your events — financial members automatically see their discounted price at checkout.

No. Eventbrite has basic reporting on event sales but doesn't integrate with Xero or other accounting software. TidyHQ syncs event revenue, membership payments, and invoices directly into Xero — so your treasurer sees the complete financial picture, not just event sales in isolation.

Eventbrite is excellent for selling tickets to public events where you need discovery, promotion, and large-scale ticketing. But for clubs running regular member events — trivia nights, AGMs, fundraisers, social functions — the per-ticket fees add up fast and you lose the connection between event attendance and membership records. TidyHQ handles both events and the club behind them.