Sell seated events on your own site, with your own seat map and checkout. Buyers pay into your own payment account, and SeatLayer charges a flat $0.50 per ticket with no percentage. You keep every buyer's details, and the box office, refunds and door check-in come with it.
Reserved seat · Row F 12$50.00
Service fee · 3.7% + $1.79$3.64
Payment processing · 2.9%$1.45
Fees on one ticket$5.09
Reserved seat · Row F 12$50.00
SeatLayer · flat, no percentage$0.50
Your gateway's card feeyour rate
Money goes toyour account
Eventbrite adds 3.7% + $1.79 to every paid ticket. SeatLayer charges a flat $0.50. Card processing is extra with both, and with SeatLayer it is your own gateway's usual rate.
Start with one way and add more later. It is the same venue chart and the same live seats every time, so nothing has to be rebuilt.
Checkout on your page, paid into your own gateway. $0.50 a ticket.
Sell on your website →Free plugin. Pick the event from a list and the seat map appears on the page.
Get the plugin →Add the seat map to your platform with the SDK. Your server keeps checkout and orders.
See the SDK →Native SDKs put the same seat map inside your iPhone and Android apps.
Mobile SDK guide ↗Embed the Designer and the live control panel so your organizers never leave your product.
For ticketing platforms →Give sponsors and agencies their own seats and login, and track each channel.
See sales channels →Staff sell from the same live map and print tickets on 80 mm or A4.
See the box office →Describe the venue to Copilot, ChatGPT or Claude, or upload a floor plan. No chart tool to learn, and you review before anything is published.
See AI chart building →Eventbrite facts come from its public organizer and help pages.
| Feature | SeatLayer | Eventbrite |
|---|---|---|
| Hosted ticketing price: sell on your own website | ||
| Fee per ticket | $0.50per confirmed ticket, first 25 free | 3.7% + $1.79per paid ticket, plus 2.9% processing (US) |
| Percentage of ticket price | None | Yes3.7% of each paid ticket |
| Where you sell | ||
| Who takes the payment | Your own gatewayStripe, PayPal, Square and 11 more | EventbriteEventbrite Payment Processing |
| Buyer and order data | Stays with you | In Eventbrite |
| Checkout on your website | Yespaid into your own gateway | On Eventbrite |
| Build the venue | ||
| Free chart maker | Yesstart without signing up | Not stated |
| Venue templates | 58 free templatestheatres, arenas, stadiums, clubs | Not stated |
| AI builds the chart | From a description or a floor planCopilot, ChatGPT or Claude; you review before publishing | Not stated |
| Import existing plans | PDF, SVG and DXFtrace a PDF or bring vector shapes | Not stated |
| Rows, sections, tables, booths, GA | Yesplus several floors in one chart | Sections, rows, tables |
| Accessible seats | Yesshown to buyers as a filter | Not stated |
| Buyer experience | ||
| Buyers pick seats on phone and desktop | Yestouch and pinch-to-zoom | Yes |
| Best available | Yes | Yes |
| Recurring events | Yeseach date has its own live seats | Not with reserved seating |
| 3D and view from seat | Includedon every plan | Not stated |
| Stadium scale | 200,000 seats in 1.95 s10,000 buyers at once, 9 ms hold | Not stated |
| Run the event | ||
| QR and PDF tickets | Yesemailed for every seat | Yes |
| Box office counter | Yessame live map, 80 mm or A4 | At-the-door salesin the Organizer app |
| Refunds | Yesa whole order or one ticket | Yes |
| Door check-in | Yesfrom any phone browser | Yes |
| WordPress plugin | Freeblock or shortcode | Not stated |
| SDK: seat map in your own product | ||
| SDK price | $0.10 → $0.05per sold seat, 100 free a month | Not offered |
| Web, mobile and server SDKs | YesReact, Vue, Angular, iOS, Android, Flutter, RN | Not offered |
| Sales channels | Yespartners get their own login and reports | Not stated |
| Season tickets | Yes2 to 20 events, same seat, renewals | Not stated |
| Embed a live control panel | Yessales, holds and blocks in real time | Not stated |
IncludedNot includedNot stated by EventbriteEventbrite facts from its public pages, checked September 2026
Open a real layout, rename the sections, and match it to your room. Every template is free to edit.
There is no one-click move. Most organizers run their next seated event on SeatLayer and keep past orders where they are.
Start from a template, trace your floor plan, or let AI draft it from a plan or photo.
Add your Stripe, PayPal or other account, so buyers pay you directly.
Put the seat map on your site, run a test sale, then open real sales.
What stays behind: existing Eventbrite orders and attendees stay in Eventbrite until you move or close them. SeatLayer is not an Eventbrite plug-in.
Both use the same venue chart and live seats.
Connect the organizer's payment gateway keys so payment goes to its account. You get checkout on your page, QR and PDF tickets, refunds, a box office counter and door check-in. $0.50 per confirmed ticket.
Stable JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Vue, and Angular SDKs, plus iOS, Android, Flutter and React Native. The map holds the seats; your server takes payment and confirms the booking. $0.10 per sold seat, down to $0.05.
Still have a question? or email hello@seatlayer.io.
Build the chart free, connect your gateway, and run a test sale on your own website.
Or try the live demos first.
