Yes, Eventbrite has a seating chart. You build a venue map with sections, rows and tables, set price tiers, and buyers pick their seats or take the best available. It can't be used for recurring events or added once tickets are on sale, and paid tickets must go through Eventbrite Payment Processing.
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's own setup has four steps. Its help centre has the current screen names.
Choose a physical venue while building the event page, then turn on Reserved seating.
Open Tickets and start from a preset, a blank canvas, or a prior map for the same venue.
Every seat needs a tier. Set best-available order and optional access-controlled holds.
Choose the tiers each ticket type can sell, review checkout settings, and launch the event.
Check first: reserved seating cannot be enabled for a recurring event, after tickets already exist, or when the event uses a waitlist. Venue maps cannot be built or edited on a phone.
Eventbrite facts come from its reserved-seating help pages.
| Feature | SeatLayer | Eventbrite |
|---|---|---|
| Build the map | ||
| 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 |
| Seat selection | ||
| Buyers pick seats on phone and desktop | Yestouch and pinch-to-zoom | Yes |
| Best available | Yes | Yes |
| Reserved seats and GA on one map | Yes | Yes |
| Hold seats back | Yesrelease them at a set time | Yeswith access codes |
| Recurring events | Yeseach date has its own live seats | Not supported |
| 3D and view from seat | Includedon every plan | Not stated |
| Hosted ticketing: sell on your own website | ||
| Who takes the payment | Your own gateway7 supported | EventbriteEventbrite Payment Processing only |
| Fee per ticket | $0.50first 25 free, no percentage | 3.7% + $1.79per paid ticket, plus 2.9% processing (US) |
| Box office counter | Yessame live map, 80 mm or A4 | At-the-door salesin the Organizer app |
| Door check-in | Yesfrom any phone browser | Yes |
| WordPress plugin | Freeblock or shortcode | Not stated |
IncludedNot includedNot stated by EventbriteEventbrite facts from its public pages, checked September 2026
With SeatLayer the seat map lives on your site, buyers pay into your own account, and you keep the customer. Pick the way that fits.
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 seven server SDKs. The map holds the seats; your server takes payment and confirms the booking. 100 free credits every month, then prepaid credits from 10 cents down to 5 cents per confirmed sold seat.
SeatLayer is not an Eventbrite plug-in. Build your chart in SeatLayer, or start from one of 58 free templates; Eventbrite orders and attendees stay in Eventbrite.
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 →Still have a question? or email hello@seatlayer.io.
Build the chart free, sell your first 25 tickets free, and keep every buyer.