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They sell tickets. You run a venue.

Ticketmaster, Eventbrite, DICE and the rest are ticket companies: they sit between you and your guests and take a cut of every sale. VenueOS is the operating system for the whole venue, and ticketing is just one part of it.

Feature	VenueOS	Ticketmaster	Eventbrite	DICE	Brown Paper Tickets	Ticket Tailor	Tock
How you pay	Flat $59–$349/mo per venue	Negotiated contracts	3.7% + $1.79 per ticket, + 2.9% processing	13% of face value (self sign-up)	≈$0.99 + ~5% per ticket	≈$0.26–$0.85 per ticket + processing	≈$79–$339/mo + ~2–3% on prepaid & tickets
Per-ticket platform fee	$0, ever	Yes, often $10–30+ to buyers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Commission
Where ticket money goes	Your own Stripe account	Platform, then paid out	Platform, then paid out	Platform, then paid out	Platform, then paid out	Your processor	Tock Payments
Long-term contract	Month to month	Often multi-year, exclusive	No	Varies	No	No	Varies
Door scanning & guest lists	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Basic	Yes	Reservations focus
Walk-in sales in one capacity count	Yes	Yes	Yes	Varies	Basic	Yes	Varies
Menu editing → website, PDF, print, email	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Per-order attribution (UTM, Google & Mailchimp IDs)	Yes	Limited to venue	Tracking links	Limited	Basic	Tracking links	Basic
Guest CRM: VIPs, notes, returning guests	Yes	Platform-owned fans	Attendee lists	App-centric	Exports only	Attendee lists	Guest profiles
Staff roles, reports & reconciliation	Yes	Enterprise	Organizer tools	Organizer tools	Basic	Organizer tools	Restaurant tools
Mailchimp, GA4, Slack, webhooks	Yes	Enterprise integrations	Some	Some	No	Some	Some
Your brand on checkout	Embedded on your site	Ticketmaster brand	Eventbrite brand	DICE app	BPT brand	Widgets	Tock brand

✓ built in · ◐ partial, add-on or depends on contract · — not offered. Pricing from vendors' published terms and third-party sources as of November 2026; enterprise platforms (Ticketmaster, SeatGeek, AXS, Tixr) negotiate per venue. Check each vendor for current terms.

The stack you replace

Four tools, four logins, four bills.

e.g. 400 × $45 tickets/mo on a per-ticket platform

Ticketing fees

≈ $1,380/mo

Perfect Venue / Tripleseat

Event & private-booking CRM

$99–$375+/mo

BentoBox and similar

Menus & website menus

$119–$479/mo

Spreadsheets and add-ons

Attribution, guest data, door app

Your time

Everything above, one login

VenueOS Pro

$149/mo

Run your own numbers

Average ticket price $45

Tickets per month 400

You'd keep this much more per year vs. a typical per-ticket platform$0

Typical per-ticket platform$0/mo

Pay-per-ticket ticketing$0/mo

VenueOS Starter (flat, unlimited tickets)$0/mo

Platform fees only. Card processing applies everywhere and goes to your processor. Estimates use a 3.7% + $1.79 per-ticket service fee and ~$0.85 per ticket for pay-as-you-go ticketing, published US rates as of November 2026. VenueOS adds menus, CRM and marketing tools on top.

Switching mid-season?

Keep your current platform for shows already on sale and launch new ones on VenueOS. We'll bring past events, orders and guests over.

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Sources: DICE US self sign-up terms (Mar 2026); Eventbrite US organizer fees (2026); third-party pricing summaries for Ticket Tailor, Brown Paper Tickets, Tock, Perfect Venue, Tripleseat and BentoBox (2026). Ticketmaster fees are set per venue contract; buyer fee ranges are reported by industry coverage.