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What TicketSpice charges

Q: What would TicketSpice cost me over a year?

On 2,000 tickets at $25, TicketSpice's published fees come to about $1,980 a year ($0.99 a ticket, 2,000 times). Built and owned, that year is about $198 — a tenth of what you pay now — and you keep the $1,782 difference.

Q: Who pays TicketSpice's fee — me or my customer?

You can choose: absorb it out of your payout, or add it to what the buyer pays at checkout. Either way somebody is paying it every ticket.

Q: Is card processing included?

No. Taking the money is a separate cost, normally around 2.9% + $0.30 an order, and it is charged whoever you use. The figures on this page leave processing out on both sides so the comparison is like for like.

Q: Is there a cheaper alternative to TicketSpice?

That depends on what you actually use it for. Most businesses use a small part of a platform like this — take the money, hold the record, send the confirmation, show the list. That part can be built once and owned, and we price it against your own bill: a tenth of what you pay now, instead of a share of every ticket forever. You keep the code and the data, and the old system keeps running beside it until the new one is proven.

TicketSpice charges $0.99 on every ticket, plus card processing on top. Below: what that comes to over a year at three volumes, what is not in that number, and what the same job costs when you own it instead of renting it.

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Rate read from TicketSpice's own pricing pageChecked 21 September 2026

What TicketSpice publishes

$0.99 per ticket ($0.49 if ticket < $5; $0.49 on-site), plus card processing 2.9% + $0.30. No monthly fee; optional add-ons (email $9/mo, SMS $19/mo).

Those are TicketSpice's own published numbers, read on 21 September 2026. Vendors change pricing without announcing it, so check the live page before you sign anything — and check your own last invoice, which is the only number that is definitely yours.

A year of TicketSpice fees, at three volumes

Worked straight off the published rate. Card processing is left out of every column, because it is charged whoever takes the money.

A year of	TicketSpice	Built and owned	You keep
500 tickets at $25$0.99 a ticket, 500 times	$495a year	$49.50a tenth of what you pay them	$445.5090% of the bill
2,000 tickets at $25$0.99 a ticket, 2,000 times	$1,980a year	$198a tenth of what you pay them	$1,78290% of the bill
10,000 tickets at $25$0.99 a ticket, 10,000 times	$9,900a year	$990a tenth of what you pay them	$8,91090% of the bill

We do not publish a price of our own, because it is worked out against yours: a tenth of what the platform costs you, with hosting, fixes and changes included. The volumes are illustrations at a stated price per ticket, not a promise about your business — send your own bill and the figure is exact.

What you would own instead

The part you actually useMost of a platform like TicketSpice goes unused. We rebuild the parts your business runs on and leave the rest out.
The code and the dataYours, in your own account, exportable on any day for any reason.
A price that does not scale with your takingsa tenth of what you pay now — hosting and changes included, and it does not grow with your takings.

When to stay put

You use nearly all of itIf your team lives in every corner of TicketSpice and the bill is small, replacing it is work for no gain.
The fee is tiny against your marginRun the numbers above on your real volume first. If it is noise, leave it.
It is the only place your customers can find youA marketplace that brings you buyers is selling you demand, not only software. That is worth paying for.

TicketSpice pricing, asked and answered

What does TicketSpice cost?

TicketSpice charges $0.99 on every ticket, plus card processing on top. $0.99 per ticket ($0.49 if ticket < $5; $0.49 on-site), plus card processing 2.9% + $0.30. No monthly fee; optional add-ons (email $9/mo, SMS $19/mo).

What would TicketSpice cost me over a year?

On 2,000 tickets at $25, TicketSpice's published fees come to about $1,980 a year ($0.99 a ticket, 2,000 times). Built and owned, that year is about $198 — a tenth of what you pay now — and you keep the $1,782 difference.

Who pays TicketSpice's fee — me or my customer?

You can choose: absorb it out of your payout, or add it to what the buyer pays at checkout. Either way somebody is paying it every ticket.

Is card processing included?

No. Taking the money is a separate cost, normally around 2.9% + $0.30 an order, and it is charged whoever you use. The figures on this page leave processing out on both sides so the comparison is like for like.

Is there a cheaper alternative to TicketSpice?

That depends on what you actually use it for. Most businesses use a small part of a platform like this — take the money, hold the record, send the confirmation, show the list. That part can be built once and owned, and we price it against your own bill: a tenth of what you pay now, instead of a share of every ticket forever. You keep the code and the data, and the old system keeps running beside it until the new one is proven.

What the others charge

Same category, same treatment — each one read from the vendor's own pricing page.

What Tixr chargesTixr doesn't publish its pricing — it is quoted per contract.
What Universe chargesUniverse charges 2% + $0.59 on every paid ticket, plus card processing on top.
What TicketLeap chargesTicketLeap charges 2% + $1 on every paid ticket, plus card processing on top.
What ShowClix chargesShowClix doesn't publish its pricing — it is quoted per contract.
What Ticketmaster chargesTicketmaster doesn't publish its pricing — it is quoted per contract.
What AXS chargesAXS doesn't publish its pricing — it is quoted per contract.

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Tell us what TicketSpice costs you

Send your last invoice or just the rate you are on, and we will tell you what the same work costs built and owned — and say so plainly if you are better off where you are.

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