TicketLeap charges $1 a ticket at your door. SimpleTix charges 25¢.
Plus a 3% card fee you can’t pass on to buyers. On 100 card sales at the door, that’s $160 against about $92 on SimpleTix, Square processing included.
No setup fees. No monthly fees. No contracts. Free to sign up.
Two places you pay less.
100 tickets at your door, $20 each
This is the gap. It widens with every ticket you sell in person.
A $500 VIP ticket
The SimpleTix platform fee stops at $9.99 above about $460 a ticket.
TicketLeap fees as published November 4, 2026: online tickets over $5.00 carry $1 + 2% capped at $20, plus an uncapped transaction fee charged on the ticket price plus the ticketing fee; 49¢ flat at or below $5.00. At the door, TicketLeap publishes “a flat rate of $1 per ticket,” 49¢ at or below $5.00. Every online TicketLeap figure is the output of TicketLeap’s own fee calculator; the door figures use its published $1 per ticket and 3% transaction fee. SimpleTix figures use standard Square processing: online at 2.9% + 30¢ on the ticket price plus platform fee, the same base TicketLeap’s transaction fee uses, and in person at 2.6% + 15¢. Full methodology in the sources note below.
25¢ at the door. 71¢ + 2% for nonprofits. Your own processor.
Create Your Event →Compare what matters
| SimpleTix | TicketLeap | |
|---|---|---|
| Is there a cap? | The platform fee stops at $9.99 per ticket. Card processing is billed by your processor and isn’t capped. | The ticketing fee stops at $20 per ticket. The 3% transaction fee is uncapped. |
| At the door | 25¢ per ticket. | $1 per ticket, plus 3% on card sales the organizer must absorb. |
| Nonprofit rate | 71¢ + 2%, capped at $9.99, for eligible 501(c)(3)s, on request with proof. | “We currently do not offer discounted pricing for nonprofit organizations.” |
| Who processes payments | You do. Connect Square, Stripe, PayPal or Authorize.net. | “We do!” — TicketLeap manages it through Stripe on your behalf. |
| When you get paid | Into your own merchant account, on your processor’s schedule. | 4–7 business days after the event ends, per its pricing page (its support article says 4–6); 5–7 in Canada. Direct deposit only. |
On payouts, TicketLeap states multi-day events follow the same schedule after each event date ends, and offers FastPay advance payments by application — 7–10 business days to approve, unavailable within two weeks of your event. Nothing here states or implies that TicketLeap cannot run reserved-seating, timed-entry, nonprofit, multi-day, recurring or box-office events, or events of any size.
Every feature. Every account.
No tiers and no upsells. Every organizer gets the full platform from day one.
Build your own seat map
Custom seating charts for theaters, stadiums and arenas. Buyers pick their exact seat at checkout, with seat-level pricing and the same seat across a season.
Deep Square integration
Connect your own Square account. Sell at the gate with Square chip readers and Square Stand, upsell from your Square catalog at checkout, and pull Square merchandise reports. Stripe readers and Tap to Pay work too.
Keep the line moving
The SimpleTix Organizer app for iOS and Android scans and sells at the door, with offline scanning, group admit, and a scan-only mode for volunteers.
Abandoned cart recovery, free
Buyers who leave checkout get an email about half an hour later with a link straight back to their cart, while tickets are still on sale. No premium plan required.
Memberships and season passes
One-time or auto-renewing memberships with tiers and member discounts, plus season tickets and flex passes across multiple dates.
Live in under 10 minutes
Create a free account and set up your first event in under 10 minutes. No credit card to sign up.
Why organizations trust SimpleTix
“The integration between SimpleTix and Square has been flawless in our experience. It’s simple, reports are easy to access and payment transfers are within 24 hours.”
“We are happy to report that they have been really great to work with. Their support is pretty good at getting back to us right away and they have even been willing to create features for us.”
“Fast, Reliable Responses by Phone or Email”
“The turnaround in replying to a message by phone or email.”
Frequently asked questions
Q1How much does SimpleTix cost?
Q2What does each platform charge at the door?
Q3Where does SimpleTix cost less than TicketLeap?
Q4How do I switch, and when do I get paid?
Keep the simple setup.
Change what it costs at the door.
25¢ per ticket in person, a published 71¢ + 2% nonprofit rate, your own payment processor, and a platform fee that stops at $9.99.
Create Your Event →*Reserved-seating free tickets and comps are 25¢ each.
Sources, methodology and substantiation
All TicketLeap information here comes from official TicketLeap pages accessed November 4, 2026, and every online TicketLeap dollar figure is the output of the fee calculator on TicketLeap’s own pricing page. The calculator covers online sales only, so the door figures use TicketLeap’s published door rate and 3% transaction fee. Their published fee is all-in: the ticketing fee caps at $20 per ticket, and the online transaction fee — stated as 3%, footnoted as possibly “$.01 or more higher due to rounding,” and applied at 3.09% by that page’s calculator — is charged on the ticket price plus the ticketing fee, so their totals already include processing. TicketLeap states there is no cap on it. U.S. pricing; TicketLeap states fees may vary in international currencies.
Worked examples are static illustrations in which the buyer pays the fees, matching TicketLeap’s calculator. Square’s standard online rate of 2.9% + 30¢ is calculated on the ticket price plus platform fee — the same base TicketLeap uses. Square publishes 2.9% + 30¢ as its “Online API” rate on all of its plans, which is the rate for online payments taken through an integrated ticketing platform. Your actual processing depends on the processor and rates you select. The door example includes card processing on both sides and assumes all 100 sales are by card: TicketLeap’s 3% transaction fee on the $2,000 of ticket sales, and Square’s standard in-person rate of 2.6% + 15¢ on the same $20 tickets for SimpleTix, which Square publishes for tap, dip or swipe payments on its Free plan. Cash and check sales carry no processing on either platform. SimpleTix fees shown are platform fees; free GA and Flex Pass tickets are free, and reserved-seating free tickets and comps cost 25¢ each.
Sources:
- TicketLeap Pricing, including its interactive fee calculator — accessed 2026-11-04
- TicketLeap — What are the fees? — accessed 2026-11-04
- TicketLeap — When do I get paid? — accessed 2026-11-04
- Square — Learn about Square fees — accessed 2026-11-04
- SimpleTix Pricing — accessed 2026-11-04
- SimpleTix Fee Structure — accessed 2026-11-04