Luma (5%) is cheaper than Fatsoma (10%) at every ticket price we checked. On a $30 ticket, with card processing included, Fatsoma costs $4.17 and Luma costs $2.67.
Fees and features from each platform's public pricing pages, checked September 2026.
Fatsoma is a UK ticketing platform and consumer app that grew out of student and club nights. Organizers sell through its marketplace and app, message their followers for free, and recruit reps who earn commission for selling tickets.
Luma is an event page, registration and community calendar tool, popular for meetups and tech events. It is free to use with a 5% fee on paid tickets, or 0% on the Luma Plus subscription, and payments run through the organizer's own Stripe account. Guest messaging by email, SMS and WhatsApp is built in.
Hi.Events is an open-source ticketing platform with a hosted cloud version. Organizers sell from their own branded event pages or an embedded widget, and card payments settle straight into their own Stripe account as tickets sell.
The all-in cost of selling 250 tickets at $30 each: platform fee plus card processing. Move the sliders to match your event.
Illustrative, from each platform's published standard rate. Where a platform charges card processing on top, we add its own stated rate or a standard 2.9% + $0.30 per ticket, so every total is like for like. Your actual card rate depends on your processor and the cards your buyers use.
Where the two differ, and where they don't.
| Feature | Fatsoma | Luma | Hi.Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform fee per paid ticket | 10% | 5% | 1.25% + $0.60 |
| Card processing | Charged on top | Charged on top | Charged on top |
| Free events | Free | Free | Free |
| When you're paid | After the event; funds clear 48 hours after it ends and you then request a payout | As tickets sell, on your own Stripe payout schedule | As tickets sell, on your own Stripe payout schedule |
| Payment processor | Fatsoma collects the money and pays you out | Your own Stripe account | Your own Stripe account |
| Pass fees on to buyers | Yes | No | Yes |
| Your branding at checkout | On the Professional plan, from £1,500 | Custom event URLs on Luma Plus | Yes |
| Embed checkout on your site | Widget that hands off to Fatsoma checkout | Yes | Yes |
| Listed in a consumer marketplace | Yes | Yes | No |
| Tickets work without an app or account | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| QR check-in app | Yes, Fatsoma Scan | Yes | Yes, in any phone browser |
| Reserved seating | Not stated | Not stated | No |
| Recurring events and time slots | Not stated | No | Yes |
| Promo codes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Waitlist | Not stated | Yes | Yes |
| Custom checkout questions | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| API and webhooks | Not stated | On Luma Plus only | Webhooks |
| Official ticket resale | Not stated | No | No |
| Open source | No | No | Yes |
| Can be self-hosted | No | No | Yes |
A Professional plan with a branded website and apps starts at £1,500 plus the 10% fee. Organizers can pass the fee to buyers or absorb it.
Luma Plus, at $59 a month billed annually, removes the 5% fee and adds API access, Zapier and tax collection. Fees cannot be added on top of the ticket price, so the organizer always absorbs them.
you sell student or club nights through a team of reps and want their commission tracked for you.
Switching from Fatsoma to Hi.Events →you run a community calendar of mostly free meetups and want good-looking pages with guest messaging built in.
Switching from Luma to Hi.Events →you want a low published fee, your own branding at checkout and card payments in your own Stripe account as tickets sell.
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Every figure on this page comes from the platform's own pricing and help pages, checked September 2026. Platforms change their pricing, so confirm with the vendor before you decide. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it. Product names are trademarks of their owners; Hi.Events is not affiliated with Fatsoma or Luma.
Hi.Events gives you a low published fee, your own branding and your money as tickets sell. Create an event and see how it compares with Fatsoma and Luma for yourself.
Free events cost nothing. Paid tickets are 1.25% + $0.60, with no monthly fee and no contract — see the full pricing.