It depends on the ticket price. Fatsoma (10%) is cheaper on lower-priced tickets and Purplepass (2.5% + $0.99) is cheaper from around $10. On a $30 ticket, with card processing included, Fatsoma costs $4.17 and Purplepass costs $2.64.
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.
Purplepass is a US ticketing platform for venues, schools, festivals and other events that sell both online and at the door. It builds assigned-seating maps for its organizers, runs a box office and scanning app, and sells printed ticket stock and wristbands. By default Purplepass processes the card payments and pays the organizer after the event.
Hi.Events is an open-source ticketing platform with a hosted cloud version. Organizers sell from their own branded event pages, an embedded widget or a box office at the door, 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 | Purplepass | Hi.Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform fee per paid ticket | 10% | 2.5% + $0.99 | 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 | The Thursday after your event by default; as tickets sell if you connect your own PayPal or merchant account | As tickets sell, on your own Stripe payout schedule |
| Payment processor | Fatsoma collects the money and pays you out | Purplepass by default, or your own PayPal or Authorize.net-compatible merchant account | Your own Stripe account |
| Pass fees on to buyers | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Your branding at checkout | On the Professional plan, from £1,500 | Event page images and your own CSS | Yes |
| Embed checkout on your site | Widget that hands off to Fatsoma checkout | Yes | Yes |
| Listed in a consumer marketplace | Yes | Events are listed and searchable on purplepass.com | No |
| Tickets work without an app or account | Yes | Not stated | Yes |
| QR check-in app | Yes, Fatsoma Scan | Yes, for iOS and Android | Yes, in any phone browser |
| Reserved seating | Not stated | Yes | Yes |
| Box office for door sales | Not stated | Yes, in its app or on an iPad terminal, with no service fee | Yes |
| Recurring events and time slots | Not stated | Yes | Yes |
| Promo codes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Waitlist | Not stated | Not stated | Yes |
| Custom checkout questions | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Agenda or lineup on the event page | Not stated | Not stated | Lineup and agenda by room |
| API and webhooks | Not stated | Zapier integration | REST API and webhooks |
| Single sign-on (SSO) for your team | Not stated | Not stated | OIDC, on request (no SAML) |
| Official ticket resale | Not stated | Not stated | 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.
Non-profits pay 2.0% + $0.99. Box office sales carry no service fee, and card payments at the door cost 2.5% + $0.25 a transaction. Buyers pay the fees by default, and you can absorb or split 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 →most of your tickets sell at the door, where Purplepass charges no service fee, and you want its team to build your seat map.
Switching from Purplepass 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 Purplepass.
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 Purplepass for yourself.
Free events cost nothing. Paid tickets are 1.25% + $0.60, with no monthly fee and no contract — see the full pricing.