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Conference ticketing.
Registration, agenda and check-in in one place.

Hi.Events is a conference ticketing system and registration tool for conference organizers. It costs 1.25% + $0.60 per paid ticket, delegates whose employer pays get a proper invoice, your speakers and agenda sit on the event page, and card payments settle into your own Stripe account as tickets sell.

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Selling 300 delegate passes at $400? You'd keep $3,297 more than on Eventbrite.

Registration and invoices

Ask for company, job title and dietary needs on the delegate ticket. Delegates whose employer pays get an invoice with your numbering and tax number, or pay by bank transfer against your instructions.

Speakers and agenda

Add each speaker once, with a photo, bio and links, and build the agenda day by day and room by room. It goes on your event page, into ticket emails and onto your own conference website.

A registration desk that runs from a link

Desk staff open a check-in link on their own phones and scan the QR code on each ticket. Every device works from the same list, so a ticket scanned at one desk shows as checked in at the others.

Live demo

See a live event page demo

ADMIT/28 is a made-up two-day conference in Dublin, set up on Hi.Events the way this page describes. Open it and click around the way a delegate would.

  • Tiered passes
  • Workshop add-ons
  • Speakers
  • Two-day agenda
  • Sponsors
Open ADMIT/28An example event, not a real conference. Tickets marked free let you try checkout.
§ 01 · Organizers

Why organizers move to Hi.Events

We’ve used Hi.Events now for a few events and really love it. It’s also been fun to see improvements roll out as we go. We’re definitely never going back to Eventbrite.
Firestorm BooksCo-op bookstore & event space
As our exclusive ticketing and event management partner, JuliaCon Global 2026 would literally not be possible without their support. If you have bought your ticket, you have already got a taste of the smooth registration experience.
JuliaConThe Julia programming language conference
§ 02 · Fees

Keep more of every ticket you sell

$0 for organizers. Pass the 1.25% + $0.60 fee to buyers or absorb it yourself. No monthly fee, no contract.

ADMIT ONE
Ticket price$30
Tickets sold250
Hi.Events · 1.25% + $0.60$244
Eventbrite · 3.7% + $1.79$725
Extra money you keep$481on 250 tickets at $30 each, vs. EventbriteStart selling for free →

Illustrative comparison of platform fees only; payment processing is charged on top by both platforms. Self-hosted Hi.Events has no platform fees. See the full fee comparison →

§ 03 · Tickets

How conference registration is usually set up for 300 delegates

One event, one shared capacity of 300, and a ticket type for each kind of delegate. Each ticket type has its own price, sale window and registration questions.

  • Early bird

    A lower price with a sale window that closes on a date you choose, or tiered pricing, where each price level has its own quantity and sale dates. With Release tiers in order on, each level opens only when the one before sells out or ends.

  • Standard delegate

    The full-price ticket, with registration questions for company, job title and dietary needs.

  • Student, member or author rate

    Its own ticket type at its own price, hidden until a promo code unlocks it, or a promo code for a percentage or a fixed amount off the ticket types you pick.

  • Speakers, sponsors and staff

    A hidden free ticket that only appears when a promo code is entered, or people added by hand without going through checkout.

  • Speakers and agenda

    A profile for each speaker, keynotes billed as Headliner, and the agenda imported from the programme committee's spreadsheet, with parallel talks in each room.

  • Sponsors

    A Sponsors section on the event page with each logo linking to the sponsor's site, and a tracked link per sponsor to see the registrations they send.

  • Venue and finance teams

    View-only access for the venue team, limited to this conference, and a finance colleague who can see revenue and issue refunds.

  • Workshop day or conference dinner

    An add-on attached to the delegate ticket, or sold on its own, with its own stock limit.

  • Paying by bank transfer

    Offline payment with instructions you write. The order gets an invoice if invoicing is on, and stays awaiting payment until you mark it as paid.

§ 04 · Speakers and agenda

Put the programme next to the tickets

Every frame is a screenshot of the app, running a demo event.

Speakers and agenda

Your programme, on the page that sells it.

Add each speaker once, then build the agenda room by room or import it from the programme committee's spreadsheet. On a business, tech or education event the page calls them Speakers and Agenda, with keynotes first.

  • Parallel sessions in each room, with day tabs and a room filter
  • Add to calendar on every session
  • Sponsor logos and an FAQ in the same page
  • The same agenda embeds on your conference website
The speakers and two-day programme for ADMIT/28 in Hi.Events, and the same agenda on the event page.
§ 05 · Features

Conference registration software, from early bird to the door

Everything here ships with every account. There is no higher tier to upgrade to.

Registration and payment

Registration questions asked per ticket type: company, job title, dietary needsEarly bird tiers that can open one after another as each sells outHidden tickets for speakers, sponsors and staff that only a promo code revealsInvoices with your own numbering, business details, tax number and payment termsBank transfer as an offline payment, with instructions you writeVAT or sales tax shown inside the price, or added at checkoutCheckout in 20 languages for international delegates

Speakers and agenda

Speaker profiles with photos, a bio and links, reused from one edition to the nextKeynotes billed as Headliner or Featured, so they lead the lineupAn agenda by day, with parallel sessions in each roomImport the programme from a spreadsheet, with a preview before anything is savedDelegates filter by room and add any session to their calendarA printable run sheet for the stage managersSpeakers and agenda as widgets on your own conference website

Delegates, team and data

Check-in lists per entrance or per day, opened from a link with no account neededMessage delegates by ticket type, now or scheduledAdmin, Organizer and view-only roles, limited to the events each person works onRequire two-factor sign-in for the whole team, or, on request, your company SSOA REST API and webhooks into your CRM, badge printing or finance systemsExport attendees and their answers as a spreadsheetA box office for walk-in delegates, taking cards on a Stripe reader
Workshops and dinners as add-ons
Tracked links for sponsors and partners
Sponsor logos and an FAQ on the event page
Embed registration on the conference site
Online conferences with private joining details
Daily sales and promo code reports
§ 06 · Compared

Conference ticketing platforms, side by side

Weighing up your options? Every figure is from the platform's own pricing page, with card processing counted the same way on both sides.

Best conference ticketing platforms

7 platforms conference organizers shortlist, with fees and what each is good at.

See the shortlist →

Hi.Events vs Tito

Tech and B2B conferences that want a developer-friendly embedded checkout.

Compare the two →

Hi.Events vs Luma

Community meetups and tech events with free or simple paid registration.

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§ 07 · FAQ

Before you open registration

How much does the Hi.Events conference ticketing system cost?
Free conferences cost nothing. Paid tickets are 1.25% plus a small fixed amount per ticket: 60¢ in the US, €0.50 in the EU, 45p in the UK and A$0.85 in Australia. There is no monthly fee and no contract. You can pass the fee to the delegate at checkout or absorb it, and Stripe charges its card processing separately. Card payments settle into your own Stripe account as tickets sell, on your Stripe payout schedule.See pricing →
How do I sell conference tickets online?
Create the conference as an event, add a ticket type for each kind of delegate with its own price and sale dates, and add the registration questions you need. Connect your Stripe account, turn on invoices and bank transfer if companies will pay, and publish. Then share the event page, or embed registration and the agenda on your own conference website so delegates never leave it.Creating your first event →
Can delegates get an invoice and pay by bank transfer?
Yes. Turn on invoicing for the event and every order gets a PDF invoice with your numbering prefix, organization name and address, tax details and payment terms. Turn on offline payments and delegates can choose bank transfer at checkout and follow the instructions you wrote. Their tickets are issued straight away and marked as unpaid, the order shows as awaiting payment until you mark it as paid, and by default unpaid attendees cannot be checked in.Invoices and receipts →Offline payments →
How is VAT handled on conference tickets?
You create a tax such as VAT once, as a percentage or a fixed amount, and apply it to the ticket types it covers. Each event then chooses whether buyers see prices with tax included or see the tax itemized at checkout. The tax is listed on the invoice along with your VAT or tax registration number. Hi.Events does not work out which rate applies to you, so check that with your accountant.Taxes and fees →
Does it work as conference registration software, with custom questions?
Yes. Registration questions can be asked once per order or once per ticket, and limited to the ticket types they apply to, so delegates are asked for company, job title and dietary needs while speakers are asked something else. Question types include text, dropdowns, checkboxes, dates and addresses. Answers appear on each attendee record and in the attendee export.Registration questions →
How do speaker, sponsor and staff tickets work?
Create a free or discounted ticket type, hide it, and attach it to a promo code. Only people who enter the code see the ticket, so you can send one code to speakers and another to each sponsor for their allocation. You can also add people by hand from the attendee page, without them going through checkout. Either way they get a QR ticket and appear on the same check-in list as paying delegates.Hidden tickets →
Can I publish the agenda and speakers?
Yes. Add each speaker once as a profile with a photo, bio and links, and they are there to reuse next year. Then build the agenda in Lineup & Schedule: add your rooms, drag sessions onto a timetable, or import the whole programme from a spreadsheet. On a business, tech or education event the event page shows them as Speakers and Agenda, with day tabs, a room filter, a modal for each speaker and Add to calendar on every session. Ticket emails carry the keynotes, and the agenda can be embedded on your own website.Conference agenda builder →
Is Hi.Events conference management software?
For most of it. Hi.Events covers registration and payment, invoices, speakers and the agenda, sponsors on the event page, delegate messaging, check-in, your team's access and an API for your other systems. It does not run a call for papers or abstract review, and delegates cannot book individual sessions, so conferences that need those pair it with a dedicated submissions tool.
Can delegates sign up for individual sessions, or can speakers submit talks?
No. The agenda shows delegates what is on and where, but they do not book a place in each session from it, and there is no call for papers or abstract review. Workshops with their own capacity are sold as separate ticket types or add-ons, each with a stock limit. The comparison of conference ticketing platforms covers the systems built around paper submissions.Conference ticketing platforms compared →
Can I print name badges for delegates?
Not inside Hi.Events. There is a free badge designer on this site that turns an attendee list into print-ready name badges with the name, company and a QR code, in your browser and without a signup: export your attendees, save the file as a CSV and load it there. If you use a badge printing service, it can read attendees and their answers straight from the Hi.Events API with a read-only key.Free event badge designer →API keys →
Can one person register a group or a whole team?
Yes. Set attendee details to be collected per ticket, and whoever books is asked for each delegate's name and email, along with any questions you ask per ticket. Every delegate gets their own ticket by email and appears on the check-in list by name, while the booker gets one order, with one invoice if invoicing is on. You can cap how many of each ticket type one order can include.Checkout settings →
Can I sell sponsorship packages or exhibitor stands?
Yes. Create them as products rather than tickets, each with its own price, quantity and description, and hide them behind a promo code if only invited sponsors should see them. Sponsors check out like anyone else and get an invoice. Once they sign up, add their logos to a Sponsors section on your event page.Adding tickets and products →
Can I send registrations to my CRM?
Yes, in three ways. Webhooks send a signed notification to your own systems when something happens, such as a new order or a check-in. The REST API lets your CRM or badge printer read attendees, orders and registration answers, with a read-only key if that is all it needs. And attendee and order lists export with the answers included. Marketing opt-in is captured at checkout, so you know which delegates agreed to hear from you.API keys →Webhooks →
Can our team sign in with our company accounts?
Yes. Single sign-on works with Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace or any OpenID Connect provider, and you can make it required for everyone on your email domain. Email [email protected] and we will switch it on for your account. Without SSO, you can still require two-factor authentication for the whole team, and give each person access to only the conferences they work on.Enterprise ticketing →
§ 08 · More

Ticketing for other kinds of event

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