Dawat vs Eventbrite
Short answer: Free events cost nothing; paid tickets carry a 3.7% + $1.79 service fee per ticket plus 2.9% payment processing per order. Eventbrite Premium is $69/month or $708/year in the US. Dawat's core product is free at every guest count. Eventbrite is the better pick if you need free events are genuinely free to publish at any size.
Dawat is free at every guest count: 53 card designs, unlimited guests, unlimited sends, RSVP tracking with your own questions, and a personally addressed link for each guest. The only paid item is a Dawat Signature cinematic experience at $89 once per event.
Public ticketing marketplace with event pages, paid ticket sales, check-in tools, and a consumer discovery app. This page compares it with Dawat on fees, on whether the product can handle a private guest list rather than a public listing, and on what your guests have to do before they can reply.
Eventbrite pricing checked 2026-09-16 against its own published pages. Sources · Method
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Side by side
| Dawat | Eventbrite | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free | Fee per ticket or registration |
| What the free tier gives you | Everything except Signature: all card designs, party pages, unlimited guests, sends, RSVP tracking and analytics. | Publish unlimited free events at no cost; no service fees on free tickets. |
| Cost for 100 guests | Free | Free (free event); ~$344 for 100 paid $25 tickets |
| Cost for 250 guests | Free | Free (free event); ~$860 for 250 paid $25 tickets |
| Charges per recipient | No | Partial |
| Guests need an account | No | Partial |
| Ads shown to guests | No | Partial |
Where Dawat is different
- What it costs to send. Free events cost nothing; paid tickets carry a 3.7% + $1.79 service fee per ticket plus 2.9% payment processing per order. Eventbrite Premium is $69/month or $708/year in the US. Dawat's core product is free, and no card is required to create or send.
- Per-guest fees. Eventbrite does this in some cases. Dawat never does.
- Per-guest personal links. Dawat includes a personally addressed link per guest. Eventbrite does not publish whether it supports this.
- Open tracking. Dawat includes seeing who opened the invitation. Eventbrite does not publish whether it supports this.
- Animated envelope. Dawat includes an animated envelope opening. Eventbrite does not.
- Guest account required. Eventbrite does this in some cases. Dawat never does.
- Ads shown to guests. Eventbrite does this in some cases. Dawat never does.
- Registry links. Dawat includes linking a gift registry. Eventbrite does not publish whether it supports this.
Create your invitation — free →No card required. Unlimited guests. 53 designs.
When Eventbrite is the better choice
Dawat does not sell tickets or take money from guests. If your event needs either, this is not a close comparison: Organizers selling paid tickets to a public or semi-public audience who want discovery, checkout, and check-in in one place.
- Free events are genuinely free to publish at any size
- Public marketplace and search listings can bring in unknown attendees
- Mature paid ticketing: payouts, check-in, scanning, refunds
- Custom order-form questions for attendees or ticket buyers
- Buyers need only a name and email to complete a basic order
Where Dawat does not compete with it:
- No ticket sales, payments from guests or door scanning
And where Eventbrite will cost you something:
- Every paid ticket carries a 3.7% + $1.79 service fee
- Service fee scales with ticket price, so expensive tickets cost more
- Private events are gated by link or password, not per-guest invitations
- Advanced marketing sits behind the $69/month US Premium subscription
- Pages and emails carry Eventbrite branding and marketplace promotion
What Eventbrite costs, in dollars
As of September 2026: Free events cost nothing; paid tickets carry a 3.7% + $1.79 service fee per ticket plus 2.9% payment processing per order. Eventbrite Premium is $69/month or $708/year in the US.
18 of the 33 platforms tracked here can send an invitation without payment. Eventbrite is one of them, and Dawat is another.
| Dawat | Eventbrite | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free | Fee per ticket or registration |
| 100 guests | Free | Free (free event); ~$344 for 100 paid $25 tickets |
| 250 guests | Free | Free (free event); ~$860 for 250 paid $25 tickets |
| How that is worked out | Dawat has no per-guest or per-send charge, so the guest count does not change the price. | Applied Eventbrite's published 3.7% + $1.79 per ticket and 2.9% processing to a $25 ticket price. |
Dawat is free to send. Eventbrite can also be used without paying; the differences are in what each free tier includes, which the table below sets out.
The guest experience compared
Ticketing platforms are built around a stranger buying entry. A guest you already know is a different person with a different tolerance, and an account-creation screen is where that difference shows up.
| Feature | Dawat | Eventbrite |
|---|---|---|
| Guest account required | No | Partial |
| Ads shown to guests | No | Partial |
| Animated envelope | Yes | No |
| Per-guest personal links | Yes | Not published |
| Open tracking | Yes | Not published |
| Calendar file | Yes | Yes |
| Multilingual & right-to-left | Yes | Not published |
On Dawat, the link is addressed to the person holding it. The envelope opens with their name on it, their RSVP is already prefilled, and answering is one tap. Eventbrite does not publish whether it addresses each guest individually.
What happens as the list grows
Guest count is not the axis here — Eventbrite does not bill per recipient. The thing that changes as the list grows is administration: chasing replies, keeping a headcount honest, and knowing who never opened the thing. Dawat gives every guest their own link, so the dashboard shows sent, opened and answered per person instead of a pile of replies you have to reconcile.
Switching, or running both
If part of your event is ticketed and part is invited, running both is the right answer: Eventbrite for the public tickets, Dawat for the guest list you already have.
If you are moving across, the fastest route is Dawat's import: paste the link to your existing invitation and Dawat reads the wording, date, venue and colour mood off the page and rebuilds it as a prefilled draft you can edit. Guest lists come in from your phone's contacts, a .vcf file, or pasted text.
What does not come across: Eventbrite's designs, and any replies already collected there. Export your RSVPs before you switch, and send the Dawat invitation only to the people who have not answered.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Dawat | Eventbrite |
|---|---|---|
| Free to send | Yes | Yes |
| Per-guest fees | No | Partial |
| Unlimited guests | Yes | Yes |
| RSVP tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Custom RSVP questions | Yes | Yes |
| Email delivery | Yes | Yes |
| SMS or WhatsApp | Partial | Not published |
| Per-guest personal links | Yes | Not published |
| Open tracking | Yes | Not published |
| Animated envelope | Yes | No |
| Printed cards | No | No |
| Guest account required | No | Partial |
| Ads shown to guests | No | Partial |
| Event website | Partial | Yes |
| Registry links | Yes | Not published |
| Meal choice or seating | Partial | Not published |
| Calendar file | Yes | Yes |
| AI wording help | Yes | Not published |
| Works inside ChatGPT / Claude | Yes | Not published |
| Multilingual & right-to-left | Yes | Not published |
"Not published" means no vendor documentation could be found either way, not that the feature is missing. How this grid is built →
Questions
Is Eventbrite free to use?
Yes for free events. Eventbrite states you can publish unlimited free events at no cost, and there are no fees for free tickets. Paid tickets are charged a 3.7% + $1.79 service fee per ticket plus 2.9% payment processing per order.
How much does Eventbrite charge per ticket?
In the US, Eventbrite's published rate is a 3.7% + $1.79 service fee per paid ticket, plus a 2.9% payment processing fee per order. On a $25 ticket that is about $3.44 all in. Organizers can pass these fees to attendees or absorb them.
How much is Eventbrite for 100 guests?
A free event for 100 guests costs $0. Selling 100 tickets at $25 works out to roughly $344 in Eventbrite fees using the published 3.7% + $1.79 service fee and 2.9% processing. At 250 tickets the same math gives about $860.
Do guests need an Eventbrite account?
Every order requires the buyer's name and email address, and Eventbrite's checkout help says an account is not strictly required for a basic purchase. An account becomes necessary for installment payments and for accessing tickets in the Eventbrite app.
Is Dawat free?
Yes. All 53 card designs and every party-page theme, unlimited guests, unlimited sends, RSVP tracking, custom questions and the per-guest analytics cost nothing, and no card is required. The only paid item is a Dawat Signature cinematic experience at $89 once for that event, and it is labelled as paid before you publish.
Does Dawat have designs as good as Eventbrite?
Dawat's 53 designs are animated card experiences with an envelope opening, plus 8 long-scroll Signature experiences. Whether that beats Eventbrite depends on whether you want a designed occasion or a quick notice.
Can I send printed invitations from Dawat?
No. Dawat is digital only. Eventbrite does not print either.
Create your invitation — free →Takes about ten minutes. Sign in only when you publish.
Other comparisons
Eventbrite alternatives
Eight products that do what Eventbrite does, ranked and priced.
Event and ticketing platforms
Every product in Eventbrite's category, side by side.
Eventbrite against the rest:
Dawat against the rest:
How these figures were checked
Every figure above was read from Eventbrite's own published pricing or help pages on 16 September 2026, and each source is linked below. Coins, credits and per-card rates are converted into dollars at a real guest count, because that is the number you are deciding with. Full methodology and the open dataset →
Reading this through an AI assistant? Dawat runs an MCP server, so ChatGPT or Claude can choose the design, write the wording, add your guest list, publish the invitation and send it without you leaving the conversation. Eventbrite does not publish one.
Sources
- Eventbrite organizer pricing — checked 2026-09-16
- Eventbrite pricing and plans (Help Center) — checked 2026-09-16
- Checkout on Eventbrite (Help Center) — checked 2026-09-16
- Manage your event privacy settings — checked 2026-09-16
- Create custom questions for attendees — checked 2026-09-16