Cloomba vs Eventbrite
Eventbrite is the established name in event ticketing — used by everyone from food festivals to corporate conferences. Cloomba is a different category of product: a community-oriented event platform that happens to handle paid tickets, rather than a ticket marketplace that happens to host event pages.
What both do well
- Free events on a hosted page, with cover, description, RSVP
- Paid ticketing through a built-in payment flow
- Guest list management and CSV export
- Check-in tools for the door
When Cloomba is the better fit
You want free events to stay free. Cloomba's free events cost the organizer nothing — no listing fee, no per-RSVP charge — and that is a standing commitment: free events are always free.
You're running a community, not a transaction. Cloomba ships with a media wall, comments and reactions, organizer updates, and calendars — built for the conversation around an event, not just the moment of buying a ticket.
Your pricing is simple and predictable. Cloomba is a flat 5% + standard payment processing on paid tickets, with no per-event surcharges. Eventbrite's pricing combines a percentage and a flat per-ticket fee. See Pricing & Fees.
You want the money in your own account. Ticket payments go straight to your own Stripe account — you are the seller — and each event can be paid into a different payment account. A refund returns Cloomba's fee too.
You want a modern, fast UI. Cloomba is built on TanStack Start with server-side rendering and real-time updates. Eventbrite's organizer tooling is feature-rich but generationally older.
You're an EU organizer. Cloomba's servers are in Amsterdam (EU-West) and the product is GDPR-by-design. Eventbrite is a US company; your attendee data flows through US infrastructure under whichever transfer mechanism Eventbrite has in place at the time.
When Eventbrite is the better fit
- You need their marketplace and SEO. Eventbrite shows up in Google search for "events in [your city]" and has an established audience browsing the marketplace.
- You're a professional promoter with venue/series tooling needs. Eventbrite has decades of features for ticketing companies — reserved seating, complex multi-tier pricing, advanced fraud tools, integrations with Mailchimp / Salesforce, dedicated sales support for large events.
Pricing snapshot
| Cloomba | Eventbrite | |
|---|---|---|
| Free events | Free | Free |
| Paid events | 5% + standard payment processing | % + flat per-ticket fee, varying by plan and country |
| Subscription | Not required | Premium plan available |
| Who collects ticket money | Your own Stripe account, chosen per event | Eventbrite, paid out to your bank account |
| Hosting | EU (Amsterdam) | US (with international processing) |
Eventbrite's exact rates depend on your plan and country and change periodically — check their current pricing page.
Honest bottom line
If you're running community events, meetups, classes, or conferences in Europe and don't need a marketplace audience, Cloomba is simpler, EU-hosted, and built around the post-event experience as much as the RSVP. If you're a professional promoter selling thousands of tickets and you need every Eventbrite feature plus its discovery surface, stay there.