An Eventbrite alternative for when you choose your participants
Eventbrite sells tickets, very well and on a huge scale. An event with selective admission doesn't sell tickets: it takes applications, you decide who comes in, and only then does anyone pay. That difference shows up in how it works, and on the invoice.
What you pay
Eventbrite pricing recorded on 26 July 2026 from its official pages, where it is displayed in US dollars. Check it before deciding: it changes regularly.
Eventbrite
- 3.7% + $1.79 service fee per ticket sold
- 2.9% payment processing fee per order
- Free for free events
- Pro subscription from $15 a month for email campaigns
- Fees paid by the buyer by default, the organiser may absorb them
Media Luna
- No subscription, no set-up fee
- No fixed fee per ticket
- A commission on what you actually collect, agreed according to the format and size of your event
- Payment fees can be passed on to the participant, as with Eventbrite
- Nothing to pay until you collect
It's the fixed fee that hurts, not the percentage
The rate gets noticed, the fixed fee gets absorbed. $1.79 per ticket is under 2% on a $100 pass, but close to 12% on a $15 one - and it applies to every ticket, whatever its price.
At the prices tango events actually charge - an evening, a day pass, a student rate - that line decides your real cost, not the headline percentage.
Two different needs
The choice doesn't depend on the quality of the tool, but on your event.
Classic ticketing (Eventbrite)
- Participants buy their ticket immediately
- First come, first served
- No decisions on role balance, couples or level
- The waitlist, where it exists, stays basic
Selective admission (Media Luna)
- Dancers register first, without paying
- You select according to your criteria
- Role balance, couples and quotas managed in real time
- Payment triggered after acceptance
Where your participants' data lives
Media Luna is built in France and its servers sit in the European Union, in Finland, with the German host Hetzner. Your participant lists never leave the EU.
Eventbrite is a US company. That's not a dealbreaker and transfers outside the EU are regulated, but if your association, your venue or your funder asks the question, our answer is shorter.
Staying fair
If you sell straightforward tickets to whoever wants one, with no selection, Eventbrite will do the job very well, with an audience and a name we don't have. Stick with it.
Media Luna takes over as soon as you need to choose: role balance, couples, level, where people come from, a waitlist that actually works, and payment triggered only after acceptance. That's precisely what classic ticketing isn't built to handle.
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