Tito vs Checkout Page for conference ticketing (2026 fees)
Tito charges 3% per paid ticket, capped at €25, with processor fees on top. On 300 tickets at $299, Tito's platform fees total $2,691. Checkout Page totals $717 only if sales land evenly across three billing periods. Both route payments through an organizer-controlled processor and neither provides marketplace discovery; Tito also offers a documented API.
By Checkout Page · Updated September 5, 2026 · 8 min read
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The short version
Tito is a well-built ticketing tool with a strong reputation among tech conferences and a proper API. Checkout Page is checkout software with no per-ticket cut. On 300 tickets at $299, Tito's platform fees come to $2,691 and Checkout Page costs $717 across a three-month campaign. Neither runs a marketplace, so the decision is fees against tooling.
This is the closest comparison on the site, because the two products agree about most things. Both let you sell from your own website. Both send money to your own Stripe account. Neither will list your conference in a public directory and neither pretends to bring you an audience.
The disagreement is how you pay. Tito takes 3% of every paid ticket, capped at 25 euros per ticket, and Stripe or PayPal charge separately. Checkout Page takes a monthly subscription and nothing per ticket. The figures below exclude processing because the rate depends on the processor, merchant and payment method. Fixed processing charges apply per payment, not necessarily per ticket.
Fees compared
At $299 a ticket, Tito's platform fee is 3% of $299, which is $8.97. There is no fixed fee and the 25 euro cap is nowhere near reached. Across 300 tickets that is $2,691. Checkout Page charges no per-ticket fee, so the same conference costs $239 a month on the Scale plan across a three-month campaign, $717 in total.
| Platform | Fee per ticket | Total for 300 tickets | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Checkout Page | $0.00 | $717 | No per-ticket fee. Scale plan at $239/month × 3 months. Even monthly sales; plan selected by included volume, without paid overages or feature upgrades. Pricing source · Checked 2026-09-04. |
| Tito | $8.97 | $2,691 | 3% per paid ticket (2.5% for eligible charity, community and nonprofit events), capped by the vendor at €25; this USD calculator uses an illustrative $27.50 cap (€1 = $1.10), plus processor fees. Checkout can be embedded with Tito's widget. The vendor cap is €25; the calculator fixes that at $27.50 for illustration rather than using a live exchange rate. No monthly plan. Payments go through the organizer's Stripe or PayPal gateway. Pricing source · Checked 2026-09-05. |
Checkout Page's Scale price steps up with billing-period sales volume. The $717 total assumes the $89,700 of sales land evenly across three billing periods, about $29,900 in each. If all sales land in one period, the applicable tier is $499 for that period. Model the actual sales curve before comparing totals.
The smaller scenario narrows the gap without closing it. A 120-person workshop at $75 is $9,000 in sales. Tito charges 3% of $75, which is $2.25 a ticket, so $270 in total. Checkout Page's Free plan stops at $3,000 a month in sales, so $9,000 puts you on Scale at $99 a month, or $198 across a two-month campaign. Tito takes 3% of the gate, Checkout Page takes about 2.2%.
Tito's cap is worth understanding rather than dismissing. At 3%, a ticket has to pass roughly $900 before the fee reaches about $27 and stops growing. That helps a high-end training event or a $1,500 executive summit, and does nothing for a normal $199 to $499 conference tier. Nonprofits pay 2.5% instead of 3%, and free tickets cost nothing.
Where the money goes and when
Both platforms route payments to a processor account controlled by the organizer: Stripe or PayPal for Tito, and Stripe for Checkout Page. Neither platform holds an event balance for a post-event payout. Settlement and bank payout timing still depend on the processor, verification status and any reserves.
This is the section where Tito and Checkout Page are genuinely the same, and it is the main reason both are better than a marketplace for a conference with front-loaded costs. Venue deposits and speaker flights are due months before the doors open. Money you can spend in March is worth more than the same money in June.
The one practical difference is how the fee reaches you. Tito's 3% is deducted from the transaction, so your Stripe balance already reflects it. Checkout Page's charge is a separate monthly subscription, which is easier to put in a budget line and easier to explain to a finance team or a client.
Conference features side by side
Tito is stronger on developer tooling and has a longer track record with technical conferences. Checkout Page is stronger on registration forms with conditional logic, add-ons at checkout and per-ticket cost. Cells we cannot verify say check with vendor rather than guess, because both products ship changes regularly.
| Feature | Tito | Checkout Page |
|---|---|---|
| Ticket tiers with sales windows | Yes, releases with quantities and dates | Yes, start and end dates per ticket type |
| Group tickets | Multiple tickets per order; group pricing check with vendor | Ticket groups, per-order minimums and maximums, bulk discounts on paid plans |
| Registration questions with conditional logic | Yes, custom questions per ticket; conditional logic check with vendor | Yes, custom fields with conditional logic and multi-step forms |
| Check-in app and multiple staff | Yes, dedicated check-in app | Yes, any phone or laptop; invited check-in staff require Launch or above; internet required |
| Embed on your website | Yes, widget and hosted page | Yes, popup or inline on WordPress, Webflow, Framer, Squarespace and Wix |
| API and webhooks | Yes, documented API, a genuine strength | Webhooks, Zapier, Make and Google Sheets |
| Marketplace and discovery | No, by design | No |
| Seat maps | Check with vendor | No |
| Badge printing | Via the API or a partner tool; check with vendor | No, export CSV or connect a badge tool via Zapier |
| Attendee app | Check with vendor | No |
| Add-ons at checkout | Check with vendor | Yes, order bumps on every plan, one-click upsells on Scale |
Where Checkout Page says no, it means no. There are no seat maps, no built-in badge printing and no attendee networking app, and the check-in scanner needs an internet connection, so a venue with no signal in the basement needs a hotspot or a printed fallback list.
Who should choose Tito
Choose Tito if your team will use its documented API, or if the conference already runs on Tito and migration would cost more than the expected fee difference. Its ticketing and check-in products are established, and the percentage model means there is no monthly subscription when sales are quiet.
If a registration flow needs to connect to a call-for-proposals tool, scheduling app or internal dashboard, Tito's documented API may be a deciding advantage. Checkout Page offers webhooks, Zapier, Make and Google Sheets, which is a different integration model and should be tested against the required workflow.
Tito is also the right answer if your tickets are expensive enough for the cap to matter and you value the deduct-as-you-go model over a subscription.
Who should choose Checkout Page
Choose Checkout Page if the 3% is the thing you want to stop paying. On 300 tickets at $299, that switch is worth about $1,974 against $717 of Scale across a three-month campaign. You also get conditional registration questions, order bumps and merch alongside tickets, on a page embedded in your own site.
The organizers who move tend to be running a conference of a few hundred people at $250 or more, often a second or third edition where the fee has become visible on a spreadsheet. A percentage that felt fine at 80 attendees looks different at 600.
You should not move for developer tooling. If your team wrote scripts against Tito's API, budget the time to rebuild those flows on webhooks, Zapier or Google Sheets before you commit.
Switching from Tito
There is no held event balance to transfer, but switching still creates two ticket sets to reconcile. Export attendees, rebuild releases as ticket types, update the embed, preserve access to the Tito event for existing buyers, and test how both sets will be checked in before changing live sales.
- Export attendees and their question answers from Tito as CSV, and keep it as your badge list and offline check-in fallback.
- Recreate each release as a Checkout Page ticket type, matching prices, capacities and the dates the tier opens and closes.
- Rebuild your registration questions, using conditional logic to hide the ones that only apply to some ticket types.
- Connect your Stripe account, then buy a real test ticket and refund it so you see the QR ticket email an attendee receives.
- Swap the embed on your website and update links in your email footer, sponsor pack and speaker instructions.
- Close sales on the Tito page but leave it published, pointing to the new page, so old links from newsletters still work.
Attendees who already bought through Tito keep their Tito tickets. Run the two check-in lists side by side on the day, or export the Tito list and check those people in by name search in Checkout Page. The Unlimited plan includes free migration if you would rather have help rebuilding a large event.
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Bottom line
Tito is a good product that charges 3%. On a 300-ticket, $299 conference that is $2,691, against $717 for Checkout Page across a three-month campaign. If your team leans on Tito's API, that is a defensible reason to stay. If you just want tickets sold from your own site, the percentage buys you very little.
Check the arithmetic for your own tiers with the ticketing fee calculator, and read the guide to conference ticketing fees for how per-ticket fees, processing and pass-through stack up. If you are also weighing a marketplace or a flat cent fee, see Eventbrite and Ticket Tailor.
Fees on this page were verified on 2026-09-05 against Tito's pricing page and Checkout Page pricing.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Tito or Checkout Page cheaper for a conference?
- Checkout Page is cheaper in this example. Tito takes 3% of each paid ticket, so 300 tickets at $299 cost $2,691 before the euro-denominated cap applies. Checkout Page costs $717 only if sales land evenly across three billing periods. Different ticket prices and sales timing can change the comparison.
- Can I switch from Tito to Checkout Page before my event?
- Yes. Tito exports attendees and their answers to CSV, and both tools pay into your own Stripe account, so there is no held balance to unwind. Rebuild your releases as ticket types, swap the embed on your site, and keep the Tito event page live until the conference.
- When does Tito's 25 euro cap actually help?
- Tito's €25 cap is reached at a €833.33 ticket on the 3% rate. For tickets priced in another currency, use the current exchange rate rather than the fixed USD illustration in this site's calculator. Below the cap, a $299 ticket costs $8.97 and a $499 ticket costs $14.97 in platform fees.
- Does Tito hold my ticket money?
- No event balance is held by Tito. Payments go through the organizer's Stripe or PayPal gateway; Checkout Page uses the organizer's Stripe account. In both cases, the processor controls settlement, verification, reserves and the available payout schedule, so a sale does not guarantee an immediate bank payout.
- Is Tito better for a developer-run conference?
- Often, yes. Tito has a well-documented API, webhooks and a long track record with tech conferences, and its check-in tooling is mature. If your team wants to script the registration flow and does not mind the 3%, that engineering time is worth something.
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