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Should I Use pretix?
Ticket sales for conferences, exhibitions, museums — open-source, multi-lingual, full-featured
Worth it
Worth itBuy if you run conferences, exhibitions, or museums and want a full ticket shop, box office, and check-in without monthly fees.
Serious open-source ticketing for real events — powerful, fairly priced, overkill for tiny casual events.
Confidence: Medium
Yes
Free tier
First 500 free tickets/year, no fee
Millions
Scale
Tickets sold across thousands of events (GitHub)
ISO 27001
Certification
Privacy-focused, open-source
Value for money
5
No monthly fees, free ticket quota
Feature depth
5
All-in-one: shop, box office, payments, check-in
Security posture
4
ISO 27001, open-source, no breaches found
Pros
- All-in-one: online shop, box office, resellers, payments, delivery, check-in⁶
- No fee on first 500 free tickets yearly; no monthly fees²
- Proven at scale: thousands of events, millions of tickets sold³
- Withstood trade fair rushes with well over 100,000 visitors, per testimonial12
- Open-source, ISO 27001 certified, privacy-focused, no vendor lock-in⁸
Cons
Gotchas
- mediumFree quota covers free tickets only; paid tickets carry per-ticket fees — confirm rates before committing²
- mediumSelf-hosting is possible but means running updates, backups, and payment integrations yourself13
- lowWide feature range implies configuration time and staff training before launch day⁷
Best for
- Conferences and multi-day events
- Museums and exhibitions
- Multi-lingual ticket shops
- Privacy-conscious EU organizers
Not for
- Small one-off events wanting a ticket link in minutes
- Organizers needing talk scheduling or CFPs — that is sibling product pretalx
- Non-technical teams choosing self-hosting without ops capacity
- Buyers who want plug-and-play with zero configuration
Companies that use it
- Devcon (Ethereum)11
Pricing
Free tickets
$0
- First 500 free tickets per year
- No monthly fees
Paid tickets
Per-ticket fees (rates not shown in sources)
- Fee per paid ticket sold
- Free quota grows with every paid ticket
Security
No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
What users say
Users and communities describe pretix as a decent, extremely full-featured ticketing platform that scales to very large events.
“It looks extremely full-featured.”
“https://pretix.eu is pretty decent.”
“pretix reliably withstands the rush of large trade fairs with well over 100,000 visitors.”
Alternatives
Compare pretix with each alternative.
Eventbrite
Simpler hosted ticketing; faster setup, less control and higher fees
pretix vs EventbriteTicket Tailor
Flat-fee hosted ticketing for small and mid-size events
pretix vs Ticket TailorLuma
One-link event pages and tickets for casual meetups
pretix vs LumaFull analysis
Based on 14 public sources; no numeric review ratings found in evidence.
Sources
- pretix.eu homepagepretix.euofficial
- pretix pricingpretix.euofficial
- pretix on GitHubgithub.comofficial
- pretix on G2g2.comreview
- pretix on Capterracapterra.comreview
- pretix on Crozdeskcrozdesk.comreview
- pretix on GetAppgetapp.com.aureview
- pretix trust and security analysiswarmindex.comsecurity
- Pretix.eu trust scoregridinsoft.comsecurity
- FOSS United forum: pretalx and pretix for conferencesforum.fossunited.orgreview
- Devcon forum: DIP-64 universal checkoutforum.devcon.orgnews
official
- Mastodon: self-hostable pretixhachyderm.ioreview
- Mastodon: pretix recommendationsocial.coopreview
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