--- title: "Memberful vs Ticket Fairy: fees and features (2026)" description: "Memberful vs Ticket Fairy for event organizers, promoters and venues. See where Ticket Fairy gives you more." canonical: "https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/memberships/ticket-fairy-vs-memberful" --- 1. [Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/) 2. [Compare](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare) 3. [Membership platforms](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/memberships) 4. Memberful vs Ticket Fairy # Memberful vs Ticket Fairy With Ticket Fairy, your members get into your events with their membership card, get member prices and members-only tickets in your ticket checkout, and Ticket Fairy keeps 5% of each membership payment with no monthly fee. Memberful, a Patreon company, runs memberships on your own website with a website and newsletter builder, global tax collection and retention discounts, for $49 a month plus a 4.9% transaction fee on Standard. Also on Ticket Fairy - [Referral rewards](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/referral-marketing) - [Add-ons & upsells](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/add-ons-and-upsells) - [Promoters & sales teams](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/promoters-and-sales-teams) [See all 19 tools](#whole-platform) [Create a free account](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome?utm_source=compare&utm_campaign=compare-memberships-ticket-fairy-vs-memberful) [Book a demo](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing/book-a-demo) Fai, your AI teammate, can check sales, update your event or change a ticket when you ask. Ticket Fairy publishes this comparison and also sells event ticketing and event management software. [How we compare platforms](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/methodology) - **10 of 10** of the things you need, included on Ticket Fairy - **7 of 10** of the things you need, confirmed on the published pages of Memberful - **3** things you need that Ticket Fairy includes and we did not find on Memberful's pages ## The short answer Which should you choose? ### Why choose Ticket Fairy over Memberful? - Members reserve a free place ahead or scan their membership card at the door, with visit limits, guests and a card for each person on a household tier.[1](#source-1) - Member discounts, member credit to spend each month or year, members-only ticket types, members-only seat sections and early seat picking, and early access before your on-sale, in the same checkout as your tickets.[2](#source-2) - Ticket Fairy keeps 5% of each membership payment plus card processing, with no monthly fee, and takes nothing on free tiers, free trials, free months or member entry.[2](#source-2) ### Memberful's strongest features - Memberful includes a website and newsletter builder, custom domains and custom themes.[3](#source-3) - Memberful includes global tax collection on every plan.[4](#source-4) - Memberful includes automated retention discounts and cancellation surveys.[5](#source-5) Ticket Fairy is the better fit when your members come to your events and you want the membership to get them in and to price their tickets. Memberful suits you if you publish podcasts, newsletters or courses on your own website and want tax collected on membership payments. [Create a free account](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome?utm_source=compare&utm_campaign=compare-memberships-ticket-fairy-vs-memberful) No credit card needed to start ## What both platforms include Ticket Fairy and Memberful both include these, so they do not decide between them. - Monthly and yearly memberships - Free memberships - Free trials and discount codes - Gift memberships - Rewards for members who bring friends - A private community for members - What each membership payment costs you ## What each platform does for your event What can Memberful and Ticket Fairy each do for selling memberships to the fans who come to your events? ### Where does each platform win on what you need? Every difference, in words - **Members get into your events with their card** Ticket Fairy: Included. Memberful: Not found. - **A card in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet** Ticket Fairy: Included. Memberful: Not found. - **Member prices and members-only tickets** Ticket Fairy: Included. Memberful: Not found. - **7 things you need are the same on both:** Monthly and yearly memberships, Free memberships, Free trials and discount codes, Gift memberships, Rewards for members who bring friends, A private community for members, What each membership payment costs you Ticket Fairy includes all 10 of these things you need. | What you need | Ticket Fairy | Memberful | | --- | --- | --- | | Memberships | | | | Monthly and yearly memberships | Included[2](#source-2) Monthly and yearly prices on each tier, with automatic renewals, payment retries and 7 days of grace that keep perks working | Included[6](#source-6) Monthly, annual and weekly subscriptions | | Free memberships | Included[2](#source-2) A tier with no price is free to join, and its members get the perks you give it | Included[7](#source-7) Free registration for members who do not pay | | Free trials and discount codes | Included[8](#source-8) Free trials of up to 90 days, codes, founder prices and offers for the first members to join | Included[9](#source-9) Free and paid trials, coupons and discounts | | Gift memberships | Included[8](#source-8) Fans can buy 1, 3, 6 or 12 months as a gift, and you can give complimentary memberships | Included[10](#source-10) Gift purchases | | At your events | | | | Members get into your events with their card | Included[1](#source-1) Members reserve a free place ahead or scan their membership card at the door, with visit limits, guests and a card for each person on a household tier | Not found in Memberful's public documentation[11](#source-11) Letting members into in-person events was not found on Memberful's pricing page | | A card in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet | Included[2](#source-2) Every member gets a membership card for Apple Wallet and Google Wallet | Not found in Memberful's public documentation[12](#source-12) A membership card in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet was not found on Memberful's pricing page | | Member prices and members-only tickets | Included[2](#source-2) Member discounts, member credit to spend each month or year, members-only ticket types, members-only seat sections and early seat picking, and early access before your on-sale, in the same checkout as your tickets | Not found in Memberful's public documentation[13](#source-13) Event tickets for members were not found on Memberful's pricing page | | Growth and costs | | | | Rewards for members who bring friends | Included[14](#source-14) Paying members earn 1 to 12 free months for each friend who joins and pays | Included[15](#source-15) A built-in referral program | | A private community for members | Included[2](#source-2) A private community link, such as Discord, WhatsApp or Telegram, shown only to members, and members-only posts you can email | Included[16](#source-16) A managed Discord integration | | What each membership payment costs you | Included[2](#source-2) Ticket Fairy keeps 5% of each membership payment plus card processing, with no monthly fee and no fee on free time or member entry | Included[17](#source-17) $49 a month plus a 4.9% transaction fee on Standard, plus Stripe processing | ## Everything you need to sell and run your events Run your events like a company many times your size. The same free Ticket Fairy account helps you sell more tickets, answer fewer questions and run a smoother show day. ### Sell more tickets You reach more buyers and earn more from each one. - #### [Referral rewards](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/referral-marketing) Events sell 20% more tickets on average with referral rewards: buyers earn back part or all of their ticket price as their friends buy.[18](#source-18) - #### [Add-ons & upsells](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/add-ons-and-upsells) You earn more from each buyer: parking, camping, merchandise and upgrades sell with the ticket, VIP tables book with a deposit, and one pass can cover several of your events.[19](#source-19) - #### [Promoters & sales teams](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/promoters-and-sales-teams) Each promoter gets their own link and artwork, one promoter team can sell across your events, and you see who sold what and the commission you owe.[20](#source-20) - #### [Seating & timed entry](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/seating-and-timed-entry) You can sell numbered seats or seated areas, or timed entry with a capacity and price for each slot, and follow arrivals slot by slot.[21](#source-21) - #### [Advertising & tracking](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/advertising-and-tracking) You see which ad, post and partner sold each ticket, with Meta, TikTok, Google and your other ad networks connected once for your brand.[22](#source-22) - #### [Social media](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/social-media) You sell more tickets from your social accounts: Fai drafts posts and campaign plans, your team answers comments and messages together, and fans who ask get ticket links.[23](#source-23) - #### [Website builder](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/website-builder) Your event, venue or brand gets its own website on your own domain: Fai drafts it, your events show live prices and visitors can send you enquiries.[24](#source-24) ### Fewer questions from buyers Buyers find their answers and sort out their own orders. - #### [AI ticket concierge](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/ai-ticket-concierge) Fewer questions reach your inbox: your ticket concierge answers buyers on your website from your own pages, sells tickets in the chat and hands anything it can't answer to your team.[25](#source-25) ### Less work for your team Your whole team works from one place, and Fai takes on the admin. - #### [Artists & line-up](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/artists-and-line-up) You can advance every act and speaker within their allowances, catch running-order clashes early and publish a line-up fans can add to their calendar.[26](#source-26) - #### [Crew & volunteers](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/crew-and-volunteers) You can offer open shifts to the people who fit them, each person's shifts, skills and confirmed age follow them across all your events, and you can recruit, look after and reward your volunteers.[27](#source-27) - #### [Traders & markets](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/traders-and-markets) You pick the right mix of traders, get their paperwork and payments in before load-in, place each pitch on your map and invoice your share of their sales.[28](#source-28) - #### [Fai](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/fai) You get answers about your sales in seconds, and Fai takes on your event setup, promotions and emails, with you approving every change first.[29](#source-29) ### A smooth show day Every team on site knows what happens next, and problems get sorted fast. - #### [Guest lists & comps](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/guest-lists-and-comps) You can send guests free tickets your door team scans, upload a whole list at once and let partners hand out their own allocation.[30](#source-30) - #### [Front of house](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/front-of-house) Walk-ups can buy at your box office, guests prove their age once, VIPs get a host, and fans pay cashless with their wristband.[31](#source-31) - #### [Show day](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/show-day) Every team knows what's on each stage now and next, and incidents reach the right people fast.[32](#source-32) ### Know your numbers You see what each event earns and costs, and pay everyone you owe. - #### [Contracts & payments](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/contracts-and-payments) You get deals signed online, and Fai checks agents' paperwork against your offers. Suppliers get paid on time, and you settle each show from what it actually sold.[33](#source-33) - #### [Sales reports](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/sales-reports) Ticket sales and revenue update live, and you can share a report on any part of your sales with your partners.[34](#source-34) - #### [Vault](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/vault) You can pay artists, suppliers and crew from your ticket money as it arrives, your team spends on cards with limits you set, and deposits and invoices land in the same balance.[35](#source-35) - #### [Budget & costs](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/budget-and-costs) You can see the all-in cost of each act, your whole team works from one shared budget, and you can compare costs and sales pace across your events.[36](#source-36) No per-seat pricing: your whole team joins any paid plan at no extra cost.[37](#source-37) [See the whole platform](https://www.ticketfairy.com/platform) ## Your questions about Memberful and Ticket Fairy How much does Memberful cost? Memberful Standard costs $49 a month plus a 4.9% transaction fee, with Stripe processing on top, and it is free to try until you start taking payments. Ticket Fairy keeps 5% of each membership payment plus card processing, with no monthly fee. [38](#source-38) [2](#source-2) Can Memberful members get into my events? We did not find entry to in-person events on Memberful's pricing page. On Ticket Fairy, members reserve a free place ahead or scan their membership card at your door, and each entry counts towards your capacity and check-in report. [39](#source-39) [1](#source-1) Do both have a referral program? Yes. Memberful includes a built-in referral program. On Ticket Fairy, paying members earn 1 to 12 free months for each friend who joins and pays. [40](#source-40) [14](#source-14) Does Memberful collect tax on memberships? Yes. Memberful includes global tax collection on every plan. On Ticket Fairy, membership payments are charged at the price you set, so set prices that include any tax you charge. [4](#source-4) [2](#source-2) Can fans give a membership as a present? Yes, on both. Memberful includes gift purchases. On Ticket Fairy, fans can buy 1, 3, 6 or 12 months as a gift, and you can give complimentary memberships. [41](#source-41) [8](#source-8) 1 more question Can I run memberships on my own website? Memberful includes a website and newsletter builder, custom domains and custom themes. On Ticket Fairy, fans join on your own join page and get a membership card for Apple Wallet and Google Wallet. [3](#source-3) [2](#source-2) - **25,000+** events powered - **10M+** tickets issued - **10+** countries - **20%** more tickets from referral rewards Featured in **TechCrunch** and **Forbes** ## More comparisons for your team Which other tools are you considering? - [Patreon vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/memberships/ticket-fairy-vs-patreon) - [Memberful alternatives](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/memberships/memberful-alternatives) - [Join It vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/memberships/ticket-fairy-vs-join-it) - [Questions about memberships for events](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/memberships/questions) - [Membership platforms compared](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/memberships) Every fact about another platform comes from its own published pages, quoted word for word with the date we read them. Where we did not find something in those pages, we say exactly that. [How we compare platforms](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/methodology) Show all 41 sources 1. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Let members into your events with their membership card](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/let-members-into-your-events-with-their-membership-card) 2. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Sell monthly and yearly memberships to your event fans](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/sell-memberships-to-your-fans) 3. Memberful Memberful includes a website and newsletter builder, custom domains and custom themes. "Website & newsletter builder Landing page builder Custom domains Dynamic paywalls Custom themes and branding" [memberful.com/pricing/](https://memberful.com/pricing/), read on 25 October 2026. 4. Memberful Memberful includes global tax collection on every plan. "Global tax collection" [memberful.com/pricing/](https://memberful.com/pricing/), read on 25 October 2026. 5. Memberful Memberful includes automated retention discounts and cancellation surveys. "Automated retention discounts Cancellation surveys" [memberful.com/pricing/](https://memberful.com/pricing/), read on 25 October 2026. 6. Memberful Monthly and yearly memberships "Monthly, annual, weekly" [memberful.com/pricing/](https://memberful.com/pricing/), read on 25 October 2026. 7. Memberful Free memberships "Free registration" [memberful.com/pricing/](https://memberful.com/pricing/), read on 25 October 2026. 8. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Grow your event membership with offers, free trials and gifts](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/run-membership-offers-free-trials-and-gift-memberships) 9. Memberful Free trials and discount codes "Coupons and discounts Custom fields 15 language translations Global tax collection Gift purchases Subscriptions of any kind Free and paid trials" [memberful.com/pricing/](https://memberful.com/pricing/), read on 25 October 2026. 10. Memberful Gift memberships "Gift purchases" [memberful.com/pricing/](https://memberful.com/pricing/), read on 25 October 2026. 11. Memberful Members get into your events with their card "Support for all types of content Podcasts Newsletters Communities Courses Downloads" Where we looked: memberful.com/pricing read in full on 2026-10-25, including the features included in every plan; searched for "event", "ticket", "check-in" and "wallet". [memberful.com/pricing/](https://memberful.com/pricing/), read on 25 October 2026. 12. Memberful A card in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet "Support for all types of content Podcasts Newsletters Communities Courses Downloads" Where we looked: memberful.com/pricing read in full on 2026-10-25, including the features included in every plan; searched for "event", "ticket", "check-in" and "wallet". [memberful.com/pricing/](https://memberful.com/pricing/), read on 25 October 2026. 13. Memberful Member prices and members-only tickets "Support for all types of content Podcasts Newsletters Communities Courses Downloads" Where we looked: memberful.com/pricing read in full on 2026-10-25, including the features included in every plan; searched for "event", "ticket", "check-in" and "wallet". [memberful.com/pricing/](https://memberful.com/pricing/), read on 25 October 2026. 14. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Reward members who bring friends into your event membership](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/reward-members-who-bring-in-new-members) 15. Memberful Rewards for members who bring friends "Built-in referral program" [memberful.com/pricing/](https://memberful.com/pricing/), read on 25 October 2026. 16. Memberful A private community for members "Managed integrations WordPress Mailchimp Discord" [memberful.com/pricing/](https://memberful.com/pricing/), read on 25 October 2026. 17. Memberful What each membership payment costs you "Standard $49 / month + 4.9% transaction fee" [memberful.com/pricing/](https://memberful.com/pricing/), read on 25 October 2026. 18. Ticket Fairy [Let your buyers sell tickets to their friends](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/referral-marketing) 19. Ticket Fairy [Earn more per buyer with extras they want](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/add-ons-and-upsells) 20. Ticket Fairy [Help promoters sell more, and know who sold what](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/promoters-and-sales-teams) 21. Ticket Fairy [Fill every time slot and seat, and never overfill](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/seating-and-timed-entry) 22. Ticket Fairy [Know which ads, posts and partners sell tickets](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/advertising-and-tracking) 23. Ticket Fairy [Send a ticket link to every fan who asks](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/social-media) 24. Ticket Fairy [Sell tickets right on your event website](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/website-builder) 25. Ticket Fairy [Answer buyers and sell tickets in one chat](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/ai-ticket-concierge) 26. Ticket Fairy [Get every artist advance back complete and on time](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/artists-and-line-up) 27. Ticket Fairy [Cover every shift with the right people](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/crew-and-volunteers) 28. Ticket Fairy [Fill your site with the right mix of traders](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/traders-and-markets) 29. Ticket Fairy [Get your ticketing jobs done by asking Fai](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/fai) 30. Ticket Fairy [Get guests in as quickly as paying buyers](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/guest-lists-and-comps) 31. Ticket Fairy [Sell at your door and look after every guest](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/front-of-house) 32. Ticket Fairy [Keep stages on time and respond fast to incidents](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/show-day) 33. Ticket Fairy [Close deals sooner and pay everyone on time](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/contracts-and-payments) 34. Ticket Fairy [Watch your on-sale as it happens](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/sales-reports) 35. Ticket Fairy [Pay artists, suppliers and crew from ticket sales](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/vault) 36. Ticket Fairy [Know what every act and event really costs](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/budget-and-costs) 37. Ticket Fairy [Ticket Fairy pricing](https://www.ticketfairy.com/pricing) 38. Memberful Memberful Standard costs $49 a month plus a 4.9% transaction fee, and it is free to try until you start taking payments. "Standard $49 / month + 4.9% transaction fee Access everything Memberful has to offer for one monthly price. Try it for free for as long as you like. You'll only be charged when you go live and start accepting payments." [memberful.com/pricing/](https://memberful.com/pricing/), read on 25 October 2026. 39. Memberful Letting members into in-person events was not found on Memberful's pricing page "Support for all types of content Podcasts Newsletters Communities Courses Downloads" [memberful.com/pricing/](https://memberful.com/pricing/), read on 25 October 2026. 40. Memberful A built-in referral program "Built-in referral program" [memberful.com/pricing/](https://memberful.com/pricing/), read on 25 October 2026. 41. Memberful Gift purchases "Gift purchases" [memberful.com/pricing/](https://memberful.com/pricing/), read on 25 October 2026. Updated 25 October 2026: First published. Memberful is a trademark of its owner. Ticket Fairy is not affiliated with it. **Keep your ticketing where it is.** Your budgets, artist and crew coordination, and marketing can run on Ticket Fairy while another platform sells your tickets. If you choose to move ticketing too, our team can help with event setup, branding, customer data imports and training. ## Start free on Ticket Fairy You can create a free account and try it on your next event, alongside the tools your team uses today. No credit card needed to start Works alongside the tools your team uses today Our team helps with setup and training [Create a free account](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome?utm_source=compare&utm_campaign=compare-memberships-ticket-fairy-vs-memberful) No credit card required The Ticket Fairy, Inc. is a fintech company and technology platform. The Ticket Fairy, Inc. is not a bank, financial institution, or regulated financial services provider. Vault banking services are provided through regulated banking partners. --- This page is on Ticket Fairy, a ticketing, marketing and operations platform for live events and the venues that host them: festivals, club nights, concerts, conferences and tours, and night clubs, beach clubs and concert venues. It grows revenue with fan rewards that turn an audience into a sales channel, and runs the money side with payments and payouts, Vault business banking, and working capital advanced against ticket sales. [How Ticket Fairy ticketing works](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing) ยท [Ticket Fairy for AI assistants](https://www.ticketfairy.com/llms.txt)