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| 2 | +layout: design-system-base.html |
| 3 | +competitor_key: wix_events |
| 4 | +title: Chobble Tickets vs Wix Events |
| 5 | +meta_title: Open Source Alternative to Wix Events | Chobble Tickets |
| 6 | +meta_description: Looking for an alternative to Wix Events? Chobble Tickets offers flat annual pricing with no per-ticket fees, full data ownership, and no platform lock-in. |
| 7 | +permalink: /compared-to/wix-events/ |
| 8 | +eleventyNavigation: |
| 9 | + key: vs Wix Events |
| 10 | + parent: Compared To |
| 11 | +blocks: |
| 12 | + - type: hero |
| 13 | + full_width: true |
| 14 | + class: gradient |
| 15 | + title: Chobble Tickets vs Wix Events |
| 16 | + lead: >- |
| 17 | + Wix Events is a ticketing add-on built into the Wix website builder, so |
| 18 | + here's how a dedicated, open source ticketing platform compares. |
| 19 | +
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| 20 | + - type: markdown |
| 21 | + content: | |
| 22 | + ## Pricing comparison |
| 23 | +
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| 24 | + [Wix Events](https://www.wix.com/app-market/wix-events) charges a 2.5% |
| 25 | + ticket service fee on every paid ticket sold. That's on top of a |
| 26 | + mandatory Wix Business & eCommerce plan starting at $29/month |
| 27 | + (approximately £23/month or £276/year), plus Wix Payments processing |
| 28 | + fees of 2.1% + 20p per transaction in the UK. |
| 29 | +
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| 30 | + So for a £15 ticket, Wix takes 37p in ticket service fees, plus 51p |
| 31 | + in payment processing — 88p per ticket before you've even factored in |
| 32 | + the monthly subscription. |
| 33 | +
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| 34 | + Chobble Tickets is a flat £50/year regardless of how many tickets you |
| 35 | + sell, with Stripe processing at 1.5% + 20p. No per-ticket platform |
| 36 | + fees, no monthly subscription treadmill. |
| 37 | +
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| 38 | + - type: include |
| 39 | + file: price-comparator.html |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | + - type: markdown |
| 42 | + content: | |
| 43 | + ## Feature comparison |
| 44 | +
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| 45 | + Wix Events is tightly integrated into Wix's website builder ecosystem, |
| 46 | + which gives it some advantages if you're already a Wix user — but also |
| 47 | + means it's locked into that platform. Here's an honest breakdown: |
| 48 | +
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| 49 | + **Both platforms share some features:** |
| 50 | +
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| 51 | + - Online ticket sales with payment processing |
| 52 | + - QR code scanning for check-in via mobile app |
| 53 | + - Email confirmations to attendees after booking |
| 54 | + - Capacity management to prevent overselling |
| 55 | + - Free event support with no ticket service fee |
| 56 | + - Multiple ticket types per event with different pricing tiers |
| 57 | + - Discount and promo codes |
| 58 | + - Custom questions on the registration form |
| 59 | + - Guest list management with CSV export |
| 60 | + - Recurring event support |
| 61 | +
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| 62 | + **Wix Events has features Chobble Tickets doesn't:** |
| 63 | +
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| 64 | + - **Full website builder** — Wix Events is part of the Wix platform, so |
| 65 | + you get a complete website with drag-and-drop design tools, not just |
| 66 | + a ticketing page |
| 67 | + - **RSVP events** — create free RSVP events for weddings, parties, and |
| 68 | + gatherings with guest tracking and waitlists, separate from ticketed |
| 69 | + events |
| 70 | + - **Event discovery on Wix** — events appear on your Wix site with |
| 71 | + built-in SEO tools and social sharing |
| 72 | + - **Wix mobile app** — manage events, scan tickets, and check in |
| 73 | + guests from the Wix Owner app on iOS and Android |
| 74 | + - **Event schedule builder** — create detailed multi-session schedules |
| 75 | + for conferences and festivals |
| 76 | + - **Membership-gated events** — restrict event access to site members |
| 77 | + or specific membership tiers |
| 78 | + - **Wix Live for online events** — host online meetings (up to 25 |
| 79 | + participants) and webinars (up to 250 participants) |
| 80 | + - **Built-in email marketing** — send event campaigns and reminders |
| 81 | + through Wix's email marketing tools |
| 82 | + - **Social media integration** — share events directly to social |
| 83 | + platforms from the Wix dashboard |
| 84 | + - **Event analytics** — built-in reporting on registrations, sales, |
| 85 | + and attendance |
| 86 | + - **Buy-now-pay-later** — Klarna and Clearpay support via |
| 87 | + Wix Payments (at higher processing rates) |
| 88 | + - **Plus-one support** — guests can add up to 10 additional guests |
| 89 | + when registering |
| 90 | + - **Tax configuration** — configure tax rates and display tax-inclusive |
| 91 | + or exclusive pricing per event |
| 92 | +
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| 93 | + **Chobble Tickets has features Wix Events doesn't:** |
| 94 | +
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| 95 | + - **[End-to-end encryption](/features/encrypted/)** — attendee data is |
| 96 | + encrypted at rest with hybrid RSA-OAEP + AES-256-GCM, not just stored |
| 97 | + in a database |
| 98 | + - **[Open source](/features/open-source/)** — every line of code is |
| 99 | + public under AGPLv3, no proprietary lock-in |
| 100 | + - **Self-hosting option** — run the platform on your own servers for |
| 101 | + free, with no licence fee |
| 102 | + - **Flat annual pricing** — £50/year with no per-ticket fees, no |
| 103 | + matter how many you sell |
| 104 | + - **No monthly subscription** — pay once a year, not every month |
| 105 | + - **[Apple & Google Wallet tickets](/features/apple-wallet/)** — |
| 106 | + attendees can add tickets to their phone wallet |
| 107 | + - **[ICS calendar feeds](/features/rss-and-calendar-feeds/)** — |
| 108 | + subscribers get automatic calendar updates |
| 109 | + - **[RSS feeds](/features/rss-and-calendar-feeds/)** — syndicate your |
| 110 | + events to feed readers |
| 111 | + - **[Tiered ticket types via groups](/features/groups/)** — create |
| 112 | + VIP, early bird, and other tiers using event groups with a shared |
| 113 | + capacity cap (max attendees per group) |
| 114 | + - **[Pay-what-you-want pricing](/features/stripe-and-square/)** — let |
| 115 | + attendees choose their own price |
| 116 | + - **[Daily/recurring events](/features/daily-events/)** — per-date |
| 117 | + capacity with calendar picker and holiday blackouts |
| 118 | + - **[Custom questions](/features/custom-questions/)** — add |
| 119 | + multiple-choice questions to events and collect structured answers |
| 120 | + at checkout, with answers visible across the admin interface, CSV |
| 121 | + exports, and webhooks |
| 122 | + - **[Admin API](/features/admin-api/)** — full CRUD for events via |
| 123 | + API keys, so you can automate event management from scripts or |
| 124 | + external tools |
| 125 | + - **[Webhooks](/features/webhooks/)** — outbound POST on every |
| 126 | + registration for custom integrations |
| 127 | + - **[Custom email providers](/features/email-providers/)** — use |
| 128 | + Resend, Postmark, SendGrid, or Mailgun so emails come from your |
| 129 | + domain, not the platform's |
| 130 | + - **[Customisable email templates](/features/email-templates/)** — |
| 131 | + full control over confirmation emails with Liquid syntax for a |
| 132 | + fully white-label experience |
| 133 | + - **[Custom domain](/features/custom-domain/)** — get a nice |
| 134 | + yourname.tix.chobble.net subdomain instantly, or point your own |
| 135 | + domain — either way, not a wix.com URL |
| 136 | + - **No marketing to your attendees** — your audience stays yours, |
| 137 | + with no cross-promotion or Wix branding |
| 138 | + - **Community Interest Company** — run by a CIC, not a publicly |
| 139 | + traded corporation |
| 140 | +
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| 141 | + ## Data ownership |
| 142 | +
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| 143 | + With Wix Events, your event data and attendee information lives on Wix's |
| 144 | + servers within their proprietary platform. If you stop paying your |
| 145 | + monthly Wix subscription, you lose access to your ticketing setup, |
| 146 | + event pages, and attendee data. Your events are also tied to the Wix |
| 147 | + website builder — there's no way to take your ticketing to another |
| 148 | + platform without starting over. |
| 149 | +
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| 150 | + With Chobble Tickets, attendee data is encrypted and stays under your |
| 151 | + control. The entire platform is open source, so you can self-host it |
| 152 | + and never depend on a third party. |
| 153 | +
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| 154 | + ## When Wix Events might be the better choice |
| 155 | +
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| 156 | + - You're already using Wix for your website and want ticketing |
| 157 | + integrated into it |
| 158 | + - You need a full website builder alongside event ticketing |
| 159 | + - You want RSVP events for weddings or parties |
| 160 | + - You need online event hosting with Wix Live |
| 161 | + - You want membership-gated events tied to your Wix site |
| 162 | + - You sell very few tickets and prefer spreading costs monthly |
| 163 | +
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| 164 | + ## When Chobble Tickets is the better choice |
| 165 | +
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| 166 | + - You already have your own website and just need ticketing |
| 167 | + - You want predictable, flat-rate pricing with no per-ticket fees |
| 168 | + - You don't want to pay £276+/year for a Wix plan just to sell tickets |
| 169 | + - Privacy and encryption matter to you |
| 170 | + - You don't want a platform marketing to your attendees |
| 171 | + - You're a community group, charity, or school (£25/year) |
| 172 | + - You want [Apple/Google Wallet](/features/apple-wallet/), [calendar |
| 173 | + feeds](/features/rss-and-calendar-feeds/), or a [public |
| 174 | + API](/features/public-api/) |
| 175 | + - You value [open source](/features/open-source/) and the ability to |
| 176 | + self-host |
| 177 | +
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| 178 | + - type: markdown |
| 179 | + content: | |
| 180 | + ## Who owns Wix? |
| 181 | +
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| 182 | + Wix.com Ltd. was founded in 2006 by Avishai Abrahami, Nadav Abrahami, |
| 183 | + and Giora Kaplan in Tel Aviv, Israel. The company went public on |
| 184 | + NASDAQ in November 2013 under the ticker symbol WIX. |
| 185 | +
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| 186 | + Wix is a publicly traded company with institutional investors holding |
| 187 | + approximately 84% of shares, including BlackRock, Baillie Gifford, |
| 188 | + and Capital Research and Management Company. CEO and co-founder |
| 189 | + Avishai Abrahami holds approximately 1.4% of shares. As of 2024, |
| 190 | + Wix reported its first-ever GAAP operating profit and has over 250 |
| 191 | + million registered users worldwide. |
| 192 | +
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| 193 | + Wix Events is one of many apps built into the Wix ecosystem — |
| 194 | + ticketing is a feature within a much larger website-building |
| 195 | + platform, not a standalone product. |
| 196 | +
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| 197 | + Chobble Tickets is run by one person as a |
| 198 | + [Community Interest Company](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-interest-companies-introduction) |
| 199 | + (CIC) — a UK legal structure that locks the company's assets for |
| 200 | + community benefit. All of Chobble's code is public under AGPLv3, and |
| 201 | + the platform can be self-hosted by anyone without depending on Chobble |
| 202 | + as a company. |
| 203 | +
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| 204 | + - type: markdown |
| 205 | + content: | |
| 206 | + ## Pricing sources |
| 207 | +
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| 208 | + The pricing information on this page was verified in March 2026. Fees |
| 209 | + may change — check the links below for the latest figures. |
| 210 | +
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| 211 | + - [Wix Events: About Wix Ticket Service Fees](https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-events-about-wix-ticket-service-fees) — 2.5% ticket service fee |
| 212 | + - [Wix Payments: Service Fees](https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-payments-service-fees) — 2.1% + 20p per transaction (UK) |
| 213 | + - [Wix Pricing Plans](https://www.wix.com/plans) — Business & eCommerce from $29/month |
| 214 | + - [Wix Events: Understanding Different Types of Events](https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-events-understanding-different-types-of-events) — RSVP vs ticketed events |
| 215 | + - [Wix Events: Creating Tickets](https://support.wix.com/en/article/creating-tickets-for-your-event) — ticket creation and fee options |
| 216 | + - [Wix.com on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wix.com) — company history and ownership |
| 217 | + - [Chobble Tickets features](/features/) |
| 218 | +
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| 219 | + - type: cta |
| 220 | + title: Try Chobble Tickets |
| 221 | + description: Keep your data, your revenue, and your sanity. |
| 222 | + button: |
| 223 | + text: Get Started |
| 224 | + href: https://tix.chobble.com/ticket/register |
| 225 | + variant: secondary |
| 226 | + size: lg |
| 227 | +--- |
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