TryBooking
Event management platforms
Event registration and ticketing software
Event management software
- Features
- Ease of use
- Ease of management
- Quality of support
- Affordability
- Market presence
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- Arts, entertainment, and recreation
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- Public sector and nonprofit organizations
What is TryBooking
TryBooking is an online event registration and ticketing platform used to create events, sell tickets, and manage attendee registrations. It is commonly used by community organizations, venues, and small-to-midsize event organizers running classes, workshops, performances, and fundraising events. The product focuses on configurable ticket types, online payments, and operational tools for managing bookings and attendance. It also supports donation-style transactions and basic event communications as part of the registration workflow.
Core ticketing and registration
TryBooking supports creating events with multiple ticket types, pricing, and capacity controls. It provides an online checkout flow for attendees and tools for organizers to view orders and attendee lists. These capabilities cover the baseline needs for paid and free events without requiring a separate e-commerce system.
Operational attendee management tools
The platform includes features to manage bookings, refunds/changes (where enabled), and attendee communications tied to orders. Organizers can use exports and reporting views to reconcile attendance and revenue. This helps teams run check-in and post-event administration with fewer manual steps.
Donation and fundraising support
TryBooking is used for events that combine ticket sales with donations or fundraising contributions. This is useful for charities, schools, and community groups that need both registration and contribution collection in one flow. It reduces the need to stitch together separate donation and ticketing tools.
Limited enterprise event features
Compared with broader event management platforms, TryBooking is less oriented toward complex conference programs, multi-track agendas, and sponsor/exhibitor management. Organizations running large-scale corporate or hybrid conferences may need additional tools for agenda apps, session scanning, and exhibitor workflows. This can increase operational complexity for advanced event formats.
Fewer built-in virtual event capabilities
The product primarily addresses registration and ticketing rather than end-to-end virtual event delivery. Teams that require integrated streaming, virtual networking, and virtual booth experiences may need third-party platforms. This can introduce extra integration and support work.
Integration ecosystem may be narrower
TryBooking typically fits best when used as the system of record for ticket sales and attendee lists. If an organization needs deep integrations with CRM, marketing automation, or data warehouses, available connectors and APIs may be more limited than some larger platforms. This can affect automation and downstream reporting.
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go (no subscription tiers; fees only on paid transactions) Free tier/trial: Free for free events (permanently free). No time-limited trial advertised.
Example costs (official, region-specific):
- United Kingdom (TryBooking payments): Standard – 5% booking fee + £0.15 per ticket (includes VAT & payment processing). Option: Stripe Connect – £0.75 (75p) per ticket + Stripe fees. (UK pricing page).
- Australia (TryBooking payments): 2.5% processing fee (charged to organiser by default) + AUD $0.50 per paid ticket (or AUD $0.15 per ticket for tickets priced at AUD $5.00 or less). (Australia pricing / Learning Centre).
- Stripe integration (TryBooking via Stripe): TryBooking lists a 1% processing fee when connecting your own Stripe account; Stripe’s card-processing fees apply in addition (example shown on TryBooking: 1.7% + $0.30 for standard cards as of 1 Apr 2023).
Discounts / notes: No subscription discounts, volume discounts or tiered monthly plans are advertised. TryBooking states no setup fees, no account maintenance fees and no lock-in contracts; organisers can choose to absorb or pass fees to ticket buyers.
Minimum paid-cost notes: Model is pay-as-you-go. The lowest per-ticket fee shown on official pages is £0.15 (UK) and AUD $0.15 (Australia for tickets priced ≤ $5.00); processing percentages still apply and vary by region.
Where this information comes from: Official TryBooking pricing pages and Help/Learning Centre (region-specific pages for UK and Australia, and Stripe integration page).
