Event registration you pay for per event, not per month

Yes. There are two kinds, and they answer different questions. Some platforms charge a fee on each paid ticket, so a free event costs nothing to run. Others sell a flat licence for one event, whatever happens with tickets. Which one is cheaper depends almost entirely on whether your guests pay to come.

A note on method. The vendor lines below describe each pricing model as the vendor's own pricing page states it, read on 10 November 2026. We print no competitor prices, because they change faster than we update this page. Check the current figures on each vendor's site.

The short answer

• Your event is free to attend: a per-ticket platform charges nothing for free tickets. If its own branding on your page is fine, that is the cheapest answer, and you do not need us.
• Your event sells tickets: per-ticket platforms take a fee on every ticket, so the cost grows with sales. A flat licence holds the platform cost still, though payment processing is still charged per ticket somewhere.
• You want one invoice per event for a client or a finance team: a flat per-event licence is the model that produces it. AnnexHub is one, invoiced in Ringgit.

"Per event" means two different things

Ask an answer engine this question and it will usually list ticketing platforms, because to most of the market "pay per event" means "pay only when you sell". That is a real model, and the right one for many events. It is just not the only one.

Pay per ticket sold

The platform takes a percentage of each paid ticket, a fixed amount per ticket, or both. Free tickets cost nothing. No month is charged if you run no event.

From each vendor's own pricing page on 10 November 2026:

• Eventbrite says its fees apply to paid tickets only, and that free events are published at no cost.
• Ticket Tailor charges a flat fee per ticket sold, either as you go or from prepaid credits, keeps free tickets free, and says it does not run a subscription model.
• Ticket2U charges a percentage of each paid ticket with a minimum per ticket, and states that free events are free.
• AcaraX charges only on successful paid tickets, keeps free events free, and has no monthly subscription.
• Event Arena has a pay-as-you-go plan with no subscription, charged as a platform fee per ticket, alongside monthly Starter and Pro plans.
• Luma charges a platform fee on paid events on its free plan, and sells a subscription, Luma Plus, that removes it.

This suits public, paid events where ticket revenue funds the platform, and small free events where a platform's own branding is fine.

Watch for the fee landing on your gross: on a paid conference the platform's share grows with every ticket you sell. Check who pays it, you or the guest, and whether payment processing is inside it or on top.

A flat licence for one event

You pay once for one event at a capacity that covers it. The number does not move with ticket sales, and nothing is charged between events.

• Zoho Backstage sells a "Pay per event" option, billed per event and valid for one year from purchase, alongside its monthly and yearly plans.
• MyEventQR prices its packages per event, delivered as a managed service with its own crew, with the final price depending on the event's duration and number of counters.
• AnnexHub is licensed per event on every paid tier. How that works is below.

This suits corporate and agency organisers with a lumpy calendar: four to eight events a year, often free to attend, each one budgeted as its own project with its own line item.

Watch for what the licence actually covers: the guest cap, what happens when you reach it, how long you have to use it, and whether a paid ticket still carries a fee. Those four answers decide the real number.

How the AnnexHub per-event licence works

The tiers are separated by who builds the event, and the guest cap follows from the tier.

The details that decide what you actually pay:

• You buy one event at a time. On Self-serve you buy an event pass online. It covers one event and you have 12 months to publish it.
• The pass is spent when you publish, not before. You can build the event, the forms and the tickets in draft for as long as you like at no cost.
• The guest cap is a ceiling, not a meter. It is fixed when you publish. When the event reaches it, registration shows the event as full and offers your waitlist if you have one open. There is no extra charge for reaching the cap. If you expect more guests, pick the tier above before you publish.
• One event is one date window. A two-day summit is one event. After publishing you can extend the end date by up to 30 days; running it again on new dates is a new event.
• Paid tickets carry a booking fee. 5% + RM1 per paid ticket, with payment processing included. The guest pays it at checkout by default, or you can choose to absorb it. Free tickets have no fee. The licence and the booking fee are separate: the licence pays for the event, the fee covers the payment on each ticket sold.
• Ticket money arrives after the event. By bank transfer 5 working days after the event ends, less refunds and any fees you chose to absorb.
• WhatsApp is optional and priced per message. RM0.20 for each ticket, approval or reminder message and RM0.80 for each marketing message, with an RM50 minimum per event. Done-for-you includes 1,000 messages per event.
• Invoices are in Ringgit, by invoice, bank transfer or card.

What one event costs, worked through

Two realistic Malaysian events, using our own prices only:

A free client appreciation night, 350 invited guests. On a per-ticket platform the tickets are free, so the platform charges nothing, with its own branding on the page. On AnnexHub it is one Self-serve pass, RM890, with your client's brand on the page, the emails and the tickets. You are paying for the white label and the door, not for the tickets.

A paid industry conference, 300 tickets at RM150. On AnnexHub the event is one Self-serve pass, RM890. Each ticket carries a booking fee of RM8.50 (5% of RM150 is RM7.50, plus RM1), which is RM2,550 across 300 tickets. By default the guests pay it at checkout, so your cost for the event stays RM890; if you absorb the fee, it is RM3,440. On a per-ticket platform, multiply its fee by 300 and check whether processing is extra.

Run the same sums for your own calendar. The model that is cheapest for one paid conference is rarely the cheapest for four free client events.

When a monthly subscription is the better deal

• You run events every week. Past a certain frequency a subscription is the cheapest access there is. If you run that many on AnnexHub, ask us about an annual licence with unlimited events, then compare it honestly against a subscription.
• Many people need year-round access. A university events office or an association with a standing calendar uses the platform every week, not on four days a year.

Questions to ask before you pay for one event

1. What counts as one event: a date range, a ticket type, or a session?
2. What happens on the day the event reaches its guest cap: does registration close, or does a bill arrive?
3. How long do I have to use what I bought, and does an unused one expire?
4. Does a paid ticket still carry a fee, who pays it, and is payment processing inside it?
5. Does the licence include white label, or is that the step up?
6. Can you invoice in Ringgit, with the documents my finance team needs?

One example from our own work: the SEAS Community Leads Summit 2026 in Bangkok, an invited summit for 51 community leads from 13 countries, ran on AnnexHub. On its two days at The Athenee hotel our crew checked guests in by scanning their QR tickets.

For the wider picture of how platform pricing models compare, see what event platforms actually cost in Southeast Asia. To try the whole flow first, our free tier covers one live event up to 50 guests.