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Chobble Tickets vs TixFox

TixFox is a US ticketing platform that charges a flat fee per paid ticket, with payments through Stripe. This page compares it to Chobble Tickets on pricing, features and data handling.

Open source & cheaper TixFox alternative

Chobble Tickets is a white label ticketing platform made in the UK by a community interest company. Its source code is published under the AGPL-3.0-only licence, so anyone can read it, fork it, or run their own copy. TixFox does not publish its source code.

TixFox charges £0.38 per paid ticket with no subscription. Chobble Tickets charges £50/year or £5/month whatever the volume, so the two cross over at about 130 paid tickets a year.

Pricing comparison

TixFox charges £0.38 for each paid ticket, or £0.30 for tickets priced under £5. There is no subscription, no setup fee and no charge on free tickets. Organisers choose whether to absorb the fee or pass it on to buyers at checkout.

The pricing page shows the fee in 18 currencies. In US dollars the rates are US$0.39 per ticket and US$0.30 under US$5, with equivalent rates for the other currencies.

Ticket money goes directly into the organiser's own Stripe account through Stripe Connect, so TixFox never holds the funds. Stripe's processing fee is charged separately, at 1.5% + 20p for standard UK cards. TixFox's platform fee is not refunded when the organiser refunds a ticket.

Chobble Tickets is a flat £50/year or £5/month, with no per-ticket platform fees. Charities, community groups, artists and musicians pay £25/year on the annual plan. At £0.38 per ticket, TixFox costs less below roughly 130 paid tickets a year, and Chobble Tickets costs less above that.

Interactive cost calculator

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"Your share" assumes the organiser pays the fees out of the ticket price. Where a platform lets the organiser add its fees on top, the buyer pays them and the organiser keeps more than the figure shown. These figures exclude VAT and cover paid tickets. Several platforms charge nothing for free tickets, and the notes below record that where it is published.

TixFox fees: £0.38 per paid ticket, or £0.30 for tickets priced under £5, with the pricing page's currency selector set to pounds (US$0.39 and US$0.30 under US$5 in dollars). This calculator applies the standard £0.38 rate at every ticket price, so it does not model the reduced under-£5 rate. Free events carry no fee and there is no subscription. Ticket revenue goes directly to your own Stripe account via Stripe Connect, with Stripe processing charged separately (1.5% + 20p in the UK, as quoted on TixFox's own pricing page). TixFox platform fees are not refunded when a ticket is refunded. Chobble Tickets: £50/year or £5/month flat (£25/year for charities, community groups, artists and musicians on the annual plan) + Stripe processing (1.5% + 20p). Source: tixfox.co/pricing (August 2026).

Feature comparison

TixFox's check-in app first appeared in September 2024, so it is a young platform with a compact feature set. Neither platform offers reserved seating; TixFox's own comparison pages list it as coming soon.

Both platforms share some features

  • Online ticket sales with payment through Stripe (Chobble Tickets also supports Square and SumUp)
  • Ticket income paid straight into the organiser's own payment account, not held by the platform
  • QR code scanning for check-in at the door
  • Free events with no platform charge
  • E-tickets sent by email after booking
  • Discount and promo codes
  • Add-ons such as merchandise or upgrades sold alongside tickets
  • Donations at checkout
  • Pay-what-you-want pricing (TixFox calls it Pay What You Can)
  • Recurring events (TixFox schedules daily, weekly or monthly runs with date overrides; Chobble Tickets uses per-date capacity with a calendar picker)
  • Duplicating an event to reuse its setup
  • Custom questions on the registration form
  • Multiple ticket types per event
  • Team accounts with roles, including check-in staff who cannot see financial data
  • Embedding events on your own website (TixFox has a WordPress plugin with an inline embed and a buy-button modal, plus a Framer integration; Chobble Tickets has an embeddable order widget)
  • Zapier connectivity

TixFox has features Chobble Tickets doesn't

  • Native check-in apps - dedicated iOS and Android apps for scanning tickets (Chobble Tickets scans through the browser on a phone, without a native app)
  • Tap to Pay at the door - sell tickets in person and take contactless card payments with a phone
  • BOGO offers - buy-X-get-Y deals such as buy 2 get 1 free
  • Tracking pixels - built-in Meta Pixel, Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager connections
  • UTM tracking - see which marketing channels drove each sale
  • Multi-currency checkout - 18 currencies on one account (Chobble Tickets uses one currency per instance, set at setup)
  • Event passcodes - restrict ticket purchase to people who hold an access code (Chobble Tickets supports hidden events that do not appear on public pages)
  • 24/7 support - TixFox advertises round-the-clock support

Chobble Tickets has features TixFox doesn't

  • Open source - the complete product source is published under AGPL-3.0-only. TixFox is proprietary software
  • Self-hosting option - run the platform on selected infrastructure without a Chobble software licence fee
  • Flat pricing - £50/year or £5/month with no per-ticket platform fees, so costs stay the same as volume grows
  • Square and SumUp support - TixFox requires a Stripe account; Chobble Tickets also works with Square and SumUp
  • Encryption at rest - attendee data is encrypted with hybrid RSA-OAEP + AES-256-GCM, and only the organiser holds the private key
  • Custom domain included - pointing your own domain is part of the base price. TixFox does not document a custom-domain option
  • White labelling - remove platform branding entirely. TixFox supports custom colours and fonts but does not document removing its branding
  • Public-facing website and CMS a homepage, content pages, news posts, and a contact form, edited from the admin panel with Markdown and custom CSS. TixFox supplies hosted event pages
  • Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passes - attendees can add tickets to their phone wallet
  • Subscribable ICS calendar feeds - a single feed listing all events, so subscribers get automatic updates when new ones are added
  • RSS feeds - syndicate events to feed readers
  • Custom email providers - use Resend, Postmark, SendGrid, or Mailgun so emails come from your domain, not the platform's
  • Liquid email templates - full control over confirmation emails with Liquid template syntax
  • Admin API, public API and webhooks - TixFox integrates through Zapier and does not document a public API or webhooks
  • Packages - sell several listings together at a bundle price, booked all or nothing
  • Custom questions with price-linked answers - link answers to price changes for tiered pricing
  • Deposits and balance payments - take a deposit at booking and collect the balance later
  • CSV export - download attendee and order data. TixFox does not document a data export
  • Community Interest Company - run by a CIC, a UK legal structure that locks the company's assets for community benefit

Data ownership

TixFox stores order information (name, email and tickets bought) so the organiser can manage the attendee list. Its GDPR statement describes the organiser as the data controller of attendee data and TixFox as a processor, and says it will never use attendee data for marketing purposes or share it with third parties. Its sub-processor list places hosting and support services in the United States.

TixFox's terms also grant it a licence to use event names, descriptions and images to promote the platform, including featuring events in promotional materials. Ticket revenue never passes through TixFox; it goes directly to the organiser's Stripe account.

With Chobble Tickets, attendee data is encrypted at rest and stays under your control. The organiser holds the only private key that can decrypt it. The platform is open source, so if Chobble stopped operating tomorrow, you could run the same code on your own server.

When TixFox might be the better choice

  • You sell fewer than about 130 paid tickets a year, so per-ticket fees cost less than a subscription
  • You want native iOS and Android check-in apps
  • You want to sell tickets at the door with Tap to Pay on a phone
  • You want buy-X-get-Y ticket deals
  • You want built-in Meta Pixel, Google Analytics 4 or Google Tag Manager tracking
  • You sell in several currencies, particularly US dollars
  • You want round-the-clock support

When Chobble Tickets is the better choice

  • You want predictable, flat-rate pricing in pounds with no per-ticket platform fees
  • You take payments with Square or SumUp rather than Stripe
  • Privacy and encryption matter to you, and you want attendee data that the platform itself cannot read
  • You're a charity, community group, artist or musician (£25/year on the annual plan)
  • You want Apple and Google Wallet passes, calendar feeds, or a public API included
  • You want your own custom domain and a public website included in the base price
  • You want custom email providers so confirmation emails come from your own domain
  • You value open source and the ability to read the source code, fork it, or run your own copy

Who owns TixFox?

TixFox is run by TixFox LLC, which its terms of service describe as a limited liability company organised under the laws of the State of Delaware in the United States. The company does not publish information about its founders or team. Its check-in app first appeared on the Apple App Store in September 2024, published by HahuCloud LLC, which is the earliest public release date found in this review.

Chobble Tickets is run by one person as a Community Interest Company (CIC), a UK legal structure that locks the company's assets for community benefit. All of Chobble's code is public under AGPL-3.0-only, and the platform can be self-hosted by anyone without depending on Chobble as a company.

Pricing sources

The pricing information on this page was checked on 3 August 2026. Fees may change. Check the links below for the latest figures.