Eventbrite is a marketplace. Luma is a calendar. Splash is a builder. Vantage is the only event platform with built-in in-cycle attendance forecasting and a conversational AI co-planner. Here's the honest math, side by side.
When you list on a marketplace, your event page promotes their brand, and your competitors' events. Here's what you're giving up.
Your event page has their logo, their nav, their footer. Attendees remember the marketplace, not you.
Per-ticket flat fees, service fees, and processing fees. On a $50 ticket, Eventbrite takes $5.09. That's 10.2%, with no intelligence to show for it.
"Similar events" and "You might also like" sidebars send your attendees to your competitors, right from your event page.
How Vantage stacks up against the major platforms.
| Feature | Vantage | Eventbrite | Luma | Splash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branding & Ownership | ||||
| Your brand on event pages | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| No competitor events on your page | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Full white-label (remove all platform branding) | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Custom domain | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Custom colors, fonts & logo | ✓ | Limited | Limited | ✓ |
| Core Event Tools | ||||
| QR check-in (no app required) | ✓ | App required | App required | ✓ |
| Offline check-in (no internet needed) | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Multi-stop check-in (per-stop scan in and out, minutes present) | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Off-list scans recorded and grouped in an organizer report | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Printable tickets with QR | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Badge printing | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Registration form builder | ✓ | ✓ | Basic | ✓ |
| Invitation & promo codes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Marketing & Communications | ||||
| Email campaigns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drag-and-drop email editor | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| SMS blasts | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Post-event surveys & NPS | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| AI & Intelligence | ||||
| AI event assistant | ✓ | Basic | ✕ | ✕ |
| AI attendance predictions (no-shows, geography, history) | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Vantage Points (out-of-town, repeat attendees, no-show patterns) | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Voice event creation | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Integrations & API | ||||
| REST API access | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| CRM integrations (HubSpot, GoHighLevel) | ✓ | Zapier | Zapier | ✓ |
Six reasons that don't fit in a feature table.
Vantage Forecast analyzes registration velocity, no-show history, weather, day of week, seasonal patterns, and repeat-attendee history to predict who will actually show up. Eventbrite and Luma don't have this. Period.
Ask "How are registrations trending?" or "Find me a private dining room near my venue for 40." Vantage answers from your live data and real local businesses. Other platforms have AI that writes copy. Ours runs operations.
Open a URL on any phone and start scanning. Eventbrite requires their Organizer app. Vantage works in the browser, on any device, even offline. Velocity Scan syncs the moment you reconnect.
Your logo, colors, and fonts on every page and ticket. Upgrade to Business for complete white-label with your own domain. No "Powered by" anywhere. Attendees remember you, not us.
Vantage works for any multi-event experience, corporate summits, weddings, retreats, group trips. Same intelligence layer, different use case. Most platforms force you into a B2B template.
Up to 25 events, 250 guests each, QR check-in, printable tickets, one Vantage Point an event, and ticket sales on the free plan. Pay only when you outgrow it. The free tier is real, not a trial. Paid ticketing is available in the US, Canada, and Switzerland; free events, RSVPs, and check-in work almost anywhere.
Eventbrite does one thing we do not: it puts your event in front of people who were not already looking for you. If that is where your audience finds you, keep listing there. We are not asking you to give that up.
What a listing will not do is tell you how many of those registrants will actually turn up, check them in when the venue wifi dies, or pay you directly. So list on Eventbrite, and run the event on Vantage: registration, forecasting, offline check-in, and payouts that land in your own Stripe account rather than being held and released on someone else's schedule.
You are not switching platforms. You are keeping the part that brings people in and replacing the part that charges you for everything after.
Run your first event in 2 minutes, no credit card. The Free plan is the default and never expires. Add a card any time to start a 30-day Pro trial, and cancel whenever to keep the free plan.