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Brown Paper Tickets vs Ticketkantoor

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Brown Paper Tickets

Event Management

The fair-trade ticketing company

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Ticketkantoor

Event Management

A platform for organizers to run their own online ticket sales

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Brown Paper Tickets has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Brown Paper Tickets fees are charged to ticket buyers rather than the organiser, at $1.49 plus 6.0% of the ticket price in USD; Ticketkantoor ticket fee is fixed at €0,80 per ticket inclusive of BTW (Dutch VAT) and iDEAL processing; iDEAL is the stated payment method, which is Netherlands-specific and may limit fit for organizers selling to non-Dutch buyers (ticketkantoor.nl, fetched 19 Aug 2026).

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Brown Paper Tickets and Ticketkantoor actually diverge.

Attributes where Brown Paper Tickets and Ticketkantoor differ
AttributeBrown Paper TicketsTicketkantoor
Starting priceFreeOn request
Pricing modeltransactionsubscription
Free tierYesNo
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
Founded2000Unknown

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Event Management).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Brown Paper Tickets

  • Ticketing
  • Will call
  • Seating charts
  • Reporting
  • Customer service
  • PayPal
  • Google Analytics
  • Mailchimp

Only in Ticketkantoor

Nothing recorded that Brown Paper Tickets does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Brown Paper Tickets

  • Selling tickets for events, performances and workshopsnot Ticketkantoor
  • Handling ticket distribution and door lists for independent organisersnot Ticketkantoor

Ticketkantoor

No use cases recorded yet. See the Ticketkantoor review.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Brown Paper Tickets

  • Fees are charged to ticket buyers rather than the organiser, at $1.49 plus 6.0% of the ticket price in USD
  • The 6.0% applies regardless of payment method, including when the organiser uses their own merchant account or PayPal
  • The flat component varies by currency, running from roughly $0.99 to $1.99 equivalent
  • Because the buyer pays, the advertised ticket price is not what the buyer is charged

Ticketkantoor

  • Ticket fee is fixed at €0,80 per ticket inclusive of BTW (Dutch VAT) and iDEAL processing; iDEAL is the stated payment method, which is Netherlands-specific and may limit fit for organizers selling to non-Dutch buyers (ticketkantoor.nl, fetched 19 Aug 2026).

Pricing, plan by plan

Brown Paper Tickets

Free
  • StandardFree
    • $0.99 + 5% per ticket
    • Free events free
    • All features

Ticketkantoor

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Ticketkantoor review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Brown Paper Tickets if

  • You need ticketing.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want will call.
Brown Paper Tickets review

Choose Ticketkantoor if

Nothing in the data separates Ticketkantoor from Brown Paper Tickets on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Ticketkantoor review

Questions people ask

Is Brown Paper Tickets or Ticketkantoor better?
Neither clearly leads. Brown Paper Tickets starts at Free and Ticketkantoor at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Brown Paper Tickets or Ticketkantoor?
Brown Paper Tickets has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Brown Paper Tickets and On request for Ticketkantoor.
Does Brown Paper Tickets or Ticketkantoor run on more platforms?
Brown Paper Tickets runs on Web, Ios, Android. Ticketkantoor runs on Web.
Can I use Brown Paper Tickets for free?
Yes. Brown Paper Tickets has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Ticketkantoor starts at On request.
What is Brown Paper Tickets best used for?
Brown Paper Tickets is most often used for selling tickets for events, performances and workshops, handling ticket distribution and door lists for independent organisers. Of those, selling tickets for events, performances and workshops and handling ticket distribution and door lists for independent organisers are not what Ticketkantoor is typically brought in for.
What can Brown Paper Tickets do that Ticketkantoor cannot?
Brown Paper Tickets covers Ticketing, Will call, Seating charts, Reporting.
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