Map.ca vs Eventbrite — what is the difference?
Eventbrite is built around ticketing. Listing a free event is free, but the moment you sell paid tickets Eventbrite adds a per-ticket service fee plus payment processing on top of every sale, and discovery happens inside Eventbrite’s own search and category pages.
Map.ca is built around place. Every event is a Pin on a live map, discovered by proximity and tags rather than a category listing. A free community event is free to post; a paid or ticketed event uses a flat $21/year Pin, and Map.ca takes no percentage of your ticket revenue — the transaction stays between you and your attendees.
The other difference is permanence. An Eventbrite page is built for one event and goes stale after it ends. A Map.ca Pin is a presence you keep — your audience can still find you, your venue, or your next event from the same place on the map.
| What | Map.ca | Eventbrite |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to list a free event | Free | Free |
| Cost for a paid / ticketed event | Flat $21 / year Pin | Per-ticket service fee + payment processing |
| Cut of ticket sales | None | A percentage of each paid ticket |
| How people discover it | Proximity + tags on a live map | Search + category pages inside Eventbrite |
| After the event ends | Pin and audience persist | One-off event page goes stale |
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