KonfHub, for paid events in India: it bills in rupees and charges only on paid tickets. Free-ticket events cost nothing up to 100 registrations, Lite takes 2.5% plus 18% GST for small UPI-only events up to 300, and Silver takes 3.75% plus GST with gateway charges included, up to 2,500. Luma is the cleanest page for meetups and a community calendar: free with unlimited events and guests and reminders on email, SMS and WhatsApp, a 5% platform fee on paid tickets, or Luma Plus at $59 a month billed annually for 0%. Zoho Backstage charges 0% commission and suits a conference with sessions and speakers: free up to 100 attendees, Professional ₹6,583 a month billed yearly. Eventbrite fits an event abroad: free events cost nothing, paid tickets carry 3.7% plus $1.79 and 2.9% processing on its US price list. Townscript has shut down. The rule: Luma for free community events, KonfHub for paid Indian ones, Zoho Backstage for a multi-track conference.
KonfHub's own fees for its Indian event ticketing platform: free for events with only free tickets (up to 100 registrations), Lite at 2.5% plus 18% GST for small UPI-only events up to 300 registrations, and Silver at 3.75% plus GST including payment-gateway charges, up to 2,500 registrations.
Luma's own pricing for its event pages and calendars: free with unlimited events and guests, reminders by email, SMS and WhatsApp, and a 5% platform fee on paid events; Luma Plus is $59 a month billed annually and drops the fee to 0%.
Zoho's own pricing for Zoho Backstage, conference software with 0% commission ticketing: free for 100 attendees an event, and Professional at ₹6,583 a month billed yearly (₹7,900 monthly), with pay-per-event options.
Eventbrite's own fee page (US prices): no fees for free events, and paid tickets carry a 3.7% plus $1.79 service fee per ticket and a 2.9% payment processing fee per order, paid by buyers by default.
District by Zomato's organiser page for listing an event in the app Indians use to find shows, concerts and comedy; the page publishes no organiser fee, so terms come from talking to them.
Townscript's own site, which now says the Townscript and Townhall services are no longer operational, so older guides that recommend it are out of date.