Funny Little Shows vs Humanitix

Fees, features and payouts compared for comedy promoters. Prices checked 9 October 2026.

The short answer

Humanitix is an Australian not-for-profit ticketing platform for every kind of event. It gives its profits to education charities and is free for free events. Funny Little Shows is built for comedy: it runs your website, artists, shows, ticketing, comps and door scanning in one place.

  • Choose Humanitix for free or community events, registered not-for-profits, allocated seating, a one-off event that doesn’t need its own website, or if the charity model matters to you.
  • Choose Funny Little Shows if you run regular comedy nights, tours or a festival and want your website, program, comps and ticketing in one system, with your audience kept to yourself.

Fees

Humanitix lets you choose who pays its booking fee. The examples below use its default, which passes the fee on to the punter. With Funny Little Shows the punter always pays $1 a ticket, and 2.5% comes out of your ticket price. (Side note - contact us if you'd prefer to absorb all fees, we can make that work).

Per paid ticket Funny Little ShowsHumanitix
Published fee $1 per ticket paid by the punter; 2.5% of the ticket price paid by you (includes card processing)4% + $0.99 per ticket plus GST, passed on to the punter (Humanitix’s default)
GST GST inclusivePublished excluding GST; GST added
Worked example: $25.00 ticket
Punter pays $26.00$27.19
You receive $24.38$25.00
Total fees $1.62$2.19
Worked example: $50.00 ticket
Punter pays $51.00$53.29
You receive $48.75$50.00
Total fees $2.25$3.29

Prices checked 9 October 2026 from Funny Little Shows pricing and Humanitix pricing (AU). All amounts in AUD, rounded to the cent. Humanitix lets you choose who pays some or all of its fees; with Funny Little Shows the punter always pays the $1 and the 2.5% comes from your ticket price. Fees can change, so check the current published pricing before you decide.

At Humanitix’s standard rate, our per-ticket fees are lower in both examples. Registered not-for-profits pay Humanitix a lower rate (2.5% + $0.50 per ticket), which is lower than ours. Humanitix has no monthly fee. Our hosted website is optional, at $35 a month; you can use our ticketing on its own with your existing website.

Features

FeatureFunny Little ShowsHumanitix
Built forComedy promoters, festivals and venues who want their own brand and website, not just eventsAny kind of event
Your own branded website with gig listings✅ Hosted on your domain ($35 a month)Event pages on Humanitix, plus an embeddable ticket widget
Artists, shows and sessions managed in one place✅Event-based; no artist records listed
Multi-venue, multi-room festival program✅Not listed on their features page
Comp tickets✅ Allocations per artist, producer and venue, a venue box office portal, and automatic release of unused comps✅ Manual orders, bulk upload, or hidden ticket types with access codes. No per-artist or per-venue allocation workflow listed
Mix your own ticketing with a venue’s ticketing, show by show✅Not listed on their features page
Waitlists✅✅
Discount codes✅✅ Plus affiliate tracking codes
Custom checkout questions✅✅
Add-ons such as meals and merchandise✅✅
Allocated seating with seat maps✗ On our roadmap✅
Door scanning app✅ iOS and Android, works offline✅
Card payments at the door✗ Door sales are recorded in the app; take payment separately✅ Sell tickets on the day in the Humanitix for Hosts app
Email marketing to opted-in customers✅ New: segments, campaign designer, sign-up forms and ticket sales per campaign✅ Email tools for announcements and reminders
Public marketplace where buyers discover other events✗ By design: we don’t list or promote other organisers’ events to your punters✅ Listed for Humanitix’s ticket buyers
Free eventsFor existing customers only✅ No fees for anyone
Profits donated to charity✗✅
When you’re paidInto your own Stripe account, on Stripe’s rolling payout schedule (usually a few days after each booking)After the event by default; early payouts on request, or connect your own Stripe account

Humanitix features are taken from their features page and help centre (comps, door sales) on 9 October 2026. “Not listed” means we couldn’t find it there, not that it’s impossible.

When Humanitix is the better choice

  • Free events. Humanitix charges nothing for free tickets. We only run free events for existing customers.
  • Not-for-profits. The registered not-for-profit rate is lower than our fees.
  • Seating. Humanitix has seat maps for tables and theatres. We don’t have allocated seating yet.
  • Reach. Humanitix lists events for its ticket buyers. We don’t run a marketplace, so the audience is the one you bring.
  • Taking cards at the door. Humanitix’s host app sells tickets on the day. Ours records door sales, but you take the payment separately.
  • Payment options. Humanitix offers Afterpay and Zip. Our checkout takes cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Link through Stripe.
  • Impact. If giving profits to charity matters to you and your audience, that’s a real reason to choose Humanitix.

When Funny Little Shows is the better choice

  • You run comedy regularly. Artists, shows and sessions are set up once and reused. Ticket pricing templates and default comps per room stop you re-keying the same details every week.
  • You want your own website. Your gig listings, artist pages and ticketing share the same data. Shows come off your website automatically once they’re over.
  • Comps are a headache. Allocate comps to artists, producers and venues, issue them when confirmed, give the venue box office a portal to action them, and release unused comps back to sale.
  • Some venues sell their own tickets. Link a show to the venue’s ticketing and sell the rest yourself, all from the same program.
  • You want to keep your audience. We don’t promote other events to your punters. Customers who opt in at checkout join your mailing list, and you can email them from the same system.
  • Cash flow. Ticket money goes into your own Stripe account as it sells, rather than being held until after the show.

Frequently asked questions

At Humanitix’s standard rate (4% + $0.99 per ticket plus GST), our per-ticket fees are lower: on a $25 ticket the total fees are $1.62 with us and $2.19 with Humanitix. Our hosted website costs $35 a month and Humanitix has no monthly fee. Registered not-for-profits pay Humanitix a lower rate than our fees, and free events are free on Humanitix.

Yes. Each show can link to external ticketing, so a show sold elsewhere still appears in your program and on your website with a link to buy tickets.

Yes. You can import customers from a CSV file. Only import people who have agreed to hear from you.

No. Funny Little Shows is a small Australian business, not a not-for-profit. If the charity model is important to you, that’s a good reason to choose Humanitix.

With Funny Little Shows, ticket money goes into your own Stripe account at the time of sale, and Stripe pays it out to your bank on its rolling schedule, usually a few days later. On Humanitix’s default gateway you’re paid after the event, unless you ask for an early payout or connect your own Stripe account.

See it for yourself

Have a look at a demo website, or talk to us about your shows.

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