Ticketing Platform Comparison
GuestlistOnline vs MijnEvent
Dutch flat-fee ticketing with iDEAL vs an international guest list and check-in platform.
Free up to 50 guests · Free plan: no credit card · Free events: no fees
Short answer
MijnEvent has the cheapest flat ticket fee in the Netherlands, €0.25 to €0.50 per paid ticket including VAT with Mollie costs on top, iDEAL through your own Mollie account and a well-documented privacy posture. It is a ticket shop rather than a guest list: no CSV guest import, tags, plus-ones, invitation flow or promoter tracking are published, and it serves the Dutch market only. GuestlistOnline charges more per paid ticket (5% + €0.25, processing included, nothing on free events) and does everything before and at the door.
Side by side
Feature comparison
An honest look at how the two platforms compare.
| Feature | GuestlistOnline | MijnEvent |
|---|---|---|
| Costs & payouts | ||
| Fee per paid ticket | 5% + €0.25 per ticket in the ticket currency, payment processing included | €0.50 per paid ticket incl. VAT on Pay as you go, or €0.25 with the €14.95 Organizer licence per published event; Mollie's transaction costs are charged on top |
| Free tickets and free events | No fees on free events, on every plan including the free one | Free tickets are free on every plan, and refunds are free too |
| Subscription | Free plan (1 event, 50 guests), €19.99 for a single event, €29/month or €249/year on Pro | No subscription on Pay as you go or Organizer; the Custom plan is negotiated, and modules such as the website builder start at €49/month |
| Payment methods | Stripe Connect, including iDEAL, cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay | Mollie Connect only: iDEAL, Wero, Bancontact, cards, Mollie terminals and Tap to Pay, plus cash at the box office |
| Who holds the money | Neither of us: payouts go to your own Stripe Connect account | Neither: the money goes straight to the organiser's own Mollie account |
| Currencies | Euro, US dollar and pound sterling; the per-ticket fee is charged in the ticket currency | Euro only |
| Guest list & RSVP | ||
| Guest import | CSV import with names, email addresses and mapped columns | Not published, guests can be added without payment and free tickets issued, but no CSV guest import is documented |
| Tags | Tags to group and filter guests, and to split a list by table or segment | Not published |
| Plus-ones | Plus-ones with names and your own wording on the registration page | Not published; buyers can enter attendee details per ticket through the attendee details module (€50 per event, the first one free) |
| Invitations and RSVP flow | Invitation emails, an RSVP page with yes/no answers, custom questions and reminders | A ticket shop rather than an invitation flow: custom fields per ticket type and reminders for missing attendee details, but no invitation and RSVP loop is published |
| Guest approval | Registrations can require approval before a ticket is issued | Not published |
| Waitlist | Capacity limit that closes registration when full, plus guest approval | Capacity per ticket type with a waitlist, plus tiered pricing by date |
| Promoter tracking | Promoter links with commissions and per-promoter reporting | Not published; there are discount codes and cookie-free analytics |
| Check-in & door | ||
| Offline check-in | PWA scanner on iOS and Android, installed without an app store, scans with no signal and syncs afterwards | Native iOS and Android app that falls back to the local list after a 2.5-second server timeout, with per-entrance statistics and a box office |
| Several scanners at once | Multiple scanner devices on the same guest list, synced live, with door-staff access tokens | Multiple inspectors join through a five-minute QR invite, on the Organizer plan |
| Branding & communication | ||
| Branding and white-label | Custom branding from Per Event (€19.99); full white-label on Enterprise | Subdomain, logo and colours on every plan; white-label only on the Custom plan, and a custom domain is not published |
| Messaging | Email invitations, reminders and templates, in 7 languages, no SMS blasts | Email only, including reminders for missing attendee details; no SMS or WhatsApp is published |
| Platform | ||
| Team roles | 6 roles, up to 5 team members on Per Event and 50 on Pro | Organiser and inspector modes in the app; back-office roles for several users are not published |
| Languages | 7 languages in the dashboard, the emails and the registration pages | Admin in Dutch and English; the visitor checkout is available in 11 languages |
| API and webhooks | REST API and webhooks on Enterprise | API and MCP access on the Custom plan only; a ticket widget is available to everyone |
| Data hosting | Hosted in the EU, GDPR-compliant | Hosted in the EU, with a DPA signed automatically at signup, data minimisation, masked buyer email addresses, anonymisation after the event, cookie-free analytics and encrypted CSV exports; the hosting provider and any certifications are not published |
| Legal entity | Brandum B.V., KvK 98509802, Akersloot, the Netherlands, published on the privacy page with the VAT number | Coding Agency, KvK 50814281, Meppel, the Netherlands, published on the site |
| Accessibility statement | None published, we make no WCAG claim today | WCAG AA conformance is claimed in the published privacy and security information |
| Export | CSV export of guests, RSVPs, answers and check-in status | CSV export of orders, visitors and statistics, delivered as an encrypted archive |
| Best for | Organisers running invitations, guest lists, promoters and the door, in several countries and currencies | Dutch organisers selling paid tickets with iDEAL through their own Mollie account, with seating, resale or memberships |
Facts verified on 2026-09-17. Sources are listed at the bottom of this page.
Pricing
What each one costs
GuestlistOnline
- Free €0
1 event, 50 guests, guest list, RSVP page, manual check-in
- Per Event €19.99 one-off
Unlimited guests for one event, QR check-in, templates, branding, gift fund, 5 team members
- Pro €29/month or €249/year
Unlimited events and guests, analytics, organisation settings, 50 team members, 7-day trial
- Enterprise Custom
White-label, API and webhooks, dedicated support and SLA
Free events: no fees. Paid tickets: 5% + 0.25 per ticket in the ticket currency, payment processing included.
MijnEvent
- Pay as you go €0.50 per paid ticket
No subscription, free tickets free, QR check-in app, 11 checkout languages
- Organizer €14.95 per event + €0.25 per paid ticket
Priority support, advanced statistics, resale, multiple inspectors
- Custom From €0.01 per ticket, negotiated
API and MCP access, white-label, waiting room, SLA
Incl. VAT, from mijnevent.nl/en/pricing (reviewed 10 Jun 2026), fetched 17 Sep 2026. Mollie charges about €0.32 per iDEAL order on top.
What you pay on 200 × €25 tickets (€5,000 gross)
Organizer plan. On the Pay-as-you-go plan the fee is €0.50 per ticket with no event licence.
Assumes one ticket per order and no VAT differences. Both platforms charge nothing on free tickets.
Key differences
What sets them apart
The details that matter when choosing between the two.
Where MijnEvent wins: the fee per paid ticket
MijnEvent charges a flat €0.50 per paid ticket, or €0.25 with the €14.95 Organizer licence per published event, and no percentage at all, with Mollie's costs, about €0.32 per iDEAL order, charged separately. On 200 tickets at €25 that is €128.95 on the Organizer plan against €300 with GuestlistOnline, where the 5% + €0.25 already includes payment processing. On a €50 ticket the gap per ticket is wider still. If the fee per paid ticket is the number you optimise for, they win it, and their pricing page states every figure with the date it was reviewed.
Where GuestlistOnline wins: everything before the door
MijnEvent publishes no CSV guest import, no tags, no plus-ones, no invitation and RSVP flow and no approval step, it sells tickets and scans them. GuestlistOnline imports the list from CSV, tags and filters it, collects plus-one names with your own wording, sends invitations and reminders, holds registrations for approval and tracks which promoter actually brought each guest, with commissions calculated per promoter. For an invitation-driven guest list those are the whole job, not extras.
Where MijnEvent wins: iDEAL, Dutch fit and the commerce stack
MijnEvent runs on Mollie Connect, so iDEAL, Wero, Bancontact, cards, Mollie terminals and cash at the box office all settle straight into the organiser's own account, with VAT invoices, a Dutch-language admin and Dutch support. Around the ticket sit reserved seating, ticket resale, gift cards, memberships, vouchers, merchandise, parking, time slots and wallet tickets. GuestlistOnline supports iDEAL through Stripe and has none of those modules.
Where GuestlistOnline wins: outside the Netherlands
MijnEvent is euro-only and Mollie-only, and serves the Dutch market; its checkout speaks 11 languages but the admin is Dutch and English. GuestlistOnline sells in euros, dollars and pounds through Stripe Connect, charges the 5% + €0.25 in whichever currency the ticket is in, runs the dashboard, emails and registration pages in 7 languages, and is hosted in the EU. For an event in Berlin, London or New York, or a team working in a language other than Dutch or English, that is the deciding difference.
Fair is fair
When MijnEvent is the better choice
If you sell paid tickets in the Netherlands and the fee per ticket is what you optimise for, MijnEvent is the cheaper tool.
- Paid events with iDEAL through your own Mollie account
- Reserved seating, ticket resale, gift cards or memberships
- Dutch-language support and a Dutch legal entity matter to you
- You do not need invitations, plus-ones, tags or promoter attribution
Migration
Switching from MijnEvent
MijnEvent exports orders, visitors and statistics to CSV, delivered as an encrypted archive. Unpack it, then import the visitor file into GuestlistOnline and map the columns you want to keep.
- Visitor names and email addresses from the CSV export
- Ticket type and order reference, mapped to a custom field or a tag
- Check-in status, as the exported record of who arrived
- The Mollie connection: GuestlistOnline pays out through your own Stripe Connect account instead
- Seating plans, resale listings, gift cards, memberships and the other commerce modules
- Wallet tickets already issued, and any ticket widget embedded on your site
Common questions
Frequently asked questions about GuestlistOnline vs MijnEvent.
Which is cheaper for paid tickets, MijnEvent or GuestlistOnline?
MijnEvent, clearly, and we will not pretend otherwise. Take 200 tickets at €25, so €5,000 gross. GuestlistOnline costs €300: 5% is €250 plus 200 × €0.25 is €50, and payment processing is included in that. MijnEvent on the Organizer plan costs €128.95: the €14.95 event licence, plus 200 × €0.25 in ticket fees, plus about €0.32 per iDEAL order to Mollie, counted here once per ticket, with fewer, larger orders it is cheaper still. Their comparison page is right that our fee is not on our pricing page, only in our terms, on the product pages and on the blog. Our fee is charged in the currency of the ticket, €, $ or £, and our legal entity is published on our privacy page, as the next answer sets out.
Does GuestlistOnline support iDEAL?
Yes, through Stripe. Payouts run through your own Stripe Connect account and iDEAL is one of the methods available to Dutch buyers, alongside cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay. The difference is where the payment costs sit: our 5% + €0.25 per ticket already includes payment processing, while MijnEvent's €0.25 or €0.50 is the platform fee and Mollie charges its transaction costs, around €0.32 per iDEAL order, separately. MijnEvent supports more Dutch-specific methods, Wero, Bancontact, Mollie terminals, Tap to Pay and cash at the box office among them.
Is GuestlistOnline a Dutch company?
Yes. GuestlistOnline is run by Brandum B.V., registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under KvK number 98509802, based in Akersloot in the Netherlands. The company name, the KvK number, the VAT number and the address are published on our privacy page, so the claim on MijnEvent's comparison page that no legal entity or company number is published is out of date. MijnEvent publishes its own entity too, Coding Agency, KvK 50814281, in Meppel, and both platforms host data in the EU.
Can I import my guest list into MijnEvent?
Not published. MijnEvent documents adding guests without payment and issuing free tickets, but no CSV guest import, no tags and no plus-one fields, it is built as a ticket shop, with custom fields per ticket type and an attendee details module at €50 per event, the first one free. GuestlistOnline imports a CSV of names and email addresses with mapped columns, tags and filters the list, and collects plus-one names on the registration page in your own wording.
Can I move from MijnEvent to GuestlistOnline?
Yes. MijnEvent exports orders, visitors and statistics to CSV, delivered as an encrypted archive; unpack it and import the visitor file into GuestlistOnline, mapping names, email addresses and any field you want to keep as a custom question or a tag. What does not travel is the Mollie connection, payouts move to your own Stripe Connect account, along with seating plans, resale listings, gift cards, memberships and the other commerce modules, and any wallet tickets already issued. Test with one event before you move a season of them.
Sources
Where these facts come from
- mijnevent.nl MijnEvent pricing (reviewed 10 June 2026)
- mijnevent.nl MijnEvent features
- mijnevent.nl MijnEvent check-in app
- mijnevent.nl MijnEvent privacy and security
- mijnevent.nl MijnEvent, their comparison with GuestlistOnline
- mijnevent.nl MijnEvent blog, statistics and CSV export (Dutch)
Spotted something out of date? Email go@guestlistonline.com and we will correct it.
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