GuestlistOnline
vs Tito
Developer-friendly registration for tech and B2B conferences vs a guest list platform with offline check-in and processing included.
Tito (ti.to) is a lightweight, developer-friendly platform for tech and B2B conferences: 3% per paid ticket capped at €25, so it gets cheaper as a percentage above roughly €833 a ticket, on your own Stripe or PayPal account so Tito never holds your money, a full read/write API with webhooks and a Check-in API, and checkout in 21 languages. What it does not have: offline check-in (its own help centre says it needs "an available data connection"), a custom domain in the classic product, native SMS, or an invitation and approval flow — RSVP Lists is still in beta. GuestlistOnline charges 5% + €0.25 per ticket with processing included, checks guests in with no signal, and runs invitations, approval and promoter commissions around the ticket.
Feature comparison
An honest look at how the two platforms compare.
| Feature | GuestlistOnline | Tito |
|---|---|---|
| Costs & payouts | ||
| Fee per paid ticket | 5% + €0.25 per ticket, payment processing included | 3% per paid ticket, capped at €25 per ticket, billed monthly in EUR excluding VAT — processing is separate, via your own Stripe or PayPal |
| Free tickets and free events | No fees on free events, on every plan including the free one | Free events are completely free, with no cap and all features included; imported attendees are also free |
| Subscription | Free plan (1 event, 50 guests), €19.99 for a single event, €29/month or €249/year on Pro | No plans or subscriptions for the ticketing product; a 15% discount applies if you prepay yearly. Tito Pro, a separate white-label invite-only product, starts from €99/month |
| Who holds the money | Neither of us: payouts go to your own Stripe Connect account as the tickets sell | Tito never holds funds — your own Stripe or PayPal account collects the money directly; an invoice option also exists |
| Payment processing | Included in the 5% + €0.25 per paid ticket | Charged separately by your own processor — for Stripe EU, roughly 1.4% + €0.25 per transaction |
| Markets and currencies | Euro, US dollar and pound sterling; the per-ticket fee is charged in the ticket currency | Anywhere Stripe (46 countries) or PayPal works, in 139 currencies, though Tito's own fee is always invoiced in EUR |
| Guest list & RSVP | ||
| Guest import | CSV import with names, email addresses and mapped columns | Manual entry plus CSV/XLSX import |
| Tags and custom questions | Tags to group and filter guests, and custom questions on the registration page | Tags and notes, filters, and custom questions (text, textarea, checkboxes, select, country, file) with conditional triggers, added December 2025 |
| Plus-ones | Plus-ones with names and your own wording on the registration page, on every plan | Only available on Tito Pro, the separate white-label invite-only product from €99/month |
| Waitlist | Capacity limit that closes registration when full, plus guest approval | Waiting lists with offer links, alongside per-ticket capacity and total capacity via a hidden activity |
| Invitations, RSVP and approval | Invitation emails, an RSVP page with yes/no answers, custom questions, reminders and optional approval before a ticket is issued | "RSVP Lists" is in beta and requires requesting access — single-use invite links, CSV import, expiry and discount codes — with no approval flow in the classic product, and reminders are sent manually through Messages |
| Promoter tracking | Promoter links with commissions and per-promoter reporting | Source-tracking links (?source=) and discount codes exportable to CSV — no commission calculation |
| Check-in & door | ||
| Offline check-in | PWA scanner on iOS and Android, installed without an app store, scans with no signal and syncs afterwards | Tito's help centre states check-in works "as long as there is an available data connection" — no offline mode |
| Several scanners at once | Multiple scanner devices on the same guest list, synced live, with door-staff access tokens | A web app plus iOS/Android apps, multiple check-in lists, and volunteer access scoped to QR scanning only |
| Badge printing | Not offered | Badgy badge printing built in, plus a dedicated Check-in API |
| Box office and in-person payments | Not offered | Not published — no box office described |
| Branding & communication | ||
| Branding and white-label | Custom branding from Per Event (€19.99); full white-label on Enterprise | Logo, banner and colour customisation on the event widget; custom domains are no longer supported in the classic product, transactional emails come from support@tito.io, and full white-label is only on Tito Pro (from €99/month) |
| Messaging | Email invitations, reminders and templates, in 7 languages — no SMS blasts | Transactional Messages, unlocked via support with no scheduling; no SMS or push |
| Platform | ||
| Team roles | 6 roles, up to 5 team members on Per Event and 50 on Pro | Unlimited teams with four roles — Admin, Moderator, User and Read-only — scoped per event, plus two-factor authentication |
| Languages | 7 languages in the dashboard, the emails and the registration pages | 21 locales for the event page and checkout, including Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese — the admin dashboard is English only |
| Data hosting | Hosted in the EU, GDPR-compliant | Team Tito Limited, Dublin, Ireland; hosted on AWS in the EEA as a GDPR processor with a published sub-processor list and a DPA on request |
| API and webhooks | REST API and webhooks on Enterprise | A full read/write Admin API v3, webhooks, a dedicated Check-in API, an embeddable widget, GA4 and Zapier integrations |
| Export | CSV import and export of guests, RSVPs, answers and check-in status | CSV and XLSX exports, custom exports, and an all-events export, plus the API |
| Best for | Organisers running invitations, guest lists, promoters and the door, in several countries and currencies | EU tech, developer and B2B conferences selling mid- to high-priced tickets through their own Stripe account who want a strong API, webhooks and multilingual checkout — invite-only corporate events fit better on Tito Pro |
Facts verified on 2026-09-17. Sources are listed at the bottom of this page.
What each one costs
GuestlistOnline
- Free — €01 event, 50 guests, guest list, RSVP page, manual check-in
- Per Event — €19.99 one-offUnlimited guests for one event, QR check-in, templates, branding, gift fund, 5 team members
- Pro — €29/month or €249/yearUnlimited events and guests, analytics, organisation settings, 50 team members, 7-day trial
- Enterprise — CustomWhite-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.
Tito
- Per paid ticket — 3% of ticket price, capped at €252.5% for registered not-for-profits; billed monthly in EUR, excluding VAT; free events and imported attendees are free
- Prepaid yearly — 15% discountApplied when you prepay Tito's fee for the year
- Tito Pro — From €99/monthSeparate white-label, invite-only product with full white-label branding and plus-ones
From ti.to/pricing and the Tito Help Centre articles "What different pricing plans do you have?" and "Billing" (help.tito.io, articles 2011311 and 2006172), fetched 17 Sep 2026. Payment processing is charged separately by your own Stripe or PayPal account; Tito never holds the money.
What you pay on 200 × €25 tickets (€5,000 gross)
Tito's 3% fee is capped at €25 per ticket, so the cap only helps on tickets above roughly €833; the example below is well under that cap. Processing runs through your own Stripe or PayPal account — the extra above uses Tito's own cited Stripe EU rate.
Assumes one ticket per order and no VAT differences. Both platforms charge nothing on free tickets.
What sets them apart
The details that matter when choosing between the two.
A capped percentage vs a flat rate
Tito charges 3% of the ticket price, capped at €25 per ticket, so the effective rate falls the higher the ticket price climbs — on a €1,000 ticket it is 2.5%, not 3%. GuestlistOnline charges a flat 5% + €0.25 with processing included in that single number. For conferences selling high-priced tickets through their own Stripe account, Tito's cap is the more competitive structure; for low-priced or free tickets, GuestlistOnline's all-in fee is the simpler one.
Where Tito wins: a full read/write API and webhooks
Tito publishes a complete Admin API v3 with read and write access, webhooks, a dedicated Check-in API and an embeddable widget — a genuinely strong developer toolkit that GuestlistOnline, whose REST API and webhooks are an Enterprise feature, does not match at the same depth. If your event stack is built around API automation, Tito is the stronger fit.
Offline check-in: GuestlistOnline only
Tito's own help centre states check-in requires "an available data connection" — there is no offline mode, and its iOS app was last updated in July 2024 with user-reported crashes. GuestlistOnline's scanner is a PWA that installs without an app store, scans with no signal at all, and syncs once you are back online. For a door in a basement or a field with patchy coverage, that difference matters.
Invitations and approval: beta on one side, built in on the other
Tito's "RSVP Lists" is still in beta and requires requesting access, has no guest approval step in the classic product, and reminders go out manually through Messages, which itself needs unlocking via support. GuestlistOnline's invitation emails, RSVP page, optional approval before a ticket is issued and automatic reminders are available on every plan, alongside promoter links with calculated commissions where Tito offers only source-tracking links.
When Tito is the better choice
If you run a tech, developer or B2B conference selling mid- to high-priced tickets and want a strong API, Tito is the better fit.
- Conferences and meetups selling tickets above roughly €100, where the €25 cap starts to bite
- You want a full read/write API, webhooks and a dedicated Check-in API to automate the stack
- Money should never touch a third party — your own Stripe or PayPal account settles it directly
- 21-language checkout for an international attendee base, with badge printing built in
- You do not need offline check-in, an invitation/approval flow or promoter commissions
Switching from Tito
Tito exports CSV and XLSX reports of attendees and orders, including a custom or all-events export, and its Admin API can pull the same data programmatically. Import the CSV into GuestlistOnline, mapping the columns you want to keep.
What carries over
- Attendee names and email addresses from the export
- Ticket type and order details, mapped on import
- Answers to custom questions, mapped to custom questions or tags
- Check-in status, as the exported record of who arrived
What doesn't
- Source-tracking links and discount codes — GuestlistOnline replaces them with promoter links that calculate commissions
- Badge templates and the Badgy printing setup
- The RSVP Lists beta invite links, and any Tito Pro white-label configuration
- Your Tito webhooks and API integrations, which point at Tito's endpoints rather than GuestlistOnline's
Common questions
Frequently asked questions about GuestlistOnline vs Tito.
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Sources
- Tito about
- Tito pricing
- Tito Pro
- Tito — what different pricing plans do you have
- Tito — billing
- Tito — payment options
- Tito — can I manually add attendees
- Tito — attendee management
- Tito — questions and answers
- Tito — waiting lists
- Tito — RSVPs
- Tito — reminding attendees to complete their tickets
- Tito — check-ins
- Tito — can I use a custom domain
- Tito — what emails are sent to attendees
- Tito — messages
- Tito — source tracking
- Tito — adding your team
- Tito — can I add translations to my event
- Tito — data protection
- Tito — integrations
- Tito — how can I download attendee and order data
Verified on 2026-09-17. Spotted something out of date? Email go@guestlistonline.com and we will correct it.