Eventbrite is good at what it is: a general-purpose ticketing site for every kind of event. That is also the problem for a car club. It sells the ticket and then stops — no roster, no club, no map of what else is happening in your scene this weekend, and a per-ticket fee on every sale, forever.
When Eventbrite is the better call
If you run one large ticketed show a year and want the widest possible general audience, Eventbrite’s reach is bigger than ours. Use them for that show.
| Gearz | Eventbrite | |
|---|---|---|
| Who the audience is | Car people looking for meets, track days, cruises, and shows | Everyone — your meet sits next to yoga classes and wine tastings |
| Fee structure | Club plan + 5% + $0.50 per paid ticket (3% + $0.30 on Crew Chief) | Per-ticket service fee on every sale, no flat option |
| Free events | Free meets and RSVPs on every Club plan, and members RSVP free | Supported, but the platform is built around ticketed sales |
| Club management | Roster, roles and attendance history; member export coming soon | Not offered — it is an event tool, not a club tool |
| Recurring meets | Recurring events with per-occurrence RSVPs | Recurring listings, no club context |
| Member profiles | Garage profiles, mod logs, Gearhead Score | Attendee records |
| Discovery for your scene | Live map filtered to car events near you | General event search |
A meet listed on Gearz shows up on a map next to other meets, track days, and cruises. Nobody has to filter past unrelated events to find you, and the people who do find you already own the car.
A per-ticket service fee scales with every person who shows up. Crew Chief is $19.99 a month for the Club, and Gearz takes 3% + $0.30 per paid ticket on it (5% + $0.50 on Starter Club). Stripe charges processing on top — but there is no separate ticketing platform fee stacked above that.
Eventbrite hands you a list of email addresses. Gearz keeps those people in your club — roster, roles, attendance history — so the next meet does not start from zero.
Gearz takes 5% + $0.50 per paid ticket on Starter Club and 3% + $0.30 on Crew Chief, and Stripe charges its own processing fee on top (currently 2.9% + $0.30 in the US). Unlike Eventbrite there is no separate ticketing platform on top of that — ticketing is part of your plan.
Yes. Free events with RSVPs are included, and members can RSVP without paying anything on any plan.
Starter Club and Crew Chief can sell multiple ticket tiers and season passes, which cover run groups. Waiver collection is not built in yet — organizers currently link out to their own waiver flow.
Gearz opens soon
Sign-ups are invite-only while we open city by city. Join the waitlist, or claim a founding spot and get in on day one. Browsing meets stays free either way.
Comparison details reflect each platform's publicly published pricing and features. Eventbrite is not affiliated with Gearz.