Eventbrite is excellent at one thing: selling tickets to a specific event. Erawa treats the community — not the event — as the unit, with commerce, governance, and comms woven through it.
| Feature | Erawa | Eventbrite |
|---|---|---|
| Who keeps ticket revenue | ✓ Community keeps 100% | ✕ Service + payment fees deducted per ticket |
| Persistent community | ✓ Year-round home | ✕ Scoped to each event |
| Ongoing member comms | ✓ Encrypted group messaging | ~ Email blasts to attendee list |
| Governance & voting | ✓ Native | ✕ Not supported |
| Shared treasury | ✓ Dues, payouts, audit | ✕ Per-event payouts only |
| Commerce beyond tickets | ✓ Sponsorships, dues, brand deals | ✕ Tickets only |
| AI agent | ✓ Drafts, dues, routing | ✕ None |
| Data ownership | ✓ Community node | ✕ Eventbrite |
| Cost model | ✓ Community-owned | ✕ Per-ticket % + flat fee |
| Best for | Communities with recurring commerce and trust | One-off ticketed events |
For real communities, the gathering is the tip of the iceberg. Erawa holds the year-round relationship the event is built on.
Eventbrite takes a cut of every ticket. Erawa treats trust as the community's asset — no intermediary skimming it.
Dues, sponsorships, ticket sales, vendor payouts — it all lives in one transparent treasury members can see and vote on.
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