Is TKKT cheaper than DigiTicket Africa?

TKKT charges R0 platform fee and R0 per ticket. DigiTicket Africa publishes a 4.9% to 5.5% commission excluding VAT, plus a R5.00 to R7.50 booking fee on every paid ticket. For most events that makes TKKT cheaper for the organiser, the buyer, or both, depending on who absorbs the fee. Check it against your own ticket price and expected volume before deciding.

Independent comparison · Last reviewed 22 August 2026

TKKT vs DigiTicket Africa

DigiTicket Africa is a South African ticketing platform that lists your event on its own marketplace and charges a commission plus a per-ticket booking fee. TKKT charges neither.

TKKT charges R0 platform fee and R0 per ticket. DigiTicket Africa publishes a 4.9% to 5.5% commission excluding VAT, plus a R5.00 to R7.50 booking fee on every paid ticket.

TKKT is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a subsidiary of DigiTicket Africa. All DigiTicket Africa facts below are sourced from their public website on the date above. Always verify current pricing and features on the relevant platform before deciding.

Verifiable head-to-head

Only objectively verifiable facts. Where we credit DigiTicket Africa with the win, we mean it. Where a row would require speculating about their internal capabilities, we leave it out.

Dimension	TKKT	DigiTicket Africa
Commission on paid ticket revenue	R0	4.9% to 5.5% excluding VAT, your exact rate confirmed at signup
Booking fee per paid ticket	R0	R5.00 under R200, R7.50 at R200 and above
Free and RSVP tickets	R0	No commission and no booking fee
Who processes the money	Your own Yoco, PayFast or Paystack account	DigiTicket processes and deducts its fees from your payout
Getting paid before the event	Funds land in your own gateway as tickets sell	A percentage early payout, for vetted established organisers on selected events
Listing on their own discovery marketplace	Limited (early-stage)	Your event is listed on digiticket.africa
QR entry scanning	Yes, offline-first	Yes

What TKKT is built around

These are TKKT's own features. We don't claim DigiTicket Africa has or hasn't built equivalents, only that these are the choices we've made and what they mean for SA organisers.

AI chat-first event creation (live in about 60 seconds)
WhatsApp-first ticket delivery format
Configurable per-event optional tip / top-up at checkout
Offline-first IndexedDB-based door scanner

Which one should you pick?

Stick with DigiTicket Africa if

You want your event carried on their marketplace and supported by their local patron support team, and the commission plus booking fee is worth that reach.

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Switch to TKKT if

You already bring your own audience and would rather your buyers pay face value, with no commission and no R5.00 to R7.50 added to each ticket.

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Real numbers from a real TKKT event

Cape Town, May 2026. Verified directly from booking data.

Beyond the Dust Dunes Meets Tunes fundraiser

Opium · Cape Town · 110 pre-sale tickets

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110 Tickets pre-sold

R27,500 In pre-sales

R5,100 In optional tips

R0 Platform fees

12 attendees added a voluntary tip at checkout. 11 chipped in an average R100. One super-supporter dropped R4,000. That's R5,100 of bonus revenue the organiser keeps - on a feature most ticketing platforms don't even offer.

Verified directly from TKKT booking data. Door takings, bar revenue and cash tips not shown. Venue capacity was 200.

Methodology, sources and inaccuracy reporting

Methodology: The matrix above includes only dimensions we can verify from DigiTicket Africa's own published material on the date listed. Where a competitor capability would require speculating, we leave it off the matrix and instead list TKKT's own features in a separate "What TKKT is built around" section. Where we quote a specific percentage or rand amount, it is taken from the source linked below and was correct on the review date. Where a platform does not publish a specific figure, we describe only the existence of a fee rather than guessing at its size, and we never take a competitor's fee figure from a rival's comparison page.
Source: DigiTicket Africa published pricing: https://www.digiticket.africa/pricing
Last reviewed: 22 August 2026. Pricing and feature sets on competitor platforms change. Always confirm current details on the relevant platform before relying on this comparison.
Spotted an inaccuracy? If you represent DigiTicket Africa or have first-hand evidence that something on this page is incorrect, please contact us and we will review and correct or remove the disputed line within 7 business days. We'd rather be accurate than be in court.
Affiliation: TKKT is independent. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a subsidiary of DigiTicket Africa. DigiTicket Africa's name is used here in plain text for purposes of factual product comparison only; no logo, mark, or get-up of DigiTicket Africa is reproduced on this page.