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Feature by feature comparison of CaptiFi and Skiddle

Feature
Booking fee on a GBP10 ticket	GBP0.75 (7.5%)	GBP1.27 (10% + 27p)
Booking fee on a GBP25 ticket	GBP1.50 (6%)	GBP2.77 (10% + 27p)
Booking fee on a GBP60 ticket	GBP2.70 (4.5%)	GBP6.27 (10% + 27p)
Minimum fee per ticket	30p	GBP1
Card processing included in the fee	Yes	not stated separately on the help page
Fee source and read date	CaptiFi fee schedule, 21 September 2026	Skiddle Promotion Centre help article, read 21 September 2026
Venue chooses to absorb or pass on the fee	Yes	Yes
Monthly platform fee	included in the CaptiFi subscription	none stated
Money paid into the venue's own Stripe account	Yes	paid out by the platform
Listing on a consumer discovery site	No	Yes
Ticket buyers added to your own marketing list	Yes	attendee list per event
Guest WiFi data capture	Yes	No
Email marketing and automations included	Yes	No
Door check-in from a phone	Yes	Yes
Your next event shown on the WiFi welcome screen	Yes	No
Self-serve 30-day trial	Yes	free to list

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What each platform takes from a ticket

Skiddle's default booking fee is 10% of the face value plus 27p per ticket, with a minimum of GBP1, paid by the customer on top of the price by default; a promoter can absorb it instead, at which point it is a commission taken from revenue. CaptiFi Events charges 7.5% up to GBP20, 6% up to GBP50 and 4.5% above that, with a 30p minimum, card processing included and nothing on a free ticket. Figures read on 21 September 2026.

The GBP1 minimum is what hits a venue's cheap tickets: a GBP5 comedy night or a GBP6 quiz entry carries a 17 to 20 percent fee on Skiddle. CaptiFi's minimum is 30p, so the cheap ticket that fills a Tuesday stays cheap. CaptiFi retail pricing runs in six currencies, and the fee bands have their own thresholds in each one.

When Skiddle is the right answer

If you are a promoter putting on a night in a venue that is not yours, or launching something new that needs people who have never been through the door, a nightlife listings site does a job CaptiFi does not attempt. CaptiFi has no consumer audience and no promoter tools such as rep sales or a listings feed. It sells tickets to the list you already have, and if that list is small today, the WiFi will build it, but it will not fill a room this Saturday. Nothing stops you listing the same event on Skiddle while you build your own crowd; the fee only ever applies to the tickets sold through that channel.