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Humanae vs Meetup
Meetup's organizer plans start at $29.99 a month. Humanae is free to use: dues at 3%, tickets at 5% (3% for your members), plus sponsors, volunteers and a marketplace for venues.
50 members at $15 a monthPlatform fees
Humanae's monthly fee$0.00
One event, start to finish
Follow one night from six weeks out to the morning after. Under each step: what Meetup does.
Six weeks out
Turn on sponsor applications, and companies apply from your event page with a tier or their own amount. Their card is held until you approve. Or let our team find a sponsor for you.
Meetup Pro can show a sponsor's logo, with no way to apply.
Two weeks out
Open the roles you need. Volunteers apply right from the event page, and everyone who helps is saved to your library for next time.
Meetup has event hosts, not volunteer roles.
On the night
Scan tickets from your dashboard, watch the room fill in real time, and message the no-shows before the speeches start.
Meetup checks in QR tickets too.
The morning after
Send the survey, invoice your sponsor, and let your members' dues renew on their own. The next event starts with everyone you met at this one.
Meetup renews dues too, on its paid plans.
Every day in between
Free to use, and marked wherever Meetup works differently.
Members, attendees, volunteers and sponsors in one place, with their history, your notes and tags.
Meetup: a member list
A room for your members, and one for every event.
Signed-in members get the 3% rate and your discounts. No code to share.
Not found on Meetup
No platform fee on tickets or donations, once you're verified.
Meetup: no nonprofit pricing
Payouts, refunds and tax reports in an account that's yours.
Meetup: on paid plans only
Venues, caterers and photographers in the Humanae marketplace.
Not on Meetup
Invite co-organizers and choose what each one manages.
Meetup: fixed roles
Do the math
Side by side
| Compared on |  | Meetup |
|---|---|---|
| What it costs | ||
| To organize | Free, with no monthly fee | From $29.99 a month, or $174.99 a year (Standard) |
| On the free plan | Every tool | 1 group, 2 events a month, 10 attendees |
| Fee on dues | 3% | 7.5% + $0.50 per payment |
| A year of $15 monthly dues from 50 members | $270 | $1,149.99, with the yearly plan |
| Paid tickets | 5%, or 3% when your members buy | A service fee, charged to attendees |
| Registered charities | 0% platform fee | No nonprofit pricing |
| What comes with it | ||
| Dues | Tiers, renewal and promo codes | Renewing dues, on paid plans |
| Sponsors | Applications, finding and invoicing | A sponsor's logo, on Pro |
| Volunteers | Roles, applications and a library | Event hosts |
| Newsletters | A dedicated newsletter, with your events, free for up to 250 people | Plain emails |
| Co-organizers | Choose what each one manages | Fixed roles |
| Online and hybrid events | Included | On paid plans; hybrid on Pro |
| Venues and vendors | A marketplace to find them | — |
| Door check-in | QR scanning | QR scanning |
Moving day
Dear Meetup, we loved the RSVPs. We did not love paying every month to organize them.
Questions
Yes, for organizers who want to stop paying to organize. Humanae is free to use, dues cost 3%, and tickets 5% (3% when your members buy).
Meetup's help center lists the Standard organizer plan from $29.99 a month or $174.99 a year, and 7.5% + $0.50 taken from each dues payment, in US dollars (checked November 2026).
Humanae is free to use, with no monthly fee. You pay 5% when a ticket sells (3% when your community's members buy), 3% on membership dues, and registered charities pay 0%. Stripe's processing fee applies on top, as on every platform.
A year of $15 monthly dues from 50 members cost $270 on Humanae, and $1,149.99 on Meetup with its yearly plan, before card processing.
Meetup's free Starter plan allows one group, two events a month and ten attendees per event, without dues or paid events. On Humanae, every event and community tool is free to use.
Meetup Pro can display a sponsor's logo and link on your group. On Humanae, sponsors apply from your event page with a tier or their own amount, and their card is held until you approve.
Yes. Create your community, invite your members by email or with a CSV, and publish your next event.
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