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KOLA vs Flite

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Both are built for nightlife. KOLA publishes its fee, charges sales into your own Stripe account, and lets fans pass tickets on safely.

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Fees

Our fee is 5%. At a Flite checkout, the fee came to 13.9%.

  • KOLA

    Service fee
    5%
    Card processing
    At cost: 2.9% + 30¢ in Canada and the US

  • Flite

    Service fee
    13.9%
    Card processing
    Not shown separately

On KOLA the fan pays the fee and card processing at checkout, shown before they pay as Taxes & fees, with each amount a tap away, so neither comes out of your ticket price. No setup or monthly cost to you.

Flite doesn't publish its rate: attendees pay a service fee on top of the ticket price, and event pages show one price with taxes and fees in. 13.9% is what a Flite checkout charged in October 2026, with tax listed separately.

Side by side

What changes for you.

Your money
KOLACharged into your own Stripe account, not KOLA's. Paid out when you ask, once it clears; by default from five days after the event, which keeps refunds funded.
FliteIts terms say proceeds are paid after the event, and that Flite may hold reserves.
Your buyers
KOLAExport buyers' names and emails to CSV. Email everyone who bought from you in the last 24 months, or send them to Klaviyo.
FliteName, email and phone, for purposes related to the event. Other marketing needs the buyer's separate consent.
The door
KOLAAny phone, in the browser. No app to install, no hardware.
FliteThe Flite for Hosts app.
Transfers
KOLASent to a friend by email, up until the event ends. The friend accepts, even without a KOLA account yet, and the sender's code dies the moment it's sent.
FliteOnly if the organizer turns them on. Resale outside Flite is banned.
Waitlist
KOLAOn by default. A returned ticket is held for the next fan in line for 15 minutes, at your price, matched to how many they asked for.
FliteNot listed in Flite's FAQ.

Questions

Good to know.

Anything else, the guides have it.

Where does KOLA sell?

Toronto, Montreal and New York today. Organizers can be paid in Canada, the US, the UK and euro countries.

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Two minutes to sign up, and you can start on your first event straight away.

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Sources

What we say about Flite comes from the sources below, checked on 5 October 2026, and its fees on 6 October 2026. Fees and terms change, and agreements can differ from the published versions. Flite is a trademark of its owner, used here only to identify it.