Mtickets vs SoldOutAfrica: Kenya Ticketing Comparison

Both Mtickets and SoldOutAfrica help Kenyan organizers sell event tickets online with M-Pesa.

Here’s a concise comparison so you can choose the right fit.

Overview

• Mtickets — Established Kenyan ticketing brand. M-Pesa and card, used for many local events. Good name recognition among buyers and venues.
• SoldOutAfrica — Event ticketing platform built for African organizers. M-Pesa and card, fast setup, and tools like affiliate program and analytics. Supports Kenya and other African markets.

Features at a glance

Feature	SoldOutAfrica	Mtickets
M-Pesa	Yes	Yes
Card payments	Yes	Yes
Setup speed	Minutes	Typically ~1 day
Organizer dashboard	Yes	Yes
Affiliate program	Yes	Varies
Multi-country	Kenya, Nigeria, etc.	Kenya focus

When to choose SoldOutAfrica

• You want to create an event and start selling the same day.
• You care about affiliate programs and detailed analytics.
• You run events in multiple African markets (e.g. Kenya and Nigeria) and want one platform.

When to choose Mtickets

• You prefer a long-standing Kenyan-only brand that audiences and partners already know.
• Your current workflow or venue partnerships already use Mtickets.

Try both

Start with SoldOutAfrica or read the full guide to event ticketing in Kenya to compare more platforms.

Beyond the feature grid

Feature comparisons flatten out quickly — every serious platform in Kenya does M-Pesa, QR entry and a dashboard. The differences that change your outcome sit underneath.

Who funds the event? The venue deposit and artist advance are due weeks before your first sale. On almost every platform that is entirely your problem. We prefinance events from a dedicated capital pool, repaid from ticket revenue as it sells.

When do you get paid? Post-event settlement means you personally bridge your own event while your money sits visible and unreachable. We settle in realtime — here is why most platforms make you wait.

Can you see what worked? Ticket counts tell you nothing about which of your five marketing channels produced them. Attribution down to the channel, campaign and link is what stops you rebooking the package that sold eleven tickets.

Does it hold on announcement day? Half your sales can land in ten minutes. Infrastructure sized for that peak is a different build from infrastructure sized for average load.

Our terms, plainly

5% per ticket sold. No monthly subscription, no setup fee, no charge to list an event, no per-payout fee. You choose whether to absorb the 5% or pass it to attendees at checkout.

Go to the organizer portal → — 5% per ticket sold, no monthly fee, no listing fee. Tell us what you are planning in the next six months and we will tell you what we can front.