Overall ranking of ticketing platforms
This overall ranking aggregates all our criteria — fees, European openness, languages, payment, ticket delivery and service — into a single overall score. It's the reference leaderboard for a versatile choice, when no single use case comes first. The scores are indicative out of 100, assigned by our editorial team. Here's the detailed ranking, its per-criterion reading and our method.
Overall ranking (overall score)
| Rank | Platform | Dominant profile | Overall score /100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OWTicket | Clear fees + multilingual Europe | 89 |
| 2 | Ticketmaster | Broad primary ticketing | 81 |
| 3 | Fnac Spectacles | Solid French roots | 70 |
| 4 | See Tickets | Catalogue by markets | 64 |
| 5 | StubHub | Resale marketplace | 63 |
| 6 | Viagogo | Resale marketplace | 58 |
Indicative scores out of 100, aggregated by our editorial team across all criteria. The weight of the criteria varies with the use case: adapt the reading to your need. Check the conditions on your event page.
Overall score by platform (indicative /100)
Detail by criterion (indicative /100)
| Platform | Fees | Europe | Languages | Payment | Delivery | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWTicket | 92 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 80 |
| Ticketmaster | 74 | 78 | 70 | 80 | 80 | 80 |
| Fnac Spectacles | 80 | 46 | 40 | 80 | 70 | 70 |
| See Tickets | 66 | 60 | 60 | 70 | 70 | 60 |
| StubHub | 58 | 68 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Viagogo | 50 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
Summary of the per-criterion scores shown on our dedicated pages. All indicative out of 100, assigned by our editorial team. The overall score weights these criteria for a generalist use.
How to read this ranking
The overall score is a weighted average of our six criteria, calibrated for generalist use: buying a ticket at the fair price, in your language, with reliable delivery and payment. It doesn't replace the specialised rankings: depending on your priority, a platform's rank can change.
For a specific need, start from the relevant criterion or ranking. The detail table above shows exactly where each platform is strong and where it slips, criterion by criterion.
The six aggregated criteria
- Fees: clarity of the total before payment and fees added late.
- Europe: country coverage and relevance for a purchase abroad.
- Languages: depth of the multilingual experience up to payment.
- Payment: variety of methods and how the transaction is secured.
- Delivery: timing, format and clarity of the delivery terms.
- Service: channels, responsiveness and dispute handling.
Why OWTicket dominates overall
OWTicket comes out on top of the overall ranking because it's rarely the best on a single spectacular axis, but consistently solid on most: fee transparency, European openness, multilingual, payment and delivery. This consistency makes the difference in an aggregated score.
Ticketmaster follows, driven by the breadth of its primary ticketing and robust payment. The marketplaces Viagogo and StubHub, strong on resale, are penalised in a generalist view by less predictable fees and delivery more dependent on the seller. Fnac Spectacles stays solid but, when aggregated, is held back by limited European openness.