Ummah Unite vs Ummah (theummah.io)
Despite the similar names, these are different companies solving different jobs. Ummah (theummah.io) is a community operating system — a moderated feed, member directory, donation suite, and mobile app for running an organization year-round. Ummah Unite is event commerce — tickets, vendor storefronts, and floor space sold in one checkout on the day your community actually gathers. Plenty of organizations could justify using both.
| Ummah Unite | Ummah (theummah.io) | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs the whole event: marketing, website, operations | Yes - in-house media, tech and operations teams. Niya Summit (Computer History Museum, Aug 2026): we ran marketing end to end, built niyasummit.com and supported operations; 327 tickets against an organizer target of 175 | Not offered - a ticketing/listing tool only |
| Public footprint (checked Sep 2026) | $76,000+ processed across 5,000+ tickets, 117 events and 28 organizers on this platform | App Store: 24 ratings; Google Play: “1K+” installs (stores’ own counts). Website states “30,000+ Muslims across 3,000+ organizations” |
| Core job | Event commerce — selling the whole event | Community management — running the organization year-round |
| Pricing model | $0 to your organization, no subscription | $0, $29, and $199/month plans (their published pricing) |
| Who pays the platform fee | The attendee, added at checkout — you bank 100% of face value | The organization — deducted from each sale (0% only on the $199/mo plan) |
| Fee on paid tickets | $1 + 2.5% added to the attendee total | 3% on Free, 1.5% on Basic, 0% on Advanced (their published pricing) |
| Cost in a month with no events | $0 | $0, $29 or $199 depending on plan |
| Fee on free tickets | None | None |
| Fee on donations | None — organizer keeps 100% | None on their published plans |
| Vendor storefronts with their own payouts | Yes — each vendor paid into their own Stripe account | Vendor coordination, not vendor commerce |
| Booth, table & floor-plan sales | Included — interactive venue maps | Not offered |
| Merchandise with shipping & tracking | Yes | Not offered |
| Multi-party payment splits at point of sale | Yes — ticket, vendor and donation split automatically | Not offered |
| Gender-segregated ticketing | Native primitive — brothers', sisters' and family allocations | Gender privacy settings on profiles |
| Community feed & member directory | Not our job | Yes — core product |
| Prayer times & Hijri calendar | Not offered | Yes — built in |
| Mobile app | Web-first — no app required to buy or check in | iOS and Android app |
| Event operations & media | Full stack — logistics crews, media production, and custom tech builds from the team that built the platform | Software only |
Every platform on this page sells tickets. That is where they stop.
Ticketing is one line item in running an event. These are the parts nobody else on this page attempts — and they are the reason organizers move to us even when the fee comparison is a tie.
Commerce for the whole event
- Vendors sell their own products from storefronts on your event page, paid straight into their own Stripe accounts
- Booths, tables and seats sold from an interactive floor plan, with timed holds so two vendors cannot buy the same spot
- Merchandise with shipping, tracking and fulfilment
- Donations captured inside the ticket checkout, with the organizer keeping 100%
- Every party paid automatically at the moment of sale — no reconciling spreadsheets afterwards
A team, not just software
- Event operations crews on the ground on the day
- Media production — photo, video, reels, live coverage
- Marketing, sponsorship strategy and outreach
- Custom technology built for your event by the people who built the platform
- White-glove migration from whatever you use today
Built for how Muslim events actually run
- Gender-segregated ticketing as a native allocation — brothers', sisters' and family, not a workaround
- Approval-gated registration for members-only and restricted programmes
- Multi-session and multi-track registration for conferences
- Volunteer shift scheduling and assignment
- QR check-in with a live door command centre — 635 real door scans to date
If all you need is a payment link, several tools on this page will do that and we will say so plainly. The moment your event has vendors, a floor plan, sponsors, sections, or a queue at the door, there is nothing else in this category that covers it.
What you actually bank on $50,000 of tickets sold
| Platform | What it costs you | You keep |
|---|---|---|
| Ummah Unite | $0 to your organization | $50,000 |
| Ummah — Free plan (3%) | $1,500 deducted from sales | $48,500 |
| Ummah — Basic, $29/mo (1.5%) | $750 in fees + $348 subscription | $48,902 |
| Ummah — Advanced, $199/mo (0%) | $0 in fees + $2,388 subscription | $47,612 |
Card processing is separate and charged by the payment processor on every platform.
The question is not the percentage. It is whose pocket it comes out of.
Our fee is added at the attendee's checkout, not deducted from your revenue. Sell a $50 ticket and the buyer pays $52.25; you bank the full $50. Their platform fee is taken from the sale, so on their Free plan the same $50 ticket returns $48.50 to you and on Basic $49.25. Their Advanced plan does return the full $50 — but it costs $199 a month, $2,388 a year, whether you run twelve events or none. Which means Advanced can only ever MATCH what you already receive from us at $0. Sell $50,000 of tickets in a year: we return $50,000 and charge your organization nothing. Their Free plan returns $48,500. Their Advanced plan returns $50,000 minus the $2,388 subscription, so $47,612. There is no volume at which paying to remove a fee beats never being charged one.
Where Ummah (theummah.io) wins
- Year-round community engagement: moderated feed, announcements, member directory
- A dedicated mobile app members already open for prayer times
- Prayer times, Hijri calendar and zakat categories built into the product
- A full recurring-donation suite with campaigns and kiosks
- Discovery through their own app — they report 30,000+ members across 3,000+ communities
- A 0% platform fee on their Advanced plan, if the $199/month subscription suits your budget
Where Ummah Unite wins
- Business, media, and tech under one roof — event-day capability their software model doesn’t attempt
- Event-day commerce depth: vendors, booths, zones, sessions, waitlists in one checkout
- You bank 100% of face value — our fee is added at the attendee checkout, never deducted from your sales
- No subscription — $0 to your organization at every volume, including months you run nothing
- Direct Stripe payouts in 135+ currencies
- Muslim-specific event discovery for attendees beyond your member list
- Vendors sell their own products at your event and are paid into their own Stripe accounts
- Booths, tables and seats sold from an interactive floor plan
- A team that runs events, not just software
The honest version: if your masjid wants to replace WhatsApp groups, collect recurring donations, and push announcements to an app, theummah.io built exactly that and we did not. If your organization’s bottleneck is the event itself — vendors guessing inventory, forty-minute food lines, booth fees that undersell the floor — that is the problem Ummah Unite exists to solve. The names are similar; the jobs are not.
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Frequently asked questions
Are Ummah Unite and Ummah (theummah.io) the same company?
No. Ummah Unite (ummahunite.com) and Ummah (theummah.io) are separate, unaffiliated companies. Ummah Unite is an event commerce platform; Ummah is a community management platform.
Which is cheaper for ticketing?
It depends on volume and plan. Ummah Unite charges your organization $0 with no subscription at any volume. Ummah charges 3% on its free plan, 1.5% at $29/month, or 0% at $199/month — so heavy year-round ticketing on their Advanced plan can reach 0%, at $2,388/year in subscription cost.
Can we use both platforms?
Yes. Some organizations run their community feed and recurring donations on one platform and their ticketed events with vendors and booths on Ummah Unite. Nothing about either product prevents it.
Does Ummah Unite have a community feed or member app?
No — that is deliberately not our job. Ummah Unite is web-first event commerce: attendees buy and check in from a link, with no app install required.
Sell the whole event, not just the ticket.
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Competitor pricing referenced from public pricing pages and independent fee breakdowns, verified August 2026. Rates change — always confirm current terms with each provider.