These are not quite the same category of product
Glue Up is a membership and association management platform — CRM, invoicing, membership tiers, communications — with event registration and ticketing as one module among several. KKTix, operated by KKCompany, is Taiwan's dominant ticketing platform for the broader public events market: concerts, festivals, conferences, and general ticketed events, used far beyond the association and association world.
That difference matters more than a feature-by-feature comparison suggests: an association is rarely choosing purely on ticketing quality, but on whether it wants one system covering membership and events together, or the strongest available ticketing tool paired with something separate for membership and dues.
Where Glue Up's event ticketing fits into the bigger picture
Because event registration lives inside the same platform as membership records, a member registering for an event is already a known contact — no separate account, no re-entering company details. Ticket revenue and member data sit in the same system, which is genuinely useful for tracking event attendance against membership engagement over time.
The trade-off is that Glue Up's overall commercial model — percentage-based fees and, per some chamber accounts, funds held for a period before payout — applies to event ticket revenue the same way it applies to dues.
Where KKTix's focus on ticketing shows
KKTix is built specifically for ticketed events at scale, and its checkout, seat selection, and payment flows reflect years of handling high-volume public ticket sales in Taiwan — a strength a general-purpose membership platform's events module is unlikely to match feature-for-feature. What it does not have is any concept of a member, a dues invoice, or an association directory — an association using it for events still needs a separate system for everything else.
KKTix also charges its own per-transaction booking fee (the exact rate is not published as a flat, universal number, and should be confirmed for the specific event type before committing) — some associations report fees in a similar range to other Taiwan ticketing platforms, which is worth weighing against whatever fee structure the association's primary membership platform already charges on events.
What actually decides it for most associations
- How much event volume relative to membership admin: an association running mostly large public-facing ticketed events may value KKTix's ticketing depth more than integration with membership records.
- Whether attendees are mostly existing members (favouring an integrated platform) or a broader public audience (favouring a dedicated ticketing tool with wider consumer reach).
- Total cost across both dues and event volume, not just the ticketing fee in isolation — a lower ticketing fee paired with a higher dues-side percentage can net out worse overall.
- Whether the association wants funds settling directly to its own account rather than held by either platform before payout.
Where AlumniFlow fits
AlumniFlow takes the "one platform" side of this trade-off — membership, invoicing, and event ticketing (including tiers and add-ons) together — while connecting directly to the association's own payment accounts (Stripe, or JKOPay/LINE Pay/TapPay for Taiwan) so event and dues revenue both settle straight to the association with no percentage taken by AlumniFlow.