Luma vs StubHub API for AI agents
Luma is Luma's JSON API for managing your own calendar's events and guests, plus a separate MCP server that can search public Luma events. StubHub API is StubHub's OAuth2 REST API for searching events, buying tickets and listing tickets on the StubHub marketplace.
The short answer
- Luma: Hosts automating their own Luma calendars, and agents finding public Luma events such as tech and community meetups through the MCP server.
- StubHub API: Approved affiliate and reseller partners who want to search and buy resale tickets from StubHub inside their own product.
Side by side
| Luma | StubHub API | |
|---|---|---|
| Searches | The API covers only the calendar its key was created on. The MCP server can search upcoming public Luma events by keyword, location and date range. | Events on the StubHub ticket marketplace (catalog), plus inventory, sales and account data for partners. |
| Before the first call | API: a Luma Plus subscription on the calendar and a per-calendar API key (200 requests a minute per calendar). MCP: any Luma account, signed in through OAuth. | Access is granted on request: affiliates and buyer-facing apps email StubHub's affiliate team, seller tools email API support; every request needs an OAuth2 token. |
| Free | The MCP server works with any Luma account, without Luma Plus. | – |
| Paid | The API needs Luma Plus, listed at $59 a month billed annually. | – |
| Acting on a result | Not stated on its pages | Checkout through the API (purchase tickets for an event), for partners who are given access. |
| MCP server | Official MCP server at https://mcp.luma.com (searches public Luma events and manages events you host). | – |
Where Openpath fits
Openpath has no event listings yet. Events are on its roadmap, from organizers who list them themselves. Get listed.
Questions people ask
What do I need before I can use Luma?
API: a Luma Plus subscription on the calendar and a per-calendar API key (200 requests a minute per calendar). MCP: any Luma account, signed in through OAuth.
Is Luma free?
The MCP server works with any Luma account, without Luma Plus.
Sources
Every line about another company comes from its own pages. Prices and terms change, so check the source before you rely on one.
Luma, read on October 15, 2026:
- docs.luma.com/reference/getting-started-with-your-api: “To use the Luma API, you need a Luma Plus subscription.”
- docs.luma.com/reference/getting-started-with-your-api: “The Luma API is a JSON-based API that allows you to programmatically manage your events and guests.”
- docs.luma.com/reference/getting-started-with-your-api: “only grants access to the calendar it was created on”
- help.luma.com/p/luma-api: “The Luma API uses a per-minute rate limit shared across read and write requests:”
- luma.com/pricing: “$59 ... Per month, billed annually”
- luma.com/pricing: “API access”
- help.luma.com/p/mcp: “search upcoming public events on Luma by keyword, location, and date range.”
- help.luma.com/p/mcp: “Anyone with a Luma account can connect — you don’t need Luma Plus.”
- help.luma.com/p/mcp: “https://mcp.luma.com”
StubHub API, read on October 15, 2026:
- developer.stubhub.com/docs/overview/introduction: “search for and view events, purchase tickets for an event or list tickets on the StubHub platform”
- developer.stubhub.com/docs/overview/introduction: “OAuth2 is used for all authentication.”
- developer.stubhub.com/blog: “To get access, please contact one of the email addresses below:”
- developer.stubhub.com/blog: “If you are a current affiliate partner or are building something that helps buyers find tickets to purchase”
- developer.stubhub.com/blog: “we are experiencing high volumes of requests for API support”