BagEvent vs Mela

BagEvent provides event websites, registration, ticketing and payments, on-site check-in and badges, and reports for conferences, corporate events, and trade shows. It runs on the web, Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. Staff check-in apps can scan an event roster downloaded in advance and sync queued check-ins when the connection returns. Ticket sales carry a 0% platform fee and settle to the organizer’s own Stripe or PayPal account. Pro costs $99/month billed annually or $129/month billed monthly, and includes five events per month, up to 1,000 attendees per event, five team members, and one custom domain. Business costs $479/month billed annually or $599/month billed monthly, with an API and webhooks. The API reads attendee and order information but cannot create registrations or change orders; the service has no built-in one-click CRM connectors. A 14-day Pro trial requires no credit card, though paid-ticket use is limited to 50 registrations, $10 per order, and $500 total. Organizer and attendee data is hosted on Google Cloud Platform in Singapore. BagEvent says it holds no security certification.

Mela is an iPhone app for B2B consumer electronics resellers who capture leads at trade shows and follow up afterward. It reads both sides of business cards, decodes QR codes, and turns the details into an editable contact form. Contacts can be grouped by event, searched or filtered by consumer electronics categories, and kept in one history across shows. Mela transcribes voice notes and suggests hashtags. It drafts personalized WhatsApp and email follow-ups for the user to review and send; it does not send messages automatically. Other listed features include QR card exchange between Mela users, inventory matching, lead temperature tracking, and contact deduplication. The free plan is free, with core features within unspecified limits. Mela Individual costs $9.99 a month; team plans range from $24.99 a month for 2 seats to $44.99 a month for 6 seats. The app requires iOS 15.1 or later. Users must be at least 16 and use it for business purposes. Captured content belongs to the user and is not used to train AI models, though service providers may process it when a feature is invoked.