Event Smart vs Eventzilla

Event Smart lets organizers build event websites that accept registrations and payments or sell tickets. It is described for classes, conferences, workshops, trainings, seminars, socials, performances, festivals, and fundraisers. Organizers can create multiple ticket or registration types, collect attendee details, and download attendee lists. Event Smart says it charges no commission or per-ticket ticketing fee, although payment gateways may charge transaction fees. Named payment services include Stripe, PayPal, Square, and Authorize.net. Confirmation emails can link to virtual events hosted through Zoom, Google Hangouts, GoToMeeting, or another service. The free Basic plan permits unlimited events but displays ads, and several functions are paid upgrades. Personal costs $50 a month, billed monthly; Business costs $100 a month, billed monthly. Business includes emailed QR or barcode tickets and scanning, promo codes, waitlists, an event cart, and Google Analytics. New accounts receive a 14-day Business trial without billing information. After the trial, premium features are removed while event and attendee data are retained.

Eventzilla provides event registration, attendee engagement, ticketing and check-in for in-person, hybrid and virtual events, as well as webinars. Organizers can build forms with conditional logic and configure ticket types, discounts, waitlists and approval workflows. The platform also lists attendee email, exhibitor tools and onsite check-in.

Event Hub is a branded attendee mobile app with agendas, networking, interactive sessions, notifications and navigation. Eventzilla connects to over 500 apps through Zapier, including Salesforce, Mailchimp and Google Sheets, and offers an API for custom integrations. Its listed payment gateways are PayPal, Stripe, Braintree, Authorize.net and eWay. It is positioned for conferences and conventions, online events, training and courses, and fundraisers. Free events can use a no-cost plan. Basic costs $1.50 a month, billed per registration, and includes unlimited events and free registration types plus one paid ticket or registration type. A separate plan for premium features on free events costs $49 a month.