Eventzilla vs pretix

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.

pretix is an event registration and ticketing service for in-person events. Organizers can create registration forms, issue tickets, send attendee email, use exhibitor tools, and check attendees in onsite. It does not include an attendee app. The listed platforms are web, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. pretix offers a free plan. The pretix Community plan lists unlimited ticket volume and unlimited administrative users, though no price is listed. pretix Hosted also has no listed price and includes 500 free tickets per calendar year. A separate pretix Hosted free-ticket distribution plan costs €0.50 a month; the first 500 free tickets per year carry no fee, and the quota increases with each paid ticket. The maker is pretix, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany. For organizers, the listed tools cover registration, ticketing, and onsite check-in, while attendee-facing access is limited by the absence of an attendee app.