Eventbrite and Livestorm are event software for organizers who need people to register and show up. Eventbrite is built for selling tickets to public events through a marketplace, while Livestorm is built for running webinars in a browser. Promoters, venues and community groups fit Eventbrite. Livestorm suits marketing, sales and training teams.
Pricing: Free events cost nothing; paid tickets carry a 3.7% + $1.79 service fee plus 2.9% processing (US). Premium $69/mo adds promotion, 2,000 emails a day and ad credits.
Eventbrite is event ticketing and marketing for organizers: event pages, email campaigns, reserved seating and a check-in app on a public marketplace.
by Livestorm
Pricing: Free for 30 attendee credits/yr; Pro from $1,200/yr at 400 credits, volume discounts to 20% off; Enterprise custom.
Livestorm is a browser-based webinar and virtual event platform for demos, training and online events, priced on an annual attendee-credit model.
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Free events cost nothing; paid tickets carry a 3.7% + $1.79 service fee plus 2.9% processing (US). Premium $69/mo adds promotion, 2,000 emails a day and ad credits.
Free for 30 attendee credits/yr; Pro from $1,200/yr at 400 credits, volume discounts to 20% off; Enterprise custom.
Choose Eventbrite if you sell tickets to a public event and want marketplace buyers. Choose Livestorm if you run recurring webinars, demos or training online. Eventbrite starts with a free plan, then monthly paid plans, and higher plans are sold by quote. Livestorm also has a free plan, then yearly paid plans, with higher plans sold by quote.
An organizer filling a venue needs tools for the door as well as the page. Eventbrite sells tickets with card payments, taxes and refunds, and it offers a seating designer where buyers pick seats at checkout. It also scans tickets and checks guests in from a phone. One limit is cost, because paid tickets carry a service fee and a processing fee that passes to the buyer by default.
A team that runs webinars every month needs sessions that open from a link. Livestorm streams sessions to remote attendees with chat and Q&A, and attendees join in a browser with nothing to download. Hosts can offer a replay recording afterwards. The tool is built for virtual events rather than in-person conferences, so ticketing for a live venue happens elsewhere.
Eventbrite's users praise easy setup and a marketplace that brings buyers an organizer would not reach alone. They complain that fees run high and that support is slow, especially for refunds. Livestorm's reviewers like the chat, polls and Q&A, plus the integrations. They find the price steep for small teams, and some report auto-renewal and cancellation disputes with the company. Both sets of reviewers mention limited customization.
Eventbrite describes an indie comedy club that ticketed its shows there after switching from another tool. The club ran its ticketing and event management on the platform and sold out shows after a short time on it. Livestorm tells of a hiring software company that ran marketing webinars for recruiters and hiring managers. The webinars aimed to build market authority, and they generated leads for the company.
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