# Bizzabo review (2026): is it worth $499 a month per user, billed yearly? > Event management platform for conferences and field events Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Bizzabo is an event management platform for in-person, virtual and hybrid events, sold per user on an annual contract. Registration and ticketing, an event website builder, email campaigns, a mobile app and reporting are in the base platform. Extras such as the Klik SmartBadge wearable and sponsor tools are priced separately. - **Category:** Event Ticketing - **Made by:** Bizzabo - **Website:** https://www.bizzabo.com/ - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you are a small team, as the floor is $17,999 a year on an annual contract. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Bizzabo is a paid product, starting at $499 per user / month, billed annually, 3 user minimum. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Event Experience OS | $499 per user / month, billed annually (3 user minimum) | Unlimited events and registrations, ticketing, branding, email campaigns, website builder, mobile app, reporting. Page also states from $17,999 a year. | | Klik SmartBadge | Custom | Wearable event badges for networking and lead capture. Single-event and multi-event pricing is available by quote. | Read from https://www.bizzabo.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Bizzabo before buying. ## Key features - **Registration and ticketing:** The base platform includes ticketing and registration, advanced registration flows, a contact database and an event website builder. - **Email campaigns and branding:** Email campaigns and private-label branding are part of the base package, and unlimited event templates are included. - **Mobile event app:** A mobile app is included, and a custom-branded app is a paid add-on. - **Onsite software:** The Advanced Onsite add-on covers badge printing, quick check-in, session access and lead capture through the Onsite Command App. - **Sponsor ROI and networking:** Paid add-ons cover a sponsor portal with lead retrieval and reporting, plus 1:1 meeting scheduling and matchmaking. - **Integrations and API:** Martech and CRM integrations with HubSpot, Marketo, Salesforce MCAE and Oracle Eloqua are an add-on, as is access to the open API. ## Good for - Corporate and agency teams running conferences and field marketing events - Events that need sponsor reporting and onsite badge tech - Teams that run many events a year ## Worth knowing - Sold on an annual contract with a 3-user minimum, which the page states as starting at $17,999 a year. - Add-ons such as the virtual production suite, onsite software, sponsor ROI, networking, API access and SSO are listed separately and not priced on the page. - The Klik SmartBadge wearable is quoted per event, so its price is not published. - There is no free plan or trial listed on the pricing page; the page points to a demo. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Bizzabo is an event platform for conferences with registration, a mobile app, onsite tools and sponsor reporting, sold at $499 per user a month on an annual contract. The 3-user minimum makes the floor $17,999 a year, and add-ons such as API access and SSO are listed separately and not priced. - **Value for money: D.** $499 per user a month with a 3-user minimum, which is $17,999 a year or about $1,500 a month, against a category whose dearest tenth starts at $833. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan or trial; the page points to a demo. - **Features: B.** Registration and ticketing, email campaigns and branding, a mobile event app, onsite software, sponsor ROI and networking, with integrations and an API. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. It is bought through a demo and set up event by event, so there is a learning curve. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** A web platform; the listing names HubSpot, Marketo, Salesforce and Oracle Eloqua. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Bizzabo's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among event ticketing platforms - Bizzabo's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 3 of the 45 other event ticketing platforms we grade, and level with 8. - It stands best on features (B, above 14 of 45) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $499 a month for each person, against a middle price of $59.50 for the category: 11 of the 13 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/event-ticketing ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Bizzabo you would be making newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 34 of the 45 other event ticketing platforms grade higher. It costs $5,988 a year. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. - You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: It plugs into other products, HubSpot, Marketo and Salesforce among them, and has an API. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with HubSpot, Marketo, Salesforce, Oracle Eloqua **Tags:** Ticketing, Reports, Email campaigns, Public API ## Alternatives - [Cvent](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cvent): Enterprise event registration, attendee app and check-in. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bizzabo-vs-cvent) - [Stova](https://toolgpa.com/tools/stova): Event management for conferences, trade shows and meetings. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bizzabo-vs-stova) - [Swoogo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/swoogo): Event registration and management for conferences and field events. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bizzabo-vs-swoogo) - [PheedLoop](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pheedloop): Modular event registration, check-in and event app software. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bizzabo-vs-pheedloop) - [Accelevents](https://toolgpa.com/tools/accelevents): Event management platform for conferences, with ticketing built in. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/accelevents-vs-bizzabo) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.bizzabo.com/pricing - https://www.bizzabo.com/about-us Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/bizzabo Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).