# Eventleaf review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Event registration, badge printing and check-in software Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Eventleaf is event management software for registration, payment collection, badge design and printing, and on-site check-in. Higher plans add an attendee app, a check-in app that works offline and a lead retrieval app. Pricing is built around how many attendees an organization registers per year. - **Category:** Event Ticketing - **Made by:** Jolly Technologies (since 2012) - **Website:** https://eventleaf.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android, Windows - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay on Starter, as it caps at 100 attendees a year. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Eventleaf has a free plan, and paid plans start at $500 per year for 500 attendees. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Starter plan: free for up to 100 attendees a year, with unlimited events and users, an event website, registration, badge printing and surveys. - **Free trial:** All Ultimate plan features can be tried free on events with under 20 registrations. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | $0 | Up to 100 attendees a year, no contract. Registration, event website, discounts, invoicing, waiting list, badge printing and surveys, with email support. | | Basic | $500 per year for 500 attendees | Registration and badge features as in Starter, plus phone support. $1 per extra attendee; $1,600 for 2,000 and $3,000 for 5,000. | | Professional | $2,000 per year for 1,000 attendees | Adds check-in, the check-in app, the attendee app, polls and certificates. $2 per attendee beyond the limit; $6,400 for 4,000 and $12,000 for 10,000. | | Ultimate | Custom | Custom attendee count. Adds the lead retrieval app, abstracts and proposals, SSO, and HubSpot, Marketo and Salesforce integrations. Priced by quote. | Read from https://eventleaf.com/event-management-platform/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Eventleaf before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Discounts for nonprofits and universities** (Nonprofit): The pricing page says discounts for non-profits and universities are available by contacting Eventleaf. Source: https://eventleaf.com/event-management-platform/pricing ## Key features - **Registration and payments:** Multiple registration paths, discounts, invoicing, a waiting list, and speaker and sponsor sign-up, with fee collection through your own processor or Eventleaf's. - **Badge design and printing:** Pre-designed templates and a customizable designer, with conditional elements and different designs by registration type. - **Check-in app:** Event and session check-in with QR code scanning, entry control, digital signature capture, offline mode and on-site badge printing. - **Attendee app:** An event guide with live polls and Q&A, session feedback, messaging, contact swapping and gamification. - **Exhibitor tools:** Interactive booth selection, exhibition booth sales and a lead retrieval app for exhibitors. - **Credits and certificates:** Time tracking, CE and PDH credits, and attendance certificates for training and continuing-education events. ## Good for - Organizations that run many small events and want to pay by attendee, not per ticket - Training and continuing-education events that need credits and certificates - Events that need badge printing and fast check-in ## Worth knowing - Sales fee on payments: 6% with Eventleaf's processor on pay-as-you-go, 3% with your own, lower at higher volume. Fees are non-refundable. - The attendee app, check-in app, session check-in and certificates start at Professional, not Basic. - Lead retrieval, abstracts, SSO and the HubSpot, Marketo and Salesforce integrations are Ultimate only; API and Zapier access are add-ons. - Email is capped at 50 times the annual attendee limit and SMS at 2 times; the Eventleaf card processor supports USD only. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Eventleaf covers registration, badge printing and check-in, with a free plan for up to 100 attendees a year and paid plans from $500 a year for 500 attendees. The check-in app, attendee app and certificates start at Professional ($2,000 a year), and payments carry a 6% fee on pay-as-you-go. - **Value for money: C.** $500 a year for 500 attendees is about $42 a month, between the category's cheaper quarter ($20) and middle ($60), but the check-in and attendee apps start at $2,000 a year and payments carry a 3-6% sales fee. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Starter is free for up to 100 attendees a year with unlimited events and users, registration, badge printing and surveys; Ultimate features can be tried on events under 20 registrations. - **Features: B.** Registration and payments, badge design and printing, a check-in app, an attendee app, exhibitor tools and certificates, though some are gated by plan. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You build each event, set up tickets and payments and test the checkout yourself, so there is a learning curve. - **Platforms and integrations: A.** Web, iPhone, Android and Windows, with HubSpot, Marketo, Salesforce, Lobbytrack and Zapier listed and API and Zapier access as add-ons. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Eventleaf'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 - Eventleaf's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 23 of the 45 other event ticketing platforms we grade, and level with 7. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 44 of 45) and worst on ease of use (C, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $41.67 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $59.50 for the category: 4 of the 13 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/event-ticketing ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Eventleaf you could make: forms and surveys. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $500 a year. - You could make: Forms and surveys: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door. - You could not: Apps for Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - 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, Lobbytrack, Zapier **Tags:** Ticketing, Forms, Surveys, Public API ## Alternatives - [Cvent](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cvent): Enterprise event registration, attendee app and check-in. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cvent-vs-eventleaf) - [RegFox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/regfox): Event registration with per-registrant fees and no subscription. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventleaf-vs-regfox) - [Ticket Tailor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticket-tailor): Event ticketing for a flat fee per ticket, with prepaid credits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventleaf-vs-ticket-tailor) - [Eventzilla](https://toolgpa.com/tools/eventzilla): Registration and ticketing for conferences, training and fundraisers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventleaf-vs-eventzilla) - [Swoogo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/swoogo): Event registration and management for conferences and field events. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventleaf-vs-swoogo) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://eventleaf.com/event-management-platform/pricing - https://eventleaf.com - https://eventleaf.com/event-management/about-us Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/eventleaf Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).