# Event Smart review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Event registration sites with no per-ticket fees Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Event Smart builds an event website for registration and ticket sales, billed as a monthly subscription instead of a cut of each ticket. A free Basic plan exists, with paid Personal and Business plans adding custom forms, ticket delivery with QR codes and check-in. Card payments are an extra monthly upgrade on every plan. - **Category:** Event Ticketing - **Made by:** Event Smart - **Website:** https://eventsmart.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you need QR scanning, which is on Business at $100 a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Event Smart has a free plan, and paid plans start at $50 per month. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Basic plan: unlimited events and multiple ticket types with no commission, but ads show on the event site and email is capped at 25 per hour. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial of the Business plan, no card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Basic | $0 | Unlimited events, offline invoice payment, attendee list download, 25 emails per hour and ads on the event site. | | Personal | $50 per month | No ads, multi-date events, custom registration emails, laptop check-in, 200 emails per hour. | | Business | $100 per month | Adds QR code tickets and phone scanning, promo codes, waitlists, custom CSS, analytics and 500 emails per hour. | Read from https://eventsmart.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Event Smart before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **15% to 20% off for nonprofits** (Nonprofit): Nonprofit, NGO and charity organizations get 15% off the Personal plan and 20% off the Business plan. Source: https://eventsmart.com/pricing/ ## Key features - **No commission or ticket fees:** The vendor charges only for subscriptions and upgrades, not per ticket; the payment gateway still charges its own transaction fees. - **Multiple ticket types:** Sell several ticket or registration types, with taxes, surcharges and required tickets on the Personal plan and above. - **Custom registration forms:** Ask custom questions and mark them required, and send custom registration emails (Personal plan and above). - **QR code tickets and scanning:** Email tickets with QR codes or barcodes and scan them with a phone or tablet at the door (Business plan). - **Waitlists and promo codes:** The Business plan adds a waitlist for sold-out events, discount codes and an event shopping cart. - **Event calendar and embeds:** Show events on a calendar and embed event listings on another site through an iframe. ## Good for - Organizers who want a flat monthly fee, not per-ticket cuts - Classes, workshops and small conferences - Nonprofits using the stated percentage discount ## Worth knowing - Taking card payments is a separate upgrade at $15 a month on each plan (the FAQ cites $10 for an online payment upgrade). - Basic shows ads on the event website and caps email at 25 per hour. - On Basic and Personal, QR code ticket delivery is a paid add-on of $20 a month. - Gateway fees from Stripe, PayPal or similar still apply. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Event Smart charges a flat monthly fee, with no per-ticket cut, from a free Basic plan up to $100 a month. Card payments are a $15 upgrade, QR scanning needs Business, and the free plan puts ads on your event page. - **Value for money: C.** Personal is $50 a month, the category middle, but phone scanning needs Business at $100, and card payments add $15 on each plan. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Basic is free with unlimited events, but it shows ads and caps email at 25 an hour. A 14-day Business trial needs no card. - **Features: C.** Ticket types, forms, promo codes and waitlists exist, but card payments and QR delivery are paid add-ons, so the basic job has gaps. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You build the event page and forms yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with Stripe, PayPal, Square, Authorize.net and Google Analytics. Phone scanning is a browser job, with no app listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Event Smart's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among event ticketing platforms - Event Smart's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 36 of the 79 other event ticketing platforms we grade, and level with 2. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 20 of 79) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $50 a month, against a middle price of $50 for the category: 11 of the 22 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 12 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.** The plain part of Event Smart you could make: forms and qR codes. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $600 a year. - You could make: Forms and qR codes: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Stripe, PayPal and Square among them. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Stripe, PayPal, Square, Authorize.net, Google Analytics **Tags:** Ticketing, Forms, QR codes ## Alternatives - [Event Espresso](https://toolgpa.com/tools/event-espresso): WordPress plugin for event calendars, registration and tickets. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/event-espresso-vs-eventsmart) - [Eventzilla](https://toolgpa.com/tools/eventzilla): Registration and ticketing for conferences, training and fundraisers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventsmart-vs-eventzilla) - [Ticket Tailor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticket-tailor): Event ticketing for a flat fee per ticket, with prepaid credits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventsmart-vs-ticket-tailor) - [Eventbrite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/eventbrite): Ticketing and event marketplace, with fees usually paid by buyers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventbrite-vs-eventsmart) - [TicketSpice](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticketspice): Ticketing for events and attractions at a flat 99¢ per ticket. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventsmart-vs-ticketspice) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://eventsmart.com/pricing/ - https://eventsmart.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/eventsmart Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).