# Eventyay review (2026): is it any good? > Open-source event ticketing, schedules and check-in Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Eventyay is an open-source event platform from FOSSASIA covering ticket sales, call for proposals, speaker and session management, schedules, online events, badges and check-in. It runs as a hosted service at eventyay.com or can be self-hosted under the Apache 2.0 license. - **Category:** Event Ticketing - **Made by:** FOSSASIA - **Website:** https://eventyay.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you don't want to run a server, as self-hosting means upgrades and backups are yours. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Eventyay is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Self-hosted | $0 | Apache 2.0 licensed code you run yourself with Docker; you handle hosting, backups and upgrades. | Read from https://github.com/fossasia/eventyay on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Eventyay before buying. ## Key features - **Ticketing and orders:** Ticket products and quotas, gift cards, order management, payment settings, refunds and cancellations. - **Talks and schedules:** Call for proposals, session review, speaker management and scheduling tools for conferences. - **Online events:** Online event pages with video rooms and streaming links. - **Badges and check-in:** Badge printing and attendee check-in. - **Embeddable widget:** A widget and a button for placing ticket sales on another site, with voucher and product filtering options. - **Self-hosting:** A Docker-based installation guide and an API and plugin system for operators running their own copy. ## Good for - Open-source and community conferences - Teams that want to host their own ticketing ## Worth knowing - Fees for the hosted service at eventyay.com are not stated on the pages read. - Self-hosting means the operator handles deployment, backups, monitoring and upgrades. - The listing shows a login and event listings but no public pricing page. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Eventyay is an open-source system for ticketing, call for proposals, schedules and badges, which you run yourself with Docker. The hosted version's fees aren't stated on the pages we read, and self-hosting means you handle upgrades and backups. - **Value for money: C.** The code is free under Apache 2.0, but you have to host it, so it is a C. Fees for the hosted service are not shown. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The code is free with no cap, though you need a server to run it. - **Features: B.** Tickets, orders, refunds, call for proposals, schedules, badges, check-in and a widget cover the conference job. - **Ease of use: D.** It is installed with Docker and you run deployment, backups and upgrades. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web with an API, plugin system and embeddable widget. No phone apps are listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Eventyay'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 - Eventyay's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 39 of the 79 other event ticketing platforms we grade, and level with 9. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 43 of 79) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). - Eventyay has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/event-ticketing ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Eventyay is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. - You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: widgets. - 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. **Tags:** Ticketing, Open source, Self-hostable, Public API ## Alternatives - [pretix](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pretix): Open-source ticket shop, hosted or on your own server. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventyay-vs-pretix) - [Hi.Events](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hi-events): Open-source event ticketing with a hosted or self-run option. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventyay-vs-hi-events) - [Tickera](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tickera): WordPress ticketing plugin with no per-ticket commission. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventyay-vs-tickera) - [Event Espresso](https://toolgpa.com/tools/event-espresso): WordPress plugin for event calendars, registration and tickets. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/event-espresso-vs-eventyay) - [Tito](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tito): Ticketing for conferences and meetups, for 3% of each ticket. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/eventyay-vs-tito) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://github.com/fossasia/eventyay - https://eventyay.com - https://docs.eventyay.com/getting-started/hosted-or-self-hosted.html - https://docs.eventyay.com/getting-started/what-is-eventyay.html Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/eventyay Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).