Trumba review (2026): is it worth $99.95 a month?
Web calendar publishing and event registration for institutions
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Trumba report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for publishing event calendars for institutions
Trumba publishes web calendars and takes event registrations for universities, cities and similar institutions. It costs $99.95 a month for one publisher plus $30 for every other person who logs in, the standard plan offers no BAA, and the trial's terms are not stated.
Who Trumba is for
- Fits if you run events for a campus, city or large organisation
- Works for departments that each publish their own calendar
Who Trumba is not for
- Pricey if you are a small team: every person who logs in needs a $30 seat on top of the $99.95 base
- Not for you if you need healthcare registration on Standard, which does not offer a BAA
- Watch out: paid registrations cost $1 per transaction plus 1%, on top of gateway fees
- Watch out: support beyond the first two free hours is $200 an hour
- Watch out: no free plan is listed
Why Trumba gets a 1.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for money$99.95 a month plus $30 per extra seat; for five people that is about $44 a head, above the category's $25 dearest-tenth mark.
- DFree plan and trialA free trial is offered through the contact page, with terms not stated. No free plan.
- CFeaturesCalendar publishing, registration, paid registration, departmental management and event submission. Standard has no BAA, so healthcare registration needs the quoted HIPAA Enterprise plan.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Calendars, departments and registration forms have to be built.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with Stripe, Authorize.Net, PayPal, iCal and CSV import. No mobile or desktop apps.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Trumba's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Trumba's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 0 of the 89 other calendar and scheduling apps we grade.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (C, above 10 of 89) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $99.95 a month, against a middle price of $6.99 for the category: 65 of the 66 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 69 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 90 calendar and scheduling apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Trumba’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 89, level with 13
- DFree plan and trialAbove 2 of 89, level with 4
- CFeaturesAbove 4 of 89, level with 51
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 89, level with 45
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 10 of 89, level with 15
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 81 calendar and scheduling apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Trumba, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Trumba you could make: calendar and forms. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 89 of the 89 other calendar and scheduling apps grade higher. It costs $1,199.40 a year.
What you could make
- Calendar and forms: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Selling tickets and checking them at the door.
- Booking pages that read and write other people's calendars and send the emails.
- It plugs into other products, Stripe, Authorize.Net and PayPal among them.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: HIPAA.
What this rests on. Trumba’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Trumba?
Trumba is a hosted event calendar and registration platform used by universities, hospitals, governments, libraries and schools. It publishes calendars that can be embedded in a website or hosted, collects registrations and payments, and lets departments manage their own events. Standard pricing starts with a base account plus seats and add-ons; Enterprise is quoted.
Worth knowing
- Every person who logs in needs their own seat at $30 a month, beyond the base account.
- Standard pricing does not offer a BAA; healthcare registration needs the quoted HIPAA Enterprise plan.
- Paid registrations cost $1 per transaction plus 1%, on top of the payment gateway's own fees.
- Client support beyond the two free hours that new accounts get costs $200 an hour.
Key features
- Calendar publishing
- Embed calendars in a website or use hosted ones in a matching style, with unlimited events and calendars, custom fields and filters, and import or export of third-party calendars.
- Event registration
- Customizable registration forms, attendance limits with waitlists, self-service cancellations and refunds, and public, private or invitation-only events.
- Paid registration
- Charge for events through PayPal or credit cards, or gateways such as Stripe and Authorize.Net, for $1 per transaction plus 1%. Free events carry no fee.
- Departmental management
- Each department can manage its own events in the calendars assigned to it, while the site keeps one consistent look.
- Event submission and custom objects
- A form lets people without accounts propose events for review. Custom objects hold lists such as buildings, rooms or instructors. Each is a $50 monthly add-on.
- Subscriptions and compliance
- Visitors can subscribe to calendars and get confirmations. Trumba says its platform is HIPAA compliant and meets WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards.
Trumba pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Trumba is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $99.95 per month for a base account, plus $30 per extra seat.
- Starts at
- $99.95 per month for a base account, plus $30 per extra seat
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- Free trial offered through the contact page; terms not stated.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Standard base subscription | $99.95per month for 1 Publisher account, plus $30 per extra seat | One admin account with unlimited calendars, events and free registrations. Extra seats are $30 a month each, with volume discounts. |
| Enterprise | Custom | For large organizations needing unlimited users; priced by organization size and scope. HIPAA Enterprise is required for healthcare registration. |
Read from trumba.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Trumba before you buy.
Works with
- Stripe
- Authorize.Net
- PayPal
- iCal
- CSV import
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Common questions
Does Trumba have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Trumba is listed for Web.
Does Trumba have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Trumba is listed for Web.
Is Trumba open source?
Trumba is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.