# Trumba review (2026): is it worth $99.95 a month? > Web calendar publishing and event registration for institutions Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Calendar & Scheduling - **Made by:** Trumba Corporation - **Website:** https://trumba.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you are a small team: every person who logs in needs a $30 seat on top of the $99.95 base. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## 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. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free trial offered through the contact page; terms not stated. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Standard base subscription | $99.95 per 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 https://trumba.com/pricing/standard-pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Trumba before buying. ## 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. ## Good for - Universities and school districts publishing department calendars - Libraries taking room reservations and publishing events - Hospitals running public classes with online registration ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: D.** $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. - **Free plan and trial: D.** A free trial is offered through the contact page, with terms not stated. No free plan. - **Features: C.** Calendar publishing, registration, paid registration, departmental management and event submission. Standard has no BAA, so healthcare registration needs the quoted HIPAA Enterprise plan. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Calendars, departments and registration forms have to be built. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with Stripe, Authorize.Net, PayPal, iCal and CSV import. No mobile or desktop apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among calendar and scheduling apps - 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/calendar ## Keep it, 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. - You could make: Calendar and forms: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Selling tickets and checking them at the door. - You could not: Booking pages that read and write other people's calendars and send the emails. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Stripe, Authorize.Net and PayPal among them. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: HIPAA. 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, Authorize.Net, PayPal, iCal, CSV import **Tags:** Calendar, Ticketing, Forms, Booking links ## Alternatives - [Teamup](https://toolgpa.com/tools/teamup): Shared group calendar with sub-calendars and nine access levels. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/teamup-vs-trumba) - [SuperSaaS](https://toolgpa.com/tools/supersaas): Booking system priced by upcoming appointments, not seats. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/supersaas-vs-trumba) - [SimplyBook.me](https://toolgpa.com/tools/simplybook-me): Online booking system for service businesses, priced by volume. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/simplybook-me-vs-trumba) - [Reservio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/reservio): Online booking system with client management and mobile apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/reservio-vs-trumba) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://trumba.com/pricing/standard-pricing - https://trumba.com/pricing - https://trumba.com/features/event-registration - https://trumba.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/trumba Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).