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Alternatives to Guest Manager
19 event management tools sit alongside Guest Manager in this directory. Below is what separates each from Guest Manager on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Guest Manager starts at
- Free
Why people look past Guest Manager
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Guest Manager has a free tier, and starts at Free against a category median of $162/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Ticketing that funds charity
- 2 tiers to Guest Manager's 3.
The fair-trade ticketing company
- Sold on a transaction model rather than freemium.
- 1 tier to Guest Manager's 3.
Event planning and collaboration platform
Priced and rated the same as Guest Manager on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Delightful events for communities
- Starts $59 a month dearer, at $59/month.
- 2 tiers to Guest Manager's 3.
The party planning app
Priced and rated the same as Guest Manager on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
RSVP and event management made easy
- Starts $29 a month dearer, at $29/month.
Every Guest Manager alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guest Manager (this page) | Free | Freemium | 3 | |
| Humanitix | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Guest Manager |
| Brown Paper Tickets | Free | Transaction | 1 | vs Guest Manager |
| AllSeated | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Guest Manager |
| Luma | Free, then $59/month | - | 2 | vs Guest Manager |
| Partiful | Free | - | - | vs Guest Manager |
| RSVPify | Free, then $29/month | - | - | vs Guest Manager |
| Peatix | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Guest Manager |
| Social Tables | $199/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Guest Manager |
| Priava | $250/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Guest Manager |
| Meetup | $55/month | - | - | vs Guest Manager |
| Grip | On request | - | - | vs Guest Manager |
| Splash That | On request | - | - | vs Guest Manager |
| CVent Events | $1500/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Guest Manager |
| Planning Pod | $59/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Guest Manager |
| EventPro | $200/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Guest Manager |
| Brella | $2500/event | Subscription | 3 | vs Guest Manager |
| Accelevents | $125/month | - | 2 | vs Guest Manager |
| Aventri | $800/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Guest Manager |
| Eventix | €0.49/ticket | Transaction | 2 | vs Guest Manager |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Guest Manager badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Guest Manager is most often brought in for guest list check in on tablets at events, selling and scanning event tickets, printing name badges onsite. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Guest Manager is broadly right and the question is cost, the Guest Manager pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Event Management category lists everything the directory holds, and best event management tools ranks them.
Guest Manager runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Guest Manager alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Guest Manager?
- 19 other event management tools are listed in this directory, led by Humanitix, Brown Paper Tickets, AllSeated, Luma. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Guest Manager?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Humanitix, Brown Paper Tickets, AllSeated, Luma, Partiful.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Guest Manager?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Guest Manager has a free tier, and starts at Free against a category median of $162/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Guest Manager?
- Guest Manager is most often brought in for guest list check in on tablets at events, selling and scanning event tickets, printing name badges onsite. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Guest Manager?
- None of the event management tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Guest Manager alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Event Management, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Guest Manager against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Guest Manager covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every event management tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Event Management category, 19 tools beside Guest Manager. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.