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Alternatives to Luma
20 events tools sit alongside Luma in this directory. Below is what separates each from Luma on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 5
- Cheaper to start
- 6
- Luma starts at
- Free, then $59/month
Why people look past Luma
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Luma has a free tier, and starts at $59/month against a category median of $199/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.
Find your people
- No free tier, where Luma has one.
- Starts $4 a month cheaper, at $55/month.
Where event planners thrive
- Starts $44 a month cheaper, at $15/month.
Event planning and collaboration platform
- Starts $59 a month cheaper, at Free.
- 3 tiers to Luma's 2.
The fair-trade ticketing company
- Starts $59 a month cheaper, at Free.
- 1 tier to Luma's 2.
Ticketing that funds charity
- Starts $59 a event cheaper, at Free.
- 4 tiers to Luma's 2.
RSVP and event management made easy
- Starts $30 a month cheaper, at $29/month.
Every Luma 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luma (this page) | Free, then $59/month | - | 2 | |
| MeetupEstablished community event platform with strong local discovery and member search, best for grassroots recurring meetups | $55/month | - | - | vs Luma |
| EventbriteRobust ticketing and public event discovery platform, stronger for large public events with 200+ attendees | Free, then $15/month | - | 2 | vs Luma |
| AllSeated | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Luma |
| Brown Paper Tickets | Free | Transaction | 1 | vs Luma |
| Humanitix | Free | Transaction | 4 | vs Luma |
| RSVPify | Free, then $29/month | - | - | vs Luma |
| Activity Messenger | $99/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Luma |
| Remo | $299/month | Per month by attendee capacity | 3 | vs Luma |
| CIRCUITREE | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Luma |
| CampSite | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Luma |
| Regpack | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Luma |
| ACTIVE Network | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Luma |
| Priava | $250/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Luma |
| Grip | On request | - | - | vs Luma |
| Social Tables | $199/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Luma |
| Splash That | On request | - | - | vs Luma |
| Planning Pod | $59/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Luma |
| EventPro | $200/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Luma |
| Brella | $2500/event | Subscription | 3 | vs Luma |
| CVent Events | $1500/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Luma |
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 Luma badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (5)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Eventbrite , Free, then $15/month
- AllSeated , Free
- Brown Paper Tickets , Free
- Humanitix , Free
- RSVPify , Free, then $29/month
Cheaper than Luma (6)
Entry price under Luma's $59/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Meetup , $55/month
- Eventbrite , Free, then $15/month
- AllSeated , Free
- Brown Paper Tickets , Free
- Humanitix , Free
- RSVPify , Free, then $29/month
What you would be giving up
Luma is most often brought in for event planning, ticket sales, attendee management, virtual events, event marketing. 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 Luma is broadly right and the question is cost, the Luma pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Events category lists everything the directory holds, and best events tools ranks them.
Luma 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 Luma alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Luma?
- 20 other events tools are listed in this directory, led by Meetup, Eventbrite, AllSeated, Brown Paper Tickets. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Luma?
- 5 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Eventbrite, AllSeated, Brown Paper Tickets, Humanitix, RSVPify.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Luma?
- Yes. 6 of the alternatives below start under Luma's $59/month: Meetup at $55/month, Eventbrite at Free, then $15/month, AllSeated at Free, Brown Paper Tickets at Free.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Luma?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Luma has a free tier, and starts at $59/month against a category median of $199/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 Luma?
- Luma is most often brought in for event planning, ticket sales, attendee management, virtual events, event marketing. 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 Luma?
- None of the events 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 Luma alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Events, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Luma against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Luma 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 events tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Events category, 20 tools beside Luma. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.