Presso vs Bizzabo

Bizzabo Alternative: Flat 1%, No Seat Minimum

Competitor pricing last checked 07/08/2026

How Presso Events compares with Bizzabo, with every Bizzabo figure carrying the date it was last checked.

Presso Events charges a flat 1% of ticket sales. No minimum, no tiers, no contract, and the browser-based attendee app is part of the product rather than an add-on. Ticket money lands in your own Stripe account.

The table below is the short version. The case for Bizzabo is under it, because a comparison with no case against itself is an advertisement.

Side by side

 BizzaboPresso Events
Published priceUSD 499 per user per month, billed annuallyFlat 1% of ticket sales, VAT included
Entry costFrom USD 17,999 per year, before add-onsNo minimum. Free until your first paid ticket sells
SeatsPriced per user, three-user minimumNot priced per seat - the fee is on ticket sales
One-off eventNot sold. An annual subscription is requiredRun one event or fifty. No subscription
Custom-branded appPremium add-on, quote-onlyPresso Pro, £49/month or £490/year
Attendee appNative app, shipped through the app storesBrowser-based - no app-store download
ContractAnnual, billed annuallyNone. Leave whenever

Every Bizzabo figure above was last checked on 07/08/2026. Check Bizzabo's published pricing and feature pages directly. Every figure above is dated; if the vendor has changed it since, the date is the thing to trust and this page needs re-checking rather than the number being assumed current.

When Bizzabo is the better choice

For a large branded flagship conference, Bizzabo is a stronger product than Presso and we are not going to pretend otherwise. Klik SmartBadge wearables have no Presso equivalent at all. Neither does deep smart matchmaking, a sponsor and speaker portal at that scale, or white-glove onsite production with a dedicated event success specialist. Bizzabo also carries SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA and ADA compliance, which matters when procurement is the gate you have to clear.

Questions

How much does Bizzabo cost?
Bizzabo publishes its price: USD 499 per user per month, billed annually with a three-user minimum, which it states as "Starting at $17,999" per year (bizzabo.com/pricing, seen 07/08/2026). Networking, a custom-branded app, API access, SSO, private-label branding and CRM integrations sit outside that figure as premium add-ons, and Klik SmartBadge wearables and professional services are quote-only. Presso charges a flat 1% of ticket sales, VAT included, with no seats and no minimum.
Does Bizzabo have a minimum contract?
Yes. Bizzabo's pricing FAQ states that "we require an annual subscription to use Bizzabo" and does not sell single-event access (seen 07/08/2026). The three-user minimum is what produces the USD 17,999 annual floor. Presso has no contract, no seat count and no subscription for ticketing - you can run a single event and stop.
Is there a Bizzabo alternative without a seat minimum?
Presso. The platform fee is a flat 1% of ticket sales with no per-user pricing, no seat minimum and no annual commitment, so a two-person team running one conference a year pays 1% of what it sells rather than a three-seat annual licence.
What is not included in Bizzabo's USD 17,999?
Bizzabo's own pricing page lists these as premium add-ons rather than core: Virtual Event Experience, Bizzabo Advanced Onsite, martech and CRM integrations, sponsor portal, speaker portal, networking and smart matchmaking, custom-branded app, API access, dedicated corporate IP address, organizer SSO, attendee SSO and private-label branding. Klik SmartBadge and professional services are separately quoted (seen 07/08/2026).
Do Bizzabo attendees have to download an app?
Bizzabo ships a native attendee app through the Apple App Store and Google Play, published by Bizzabo Ltd. (seen 07/08/2026), and its custom-branded app is a paid add-on. Presso Events is a Progressive Event App: attendees open it in the browser in one tap with nothing to install.

Presso Events charges a flat 1% of ticket sales. No minimum, no tiers, no contract.

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