Presso vs Swapcard

Swapcard Alternative: Flat 1%, No Contract

Competitor pricing last checked 07/08/2026

How Presso Events compares with Swapcard, with every Swapcard 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 Swapcard is under it, because a comparison with no case against itself is an advertisement.

Side by side

 SwapcardPresso Events
Platform pricingNot published - quote only, metered on attendee volumePublished flat 1% of ticket sales, no minimum
CommitmentAnnual contract, tiered by attendees per yearNone. Pay 1% on what you sell, leave whenever
Attendee appNative app plus a web app (partial no-download)Fully browser-based - no app-store download
SetupSales-ledAI-native - describe your event in one message
Your attendee dataYours, held inside the platform contractYours - export or sync it whenever
Pricing transparencyEngagement tier published; registration quote-ledFully published - one flat 1%

Every Swapcard figure above was last checked on 07/08/2026. Check Swapcard'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 Swapcard is the better choice

Swapcard's AI matchmaking is genuinely best-in-class, and its exhibitor management and lead-capture tooling are built for large trade shows and exhibitions where sponsor and exhibitor ROI is the whole point. If that is your event, Swapcard is strong. Presso wins when you want a published flat fee, no contract, a fully no-download app and setup in a sentence.

Questions

How much does Swapcard cost?
Swapcard does not publish a price. Its pricing page lists three tiers - Starter, Professional and Enterprise - with no figures against any of them, and meters on attendee volume rather than organiser seats: 200 attendees a year on Starter, 1,000 on Professional, with more attendees sold as an add-on (swapcard.com/pricing, seen 07/08/2026). You get a number by talking to sales. Presso publishes a flat 1% of ticket sales with no minimum.
Is there a Swapcard alternative with no annual contract?
Presso has no annual commitment - you pay a flat 1% on the tickets you sell and can leave whenever. Worth being precise about Swapcard here: its organiser seats are unlimited ("Organizer Studio with unlimited number of seats", seen 07/08/2026), so the thing that scales is your attendee count, not your team size.
Does Swapcard require an app download?
Swapcard offers both a native app and a web app, so it is partly no-download. Presso is fully browser-based - attendees open your event in one tap with nothing to install.
When should I choose Presso over Swapcard?
Choose Presso when you want a published flat fee, no annual contract, a fully no-download app and AI-native setup. Choose Swapcard when deep AI matchmaking and exhibitor ROI tooling for a large trade show are the priority.

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

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