Presso vs Whova

Whova Alternative: No-Download Event App

Competitor pricing last checked 07/08/2026

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

Side by side

 WhovaPresso Events
Platform pricingQuote-only, bundled per event (no published price)Published flat 1% of ticket sales, no minimum
Registration feeNot published as a figure - quote onlyIncluded in the flat 1%
Attendee appNative iOS/Android - download requiredBrowser-based - no app-store download
Your attendee dataYours, but held inside the platformYours - export or sync it whenever
ContractPer-event contractNone. Leave whenever
SetupSales-ledAI-native - describe your event in one message

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

Whova has mature exhibitor and sponsor lead-retrieval tooling and a very large installed base of academic and association conferences. If deep, established sponsor lead tools are the thing your event lives or dies on, Whova is strong there. Presso wins when you want a published price, no download and no contract - and would rather set up in a sentence than run a sales process.

Questions

How much does Whova cost?
Whova does not publish a price. The platform is quote-led and bundled per event, and its registration fee is not stated as a figure anywhere on whova.com - it appears only inside an image, with the surrounding copy saying no more than "lower ticket fee than other popular event registration platforms" (seen 07/08/2026). To their credit, free tickets carry no ticket fee at all, with no limit on volume. Presso publishes a flat 1% of ticket sales with no minimum.
Does Whova require an app download?
Yes. Whova's full attendee experience runs through a native iOS/Android app that attendees download. Presso's attendee app runs in the browser with no app-store download.
Is there a Whova alternative with public pricing?
Presso publishes its price: a flat 1% of ticket sales, no minimum, no quote required, and free until your first paid ticket sells.
Does Whova charge per attendee?
Whova's platform is quote-only, so the effective per-attendee cost depends on your negotiated bundle. Whova charges no ticket fee on free tickets, with no limit on how many you issue (seen 07/08/2026). Presso's flat 1% is on ticket sales, not per registrant, so it also never scales with headcount for free tickets.
Can attendees use Whova without installing anything?
Whova pushes attendees to install its native app for the full experience. Presso runs entirely in the browser, so attendees open your event 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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