Bizzabo vs. EventsAir
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EventsAir unifies everything you need into one comprehensive platform, so you can plan smarter, engage better, deliver with confidence, and scale effortlessly.
If you're evaluating your options, here's why 12,000+ event professionals worldwide chose EventsAir.
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What event planners discover when evaluating Bizzabo
Bizzabo is a well-known platform with a strong feature set, particularly its networking technology and customer support. But for professional event planners focused on cost predictability and creative flexibility, a few things tend to come up.
We've done the research so you don't have to. The insights below are gathered from real conversations with event professionals and independent user reviews, so you can make the most informed decision for your events.
⚠️ Pricing that's difficult to forecast
Bizzabo's platform offers a broad feature set, but many of its most-used capabilities — including its flagship Klik SmartBadge and API access — are structured as add-ons rather than inclusions. For planners building a business case or managing a fixed budget, the total cost of ownership can be harder to predict than the initial conversation suggests.
🐌 Platform changes can slow you down
As events evolve, planners often need to adjust registration structures, attendee categories, or workflows. In Bizzabo, those changes can be time-consuming to make once an event is live. For teams managing fast-moving event programs, that rigidity adds friction at the wrong moment.
🔍 Your stakeholders can't always see what they need to
Bizzabo doesn't support view-only access to registration lists, which means venues, catering teams, AV suppliers, and internal stakeholders who need visibility into event data often have to wait on manual exports or updates from the organizer. For fast-moving event programs, that dependency slows everything down.
🚧 Design flexibility has real limits
Bizzabo's event website builder is template-driven, which works for straightforward requirements. But, for organizations with specific brand standards or more complex layout needs, that structure can become a constraint that's difficult to work around without significant manual effort and custom coding.
Simple pricing with unlimited registrations
Rest assured, with EventsAir your success won’t impact your budget.
This is why serious event planners choose EventsAir over Bizzabo
Now here's what a different approach looks like. One where you can plan with confidence, engage attendees in real time, deliver seamlessly across formats, and scale success with powerful insights and repeatable systems.
✅ Transparent pricing, with everything included
With EventsAir, the price you see reflects what you actually get. Your mobile app, lead retrieval, payment gateway, white-labeling, and unlimited users are all included as standard — no add-on tiers, no per-registrant fees. What you see is what you pay, year after year.
🎯 Your team in control, every step of the way
With EventsAir, changes after launch are straightforward. Registration structures, attendee categories, and workflows can all be adjusted without breaking existing data or triggering additional costs. Your event evolves right up to event day — and your platform should too.
🔑 The right access for everyone who needs it
EventsAir gives every stakeholder visibility without compromising control. Venues, suppliers, sponsors, and internal teams can all be granted tailored access to exactly what they need, whether that's a dedicated exhibitor portal, live reporting dashboards, or read-only views of registration data. That means no more manual exports and no more back-and-forth confirmations.
🎨 Your brand, your event website
EventsAir gives you the tools to build event websites that genuinely reflect your organization. Multi-page structures, multi-language support, and global elements that update consistently across the site give your team creative control at scale. White-labeling is included in every package, so your event experience looks and feels like yours from first click to final session.
Don't just take our word for it
Hear from some of the event professionals already delivering their best events with EventsAir. Explore more success stories here.
“EventsAir is the most feature-rich platform on the market today. From on-site self-check-in and badging to exhibitor management, speaker management, and even abstract management, EventsAir does it all – and does it well.”
“With so many moving parts, you need a system that keeps everything connected. We value how EventsAir supports real-time updates and helps reduce the chance of human error when changes happen close to the event.”
“With EventsAir, we’ve been able to reclaim 20% of our time that was previously tied up in administrative work. That substantial efficiency boost has allowed us to invest more in creativity and client engagement.”
What makes EventsAir different to Bizzabo?
With over 35 years of expertise, we've powered 400,000+ successful events. And with a diverse and established customer base, we understand the importance of empowering our community to succeed.
Your success is truly our success.
That's why our team goes beyond the platform – offering hands-on support, genuine partnership, and the kind of guidance that turns good events into great ones. No matter where you are in your event journey, we're here to help you get there with confidence.
Plan
Lay the foundation for a seamless event.
Engage
Create experiences that captivate.
Deliver
Execute effortlessly, onsite and online.
Scale
Prove ROI and grow every year.