Hi.Events alternative scorecard Event Schedule vs Hi.Events
Open source ticketing with a flat price instead of a per-ticket fee, plus calendar sync and newsletters.
2/20
lines where Event Schedule has the edge.
The other 18 are a match or go to Hi.Events.
Every line on this card is scored from the same table below. Nothing is averaged, weighted or rounded.
The card
Scored line by line.
A feature-by-feature comparison of Event Schedule and Hi.Events, in 20 lines across 5 sections. Our column names the plan behind every gated feature, because a comparison that hides the tier is not a comparison.
| Line | Event Schedule | Hi.Events |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing & Fees 2 of 4 to Event Schedule | ||
| Free plan | Included forever | No monthly fee on Cloud (per-ticket fee) |
| Paid plan price (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | $5/mo (7-day free trial) | No subscription (1.25% + $0.60 per ticket) |
| Platform fees (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | 0% | 1.25% + $0.60 per ticket (Cloud) |
| Payment processing | Stripe/PayPal/Payfast (processor rates apply) | Stripe, plus offline payments |
| Events & Ticketing 0 of 7 to Event Schedule | ||
| Ticketing | Included free RSVP, paid on Pro | Included |
| QR check-ins | Included Free | Included check-in app |
| Ticket waitlist | Included Pro | Included |
| Recurring events | Included Free | Included |
| Online events | Included Free | Included |
| Free event RSVP | Included Free | Included free tickets |
| Promo/discount codes | Included Pro | Included |
| Customization 0 of 3 to Event Schedule | ||
| Remove branding | Included Pro | Selfhost licence, from 499 EUR/yr |
| Custom fields | Included ticket questions free, event fields Pro | Included questions per ticket type |
| Built-in analytics | Included Free | Included sales reports |
| Unique Features 0 of 2 to Event Schedule | ||
| Embeddable calendar | Included Free | Ticket widget |
| Team collaboration | Included Enterprise | Included admin and organizer roles |
| Platform 0 of 4 to Event Schedule | ||
| REST API | Included Pro | Included |
| Webhooks | Included Pro | Included |
| Open source | Included | Included AGPL-3.0 with additional terms |
| Selfhosting | Included | Included Docker, PostgreSQL, Redis |
Selfhost Event Schedule and every one of those plan chips opens: a selfhosted install resolves to Enterprise, so no line on the card is held back by a plan. Either way, ticket sales run through your own Stripe or PayPal account and Event Schedule takes 0%.
Straight answers
Three lines we do not claim.
A card you can trust has to name what is missing from it. These three are true about Event Schedule no matter which platform you are holding it against.
No marketplace
You bring the audience
Your public events can be listed on the Event Schedule browse and search pages, but a listing is not a marketplace's built-in audience. What actually fills a room is your own schedule page, an embeddable calendar, a follower QR code, newsletters, and an interest list that emails people when tickets go on sale.
Seat maps are Enterprise
Ticket types, then seats
On Free and Pro a ticket type has a name, a price and a quantity, and buyers are not choosing a specific seat. A reserved-seating house needs Enterprise, where a venue schedule draws the room once and buyers pick their seats from the map.
One team member on Free
Extra members are Enterprise
The free plan is one person per schedule. Adding team members is on Enterprise and is capped at five on the hosted platform, so do not plan on inviting a whole staff for nothing.
Everything else on this page is a line you can check for yourself. Back to the card
The margin marks
Where the marks fall our way.
2 of the 20 lines above carry a diamond. Here are the 6 advantages over Hi.Events that most often decide it, in plain language rather than table cells.
Flat $5/mo Pricing
Hi.Events Cloud charges 1.25% + $0.60 on every ticket. Event Schedule Pro is a flat $5/mo with zero platform fees, whatever you sell.
Two-Way Calendar Sync
Google, Outlook and CalDAV sync both ways, free, and anyone can subscribe to your schedule's live calendar feed.
Built-in Newsletters
Email the people who follow your schedule, not only the people who bought a ticket, from inside the app.
Simpler to Selfhost
Event Schedule runs on standard PHP hosting with MySQL. Hi.Events self-hosting uses Docker with PostgreSQL and Redis.
A Public Schedule Page
Every event sits on one public schedule page with followers, sub-schedules and an embeddable calendar, not only a checkout.
AI Event Parsing
Paste event details or upload a flyer and the parser fills in the name, date, time and venue for you to check, on every plan.
Both columns
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About Hi.Events
Hi.Events is an open source event management and ticketing platform (AGPL-3.0 with additional terms) for conferences, nightlife, concerts and workshops. It offers a hosted Cloud service with a per-ticket fee and a selfhosted version, with paid licences to remove its branding.
Hi.Events's strengths
- Open source and selfhostable, with an all-in-one Docker image
- No monthly fee on the hosted Cloud service
- A broad ticketing feature set: waitlists, a check-in app, product add-ons, affiliates, an API and webhooks
Why choose Event Schedule?
Three things decide it against Hi.Events: the money is yours, the code is public, and the calendar keeps itself in step with the one you already use.
What you get
- Zero platform fees on ticket sales, at every plan level, into your own Stripe or PayPal account
- Free registration with no monthly ceiling, and a ticket scanned at the door on every plan
- Refunds from the Sales page on Pro, in full or in part, that send the money back through Stripe or PayPal
- One checkout for tickets to several of your events, and an interest list that emails people when tickets go on sale
- Passes, gift cards and installment payments on Pro, and allocated seating for venues on Enterprise
- Two-way Google, Outlook and CalDAV sync, free, so the public listing and your own diary cannot disagree
- Open source under the Attribution Assurance License, and selfhostable, which resolves to Enterprise
A fresh card
How to switch in 4 steps
Nothing has to move on day one. The schedule is useful the moment it exists, and the events and the list follow at whatever pace suits you.
01
Create your schedule
Free, no card, and it has its own address the moment it exists. Nothing has to move before it is useful.
02
Bring the events across
Paste a listing or upload the flyer and the parser fills in the name, date, time, venue and description for you to check. Fifty a day on the free and Pro plans (ten during a Pro trial), a hundred on Enterprise.
03
Bring your list across
Export the addresses you already have and paste them in or upload a CSV, up to ten thousand rows, on any plan. What the newsletter allowance counts is sending to them, not holding them.
04
Connect Stripe or PayPal and sell
Your own Stripe or PayPal account, so the money settles into it rather than into ours. Zero platform fees on every plan, a ticket with a price on it is Pro, and refunds go back through the same account.
Free forever. Upgrade when you're ready.
Free registration for as many people as you like. When you start charging, zero platform fees on every plan - the only deduction is your payment processor's own.
Everything you need to publish a schedule and fill the room, for as long as you like.
- Unlimited events, sub-schedules and recurring dates
- Two-way Google, Outlook and CalDAV sync
- Unlimited free registration and RSVPs, scanned at the door
No expiry, and no card asked for.
Start charging, and the rest of the selling kit arrives with it.
- Sell paid tickets, with the live check-in dashboard
- Promo codes, add-ons, passes and gift cards
- The REST API, webhooks, and no Event Schedule branding
7-day free trial, cancel any time.
For a room with a seating chart, a team, and a domain of its own.
- Reserved seating, drawn once and reused every date
- Your own domain, and up to five team members
- Internal and unlisted events, and 1,000 newsletter recipients
Included free on every selfhosted install.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about switching from Hi.Events.
Are both platforms open source?
Yes. Hi.Events is AGPL-3.0 with additional terms that require a visible "Powered by Hi.Events" link unless you buy a licence. Event Schedule is open source under the Attribution Assurance License, and a selfhosted install resolves to Enterprise. It carries an attribution credit too: the license requires it, and no plan removes it on a selfhosted install.
How does Event Schedule pricing compare to Hi.Events Cloud?
Hi.Events Cloud has no monthly fee and charges 1.25% + $0.60 per ticket, paid by buyers by default. Event Schedule Pro is a flat $5/mo with zero platform fees, so the saving grows with every ticket you sell.
Which is easier to selfhost?
Event Schedule runs on standard PHP hosting with MySQL. Hi.Events ships an all-in-one Docker image and uses PostgreSQL and Redis, which suits a server you already run Docker on.
Does Event Schedule have a check-in app?
Scanning works in the browser on any phone, free on every plan, with no app to install. The live check-in dashboard, which shows the room filling up, is on Pro.
Free forever, 0% platform fees
That is the card. Now sign it.
Final tally: 2 of 20 lines to Event Schedule.
Create your free schedule today. No credit card required, and nothing taken from your ticket sales.
Open source, and yours to selfhost whenever you want it.
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