Mobilizon alternative scorecard Event Schedule vs Mobilizon
Open source community events with ticketing, recurring events and two-way calendar sync built in.
3/12
lines where Event Schedule has the edge.
The other 9 are a match or go to Mobilizon.
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 Mobilizon, in 12 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 | Mobilizon |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing & Fees 0 of 2 to Event Schedule | ||
| Free plan | Included forever | Included free software, run by instances |
| Platform fees | 0% | Not applicable no ticketing |
| Events & Ticketing 1 of 3 to Event Schedule | ||
| Ticketing (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | Included free RSVP, paid on Pro | Participation and place limits only |
| Online events | Included Free | Live stream link on the event |
| Free event RSVP | Included Free | Included with optional approval |
| Integrations 1 of 1 to Event Schedule | ||
| Calendar sync, both ways (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | Included Free | ICS and RSS feeds, one way |
| Unique Features 1 of 3 to Event Schedule | ||
| Embeddable calendar (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | Included Free | Via ICS feed or third-party plugins |
| Private/password-protected events | Included Enterprise | Included link-only events |
| Team collaboration | Included Enterprise | Included group roles |
| Platform 0 of 3 to Event Schedule | ||
| REST API | Included Pro | GraphQL API |
| Open source | Included | Included AGPLv3 |
| Selfhosting | Included | Included Elixir, PostgreSQL |
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.
3 of the 12 lines above carry a diamond. Here are the 6 advantages over Mobilizon that most often decide it, in plain language rather than table cells.
Tickets and Check-In
Free registration with a QR ticket for every guest, scanned at the door on every plan, and paid tickets on Pro with zero platform fees.
Two-Way Calendar Sync
Google, Outlook and CalDAV sync both ways, free, as well as a live calendar feed anyone can subscribe to.
Embed in One Tag
Put the calendar on any website with one iframe tag, free, with each event linking to its own page.
Hosted or Selfhosted
Start on the hosted service with nothing to install, or selfhost on standard PHP hosting with MySQL. A selfhosted install resolves to Enterprise.
Built-in Newsletters
Email the people who follow your schedule from inside the app, alongside the automatic digest of your new events.
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
Read both sides before you sign.
About Mobilizon
Mobilizon is free, open source software (AGPLv3) for publishing local events and running groups, federated with the fediverse over ActivityPub. Framasoft launched it in 2019, and since 2024 the French nonprofit Kaihuri maintains it. Anyone can join an existing instance or run their own.
Mobilizon's strengths
- Federated over ActivityPub, so events can be followed from Mastodon and other fediverse apps
- Privacy-first, with multiple identities and anonymous participation
- Free software you can selfhost, with a GraphQL API
Why choose Event Schedule?
Three things decide it against Mobilizon: 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 Mobilizon.
Are both platforms open source?
Yes. Mobilizon is AGPLv3 and written in Elixir with PostgreSQL. Event Schedule is open source under the Attribution Assurance License and runs on PHP with MySQL, and a selfhosted install resolves to Enterprise.
Does Event Schedule federate like Mobilizon?
Not over ActivityPub. A selfhosted Event Schedule install can share its public events with the eventschedule.com listings, one schedule at a time and only when the owner opts in, and every listing links back to the original event.
Can I sell tickets on Event Schedule?
Yes, on Pro at $5/mo, through your own Stripe or PayPal account with zero platform fees. Free registration with QR tickets is on every plan.
Do I have to run a server?
No. The hosted service has a free plan with nothing to install. Self-hosting is there if you want your events on your own server.
Free forever, 0% platform fees
That is the card. Now sign it.
Final tally: 3 of 12 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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