Tockify alternative scorecard Event Schedule vs Tockify
An embeddable event calendar that also takes registrations and sells tickets, with a free plan.
9/16
lines where Event Schedule has the edge.
The other 7 are a match or go to Tockify.
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 Tockify, in 16 lines across 6 sections. Our column names the plan behind every gated feature, because a comparison that hides the tier is not a comparison.
| Line | Event Schedule | Tockify |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing & Fees 1 of 4 to Event Schedule | ||
| Free plan | Included forever | Included agenda view, 2,000 views/mo |
| Paid plan price | $5/mo (7-day free trial) | $8/mo per calendar (Premium) |
| Platform fees | 0% | Not applicable no ticketing |
| Payment processing (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | Stripe/PayPal/Payfast/Razorpay (processor rates apply) | Not offered |
| Events & Ticketing 3 of 4 to Event Schedule | ||
| Ticketing (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | Included free RSVP, paid on Pro | Not offered links out to your ticket page |
| Recurring events (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | Included Free | Included Premium |
| Online events | Included Free | Included |
| Free event RSVP (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | Included Free | Included Premium |
| Integrations 1 of 1 to Event Schedule | ||
| Calendar sync, both ways (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | Included Free | Google import only (read-only) |
| Customization 1 of 2 to Event Schedule | ||
| Custom domains | Included Enterprise | Included White Label, for event links |
| Remove branding (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | Included Pro | Included White Label, $40/mo |
| Unique Features 0 of 2 to Event Schedule | ||
| Embeddable calendar | Included Free | Included |
| Private/password-protected events | Included Enterprise | Calendar passcode (experimental) |
| Platform 3 of 3 to Event Schedule | ||
| REST API (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | Included Pro | Not offered embedding API only |
| Open source (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | Included | Not offered |
| Selfhosting (Event Schedule has the edge on this line) | Included | Not offered |
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.
9 of the 16 lines above carry a diamond. Here are the 6 advantages over Tockify that most often decide it, in plain language rather than table cells.
Tickets on the Page
Tockify sends visitors to another site for tickets. Event Schedule takes free registrations with QR tickets on every plan, and paid tickets on Pro with zero platform fees.
Event Graphics
Turn your upcoming events into a shareable graphic for social media in one click, free.
Two-Way Calendar Sync
Google, Outlook and CalDAV sync both ways, free. Tockify reads from Google Calendar with read-only access.
Built-in Newsletters
Email the people who follow your schedule from inside the app, on every plan.
Remove Branding on Pro
Pro removes the Event Schedule branding. Tockify removes its branding on the White Label plan, at $40/mo.
Open Source
Read the code and selfhost it on your own server. Tockify is a hosted service only.
Both columns
Read both sides before you sign.
About Tockify
Tockify is a hosted, embeddable website calendar used by museums, theatres, schools, churches and gyms. It has a free plan and paid plans charged per calendar, and it sends visitors to another site for tickets.
Tockify's strengths
- Good-looking, customizable calendar views: agenda, pinboard, month and mini
- Simple per-calendar pricing, with a free plan
- RSVP forms and events submitted by the public
Why choose Event Schedule?
Three things decide it against Tockify: 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, PayPal or Razorpay
- 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 Tockify.
Is it easy to switch from Tockify to Event Schedule?
Yes. Create a free schedule, connect Google Calendar or paste your event details for the AI parser, then swap the embed code on your website for the Event Schedule calendar.
How does Event Schedule pricing compare to Tockify?
Tockify's free plan is an agenda view with Tockify branding, Premium is $8/mo per calendar and White Label is $40/mo. Event Schedule's free plan includes the embeddable calendar, and Pro is $5/mo, which also removes our branding.
Can people register for events on my calendar?
Yes. Free registration and RSVP are unlimited on every plan, each guest gets a ticket with a QR code, and paid tickets are on Pro with zero platform fees, paid into your own Stripe or PayPal account.
Can I keep my events in Google Calendar?
Yes. Google Calendar sync runs both ways on every plan, so an event added in either place shows up in the other. Outlook and CalDAV calendars sync the same way.
Free forever, 0% platform fees
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Final tally: 9 of 16 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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