RSVora vs Eventzilla
Eventzilla is a registration platform for organisations: conferences, training days, workshops, association meetings, the kind of event that has an agenda and a badge. It is free to post a free event and charges per registration once money is involved, with monthly minimums on the paid tiers. RSVora is not a registration platform at all. It is an invitation with replies attached. This page explains the fee structure clearly and is honest about which events belong on which product.
Eventzilla details checked 2026-08-25. Pricing and plans change, so verify anything that matters to you on their site before deciding.
Side by side
| Feature | RSVora | Eventzilla |
|---|---|---|
| Price for a free event | Free at every guest count | Free. No monthly or ongoing charge to post a free event |
| Price for a paid event | Not applicable. RSVora does not sell tickets | Basic plan free; Pro at $1.50 per registration with a $29 a month minimum; Growth at $1.99 per registration with a $79 a month minimum |
| Payment processing | None | Not included in the platform fee; payable to your payment provider separately |
| Monthly minimums | None | Yes, $29 or $79 a month on the paid tiers regardless of volume |
| Event is public and discoverable | No. Private links only | Typically a public event page |
| Guest needs an account | No | Registration is required |
| Registration forms with custom fields | No. Structured adult and child counts instead | Yes, extensive custom registration forms |
| Designs | 1,332 free invitation designs across 22 categories | An event page rather than an invitation design |
| Envelope and opening animation | Yes, 20 effects | No |
| Adults and children counted separately | Yes, on every reply | Achievable through ticket types or custom fields |
| Headcount cap with automatic cut-off | Yes, per event and per invitation | Yes, through ticket limits |
| Check-in and badges | No | Yes, check-in and badge printing |
| Sessions and agendas | No | Yes |
| Automatic reminders | Yes, by email or text | Yes |
| Languages | 99 | Not published |
| Right shape for a birthday | Yes | No |
Where RSVora is different
- Eventzilla is free to sign up and post an event, and free entirely if your event is free for attendees. For an unpaid gathering the price comparison with RSVora is a draw. (source, checked 2026-08-25)
- Eventzilla's paid tiers are charged per registration with monthly minimums: Pro at $1.50 per registration with a $29 a month minimum, Growth at $1.99 with a $79 minimum. RSVora has no per-person charge and no minimum. (source, checked 2026-08-25)
- Eventzilla's platform fees do not include payment processing, which is payable separately to your chosen provider. The headline per-registration figure is therefore not the full cost. (source, checked 2026-08-25)
- Eventzilla is built around registration forms, sessions, agendas, badges and check-in. Those are conference features, and RSVora has none of them. (source, checked 2026-08-25)
- A monthly minimum means an organisation running two events a year pays for twelve months of platform. RSVora has nothing to keep paying for between events. (source, checked 2026-08-25)
When Eventzilla is the better choice
They genuinely do these better
- Genuinely free for free events with no monthly charge, which makes it usable for community and nonprofit organisers.
- Proper registration forms with custom fields, which is what an event with sessions, dietary requirements and job titles actually needs.
- Check-in and badge printing, plus session and agenda management, all of which are conference table stakes and absent from every invitation tool.
- Per-registration pricing with a plan structure that is published plainly, rather than quote-only like the enterprise platforms.
- Multiple payment providers supported, which gives organisations flexibility that closed ticketing systems do not.
Choose Eventzilla when the event has a registration form: a conference, a training day, a workshop series, an association AGM, anything with sessions or badges. Its free tier makes it a genuinely good option for community organisations running unpaid events. Choose RSVora when the event has a guest list rather than a registration form, when you want an invitation people are pleased to receive rather than a form to complete, and when the number you need is how many adults and children are coming rather than who ticked which session.
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Eventzilla is a registration platform. That means the centre of the product is a form: fields you define, ticket types you configure, and a record created when someone submits it.
RSVora is an invitation product. The centre is a designed invitation and a one-tap reply, and the record it creates is a headcount rather than a registration.
Both are legitimate and both are correct for different events. The mistake people make is using a registration platform for a party, which turns a warm invitation into an administrative task, or using an invitation tool for a conference, which leaves you without the badge printing on the morning of the event.
The test is whether you need to ask people questions. If yes, you want a form. If all you need to know is whether they are coming and how many, you want an invitation.
Reading the pricing correctly
Eventzilla's free tier is straightforwardly free: no monthly charge, and free entirely if your event is free for attendees. For a community organisation running unpaid meetings that is a good offer.
The paid tiers are where care is needed. Pro is $1.50 per registration with a minimum of $29 a month, and Growth is $1.99 per registration with a minimum of $79 a month. The minimum is the part people miss: it is charged whether or not you have an event running.
Payment processing is also excluded from those figures and payable separately to your provider, so the true cost of a paid registration is the per-registration fee plus card processing.
For an organisation with a continuous calendar, that is fine and predictable. For one that runs a fundraiser in May and a dinner in November, paying twelve monthly minimums for two events is poor value, and it is worth checking whether the free tier covers what you need.
What RSVora gives you instead
No fee of any kind, no minimum, no per-registration charge and no payment processing, because no money moves through the product at all.
An invitation with a design: 1,332 of them across 22 categories, a studio for fonts and text layers, an envelope and 20 opening effects, or your own uploaded artwork.
Replies structured for catering rather than for reporting: yes, no or maybe, plus separate counts of adults and children, totalled on the dashboard, with a cap for the event and a cap per invitation.
Reminders that go out automatically by email or text, and messages you can send to everyone or only to the people who have not answered.
Community organisations, which use both
The organisations that most often compare these two products are churches, schools, sports clubs and charities, and they usually need both.
The ticketed fundraiser with a seating plan and a raffle wants registration: forms, ticket types, check-in. The volunteer thank-you supper wants an invitation: something that looks warm, goes out to a hundred people by text, and comes back as a number.
Because both products have a genuinely free path for unpaid events, that split costs nothing to run. The only decision is which shape each event is.
Guest lists and privacy
An Eventzilla event is generally a public page, which is right for something you want people to find.
RSVora events are private: not listed, not indexed, not suggested anywhere. Each guest gets an unguessable link, and there is a single shareable link if you want to post one into a group chat instead of building a list.
For an internal event, a staff party or a members-only dinner, that difference is the reason to choose an invitation product rather than a registration platform, quite apart from the price.
Questions
Is Eventzilla free?
Yes for free events. There is no monthly charge to post an event and no fee if attendees pay nothing. Paid events move you onto per-registration pricing. Checked 2026-08-25.
How much does Eventzilla charge per registration?
Pro is $1.50 per registration with a $29 a month minimum, and Growth is $1.99 with a $79 a month minimum. Payment processing is separate.
What is the monthly minimum and why does it matter?
It is a floor charged regardless of volume. An organisation running two events a year on a paid tier still pays twelve months, which often makes the free tier the better choice.
Can RSVora collect registration information?
No. Replies are structured as yes, no or maybe plus adult and child counts and an optional note. If you need custom fields, use a registration platform.
Does RSVora do check-in or badges?
No. Eventzilla does both, and for a conference that is a decisive advantage.
Which is better for a members-only dinner?
RSVora. Private links, a designed invitation, headcounts with adults and children separated, and nothing public or discoverable.
Can I run both?
Yes, and most organisations should. Registration platform for ticketed and formal events, invitation product for the social ones. Both have free paths for unpaid events.
How current is this comparison?
Eventzilla's published plan prices and fee structure were checked on 2026-08-25. Verify on eventzilla.net before committing to a plan.