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Luma alternative: RSVPlinks vs Luma

A free event page and calendar platform with registration, ticketing, approval and guest messaging, used a lot for community and professional events. RSVPlinks is an event page and website builder where guests reply, register or buy tickets in their browser, free for up to 20 replies per event and a one-time $7–$39 above that. Choose Luma if you run recurring community or professional events, need more than 20 replies for free, or want text and WhatsApp reminders.

Luma's price: Free with unlimited events and guests, with a 5% platform fee on paid events plus Stripe's card fee. Luma Plus is $59 a month billed yearly and has no platform fee.1

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Pros and cons

Where Luma does well

  • The free plan has no limit on events or guests per event.1
  • Blasts and reminders go out by email, SMS, push and WhatsApp.1
  • On a paid event needing approval, the card is held and charged only if you approve.2
  • Calendars guests can subscribe to, and a Discover page for events.3
  • Apple and Google Wallet passes for guests.4
  • Zapier and API access on Plus, Zoom attendance on the free plan.1

Limits Luma states

  • No seat maps.2
  • A custom event URL needs Plus, and an event can't sit on your own domain.5
  • On a refund, the host still covers the original card fee and the platform fee.6
  • The free plan sends up to 500 invites or newsletters a week.1

Where RSVPlinks does well

  • A website with sections, not only an event page, and your own domain.
  • Designed pages: layouts, page effects and animated intros, all free.
  • A party's other jobs on one link: sign-up sheets, date polls, group cards and gifts, party games, a seating chart.
  • Selling whole tables and sponsorships, with the fee including card processing.

Where RSVPlinks falls short

  • Tickets are new here, with far less history than platforms that have sold for years.
  • Card payments pay out to US bank accounts, in US dollars only.
  • Buyers can't pick a seat on a map: you sell tickets or whole tables, and seat people yourself.
  • Our fee is never refunded, on any path.
  • A first-time seller's money waits until 3 days after the event.
  • No Apple or Google Wallet passes: tickets are a QR in the email, on the web and in a PDF.

RSVPlinks vs Luma: side by side

RSVPlinks vs Luma
FeatureRSVPlinksLuma
Who can use itAnyone with a US bank accountNot found
Monthly feeNoneNone, or $59 for 0%1
Card processingIncludedOn top: Stripe1
Free ticketsFree, within the plan's limit (20 free)No fee1
When you're paidMondays from $25; first event 3 days afterStripe's rolling schedule2
Its fee on a refundNever refundedHost still covers it6
Buyers pick seatsNoNo2
Tables and sponsorshipsYesNot found
Paid extras at checkoutYesNot found
Approve buyers firstYesCard held until approved2
Promo codesYesYes1
QR check-inOne QR per person, browser scannerLuma's scanner7
Wallet passesNoApple and Google4
Waitlist when sold outInterest list before a saleIncluding paid2

A cross means the vendor says it doesn't offer it, or for RSVPlinks that we don't. “Not found” means we looked through its public pricing and help pages and saw nothing either way. It may still exist. A number links to the source.

What one ticket costs to sell

The fee on one ticket at four prices, worked out from each platform's published rates.
Platform$10 ticket$25 ticket$50 ticket$100 ticketNote
Zeffy8$0$0$0$0Nonprofits only. Payers are asked for an optional tip
Luma Plus1$0.59$1.03$1.75$3.20Plus $59 a month, billed yearly
Tito10$0.89$1.78$3.25$6.20Capped at €25 a ticket
Ticket Tailor9$1.44$1.88$2.60$4.05Pay as you go. Prepaid credits go lower
RSVPlinks$1.10$2.00$3.50$6.50Card processing included
TicketLeap12$1.50$2.25$3.50$6.00$1 + 2% ticketing plus a 3% transaction fee
Luma Free1$1.09$2.28$4.25$8.20$0 a month
RSVPify11$1.69$2.41$3.63$6.05$0 a month when selling tickets
Humanitix13$1.79$2.54$3.79$6.29Charities and schools 1% + 99¢
Eventbrite14$2.45$3.44$5.09$8.39Processing is 2.9% per order
Posh15$1.99$3.49$5.99$10.99From Posh's own blog; its pricing page showed no figures

Our arithmetic from each platform's published rates for a one-ticket order, with Stripe's standard US 2.9% + 30¢ where a platform bills card processing separately. It leaves out tax, currency conversion, monthly plan costs and any custom pricing, and passing a fee to the buyer changes the base slightly. Partiful doesn't publish a rate, so it isn't here.

Luma alternative: FAQ

What is Luma?
A free event page and calendar platform with registration, ticketing, approval and guest messaging, used a lot for community and professional events.
How much does Luma cost?
Free with unlimited events and guests, with a 5% platform fee on paid events plus Stripe's card fee. Luma Plus is $59 a month billed yearly and has no platform fee. This comes from Luma: pricing, read on November 1, 2026.
Who should choose Luma over RSVPlinks?
Choose Luma if you run recurring community or professional events, need more than 20 replies for free, or want text and WhatsApp reminders.
Is RSVPlinks a free alternative to Luma?
RSVPlinks has a free plan: up to 20 replies per event on up to 5 events, with no ads. A bigger event is a one-time $7–$39, with no subscription.

Sources

Read on November 1, 2026. Vendors change prices and features, so check their pages before you decide.

  1. 1. Luma: pricing
  2. 2. Luma help: Luma vs Ticket Tailor
  3. 3. Luma help: Luma vs Partiful
  4. 4. Luma help: mobile wallet passes
  5. 5. Luma help: updating event information
  6. 6. Luma help: refunding a guest
  7. 7. Luma help: check-in
  8. 8. Zeffy: pricing
  9. 9. Ticket Tailor: pricing
  10. 10. Tito: pricing
  11. 11. RSVPify: selling tickets
  12. 12. TicketLeap help: fees
  13. 13. Humanitix: pricing
  14. 14. Eventbrite: pricing
  15. 15. Posh: Eventbrite fees explained (Posh's blog)

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