Bizzabo is a professional event management platform built for conferences, summits, and large-scale corporate events. Founded in 2012, the platform has raised over $200 million in funding and serves enterprise clients who need comprehensive tools for multi-day conferences with complex agendas. Bizzabo offers registration management, speaker and session scheduling, networking matchmaking powered by AI, branded event apps, on-site check-in with badge printing, and detailed analytics for measuring event ROI. According to industry data, Bizzabo's enterprise contracts typically start at $10,000 per year and can scale significantly higher for organizations running multiple large events. The platform requires a sales process including demos and contract negotiations before access is granted, and the setup involves dedicated onboarding with a customer success manager. While powerful for enterprise conference management, this level of complexity and investment makes Bizzabo prohibitive for the vast majority of everyday events that simply need a page and a guest list.
RealEvents exists for the events that do not need a conference platform. There are no contracts to sign, no onboarding calls to schedule, no customer success managers to coordinate with, and no configuration wizards to navigate. While Bizzabo is designed for multi-day corporate conferences with hundreds or thousands of attendees and complex agendas, RealEvents is designed for the other 99% of events - the team dinners, community meetups, birthday parties, and casual gatherings that just need a page and an RSVP list. You type your event details and share the link. That is the entire process. According to industry data, the average Bizzabo implementation takes 3-6 weeks from contract signing to the first live event. RealEvents takes about 10 seconds. It is completely free, requires no account, and your guests can respond instantly without downloading anything or signing up anywhere.
For large conferences, corporate summits, and enterprise events with complex needs like multi-track agendas, speaker management, networking matchmaking, and branded event apps, Bizzabo offers features that RealEvents does not. But for everyday events, community meetups, team gatherings, and social occasions that just need a page and RSVP tracking, RealEvents is a simpler and completely free solution. According to industry data, over 90% of events organized each year have fewer than 100 attendees and do not require enterprise conference management tools, making RealEvents the right fit for the vast majority of event organizers.
RealEvents takes about 10 seconds from start to a live, shareable event page. Bizzabo typically requires a sales process including demos and qualification calls, contract signing with annual commitments, a dedicated onboarding period with a customer success manager, and platform configuration that can take anywhere from 3 to 6 weeks before your first event goes live. Even for returning Bizzabo users, creating a new event involves navigating a complex dashboard with dozens of configuration options. RealEvents keeps it simple - fill in your details and share the link.
No. RealEvents has no contracts, no subscriptions, no annual commitments, and no payment information required. You can create an event page whenever you need one, completely free, with no strings attached. There is nothing to cancel and no renewal to worry about. Bizzabo requires annual enterprise contracts that according to industry data start at around $10,000 per year and involve procurement processes, legal reviews, and budget approvals before you get access. RealEvents lets anyone create a professional event page in seconds without speaking to a single salesperson or signing a single document.