Comparison
Hosting on hackevents is free — no fees, no paid plan. Event pages, RSVPs, invites, waitlists, co-hosts, check-in and reminders are all included, and the prompt-built agenda aggregates public Luma, Meetup & iCal calendars in Switzerland. Below: what Luma charges, from its own pricing and help pages.
A free tech-event platform for Switzerland — host with no fees and no paid plan, and find what's on in a prompt-built agenda that aggregates public Luma, Meetup & iCal calendars.
an event-hosting platform that's free to start — but its free plan takes a platform fee on every paid ticket, and dropping that fee takes Luma Plus, billed in US dollars.
| Feature | ▸hackevents | ◆Luma |
|---|---|---|
| Every host tool free — none behind a plan | Yes | Maybe |
| Attendees pay the platform nothing | Yes | Yes |
| Free to host, unlimited events & guests | Yes | Yes |
| Event pages & RSVPs — invite-only, waitlist | Yes | Yes |
| Paid tickets & checkout | Soon | Yes |
| Aggregates public Luma, Meetup & iCal calendars | Yes | No |
| Prompt-built, personalized agenda | Yes | No |
| One unified live calendar (.ics) | Yes | Maybe |
you sell tickets — the free plan takes a platform fee on every sale, on top of Stripe's card fee, and removing it takes Luma Plus, billed in US dollars.
you want every host tool free from day one — invites, co-hosts, waitlists and check-in, none behind a plan — and your event listed beside the region's tech events from other platforms.
Paste your Luma event link into the hackevents host form and it pre-fills your page — then host it free, with RSVPs, invites, waitlists and check-in. Paid ticketing on hackevents is coming soon.