zkipster

zkipster Events costs from $246 a month on the yearly Essentials plan, or $2,950 a year, and $408 a month ($4,900 a year) on Professional, the tier that adds name badges, seating plans and guest communications. The company was founded in Zürich in 2009 and its check-in app has been on sale since 2011.

What it does for you at the door

The product is built around the guest list rather than a ticket shop. Your door team works from the iOS or Android app, searching names or scanning QR codes and barcodes, and every device updates as guests arrive. zkipster puts its check-in time at under two seconds per guest, and its performance guarantee covers up to 10,000 main guests per event, with plus-ones counted separately. Guest pictures and custom check-in messages help staff recognise VIPs and pass on notes without a radio call.

Badges can be printed before the event on Avery sheet labels, or at the moment of check-in from the app. On-site printing uses Brother thermal label printers: the QL-810W and QL-820NWB families are the current recommendation, connected over WiFi, with Bluetooth on the 820 models. That suits receptions, galas and press nights where you print a name label as people arrive instead of laying out pre-printed badges. The wider badging and lead retrieval category covers kiosk and exhibitor options for larger shows.

Plans and what each one includes

Plan	Price	Events included	Users
Essentials	$246 a month billed yearly	60 a year, or 10 a month on monthly billing	From 5
Professional	$408 a month billed yearly	80 a year, or 20 a month on monthly billing	Up to 10
Enterprise	On request, annual only	100 a year	From 15

zkipster says the yearly price saves up to 50% against paying monthly. Events above the allowance are not blocked; each extra event is billed as overage in the next period. SMS and WhatsApp messaging is limited to Professional and Enterprise, with 100 free credits and then packs of 500 for $150. Registered non-profits can claim 15% off Professional annual and Enterprise. There is no free plan, and the Test Drive accounts that once allowed a 25-guest trial event stopped in May 2025, so evaluation now goes through the pricing page or the sales team.

Seating, payments and guest records

On Professional you can upload several floor plans per event, seat guests in bulk, let parties share tables and print seating charts, with each seat assignment carried on the guest record so the door team can direct people. If you mainly need to-scale room layouts, the venue and floor‑plan tools hub lists dedicated diagramming software. Payments can be collected in advance through event forms, as a fixed amount per guest or per party or an amount the guest chooses, and taken in person in the app.

zkipster Audience is a separate contact database from $145 a month billed yearly for 750 contacts. It pulls attendance and check-in history from Events, so you can filter for the people who actually came and import them into the next guest list.

Integrations and security

The native Salesforce integration imports Campaign members into a guest list and exports attendance back to Salesforce. Zapier is included at Professional level, an open API with webhooks is an add-on for Professional annual and Enterprise, and every plan includes zkipster MCP so an AI assistant can read and work with your events. zkipster AG states ISO 27001 certification held since 2021, GDPR compliance and hosting on Microsoft Azure.

How it compares with similar tools

zkipster sits closer to a door and seating tool than to a conference platform, which shows in the per-event allowances rather than per-ticket fees. Eventleaf covers registration, badges and session check-in free for up to 100 attendees a year with per-attendee paid plans. fielddrive puts self-service kiosks that print badges in front of the registration platform you already use. Zoho Backstage bundles ticketing, badges and check-in from £83 a month billed annually and has a free plan. If tickets are the main job, start with the registration and ticketing hub and the guide to choosing event registration software.

Alternatives to zkipster

Other directory profiles that do the same job as zkipster, closest matches first.

• Eventdex
• Eventsforce
• RegFox
• PheedLoop
• Eventleaf
• idloom

Compare every listed option in event ticketing and registration software and lead retrieval apps and badging tools.

What to check before you buy

• Count your events for the year against the 60, 80 or 100 allowance, since overage is charged per extra event.
• Confirm your label printer is on the supported Brother list before the first event.
• Budget for the Salesforce or API add-on if you need CRM sync, as it requires an annual Professional or Enterprise plan.
• Read the lead retrieval and badge scanning guide if exhibitors will also scan badges at your event, because zkipster does not offer exhibitor lead capture.

Source: zkipster.com