Simple pricing. No subscription.
Start completely free. When you need more, top up credits and pay only for what you use.
Free
Everything you need to run your first event.
Get started free- 1 active event per calendar year
- Lineups, timetables & festival map
- Power planning with auto-plan & material list
- Visitor app with community feed & push notifications
- Artist booking & artist matcher
- Guestlists with QR passes, check-in scanner & self-invites
- NFC cashless wristbands: top up, pay, pay out
- Artist & crew portal with applications for open shifts & slots
- People management with groups & documents
- Application forms for crew, artists & food trucks
- Two free boards per event
- Team calendar with invites & reminders
- Shift planning & staff management
- POS with 3 registers per event — SumUp card, tips, shift reports
- Unlimited static QR codes
- Cost planner with invoice filing & carry-over to the next event
- German & English
Pay as you go
Most flexibleTop up credits and unlock everything, billed only per action — no subscription.
Create free account- Unlimited additional events
- Newsletter campaigns (double opt-in, tracking)
- Tracked QR codes with scan analytics
- Additional registers, boards & festival maps
- Volume bonus & optional auto top-up
- Visitor surveys with analytics
- Reading invoices with AI (vendor, amounts, due date)
- Ticket shop — 1 credit per ticket, no percentage of your sales, payments straight to your Stripe account
What's free — and what costs a little
Most of Alpha Events is free. Only a few power features run on credits — cents per action, never a monthly subscription.
Free
No card. No trial limits.Platform & backoffice
Your full dashboard, team and organisation — including an event archive with data exports, no trial limits.
One event per year
Plan and publish a complete event every calendar year at no cost.
Lineups, timetables & first map
Build the whole programme and an interactive festival map for visitors.
Power planning
Plan your site's power supply right on your festival map — with live checks, auto-plan and a material list as CSV.
Visitor app
Your event app on the web with timetable, map, favorites, community feed and push notifications — in your own look, no app store.
Artist booking & roster
Manage your roster and let visitors discover acts by swiping.
Guestlists & check-in
Shareable links, QR guest passes and self-invites — plus a check-in scanner with PIN for the door.
Ticket shop — first 100 tickets per event free
Your own shop in your look with QR tickets, discount codes and door scanner. Payments go straight to your Stripe account — no percentage of your sales, you only pay Stripe's transaction fees. Above 100 tickets: 1 credit per ticket.
NFC cashless wristbands
Cashless across the grounds: top up at the register, pay at any stand, pay out remaining balance.
Artist & crew portal
Artists and crew see their slots, shifts and guestlists and apply for open shifts & slots.
People & groups
Manage artists, crew and helpers with profiles, groups and documents in one place.
Application forms
Public forms for volunteers, food trucks and artists — as a link or iframe. Applications land in an inbox and become a person with one click.
Two boards per event
Plan every event on its own Kanban boards — the first two are always free.
Team calendar & appointments
Schedule appointments, invite participants by email and send reminders — subscribe from any calendar.
Shifts & staff
Plan shifts across multiple days and manage your team — from helpers to crew.
POS with 3 registers
Take payments with SumUp card terminal, tips and VAT — with shift reports and PDF/CSV exports. 3 registers per event free.
Unlimited static QR codes
Generate and download as many QR codes as you like.
Cost planner & invoices
Plan vs. actual per event, take costs over to the next event, store invoices and file them by hand.
German & English
Switch the whole platform between DE and EN instantly.
What would it cost you?
Credits · 1 credit ≈ 1 cent- 1 additional event — the first is free450
- ≈ 1,000 tickets × 2 events — 1 credit per ticket, the first 100 per event free1800
- 4 registers × 2 events · 1 paid per event500
- 6 newsletter campaigns to ≈ 2,000 recipients720
- 6 tracked QR codes300
- 2 visitor surveys200
- 0 additional task boards0
- No additional festival maps0
- Artist matcher for ≈ 500 visitors per event — about every second visitor uses it80
1 credit ≈ 1 cent. Rough estimate based on typical usage — you only ever pay for what you actually use. Credits are non-refundable and can't be converted back to money.
≈ 1 cent per ticket — no percentage of your ticket price. The first 100 tickets per event are free, above that billing runs per started 100 tickets. Payments go straight to your Stripe account; you only pay Stripe's transaction fees, directly to Stripe. A low balance never stops a sale.
What the same tool stack costs elsewhere
Separate tools bill per month, device or event — here scaled to the events and visitors you set above.
The subscription & rental stack you replace
- Ticketing platform≈ 2,000 tickets · ≈ 2.5 % of a €100 ticket€5,000/year
- POS & cashless rental4 registers × 2 events€472/year
- Guestlist & check-in app2 events€198/year
- Newsletter tool≈ 2,000 recipients€264/year
- Event app buildertimetable, map & favourites€948/year
- Shift plannercrew & helpers€240/year
- QR & link trackingscan analytics€348/year
- Project boardstasks & kanban€120/year
- Scheduling toolinvites & reminders€144/year
- Survey toolvisitor feedback€300/year
…premium event apps even start at €3,000+ per event — counted conservatively here as a builder subscription.
Alpha Events
A few credits per action, never a subscription.
Based on your inputs above — €0 monthly base fee, pay only per action.
Typical entry-tier prices (2026), scaled to your inputs — real stacks often cost more. Prices may change.
No credit card required to start. · Prices may change.
Are you more the subscription type?
No problem — switch on auto top-up and it works just like one. When your balance runs low, we automatically recharge your chosen package via your saved card. Set it once and forget about your balance. Fully optional, switch it off anytime.