Comparison
Guestcount vs Gatsby
Gatsby (gatsby.events) and Guestcount both run curated, invite-only events. Pick Gatsby if you are a VC or PE firm, university or membership network that wants CRM sync with tools like Salesforce or Affinity and invitations sent from your own inbox. Pick Guestcount if you are a brand, agency or venue that wants published pricing from $249 per event and partner invite links with attribution.
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Guestcount and Gatsby side by side
| Feature | Guestcount | Gatsby |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free to build; you pay to publish. Single events from $249. Essential, Growth and Brand plans from $299 a month, billed monthly or annually. | Contact sales. Pricing depends on team size and event volume; most teams pay annually, with no per-guest fees. |
| Branded RSVP pages | Yes: a theme, your colors and fonts, your flyer and page blocks, built in the page designer. | Branded RSVP pages with your logo, fonts, colors and domain. |
| Custom domain | Yes, on Brand: your own domain or a guestcount.com subdomain. | Yes, as a paid add-on (custom domain setup). |
| Embedding on your own site | Yes, set up with our team. | Not published |
| Approvals and waitlist | Yes: approval per event or per invite link, with bulk approval. When an event is full, guests are offered a waitlist and you promote them as spots open. | Capacity and waitlists. In waitlist mode, every registration needs your approval. |
| Plus-ones | An allowance per guest and per invite link. Guests pick a number, name each plus-one, or answer your questions for each. | A default number per event, overridable per guest. Each plus-one is its own guest-list entry and counts against capacity. |
| Door check-in | Yes: search, QR scan and walk-ups on iOS, a shared phone or the dashboard. Door staff sign in by phone and use no seat. | Check-in by kiosk, QR or staffed lanes, with badge printing and Apple Wallet passes. |
| SMS | Yes: invitations, updates and a confirmation text on every event, alongside email. | SMS campaigns, with SMS consent. |
| Partner invite links and attribution | Yes: a link per partner or person, with its own spots and plus-ones. RSVPs, approvals and check-ins are credited per link and per partner. | Referral links that track where registrations come from, and per-guest RSVP links. |
| Guest history across events | Yes, on Essential, Growth and Brand: one record per guest across your events, with their show rate. | Persistent guest profiles. CRM sync (Salesforce, Attio, Affinity, Altvia) is a paid add-on. |
| Team roles | Admin and Manager roles with per-person permissions, per-event collaborators, and door staff at no seat cost. | Team permissions, with Google Workspace SSO and Okta support. |
“Not published” means we found no public source for it; ask Gatsby directly.
Who Gatsby is better for
- VC and PE firms, universities, membership networks and enterprise marketing teams.
- Executive dinners, LP meetings and other relationship-driven gatherings.
- Teams that want invitations sent from their own Gmail or Outlook and synced to their CRM.
Who Guestcount is better for
- Brands, experiential agencies and venues running invite-only events.
- Teams that want published pricing: single events from $249, or a monthly or annual plan.
- Events where partners bring guests: each partner gets a link, and you see who they brought and who showed up.
Common questions
Is Guestcount a good alternative to Gatsby?
For brand activations, launches and venue nights, yes. Guestcount covers branded RSVP pages, approvals, a waitlist, plus-ones, door check-in and SMS, with published pricing from $249 per event. Gatsby is built for VC and PE firms, universities and membership networks, and prices by quote.
How much does Gatsby cost compared with Guestcount?
Gatsby doesn't publish prices: it says pricing depends on team size and event volume, and most teams pay annually. Guestcount single events start at $249, with monthly and annual plans. See pricing.
Can I use my own domain with Gatsby or Guestcount?
Gatsby lists custom domain setup as a paid add-on. Guestcount includes your own domain, or a guestcount.com subdomain, on the Brand plan.
Do Gatsby and Guestcount track who brought each guest?
Both do. Gatsby offers referral links that track where registrations come from. Guestcount gives each partner or person an invite link with its own spots and plus-ones, and credits RSVPs, approvals and check-ins to each link and partner.
Sources
Gatsby details from these pages, checked . Guestcount details from the product.
- Gatsby homepage: https://www.gatsby.events/
- Gatsby pricing: https://gatsby.events/pricing/
- Gatsby help: public and private events: https://help.gatsby.events/reference/event-management/public-private-events/
- Gatsby help: capacity and waitlists (hosted on a customer domain): https://events.kindredventures.com/platform/registration/capacity-waitlists