Comparison
Guestcount vs Zkipster
Pick Zkipster if you run a high volume of premium events on an annual plan and need seating, badge printing and offline check-in. Pick Guestcount if you want to pay per event from $249, need a built-in waitlist, and want to give partners their own invite links and see who brought whom.
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Guestcount and Zkipster side by side
| Feature | Guestcount | Zkipster |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Annual event allowances. Essentials starts at $246 a month ($2,950 a year) with 60 events a year; Professional starts at $408 a month ($4,900 a year) with 80; Enterprise is custom. |
| Branded RSVP pages | Yes: a theme, your colors and fonts, your flyer and page blocks, built in the page designer. | RSVP and consent forms, and branded Apple and Google Wallet passes. |
| Custom domain | Yes, on Brand: your own domain or a guestcount.com subdomain. | Custom email domains are offered. A custom domain for event pages is not published. |
| 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. | No built-in waitlist: its help center suggests a separate form and guest list, with guests approved by hand. |
| Plus-ones | An allowance per guest and per invite link. Guests pick a number, name each plus-one, or answer your questions for each. | Set as a guest's total party size. Plus-ones check in with the main guest and don't need their own profile. |
| 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 app with kiosk mode, QR and barcode scanning, and an offline mode. |
| SMS | Yes: invitations, updates and a confirmation text on every event, alongside email. | SMS and WhatsApp on Professional and Enterprise, with credit packs. Not on Essentials. |
| 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. | Not published |
| Guest history across events | Yes, on Essential, Growth and Brand: one record per guest across your events, with their show rate. | Guest relationships, plus Zkipster Audience, a separate contact database from $145 a month ($1,750 a year) for 750 contacts. |
| Team roles | Admin and Manager roles with per-person permissions, per-event collaborators, and door staff at no seat cost. | User seats by plan: 5+, 10+ or 15+. |
“Not published” means we found no public source for it; ask Zkipster directly.
Who Zkipster is better for
- Teams running many premium events a year who want an annual plan with an event allowance.
- Events that need seating plans, floorplans and on-site badge printing.
- Doors that need offline check-in or kiosk mode.
Who Guestcount is better for
- Brands, agencies and venues that want to pay per event, from $249, or on a monthly plan.
- Invite-only events with a waitlist built in and approvals per invite link.
- 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 Zkipster?
For invite-only brand events, yes. Guestcount covers branded RSVP pages, approvals, a built-in waitlist, plus-ones, door check-in and SMS, and starts at $249 per event. Zkipster adds seating, badge printing and offline check-in, on annual plans with an event allowance.
Does Zkipster have a waitlist?
Zkipster's help center says it does not have a built-in waiting list feature, and suggests a separate form and guest list instead. In Guestcount, when an event is full, new guests are offered the waitlist and you promote them as spots open.
How much does Zkipster cost compared with Guestcount?
Zkipster Essentials starts at $246 a month ($2,950 a year) for 60 events a year, and Professional at $408 a month ($4,900 a year) for 80. Guestcount single events start at $249, with monthly and annual plans for teams that run events regularly. See pricing.
Which is better for events where partners bring guests, Zkipster or Guestcount?
Guestcount gives each partner their own invite link, with its own spots and plus-ones, and credits every RSVP and check-in to the link it came through. Zkipster's homepage and pricing page don't mention partner or tracked invite links.
Sources
Zkipster details from these pages, checked . Guestcount details from the product.
- Zkipster homepage: https://www.zkipster.com/
- Zkipster pricing: https://www.zkipster.com/pricing
- Zkipster help: adding guests to a waiting list: https://support.zkipster.com/en/articles/2690214-how-to-add-guests-to-a-waiting-list
- Zkipster help: checking in plus-ones: https://support.zkipster.com/en/articles/11176338-how-to-check-in-plus-ones-1s