How we stack up
against the real alternatives.

We're not the only option. Here's what each platform does best, what each leaves out, and where we think Confanum fits — for fan conventions, faires, festivals, and the events that don't fit a corporate-event-tech mold.

Leap is six acquired products being unified into one ticketing-revenue business. Confanum is one platform built for the operational reality of running a convention.

Honest concession: If you need physical box-office terminals, RFID wristbands, dedicated on-site staff, and a tier-1 marquee customer roster for board approval, Leap has more installed infrastructure than we do. We integrate with the scanners and printers you already own, and we run mobile QR + self-serve kiosks. Most fan cons are moving in that direction; some still want hardware-heavy on-site ops, and that's a fair reason to stay with Leap this year. Either way — we'd still rather talk to you about your operations stack.

Eventeny is great at what it's great at — artist alley jurying and vendor management. Most of our prospects who run Eventeny keep running Eventeny. We handle everything else.

Scenario A — Coexistence: If artist alley is a major operational pain for your event, Eventeny is worth a look — they're the leader for that workflow. Most of our customers who use Eventeny keep using Eventeny for the artist/vendor side and run Confanum for ticketing, schedule, volunteers, panels, reserved seating, and multi-year analytics. The two systems coexist cleanly.

Scenario B — On the free tier: Eventeny's free tier sends your visitors to eventeny.com (their domain, their checkout, their marketplace). Confanum's free WordPress plugin runs your event on your domain — your branding, your checkout, your data. Same starting price ($0). Materially different experience. See the WordPress plugin tiers.

Eventbrite is the right place to sell a single event. A convention is not a single event — it's an operation.

Honest concession: Eventbrite is the right tool for sub-2,000-attendee single-day events with no panels and no volunteer program. Lots of veteran chairs ran their first event on Eventbrite — we respect the path. The moment your stack starts including SignUpGenius, Submittable, Sched, and a separate spreadsheet for vendors, that's when we start helping.

Eventtia powers Cartier and Dior corporate launches. We power Pensacon and Creation Entertainment fan conventions. Different operational shape, different bullseye. Most of our prospects don't shop Eventtia — but if you're a multi-event org with a corporate sister-property, here's the honest read.

Honest concession: Eventtia is excellent for corporate launches, B2B trade shows, and luxury-brand client events — they have the references and the matchmaking depth that audience needs. If your event is a roadshow or B2B summit with attendee-matchmaking as a core requirement, evaluate them seriously. For fan conventions, faires, festivals, and the operational reality of guests + vendors + volunteers + panels + photo ops, we're the better fit.