Luma

Luma is a lightweight event platform popular with tech meetups, community groups and startup events. You create a clean event page in a few minutes, collect RSVPs or sell tickets, and Luma sends confirmations and reminders by email and text.

Hosts can require approval for each registration, ask registration questions, and invite guests from previous events. Calendars group a community's events on one page that people can subscribe to, which is useful for recurring meetups. At the door, the check-in app scans guests in from a phone.

Free events are free to run, and paid ticketing has fees. It suits community and small professional events more than large conferences with sessions and sponsors. Check how guest data can be exported if you also manage contacts in a CRM or newsletter tool.