Both Print Badges as People Arrive. One Counts Heads.
Eventleaf's check-in app prints badges on demand, works offline and runs a self check-in kiosk that scans QR codes. eventcloud designs badges in real millimetres and prints them at a Badge Kiosk built from a laptop and the printer beside it. The big difference is the meter: Eventleaf prices per attendee a year, and we never count attendees at all. Competitor facts checked 27 October 2026. Sources and dates are listed below.
Eventleaf prints badges at a staffed desk and at a kiosk that scans QR codes and takes payments, priced per attendee a year. eventcloud designs badges in millimetres, prints them at a self-service kiosk and counts team seats instead of attendees.
eventcloud
Crowds That Change Every Year
Where It Shines
Attendees, registrations and events are never counted: team seats are the only thing we meter
Badges in real millimetres on 4x6 inch, Letter, A4, A5, A6 or custom stock, with bleed guides and fold options
Any registration question can print on the badge, with a template per audience
A self-service Badge Kiosk where visitors can correct their own name before they print, if you allow it
Check-in on any phone or tablet with one link and a four-digit PIN, and no app to install
Lead retrieval on every seat, with no charge from us per scanner or per lead
On-demand printing and the check-in app start on Professional S1
Its own payment processor takes US dollars only S1
Checked 27 October 2026. Sources are listed below.
Side by Side
Eight Rows, Including the Three Eventleaf Wins.
The rows that matter most at the badge desk, plus registration and admin.
eventcloud
Eventleaf
Registration and Payments
Forms per Attendee TypeTie
eventcloudYes
A ticket group per audience, each with its own form, confirmation email and price schedule.
EventleafYes
Multiple registration paths, with speaker and sponsor sign-up, on every tier.S1
Checked
Invoices and Waitlists (stronger: Eventleaf)
eventcloudComing Soon
Pay by invoice or bank transfer, and a waitlist for sold-out tickets with releases you control. A waiting list on any ticket not yet on sale already emails everyone the moment it opens. Need either? Tell us.
Any phone or tablet, in the browser, with one link and a 4-digit PIN. No app, no staff accounts.
EventleafYes
A check-in app for iOS, Android and Windows, with name search, on Professional and above. S1S2
Checked
Exhibitors
Lead RetrievalDepends
eventcloudYes
Exhibitors use their own phones to scan the QR code on each attendee's badge or in their event app, rate and qualify each lead, and export to Excel. No charge from us per scanner or per lead.
How to read it. Yes, Partial and No describe each platform today; Not confirmed means we could not confirm it from public sources on the date checked, never that it is missing. Coming soon marks what eventcloud is building now, and the row still goes to whoever does it today. Tell us if a fact has changed. Eventleaf and Jolly are trademarks of their owners, used only to identify the products compared; eventcloud is not affiliated with Eventleaf.
What Gets Counted
What Each Platform Meters.
Eventleaf counts attendees a year. eventcloud counts the people on your team.
eventcloud Counts
Team seats
Attendees, registrations and events are never counted.
Eventleaf Counts
Attendees a year
Starter free to 100 a year, then priced per attendee on Basic and Professional; users are unlimited on every tier S1.
What unlimited covers here, and the few limits that remain, is written out just below.
Unlimited, with the Small Print Printed Large.
No attendee meter here. Here is what is limited, and why it is operational.
Unlimited events, registrations and attendees on every plan. We count team seats, not tickets, so your bill does not rise because your event sells out. The limits that do exist are operational, not commercial: 99 of one ticket type per order line, 10,000 orders per Excel export, five languages per event, and one subdomain and one sending domain per organisation.
Badges
Designed in Millimetres. Printed Where You Like.
Eventleaf's strength is the badge desk. eventcloud's is the design and the prep: badges built from the registration answers, sized to the stock you already buy, and printed from the dashboard before the doors open or at a kiosk as people arrive.
Real millimetres: 4x6 inch, Letter, A4, A5, A6 or custom stock up to 1000 mm, with bleed guides and fold options.
Live data: any registration question can print on the badge, from job title to dietary needs.
One template per audience: delegates, speakers and exhibitors each get their own badge design.
Typos fixed in seconds: fix a name on the order and print again, or let visitors correct their own name at the kiosk before they print.
Where the Facts Come From
Sources.
Every competitor fact on this page links here, with the date we checked it.
Eventleaf's pricing page lists Starter free for up to 100 attendees a year, Basic at $1 per attendee from 500 a year, Professional at $2 per attendee from 1,000 and Ultimate on request, with unlimited events and users on every tier; payments carry 1% through your own PayPal, Stripe or Authorize.Net, or 4% through Eventleaf's own processor, which takes US dollars only (Eventleaf pricing page, checked 27 October 2026). eventcloud's price is on our pricing page, and it never counts attendees.
Does eventcloud print badges at the door?
Yes. Turn a laptop and the printer beside it into a self-service Badge Kiosk: visitors type their ticket number, or find themselves by name or email if you switch that on, check the badge and print it, and printing checks them in. Start Edge or Chrome in kiosk mode on a Windows laptop, with the command on the Badge Kiosk page, and badges print with no dialog. You can also print any attendee's badge from the dashboard before the doors open, in real millimetres on 4x6 inch, A4, A5, A6, Letter or custom stock. Eventleaf's kiosk scans QR codes and takes payments from walk-ups. Want either at your kiosk? Tell us.
Does check-in work offline?
Coming soon: offline check-in. Need it for your venue? Tell us. Check-in runs in the browser on any phone, so test the signal at every entrance during build-up, and bring a 4G router where it is weak.
Can exhibitors scan leads?
Yes. Lead retrieval comes with every seat: exhibitors use their own phones to scan the QR code on each attendee's badge or in their event app, rate and qualify each lead, and export their leads to Excel. No charge from us per scanner or per lead. You decide whether exhibitors get it with their pass or buy it at checkout for a price you set. Eventleaf includes lead retrieval on its Ultimate tier.
Can we try eventcloud for free?
Yes. You can build the whole event, rehearse checkout with Stripe test cards and rehearse check-in on a draft event for free; you subscribe when you are ready to publish. Free events get the same ticket PDFs, QR codes and confirmations as paid ones.
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