Explara
Explara is a cloud platform for managing in-person events from planning through event day and follow-up.
What Explara is
Explara is a cloud platform for managing in-person events from planning through event day and follow-up. Its core tools cover registration, ticketing, attendee management, payment processing, marketing, and reporting, as well as interaction measurement and event ROI evaluation. Before an event, organizers can use website themes and a CMS, online registration and ticketing, marketing, paper and abstract management, merchandise, and travel and accommodation booking. Event-day tools include entry scanning, point of sale, badge design and printing, and a mobile app builder. The platform also provides groups and memberships, surveys, contact management, invoicing and bookkeeping, and finance and data integration. Explara offers web, Android, iOS, and API access, plus Event Mobile and Check-In apps. Explara Connect can be delivered as a web app, mobile app, or both, with branded publishing on Apple and Google Play stores. The Starter plan is free and allows one event per month; Growth costs $9/month and Pro costs $25/month. Starter charges 4% on domestic ticket value and a 1% Stripe transaction fee. Stripe or PayPal customers can trial ticketing and online selling for five transactions each.
Good
- Free Starter plan supports one event per month.
- Combines registration, ticketing, and attendee management.
- Includes event-day scanning and badge tools.
- Offers web, Android, iOS, and API access.
- Lists email, chat, and phone support.
Watch out
- Starter charges 4% on domestic ticket value.
- Starter charges a 1% Stripe transaction fee.
- Starter is limited to one event per month.
- Stripe or PayPal trial allows five transactions each.
Who it suits
It suits organizers of in-person events who want registration, ticketing, attendee tools, and event-day operations in one cloud platform. Teams can also use its group administration and mobile event app options.
Verdict
Explara covers event planning, ticketing, attendee engagement, and event-day tasks, with a free Starter option and paid tiers. Account for Starter's transaction fees and monthly event limit when choosing a plan.
Plans and prices
From Explara's own pricing page, checked 28 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | Free | 4% on domestic ticket value; 1% Stripe transaction fee; 1 group and 1 event per month · 1 group · 200 members · 1 event/month · 100 registrations · 2 custom forms · 5 affiliates · 5 team members · 4% domestic ticket fee · 1% Stripe transaction fee · $0 / Month |
| Growth | $9 a month | 4% on domestic ticket value; 1% Stripe transaction fee; 2 groups and 5 events per month · 2 groups · 1,000 members · 5 events/month · 1,000 registrations · 10 custom forms · 50 affiliates · 10 team members · 4% domestic ticket fee · 1% Stripe transaction fee · $9 / Month |
| Pro | $25 a month | 4% on domestic ticket value; 1% Stripe transaction fee; 5 groups and 10 events per month · 5 groups · 2,500 members · 10 events/month · 5,000 registrations · 50 custom forms · 200 affiliates · 30 team members · 4% domestic ticket fee · 1% Stripe transaction fee · $25 / Month |
The facts
Each one read from Explara's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Attendee app
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Event platform
- All-in-one cloud platform covering pre-event, event-day, and post-event operationschecked 28 Sep 2026
- Mobile and web apps
- Explara Connect can be delivered as a web app, a mobile app, or both, with branded publishing on Apple and Google Play stores.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Mobile apps
- Event Mobile App and Check-In App are offeredchecked 28 Sep 2026
What it does
- Attendee email
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- CMS and administration
- Explara provides groups and membership, surveys and feedback, contact management, invoicing and bookkeeping, and finance and data integration.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Core features
- Ticketing, registration, attendee management, payment processing, marketing, and reportingchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Customer count
- More than 100,000 customers are citedchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Data safety claim
- Explara says it has processes and solutions to safeguard privacy and datachecked 28 Sep 2026
- Developer API
- Explara offers account holders free access to a developer API, including OAuth2 support for Login with Explara and integrations with their own applications.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Event-day tools
- Event-day capabilities include a mobile app builder, entry scanning, point of sale, and badge design and printing.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Event formats
- in-personchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Exhibitor tools
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Integration coverage
- Explara states that it integrates with more than 1000 business software productschecked 28 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Explara says Zapier can connect it to more than 1,000 business software products and specifically describes Google Sheets, Mailchimp, Salesforce, Zoho, Freshsales, and HubSpot integrations.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Listed integrations
- Gmail, Amazon SES, Mandrill, SendGrid, Audience Tracker, and payment gatewayschecked 28 Sep 2026
- Onsite check-in
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Paid from
- 9checked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Company name
- Signure Technologies Pvt. Ltd.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker history
- Explara says the company started operating in 2008 and launched event ticketing and registration software in 2009.checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Free plan limits
- Starter includes 1 membership group and 1 event per monthchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Free trial limit
- Stripe or PayPal customers can trial event ticketing and online selling for 5 transactions eachchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Free usage
- The Starter plan is free, requires no credit card, and supports one event per month; Stripe or PayPal users can trial ticketing and online selling for five transactions each.checked 28 Sep 2026
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