Localist 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Localist

4.4

(63)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Localist

With Localist's unique combination of event management and marketing automation you will increase attendance for all event types (online and offline, paid and free), keep Meetups and Facebook Lives under your brand and make measurable gains in business goals.

With Localist, you can:

Include all event types in one centralized calendar
Fully understand event reach and impact
Gain actionable insights for audience targeting & event offerings using predictive event success and post-event analytics to tweak your marketing strategy
Create, send and manage automated social media and email promotions
Schedule Zoom meetings and track attendance without leaving Localist
Reach new audiences to grow your community and increase event attendance
Aggregate disparate data sources to gain a holistic view of your most engaged members

Over the past 10 years, we have powered 10 million+ events for nonprofits, technology companies, associations and educational institutions. Our customers rely on Localist because it’s:

Centralized
Localist centralizes the event listings process with a streamlined workflow. Departments, chapters and affiliates can add events; you approve and publish.

User-friendly...

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Localist Pricing and Plans

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Free Version

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Localist Features

Popular features found in Event Marketing
Audience Targeting
Email Marketing
Event Calendar
Location-Based Marketing
Social Promotion
Website Management
More features of Localist
Access Controls/Permissions
Agenda Management
Attendance Management
Attendee Management
Calendar Management
Commenting/Notes
Conferences/Conventions
Conferencing
Credit Card Processing
Customizable CTAs
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Discount Management
Drip Campaigns
Dynamic Content
Electronic Payments
Email Management
Email Reminders
Email Tracking
Engagement Tracking
Event Management
Event Scheduling
Event Ticketing
Event Triggered Actions
Landing Pages/Web Forms
Lead Capture
Lead Generation
Lead Management
Live Streaming
Marketing Calendar
Meeting Preparation Tools
Membership Management
Multi-Channel Communication
Multi-Channel Marketing
Payment Processing
Personalization
Real-Time Chat
Recording
Registration Management
Reminders
Reporting/Analytics
ROI Tracking
Sales Analytics
Scheduling
Search Marketing
Segmentation
Single Sign On
Social Marketing
Social Media Integration
SSL Security
Surveys & Feedback
Template Management
Third-Party Integrations
Ticketing
User Management
Video Conferencing
Visual Analytics
Website Visitor Tracking
Workflow Management

Localist Integrations

Google Calendar

Google Maps

Drupal

LinkedIn for Business

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

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Localist User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

52%

37%

11%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.3

Value for money

4.3

Customer support

4.3

Functionality

4.2

Have you used Localist and would like to share your experience with others?

Nicky E.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2019

Localist is the solution!

We looked at many different event software solutions before deciding on Localist. It's a great product, and the customer service is unparalleled.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I really like how you can brand localist, customize the calendar offerings, and how it is a marketing platform in addition to a events platform.

Cons:

I wish that the integration with Facebook still existed! I don't like double-creating everything - but using Localist and Facebook together = maximum visibility.

Reasons for switching to Localist

We were moving to a new website and we wanted something that was more agile, updated, and easy to use for both administrators and attendees.

Vendor Response

Good feedback Nicky - Thanks!

Replied October 2019

Raymond R.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2019

Ray's review of Localist

I'm very familiar with Localist after having used it for a few years so I'm reluctant to change to a different email merge system but I do find it to be user-friendly and easy to introduce people to.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's very easy to get started and set up a basic email. Support is very helpful and great about determining what issues I'm having. The emails usually look pretty great and consistent.

Cons:

After I've uploaded a new audience, the response time a for it to appear and become useable. This is very confusing and stressful when you need to send the campaign. When I import an audience and add new field names, I wish I didn't have to eventually rename them from the default "MEREGE8" in the Audience fields page. I wish it were easier to modify the template and styles without "hacking it" via CSS.

Reasons for choosing Localist

My program director vouched for it from her experience with it at her previous job.

Vendor Response

Thanks Raymond! I passed your feedback on to our support team too.

Replied September 2019

Stanley C.

Hospital & Health Care

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

Customer service is excellent, but the UI and functionality needs a revamp

Overall I think the customer service is excellent. The UI and functionality needs to be improved. I've been using this software for 5 years and it has not changed much. It's time to improve on the current concept.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like that I am able to segment my events into separate communities. I like the outstanding software support whenever I have questions. The UI and functionality can be upgraded to better filter events and further improve usability.

Cons:

I don't like that I can't give more control for approval of events. At my organization, we have one admin to approve the events. Events already submitted don't necessarily need to be reapproved by me if there are minor changes like dates. When someone does add/remove dates from an event, the event is no longer visible to the public and needs to be reapproved. Maybe the event shouldn't be pulled from the live feed and be amended by the changes when it's approved. Or there should be an option to automatically approve minor changes. Another thing I don't like is the way you can filter down events. I think being able to see a calendar with the events listed on each day is a plus. (Kind of like seeing a physical calendar or using the Google calendar app.) People like to be able to see the events available on a week or monthly basis. I think this option would be most beneficial for the widget at least. I've been asked multiple times to have an alternative view to the list view we already have. The mini calendar for the widget is not functionally viable. It limits you to being only able to filter events on a day to day basis. If you ask me, I think it is rather cumbersome and not useful.

Vendor Response

Hey Stanley! Thanks for your review. We're catching up on responding to some Capterra reviews, and we wanted to check-in. I wanted to let you know that we are weeks away from launching an improved front-end on the Localist platform. Our goal with this front-end release is to update the design of the customizable layout - without disturbing too much in the existing experience. Maintaining simplicity in the user's experience is critical. We have identified opportunities in key moments of interaction to improve user flows and optimize how content is consumed. Looking forward to this release and would love to get some feedback from you after that release! If you have any questions and concerns hit us up at https://www.localist.com/contact/

Replied September 2019

Jason C.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2019

Localist calendar manages our 1,000+ events/year

The customer service at Localist is excellent. They are proactive by checking in regularly and when we have an issue or question they address it right away.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Localist is very easy to setup and administer and is a very powerful calendar platform to help manage and promote our many events on campus. We've been able to shed our many rogue calendars and have everyone bought in on using Localist because it has many great features.

Cons:

When we first bought Localist, we had to use advanced custom CSS to skin the site match our regular website. However, since then, they now offer a great theme tool that allows you to adjust the styles of your calendar without any coding, etc. We are now using the theme editor and love the fresh look of our calendar.

Reasons for choosing Localist

Localist had the most robust list of features and had great experiences working with colleges and universities that have many decentralized events.

Vendor Response

Thanks for such a detailed review Jason!

Replied September 2019

Jeff F.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2019

Excellent robust hosted event calendar solution

We've used the platform for many years, replacing a very old and broken open source solution. Engagement with the calendar more than doubled, and sustained at double or sometimes triple the traffic. Pretty satisfied with it, though there's always room for improvement. Team is responsive and helpful.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The system is very focused on how users actually use event calendars, instead of being stuffed full of all the random features some folks might imagine people want. It's very user focused, very customizable, and a great solution for Higher Ed where so many different parts of the org have slightly different needs that can be accommodated. Embedding feeds in a very flexible and customizable way into each department's website was a life saver.

Cons:

Some of the customizability can get a little clunky, wish there were a few more very nice built-in options and default templates. The default is nice, and the ability to get it perfectly on-brand are great, but several super polished default templates for the calendar and the widgets would go a long way. (Not a concern for shops with talented designers, but would be helpful for the smaller organizations.)

Vendor Response

Thanks for the feedback Jeff. We're looking forward to our latest release which will include some new templates we hope you will enjoy!

Replied October 2019

Verified

Reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

Almost great

Overall, it is great when compared to a lot of other calendar tools. It needs a few improvements, but at least they are trying!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This tool is almost great. Setting everything up is cumbersome, but intuitive. The interface is pretty modern and clean.

Cons:

Not the best in terms of accessibility. Event images have no place to add custom alt text and simply get assigned the events title as the alt text. No landmarks used. Headings are all over the place etc. There are some features that they really need to add such as administrators being able to view the calendar from another users account (assume their identity), view edit history on a group or channel, schedule out sponsored events etc.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your feedback! We're catching up on responding to some Capterra reviews, and we wanted to check-in. I wanted to let you know that we are weeks away from launching an improved front-end on the Localist platform. Our goal with this front-end release is to update the design of the customizable layout - without disturbing too much in the existing experience. Maintaining simplicity in the user's experience is critical. We have identified opportunities in key moments of interaction to improve user flows and optimize how content is consumed. Looking forward to this release and would love to get some feedback from you after that release! If you have any questions and concerns hit us up at https://www.localist.com/contact/

Replied September 2019

Frankie R.

Government Relations

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2019

Beautiful, functional, and automated.

Our previous website calendar system consisted of our staff manually entering events when the public would email them to us. Even with copy/pasting each field, it would take up some time to process a lot of requests. Now, we can approve or deny events with the click of a button and the public takes the time to format the events themselves. This also allows for required fields so we don't receive events with missing information.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I really like the clean design of the calendar along with the functionality of event submissions. Having the public submit their own events automates our process so much more than it was before. All we have to do is click one button to approve or deny the events, and that makes our job much easier.

Cons:

I think we could have a little more control over the customization of the design, but we still haven't hit too many roadblocks as it is now.

Vendor Response

Hey Frankie! Thanks for your feedback! We're catching up on responding to some Capterra reviews, and we wanted to check-in. I wanted to let you know that we are weeks away from launching an improved front-end on the Localist platform. Our goal with this front-end release is to update the design of the customizable layout - without disturbing too much in the existing experience. Maintaining simplicity in the user's experience is critical. We have identified opportunities in key moments of interaction to improve user flows and optimize how content is consumed. Looking forward to this release and would love to get some feedback from you after that release! If you have any questions and concerns hit us up at https://www.localist.com/contact/

Replied September 2019

Brandi H.

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2019

Easy to use and excellent customer service

We wanted a tool that would make it easier for our users to add and manage their own events to a calendar, thus adding to the number events on the calendar at any given time. Localist, with its easy to use interface, has solved that problem. People have found it very easy to use with little to no training necessary. The Localist support team has been wonderful about replying quickly to any questions or help I've needed.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This was the easiest third-party tool implementation I've ever been a part of. They didn't oversell and under-deliver. The calendar was exactly as promised and so easy to use for both admins and our end-users. The interface is user friendly and has made adding and managing events very easy.

Cons:

There isn't much that I like least about the software. Localist is very responsive to customer suggestions so updates are usually driven by users. The minor things are not deal breakers for me.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your feedback, Brandi! What a great review! We're catching up on responding to some Capterra reviews, and we wanted to check-in. I wanted to let you know that we are weeks away from launching an improved front-end on the Localist platform. Our goal with this front-end release is to update the design of the customizable layout - without disturbing too much in the existing experience. Maintaining simplicity in the user's experience is critical. We have identified opportunities in key moments of interaction to improve user flows and optimize how content is consumed. Looking forward to this release and would love to get some feedback from you after that release! If you have any questions and concerns hit us up at https://www.localist.com/contact/

Replied September 2019

Verified

Reviewer

Higher Education

201-500 employees

Used other for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2019

Flexible Calendar Solution That Can Centralize Your Events

We have successfully used the Localist solution to centralize and consolidate our various calendars and event posts. What was previously done via many entry points can now be done through one. The vendor assisted us throughout but most of the work had to be done internally for obvious reasons.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The solution is very flexible to our needs and the branding capabilities are impressive. We also liked that we can have both internal and external, public-facing calendar views. The final implementation is seamless to the end users and appears to them as though it was custom, in-house work.

Cons:

The actual setup of the solution was laborious. Our goal was to consolidate many separate calendars in use around our organization. Setting up each integration feed and forming appropriate categories to fit each of the various events was the most challenging part. It required several discussions with our stakeholder group.

Reasons for choosing Localist

For the price, Localist offered better features and customization options to meet our needs. It also wasn't the most expensive option we investigated.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your detailed review!

Replied October 2019

Verified

Reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used other for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2019

Simple application to use