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.

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Localist User Interface

Popular Localist Alternatives

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Localist

4.4

(63)

Ratings Breakdown

4.33Ease of use
4.26Value for money
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4.22Functionality

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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
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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

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Verified

Reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2019

Simple and Easy to Use

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

I like this product because it allowed us to customize it for our organization's intent.

Cons:

Sometimes the cache takes a really long time to update so you can't see the difference you made to featured items automatically.

Reasons for switching to Localist

Wanted something more integrated with our organization website

Vendor Response

Thanks for your review!

Replied October 2019

Kathleen C.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2019

Can't say enoughh about Localist

The entire team at Localist is great to work with; speedy replies to email inquiries; a Slack channel for discussion. Truly a great company.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Localist has made event promotion so much more effective! Having a single place to list events, and the ability to display those events in multiple ways via multiple channels is time-saving and helps spread promote all our events. Since everyone on campus can submit an event, there's a built-in sense of community! The interface is clear and easy for all level of users! The social aspects of the calendar are the best facet: users can leave reviews, post photos and share with friends. Simply can't think of a better calendar platform for any college.

Cons:

Customizing the CSS takes a higher understanding of programming than I possess...but our IT folks find it simple!

Reasons for choosing Localist

Features were just what I was looking for and it worked perfectly for college calendars. For the first time, we had ALL college calendars in one place!

Reasons for switching to Localist

Localist offered all the options I was looking for

Vendor Response

Thanks for your detailed review Kathleen!

Replied October 2019

Eric J.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2019

Should be so much better

It looked like a promising product but since the first month of implementation, we ran into a wall with support. Anything outside of their tight scope of functionality was not supported and would not even be considered. When things break all you have is an email address to post your issue and then wait.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The calendar has a nice look and has a lot of features integrated into it. It has been stable and reliable throughout the time we've used it.

Cons:

Support has been generally terrible. Anything outside of the basic functionality is simply not supported and they have been unwilling to implement ANY requests that we've made. On several occasions the answers provided by support have been blatantly wrong and only through our own channels have we been able to fix problems that the vendor created. Their API is read-only so making any types of changes require using the GUI which is a nightmare when trying to manage hundreds of events and users. The calendar has little to no spam protection so users can post hundreds of bogus reviews while trying to farm clicks on our platform. Again, support had no solution for this and did not offer to help remove these.

Reasons for switching to Localist

Helios was no longer supported or under development.

Vendor Response

Ouch, I'm sorry to read your review Eric, but your detailed feedback is constructive. I've sent your reviewto a couple of senior people over here at Localist to see what we can do better for you. You'll be hearing from someone soon!

Replied October 2019

Teresa N.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2019

It's OK

It seems like we started the Localist product with little information. Very learn-by-doing. Over time, it got better, but still have a long way to go. The webinar on Channels was so confusing that it took me months to figure out what they were talking about. Again, lots of learn-by-doing.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The approval process is quick and easy. The calendar looks good.

Cons:

• Need to be able to submit event to MORE THAN ONE LOCATION for multiple dates of same event. We have voter registration booths around campus, so have to pick one location, then add the others in the room number slot. • Option to HIDE DESCRIPTION from main page. Now that calendar is used a lot, want to make front-facing page look more streamline. • Need INSTRUCTIONS FOR USER-FACING PAGES, emphasizing importance of choosing audience, etc. Separate instructions on photos, channels, groups. Written or Video. Needs to be simple.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your feedback Teresa! I've passed your comments onto our Support Team to see what they can do to improve the experience.

Replied September 2019

Emily K.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2019

Powerful tool that is simple to use

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Localists offers many features and displays beautifully. From administrators to calendar users, the platform is intuitive to use and offers truly useful features. Our users love the ease of expressing interest in an event and notifications in their inbox. Administrators love the ease of setup, reporting and the configuration flexibility. Our events site is attractive and easy to use for the public and we have more units using the calendar platform and the embed widget so they may display their events on their website as well.

Cons:

We have a system that works for us but it would be nice to have a more options in setting up user permissions.

Reasons for switching to Localist

Our previous calendar platform looked out dated and did not offer the ability to have as many users on the platform as we needed. This meant we had fewer people engaged with the calendar and fewer events posted.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your feedback Emily!

Replied September 2019

Pam M.

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2019

Localist is a GREAT calendar app

An attractive, easy to use calendar appears on our website. It's easy to link people to events and there is plenty of room to promote our volunteer and recreational opportunities.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Installation and use of Localist is a breeze. Because our state agency partner also uses it, duplication of events and effort (for me at least) has been cut way down.

Cons:

Like all technology, it can be intimidating and not all of our chapters have been convinced to install a widget on their own websites. It's early days though and I am hopeful.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your feedback Pam! 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

Andrea G.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

10000+ employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2019

Great UX - easy and quick to use

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We have been using Localist for a while now, using it as a primary destination for our stakeholders to learn about our events. The integration with our event management system is great and the UX is really good. Super user-friendly and clear with labels, flexible to add your own tags/categories, etc. We have embedded it in our website and it's awesome not to have to worry about managing multiple calendars - using the same one for the whole university and our individual department.

Cons:

Some limited visual features to style the feed with code.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your review Andrea!

Replied October 2019

Elizabeth L.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2019

Generally gets the job done, however, a couple of backend tweak would make life easier

Overall, I've had a good experience and there are a couple little things that could be refined.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

I like how quick and easy it is to add an event, especially with the fields that auto-populate, such as the location field, linking the content to a map.

Cons:

As a lead administrator who is in charge of approving events in our campus's pending queue, there's no distinction for me to know which events were saved by other admins on campus who will publish the content themselves (once they're ready), and which events are for me and me team to approve and publish.

Reasons for choosing Localist

I don't know

Reasons for switching to Localist

I don't know

Vendor Response

Thanks for the feedback Elizabeth!

Replied May 2020

Jill S.

Higher Education

5001-10000 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

Great solution for promoting events

Localist has put a lot of thought into designing a system that simply makes sense to users, and they offer great advice on how to organize filters and user functions so that they remain intuitive. We've had nothing but happy comments from users and providers.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's extremely intuitive and easy for both end users and event providers to dive right in. Also, I love their support team. They are enthusiastic, have a solid technical understanding of the software, respond quickly with solutions that work and creative ideas.

Cons:

Moderating/reviewing events can be a bit awkward if you have a lot of reviewers. It isn't difficult, but requires some planning and coordination.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your feedback, Jill! 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

Megan P.

Verified reviewer

Public Relations and Communications

10000+ employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2019

Easy to use, wish it was more customizable

I do not communicate with customer support directly, but it seems like it often takes a long time for us to get responses when we do.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very easy to use. We have many event admins across our campus, and people seem to pick it up pretty quickly regardless of level of experience.

Cons:

I wish it was more customizable for our needs. With such a large campus, we end up with many events in our pending queue, both from non-admins and admins who accidentally submit events for approval instead of just adding to the calendar. We have asked to have facets added to the main queue so that we can filter by different fields.

Reasons for switching to Localist

Old product was not meeting our needs

Vendor Response

Thanks for your feedback Megan!

Replied October 2019

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