Amelia vs Events Manager
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| Feature | Amelia v2.4.13 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details | Events Manager v7.4.11 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.2/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 90,000+ | 60,000+ |
| Last updated | October 22, 2026 | October 25, 2026 |
| Editions | Amelia Lite · Amelia Starter ($) · Amelia Basic ($) · Amelia Pro ($) · Amelia Developer ($) | Events Manager · Events Manager Pro ($) |
| Pros | Booking forms for appointments and events via shortcodes, blocks and Elementor widgets; Square payments and email notifications work in the free Lite edition; Customer data stored in dedicated tables, with optional SMS credits service; Usage tracking stays off unless the admin opts in on the free edition | Calendar, list and map shortcodes and blocks; Recurring events and location pages in the free core; Works with BuddyPress, bbPress and Yoast SEO |
| Cons | Most payment gateways, Google and Outlook sync, Zoom and coupons require a paid licence; Very large codebase (over 6,700 files) with dozens of custom database tables; Lite settings for payments and limits are reset to defaults on save | Paid tickets, payments and timeslots need Events Manager Pro; Large feature set with many admin screens to learn |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Booking, catalog and events shortcodes, Gutenberg booking and events blocks, Elementor booking widgets, Email notifications via wp_mail, SMTP or Mailgun, SMS notifications through the Amelia SMS service (prepaid credits), Coupons ($), Recurring appointments and events ($), Custom booking fields ($), Service packages and resources ($), Waiting lists ($), Webhooks ($), MCP server / abilities registration for AI agents | events_calendar shortcode, events_list shortcode, locations_map shortcode, events_gcal shortcode for Google Calendar, Recurring event series post type, Opt-in EU right of withdrawal form, Timeslots, which need Events Manager Pro ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Square, Stripe ($), PayPal ($), Mollie ($), Razorpay ($) | — |
| Mailchimp ($), Mailgun | — | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | — |
| Plugins | Elementor | Yoast SEO, BuddyPress, bbPress |
| Other | Google Calendar ($), Microsoft Outlook Calendar ($), Zoom ($), Google reCAPTCHA ($) | Expo push notification service, GitHub (MCP adapter release lookup), WordPress.org plugin directory |
| Requires WordPress | 6.5 | 6.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | smsapi.wpamelia.com, store.melograno.io, bi.melograno.io, middleware.wpamelia.com, www.iplocate.io, api.mollie.com, exp.host, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, api-m.paypal.com, connect.squareup.com, graph.microsoft.com, login.microsoftonline.com, api.razorpay.com, auth.razorpay.com, www.googleapis.com, api.stripe.com | plugins.svn.wordpress.org, ps.w.org, exp.host, api.github.com |
| Blocks | 9 | 4 |
| Shortcodes | 16 | 27 |
| Custom tables | 61 | — |