A quick look in no particular order (except mine first of course) . Yes I am checking out the competition – I love developing, but need to get some return on it. Hence some research on what others are doing.
Update as at: Feb 2012
- free at wordpress (4 star rating, 2012 updates)
- input via ics file subscription
- most customisable calendars, agendas, schedules etc, variety of views
- date navigation and pagination
- widgets
- paid addon to the above ($40)
- full event creation, custom post types, taxonomies, locations
- filtering
- filters, pluggable functions
- variety of map plugin integrations
- multi lingual integration
- produce ics feeds
- uses wordpress as intended so you get benefits of being able to integrate other plugins
event espresso ($$$!)
- lite version at wordpress (3 star rating)
- paid version not cheap (lots of addons – top price $500, base at $90)
- registration, ticketing, payment gateways
- recurring events an addon
- free version at wordpress (5 star rating, 2012 update)
- is it error prone? (7 brokens for last version, but 13 works)
- paid support at $120 hour
- recurring, ics import/export, variety of views, widgets
- free version at wordpress (4 star rating, last update 2010/10)
- paid version $75
- bookings, paypal
- free version at wordpress (4 star rating, last update 2012)
- sounds fairly full featured, views, recurring, customisable
- user guide at $20
- free at wordpress (4 star, but last update 2010)
- free version at wordpress (3 star)
- create and present calendar for events
- free version at wordpress (3 star, last 2009)
- event registration