Meet with Tech vs Luma

If you're running a UK tech meetup or user group, Luma's global generalist feed makes you compete with crypto launches and AI launch parties for attention. Meet with Tech surfaces UK tech communities by design.

Luma is a great product. If your audience is global and your format is one-off online events with paid tickets, it still wins. For UK tech meetups, Meet with Tech is the leaner fit.

Why pick Meet with Tech over Luma

UK tech discovery by default

Attendees searching see UK tech meetups first. Discovery and recommendations are weighted toward tech topics and UK locations from the ground up.

Luma: global generalist feed across every category

Communities, not just calendars

Groups are first-class. Your members follow the community itself, and recurring meetups stay organised under one home page they can subscribe to.

Luma: hosts and calendars, not full community pages

A single predictable fee

Flat £9/month for organisers. The same fee whether you run one event a year or twelve, and nothing changes if you ever charge for a ticket.

Luma: free for free events, percentage fee on paid ticketing

At a glance

Feature		Luma
Geographic focus	UK tech community	Global generalist
Free events	Free for attendees	Free for attendees
Organiser cost (entry)	£9 / month	Free (paid events take a fee)
Recurring groups / communities	First-class	Calendars + hosts
Topic-tailored discovery	Tech-shaped	Generalist
Paid ticketing	Not yet	Yes (Stripe-backed)
Calendar integrations	ICS export	Native calendar subscriptions

Which one is right for you?

Built for tech communities

Choose if

Your community is UK-based and tech-focused
You run recurring events under a group, not one-offs
You want discovery to favour a tech audience
You'd rather have a single monthly fee than per-ticket cuts

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Choose Luma if

You run global events or have a non-UK audience
You need polished paid ticketing now
You prefer a hosted-calendar workflow over a community page
You want a generalist audience beyond tech

Common questions

Is Meet with Tech a Luma alternative?

Yes. Both let you publish events, manage RSVPs, and grow a community page. Meet with Tech is shaped specifically around UK tech communities and free recurring meetups. Luma is a generalist with strong adoption in crypto, AI, and startup scenes.

How is Meet with Tech's pricing different from Luma?

Luma is free for organisers of free events and charges a fee on paid tickets. Meet with Tech charges organisers from £9/month for the Organiser plan with no per-RSVP fees. For free events, both have a similar cost profile, but Meet with Tech adds organiser tooling and group features.

Does Meet with Tech work for online events?

Yes. Events can be marked as virtual and include a join URL. Both in-person and online formats are supported.

Why pick a UK-focused platform over Luma?

Search, discovery, and recommendations on Meet with Tech are weighted toward UK tech topics and locations, so attendees see locally relevant events first. If your community is UK-based, that's usually a better fit.