# Who makes AnyEventTool, and what does it stand for? > AnyEventTool is an independent event platform made in Ukraine: who builds it, how it earns money, its principles on fees, consent, privacy and AI. Canonical URL: https://anyeventtool.com/en/learn/about-anyeventtool Updated: 2026-10-14 ## Short answer AnyEventTool (AET) is an independent event platform built in Ukraine by a small team; its Terms of Service name Oleksandr Rykovtsev as owner and developer. It earns money only from an optional Pro subscription ($29 a month or $290 a year), never from ticket sales, ads or data. Its principles: 0% fees with the organizer as merchant, communities joined only by consent, private attendee data by default, and AI used as a tool for organizers, not on attendees' data. ## Key facts - Made in Ukraine by a small independent team - Owner and developer named in the Terms of Service: Oleksandr Rykovtsev - Revenue: Pro subscription only ($29 a month or $290 a year via Creem); 0% of ticket and shop sales - Domains: aet.events, anyeventtool.com, aet.market (storefronts), aet.community (community short links) - 19 interface languages, Ukrainian as the base language - AI: OpenAI models via API for posters, brand styles, events from source and quiz questions; never on attendee data - Contact: support@anyeventtool.com, the only official address ## Why does AET exist? Most organizers glue an event together from separate services: a site builder for the page, a form for sign-ups, a ticketing platform that takes a commission, a messenger chat, a spreadsheet of attendees and another service for a quiz. It is slow, it costs money on every ticket, and the data ends up scattered. AET puts the whole event — and the time between events — in one place: the page, registration and tickets, check-in, the quiz on the day, and afterwards a calendar, a shop and a community. The slogan on the home page is "The best event tool ever"; it is a quality bar the team holds itself to, not a claim about other products. ## Who is it for? - Small and mid-size organizers: meetups, workshops, courses, conferences up to a few hundred people, concerts, parties, festivals, fundraisers, children's and family events. - Recurring organizers, studios and communities who run events regularly and want to keep people between them. - Attendees, who register, get a QR ticket, play the quiz, follow calendars, buy merch and talk in communities. It is less suited to organizers who need a discovery marketplace, native mobile apps, enterprise integrations or very large venues with complex ticketing. If you are choosing a tool, start with the neutral comparison of [free event registration tools](/en/learn/best-free-event-registration-tools). ## How does AET make money? Only from the Pro subscription: $29 a month or $290 a year, paid through Creem, cancel anytime. Ticket and shop payments go directly from guests to the organizer's own plata by mono or Stripe account, and AET takes 0% on every plan. There is no advertising, no sale of contacts and no public directory of people. Early users received a free "founding" Pro; that offer closed on 22 September 2026, and those who have it keep it. ## What principles guide the product? - **The organizer is the merchant.** Money goes straight to the organizer; AET is not a payment institution and takes no commission. - **Consent first.** Events and calendars never add people to a community on their own. People join only through a checkbox, a Join button or an approved application. - **Private by default.** Community member data is visible only to hosts unless members choose to share it with each other, with safeguards against contact harvesting. - **Safety in wartime.** Venue, date or time can be revealed only to registered guests at a chosen moment, because publishing where people gather is not always safe in Ukraine. - **Sources are not stored.** Files given to AI to build an event or learn a brand style are deleted right after reading. - **No dark patterns around limits.** If you downgrade, existing events stay online and registrations keep working; only new creation is limited. - **Your data is yours to delete.** Deleting a profile switches it off immediately, leaves 30 days to restore, and then removes all content permanently. How these principles look in practice: [hiding the location until registration](/en/learn/how-to-hide-event-location-until-registration) and [a consent-based community](/en/learn/how-to-build-a-community-around-your-events). ## How does AET use AI? AI is a set of tools for the organizer, with one shared monthly allowance (Free 10 generations, Pro 100): - **AI poster and poster images** (gpt-image-1, with dall-e-3 as a fallback); people appear only from photos the organizer uploads. - **Learning a brand style** from files and a website (gpt-4o), with code checking that every color actually exists in the brand. - **Brand stickers** in the brand's colors. - **Create event from source:** a page built from links, files or text, with nothing invented — missing details stay empty. - **Quiz questions** written from event materials, links, YouTube subtitles or files. What AI does not do: it never receives attendees' data, registrations, messages or community posts; it does not approve applicants, set prices, moderate communities or send messages; it does not translate event content; and there is no chatbot trained on user data. The interface is translated into 19 languages once, before release, with Google Translate, and English is edited by hand. ## What are AET's honest limitations? AET is a young product with a small team. It has no discovery marketplace, no native mobile apps, no REST API or Zapier integration yet, no automated SMS or WhatsApp reminders and no built-in video streaming. Established platforms such as Eventbrite, Luma and Meetup are stronger in those areas, and this hub says so where it matters. What exists instead of an API: a public, read-only MCP server at https://anyeventtool.com/api/mcp that AI assistants can connect to. It answers questions from this knowledge base, returns current pricing and searches public upcoming events; it cannot read attendee data or change anything. Where other tools fit better: [Eventbrite alternatives](/en/learn/eventbrite-alternatives) and [Luma alternatives](/en/learn/luma-alternatives). ## How can I contact the team? - Email: support@anyeventtool.com — the only official address, for support, press and partnership questions alike. - On the site: the round Write to us button lets you report a bug or suggest an idea. Start free at https://aet.events/en/events or compare plans at https://anyeventtool.com/en/pricing. ## Questions and answers **Where is AnyEventTool based?** AET is made in Ukraine by a small independent team. **Who owns AnyEventTool?** The Terms of Service name Oleksandr Rykovtsev as the owner and developer of AET. **How does AET earn money if it takes 0% of ticket sales?** From the optional Pro subscription at $29 a month or $290 a year. There is no advertising and no sale of data. **Does AET sell or share attendee data?** No. There is no public directory of people and no sale of contacts. Organizers see their own attendees, and attendees see each other only by mutual consent. **Is AET open about its limitations?** Yes. It has no discovery marketplace, no native apps, no REST API or Zapier yet and no SMS reminders; the Learn hub recommends other tools when they fit better. **Is AnyEventTool the same as AET?** Yes. AET is the short name. The product runs at aet.events and anyeventtool.com, with storefronts at aet.market and community short links at aet.community. ## Related answers - [AnyEventTool FAQ: pricing, fees, payments, privacy and limits](https://anyeventtool.com/en/learn/anyeventtool-faq.md) - [How do I build a community around my events?](https://anyeventtool.com/en/learn/how-to-build-a-community-around-your-events.md) - [How do I hide the event location until people register?](https://anyeventtool.com/en/learn/how-to-hide-event-location-until-registration.md) - [How do I make an event page with an AI-generated poster?](https://anyeventtool.com/en/learn/how-to-make-an-event-page-with-an-ai-poster.md) - [9 Eventbrite alternatives with lower fees (2026)](https://anyeventtool.com/en/learn/eventbrite-alternatives.md)