Looking for an alternative to 24liveblog? 24liveblog is free to start, has been around for years and has a long feature list. Livetickr is a live blog tool with a narrower approach: the feed renders in your own page, sets no cookies and is hosted in Germany.
Your page, not an iframe. Livetickr renders updates into your article. 24liveblog loads them in a frame from its own domain.
A free plan there, no ads here. 24liveblog’s free plan includes sponsored ads. Livetickr starts at €69 per event and shows no ads in the feed on any plan.
More features there, a narrower tool here. 24liveblog has comments, sports templates and desktop apps. Livetickr focuses on the editor and the embed.
Both tools put a live blog on your article. These are the three points where they differ most, and where any alternative should have a clear answer.
24liveblog embeds the feed as an iframe from v.24liveblog.com. Livetickr renders the updates directly into your page.
On 24liveblog’s pricing table, “Sponsored Ads Free” is part of the paid plans. Livetickr is paid, from €69 per event, free during the closed beta, and shows no ads in the feed on any plan.
24liveblog, Inc. is a US company. Livetickr is operated from Germany and hosted in Frankfurt, with no cookies in the embed.
24liveblog has several things Livetickr does not have yet. If one of them is essential for you, that matters more than anything else on this page.
The differences that decide it, side by side, checked against public sources on September 29, 2026. For every tool in one table, see our comparison of live blog tools.
| Topic | 24liveblog | Livetickr |
|---|---|---|
| Embed | 24liveblogIframe from v.24liveblog.com, plus a resize script. | LivetickrOne script tag. The feed renders into your page, no iframe. |
| Company | 24liveblog24liveblog, Inc. Terms governed by US law. | Livetickrfdmedia GmbH, Walldorf, Germany. Hosted in Frankfurt. |
| Cookies in the embed | 24liveblogCovered by 24liveblog’s privacy policy. | LivetickrNone. No stored IP addresses. Readers counted with a hash that changes daily. |
| Ads in the feed | 24liveblog“Sponsored Ads Free” only on paid plans. | LivetickrNo ads in the feed. |
| Your branding | 24liveblogCustom domain and logo on Enterprise only. | LivetickrYour brand color, three designs: timeline, markers or editorial list. |
| Price | 24liveblogStarter free, 100,000 pageviews. Premium $49 a month ($39 billed yearly). Business $69 ($49 yearly). Enterprise on request. | LivetickrEvent: €69 per ticker, one-time. Publisher €199 a month, Network €499; €149 and €399 at the launch price. Excl. VAT, free during the closed beta. |
| WordPress | 24liveblogPlugin currently not available on WordPress.org (closed June 2026). | LivetickrA WordPress plugin with a block and a shortcode. Elsewhere, the script tag works in any CMS that accepts HTML. |
| Availability | 24liveblogSign up and start today. | LivetickrClosed beta, access through the waitlist. |
A table flattens things. Here is what each row means for a newsroom on the night it counts.
An iframe is a separate page placed inside yours. It brings its own styling, its own scripts and its own domain. That is quick to embed, and it is also why the feed never quite looks like the article around it.
The Livetickr script renders the updates directly into your page. The feed takes the width of the column you paste it into and follows your layout, so it reads as part of the article.
24liveblog, Inc. is a US company, and its terms are governed by US law. If your readers are in Europe, it is worth reading its privacy policy alongside your own before you embed it.
The Livetickr embed sets no cookies and stores no IP addresses. Readers are counted with a hash that changes every day. By default, posts embedded from other platforms, such as videos or posts on X, load only after the reader opts in. The service is operated from Germany and hosted in Frankfurt.
24liveblog’s Starter plan is free up to 100,000 pageviews a month across the account. Its own FAQ describes what happens after that: you can no longer create events or post, while readers can still view what is there. Ad-free feeds start with Premium, a custom domain and logo with Enterprise.
Livetickr costs €69 per event as a one-time payment, or €199 a month for Publisher with unlimited tickers and 500,000 pageviews (€149 at the launch price). There are no ads in the feed on any plan. During the closed beta, Livetickr is free.
24liveblog has a long feature list: templates for more than ten sports with live scores, moderated reader comments and chat, polls, apps for iOS, Android, macOS and Windows, and an API. It says it is used by over 70,000 publishers.
Livetickr is younger and narrower. It has a block editor, apps for iOS and Android, scheduled and pinned updates, labels readers can filter by, author cards and anonymous statistics. Readers do not post in a Livetickr feed; that is a choice, not a gap we plan to fill.
Both tools publish a live feed. They make different trade-offs, and one of them may simply fit you better.
There is no importer. Your past 24liveblog events stay where they are, and the next event starts in Livetickr.
Livetickr is in closed beta. Join the list and you get access before the public launch. Subscribe within three months of launch to keep the launch price.
Create a ticker in the dashboard, pick a design and set your brand color. Drafts are free, so you can prepare it days ahead.
Register your domain in the workspace settings, then paste the Livetickr script tag where the 24liveblog code sat. It works in any CMS that accepts HTML.
What publishers ask before they move their live coverage.
It depends on what you need. Tickaroo suits large newsrooms that want sports data and CMS integrations. Livetickr suits publishers who want the feed in their own page, no ads and no cookies in the embed. If you need a free plan today, 24liveblog itself is hard to beat.
Only during the closed beta. After the launch, Livetickr costs €69 per event, or €199 a month for Publisher (€149 at the launch price), excl. VAT. In return, there are no ads in the feed on any plan.
No. The Livetickr script renders the feed directly into your page. 24liveblog embeds its feed as an iframe from its own domain.
The embed sets no cookies and stores no IP addresses, so the ticker needs no consent banner of its own. By default, posts embedded from other platforms load only after the reader opts in.
Not today. There is no importer. Past events can stay where they are, and the next event starts in Livetickr.
Yes. Livetickr has a WordPress plugin: add the Livetickr block, paste the ticker ID, done. Without the plugin, the embed is a single script tag that works in WordPress and any other CMS that accepts HTML.
If you are still comparing, these are the four things Livetickr is built around. Each one shows up on the night your live coverage brings in the most readers.
The feed renders into your page, not into a frame. It takes the width of your column and follows your layout, so readers stay in your article.
No cookies and no stored IP addresses, so the ticker needs no consent banner of its own. Readers see your coverage without clicking accept first.
There are no ads in the feed. Your coverage carries your brand color and design, and author cards credit the editor who wrote each update.
Operated by fdmedia GmbH in Walldorf, hosted in Frankfurt. When your data protection officer asks where reader data goes, the answer is one sentence.
The essentials for live coverage, plus the extras that make it nicer to work with.
WordPress, Next.js, a static page, a landing page for a single event. If it renders HTML, your ticker works there, with the same one-line tag. Paste it yourself in a minute, no developer or rebuild needed.
<script defer
src="https://cdn.livetickr.io/embed.js"
id="livetickr-feed"
data-ticker-id="tkr_9f3ab2"></script>Publish an update and it shows up in every embedded ticker within seconds. Readers keep reading.
The embed sets no cookies and stores no IP addresses, so live coverage doesn’t drag a consent banner along.
Text, quotes, images, social and video embeds: structured, not one long text field.
Choose a timeline, markers or an editorial list, then set it all in your own brand color.
Avatar, bio and social links on every post, so the byline credit lands where it belongs.
Prepare updates in advance and they publish themselves at the exact minute you set.
Three steps from a blank editor to a live blog on your own page.
A clean block editor for text, quotes, images and embeds. Publish now, or schedule it to go live the moment it starts.
One <script> tag on any page, any CMS. No plugin, no theme surgery, no developer needed. Paste it once, the embed does the rest.
New posts appear in the embedded ticker on their own, within seconds. Readers stay on the page: no reload, no missed moment.
app.livetickr.io
The Livetickr composer, writing a live update in the block editor.
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