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Comparison

Liveblog.pro alternative: a ticker in your own page.

Looking for an alternative to Liveblog.pro? Live Blog by Sourcefabric is a mature, open-source live blog used by news agencies such as dpa and APA. Livetickr takes a leaner approach: one script tag puts the feed straight into your page, with no iframe and no extra server setup.

A mature open-source tool. Live Blog is used by dpa, ZEIT ONLINE and APA, and its code is public under AGPL-3.0.

Different price shapes. Go costs €29 for 72 hours of publishing. Solo is €182 a month for one active live blog and one user per blog.

Livetickr puts the feed in your page. One script tag, no iframe, no ESI server, no cookies in the embed. From €69 per event or €199 a month.

The difference

What to look for in a Liveblog.pro alternative

Both tools are built in Europe for newsrooms. They differ in how the feed reaches your page and in how the plans are cut.

Iframe, ESI or script

Live Blog’s standard embed places an iframe on your page. Its own guide recommends ESI instead, which needs a proxy or CDN that supports it. Livetickr renders the updates directly into your page.

Active blogs and seats

Solo includes one active live blog and one user per blog, Team three active blogs and five users per blog. Livetickr subscriptions include unlimited tickers and 10 or 50 team members.

Pageviews

Solo and Team come with unlimited pageviews; very high traffic belongs in Corporate. Livetickr includes 500,000 pageviews a month on Publisher and 1,000,000 on Network.

Credit where due

Where Liveblog.pro is ahead

Live Blog has several things Livetickr does not have yet. If one of them is essential for you, Live Blog is the better choice today.

  • Open-source code under AGPL-3.0
  • Unlimited pageviews on Solo and Team
  • A cheaper single event: €29 for 72 hours of publishing
  • LiveBlogPosting markup for search engines
  • Reader comments, scorecards and image galleries
  • Native and remote ads inside the feed
  • A customer list that includes dpa, ZEIT ONLINE and APA
At a glance

Liveblog.pro vs Livetickr at a glance

The differences that decide it, side by side, checked against public sources on October 20, 2026. For every tool in one table, see our comparison of live blog tools.

Liveblog.pro compared with Livetickr
EmbedLiveblog.proScript plus an iframe by default. Optional ESI include, which needs a proxy or CDN that supports ESI.LivetickrOne script tag. The feed renders into your page, no iframe.
CompanyLiveblog.proSourcefabric Ventures s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic. The commercial arm of the non-profit Sourcefabric.Livetickrfdmedia GmbH, Walldorf, Germany.
Cookies in the embedLiveblog.proCovered by Sourcefabric’s privacy policy.LivetickrNone. No stored IP addresses. Readers counted with a hash that changes daily.
Single eventLiveblog.proGo: €29 per event, 72 hours of publishing (extendable by another 72), 100,000 pageviews, 1 user.LivetickrEvent: €69 per ticker for 30 days, 100,000 pageviews, 5 team members. One-time payment.
SubscriptionsLiveblog.proSolo €182 a month (€163 billed yearly): 1 active live blog, 1 user per blog. Team €514 (€462 yearly): 3 active blogs, 2 domains, 5 users per blog. Corporate on request. Prices excl. VAT.LivetickrPublisher €199 a month: unlimited tickers, 10 team members. Network €499: 5 brands, 50 team members. Launch price €149 and €399. Prices excl. VAT, two months free yearly.
PageviewsLiveblog.proUnlimited on Solo and Team. Very high traffic belongs in Corporate.Livetickr500,000 a month on Publisher, 1,000,000 on Network. +250,000 for €49 a month on request.
Search markupLiveblog.proLiveBlogPosting schema.LivetickrNo schema.org markup yet.
AppsLiveblog.proReporter app for iOS and Android.LivetickriOS and Android.
AvailabilityLiveblog.proSign up today, with a 7-day trial and no credit card.LivetickrSign up and start today, with a seven-day free trial and no credit card.
In detail

Where the difference matters

A table flattens things. Here is what each row means for a newsroom on the night it counts.

Iframe, ESI or your own page

Live Blog’s standard embed code adds a script and an iframe to your article. Its own live blogging guide recommends skipping the iframe and using ESI instead, so the blog stays indexable. ESI is an include that your proxy or CDN fills in before the page reaches the reader, so it needs one that supports it.

Livetickr needs neither. The script renders the updates directly into your page, in any CMS that accepts HTML, and the WordPress plugin does the same with a block. If updates rendered on the server matter most to you for search, ESI is the stronger route: Livetickr renders in the reader’s browser.

How the plans are cut

Go costs €29 per event with 72 hours of publishing, extendable by another 72. Solo costs €182 a month (€163 billed yearly) for one active live blog with one user per blog and unlimited pageviews. Team costs €514 a month (€462 yearly) for three active blogs on two domains, with five users per blog. A blog counts as active while you update it; once it is archived, the slot is free for the next one.

Livetickr costs €69 per event, live for 30 days with five team members, or €199 a month for Publisher with unlimited tickers, ten team members and 500,000 pageviews (€149 at the launch price). For one short event, Go is cheaper. For a desk where several editors cover several events a month, Publisher includes ten team members and unlimited tickers at about the price of Solo.

What Live Blog does well

Live Blog lists dpa, ZEIT ONLINE, APA, NTB and Keystone-SDA among its users, and its development was supported by the Google Digital News Initiative. It offers a Reporter app for iOS and Android, social embeds, scorecards, galleries, comments, custom post types, a theme manager, statistics per embed and ads in the feed. Its code is open source under AGPL-3.0.

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.

Privacy

Both tools are run by companies in the EU: Live Blog from Prague, Livetickr from Walldorf.

The Livetickr embed sets no cookies and stores no IP addresses, and readers are counted with a hash that changes every day. By default, third-party posts load only after the reader opts in. The application, database and media storage are hosted in Frankfurt.

Honest fit

Is Livetickr the right Liveblog.pro alternative for you?

For a news agency or a newsroom with a live desk, Live Blog is a serious option. This is where the line runs.

Choose Live Blog if

  • you want open-source software
  • you expect very high traffic and want unlimited pageviews
  • you can serve ESI and want updates rendered on the server
  • you need comments, scorecards or ads inside the feed
  • you cover one short event, and €29 for 72 hours fits

Choose Livetickr if

  • the feed should render in your page, without an iframe or an ESI setup
  • several editors should post to the same ticker
  • you want a WordPress block, or one script tag for any other CMS
  • you want an embed without cookies, run from Germany
Switching

Switching from Liveblog.pro to Livetickr

There is no importer. Your past Live Blog coverage stays where it is, and the next event starts in Livetickr.

  1. 01

    Start your free trial

    Sign up and set everything up first: the seven days start when your first ticker goes live, no credit card needed. Subscribe by 31 January 2027 to keep the launch price for as long as your subscription stays active.

  2. 02

    Set up the next event

    Create a ticker, pick a design and set your brand color. Invite your editors so several people can post at once.

  3. 03

    Swap the embed

    Register your domain in the workspace settings, then replace the Live Blog script and iframe with the Livetickr script tag.

Questions

Liveblog.pro alternative: common questions

What publishers ask before they move their live coverage.

What is the best Liveblog.pro alternative?

It depends on your newsroom. Tickaroo suits large newsrooms that need sports data and CMS integrations. Livetickr suits publishers who want the feed in their own page with one script tag and several editors on one ticker. If you want open source and unlimited pageviews, Live Blog itself is hard to beat.

Is Livetickr cheaper than Liveblog.pro?

It depends on how you work. For one short event, Live Blog Go is cheaper: €29 for 72 hours, against €69 for 30 days with Livetickr. For a team, Livetickr Publisher costs €199 a month (€149 at the launch price) with unlimited tickers and ten team members, while Live Blog Solo costs €182 for one active blog and one user per blog. All prices excl. VAT.

Does Livetickr need an iframe or ESI?

Neither. The Livetickr script renders the feed directly into your page. Live Blog embeds an iframe by default and offers ESI, which needs a proxy or CDN that supports it.

Does the Livetickr embed use cookies?

No. The Livetickr embed sets no cookies and stores no IP addresses. Readers are counted with a hash that changes every day.

Can I import my Live Blog coverage?

Not today. There is no importer. Past live blogs can stay where they are, and the next event starts in Livetickr.

Why Livetickr

The case for Livetickr

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.

Part of your article

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.

Seen by every reader

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.

No ads, your brand

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.

Hosted in Germany

Operated by fdmedia GmbH in Walldorf, hosted in Frankfurt. When your data protection officer asks where reader data goes, the answer is one sentence.

Don’t take a table’s word for it. The demo runs a real Livetickr feed, embedded with the same one-line snippet.See the live demo
Benefits

What you get

The essentials for live coverage, plus the extras that make it nicer to work with.

Embed anywhere in one line of code

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>

Always live, no reloads

Publish an update and it shows up in every embedded ticker within seconds. Readers keep reading.

Privacy-first, no cookies

The embed sets no cookies and stores no IP addresses, so live coverage doesn’t drag a consent banner along.

Rich block editor

Text, quotes, images, social and video embeds: structured, not one long text field.

On-brand designs

Choose a timeline, markers or an editorial list, then set it all in your own brand color.

Author cards

Avatar, bio and social links on every post, so the byline credit lands where it belongs.

Schedule ahead

Prepare updates in advance and they publish themselves at the exact minute you set.

How it works

Write, paste, done

Three steps from a blank editor to a live blog on your own page.

STEP 1

Write the update

A clean block editor for text, quotes, images and embeds. Publish now, or schedule it to go live the moment it starts.

STEP 2

Drop in one tag

One <script> tag on any page, any CMS. No plugin, no theme surgery, no developer needed. Paste it once, the embed does the rest.

STEP 3

It updates itself

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
Livetickr dashboard: writing a live update in the block editor.

The Livetickr composer, writing a live update in the block editor.

Free 7-day trial

Try it on your next live event

On your own site, with real readers.

7 days counted from your first live ticker.

1 ticker live on your site, up to 10,000 pageviews.

Launch price locked in if you subscribe by 31 January 2027.

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