Aventri vs Bizly | TrustRadius

Likelihood to Recommend

eTouches seems to be well positioned to serve those needing event registration for small groups up to large conventions. Events with multiple sessions are very well organized and allows the planners to monitor registration and attendance with ease. One issue we have run into is the ability to give a discount to a specific registrant who signs up a group of individuals. We continue to work for a solution to this.

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Bill Reger

Webmaster

ATSNJNon-Profit Organization Management, 1001-5000 employees

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Bizly is well suited if you're short on headcount resources and are looking for a platform that can assist with the lift of sourcing venues and managing logistics of a venue.
Bizly is also well suited when there are pre-defined agreements your organization requires a venue to sign/adhere to. I really appreciated being able to upload those agreements and attach them with any sourcing requests.
Bizly is an excellent source of unique ideas and a database to get a sense of properties prior to booking.

The teams functions of Bizly could have been better. Setting up people with different payment options or granting other users permission to utilize the tool was very much a growing pain when we were piloting the program. I'm not sure if those have been addressed since. Their database could be much bigger and would love to see this in international space (at least Canada and the UK for sure).

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Brayden McCleskey

Global User Group Program Manager

SymantecComputer & Network Security, 10,001+ employees

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Pros

Manages class size limits very well.
Provides information for hotel booking and transfers so that all this information is in one record.
Unlimited number of pages for the website is invaluable - we looked at other programs with only 4 pages for the website and that just isn't enough for our clients.

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Fran Rickenbach

President

Management Excellence, Inc.Non-Profit Organization Management, 1-10 employees

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Sourcing unique location ideas for events
Managing numerous bookings on one platform

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Brayden McCleskey

Global User Group Program Manager

SymantecComputer & Network Security, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Registration on the backend was confusing
Sometimes the code would break and take a while to fix (adding images, extra text)
Not intuitive for users

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Adriana (Adri) Luna

Member Services Associate

Adri Luna Studios on EtsyNon-profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees

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Slow response rate at times (concierge service)
No international presence at the time of use

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Brayden McCleskey

Global User Group Program Manager

SymantecComputer & Network Security, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

Starting Price

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Aventri Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

Starting Price

$0

Bizly Editions & Modules

Edition

INDIVIDUAL	$0.00
CORPORATE	Request for quote
ENTERPRISE	Request for quote

none

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Support Rating

Aventri 8.0

Based on 2 answers

I had a few issues while onsite (over the weekend). The support information given to me was incorrect and I had a hard time tracking down how to get assistance while onsite (on a weekend). When you are onsite, issues are usually heightened and need an immediate response, and I didn't get that.

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Patrick Reilly, CMP

Meeting Planner

Pulmonary Hypertension AssociationHospital & Health Care, 11-50 employees

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Bizly 9.0

Based on 2 answers

The Bizly team bent over backward to make sure we were taken care of. As we were one of their larger clients at the time, they listened to product feedback and implemented many of the changes we were hoping to see. They were also quick to respond when I reached out directly.

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Brayden McCleskey

Global User Group Program Manager

SymantecComputer & Network Security, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

We loved CVENT and DoubleDutch, but it was much easier to have all the modules we needed in one platform, which happened to be Aventri.

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Megan Baak

Operations Manager

Conference on Crimes Against WomenNon-profit Organization Management, 1-10 employees

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Bizly's concierge service was the differentiator here. The ability to simply send a message to the concierge team with a date, area, headcount, etc. and have them respond with several options was a godsend on numerous occasions

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Brayden McCleskey

Global User Group Program Manager

SymantecComputer & Network Security, 10,001+ employees

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