Bookinglayer vs. Cvent Passkey

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bookinglayer
Score 0.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Bookinglayer is a reservation system built for complex booking scenarios involving accommodation and activities. It helps businesses like retreats, resorts, and camps automate the entire booking process. The software suite includes four core components: the Booking Engine, the Backoffice, the Payment Form, and the Customer Portal. In addition, Bookinglayer offers a variety of advanced features and third-party integrations to access to everything needed to run the booking business.…
$279
per month
Cvent Passkey
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Cvent Passkey streamlines and automates meeting and event bookings for hotels, DMOs, and venues—creating valuable upsell opportunities. Event planners benefit from a centralized room block and reservation management system, and hotels can promote room upgrades, extended stays, and other amenities to group guests.N/A
Pricing
BookinglayerCvent Passkey
Editions & Modules
Essential
$279
per month
Pro
$445
per month
Alpha
Custom quote
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BookinglayerCvent Passkey
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsWhile Bookinglayer does offer commission-based plans on a case-by-case basis, the standard fixed-rate plans allow the customer to know exactly how much payment is each month.
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
BookinglayerCvent Passkey
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(30 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(19 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Bookinglayer
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Cvent
If a property is managing a block of 15 or more rooms, Cvent Passkey is extremely helpful as it helps streamline room types, attendee types, and premium up-sell options. If you are working on a smaller group that has specific requirements that restrict their room options, basic booking software will suffice.
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Pros
Bookinglayer
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Cvent
  • Streamline the rooming list process
  • Gives clients 24 hour access to their rooming lists
  • Gives time back to vendors from not having to send updated rooming lists
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Cons
Bookinglayer
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Cvent
  • The support center for administrators (GroupMax) and the dashboard could be better. Good for beginnings, but there is a lack of detail for more advanced users.
  • The process of building a booking site could be easier/more streamlined. We sometimes have to hunt around to find where to edit information.
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Usability
Bookinglayer
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Cvent
My best advice is to have one or two people own the Cvent Passkey maintenance.If a person is using the software frequently, you will find tips and usability becomes quite easy. A novice may find some difficulty understanding how inventory distribution works but all of the training courses offered are very useful to help hone in on the craft
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Support Rating
Bookinglayer
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Cvent
I have not had any issues with Passkey where I needed help from the support team. The Cvent Community has been a great spot to ask questions regarding Passkey and get the answers that I needed. I think that Cvent Community has hundreds of people that have had years of experience using these different products and when I have questions, they have usually been asked in the past.
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Alternatives Considered
Bookinglayer
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Cvent
We haven't used any other options. We used to manage everything manually, which sucked up hundreds of hours of our employee's time and cause frustrations among some of our high profile clients who wanted to make their bookings or manage their trip on their own off-hours time instead of having to reach our employees during booking hours. They are then also able to edit their reservation and receive confirmation numbers without having to go through us. With all of the GDPR issues occurring, it's also solving a lot of trouble of collecting information and properly managing it.
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Return on Investment
Bookinglayer
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Cvent
  • Positive ROI: Credit Card information is easily collected for the hotel.
  • Negative ROI: It was harder for us planners to track the changes.
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ScreenShots

Bookinglayer Screenshots

Screenshot of The Booking Engine can be fully customized to suit not only the customer's decision-making process but also the look and feel of the website. This way, the booking page integrates with the current customer journey.Screenshot of The Customer Portal empowers guests to manage their bookings independently. Guests can be allowed to schedule sessions, exchange activities, provide transfer details, sign digital waivers, and check in online, all without messaging back and forth with internal teams.Screenshot of The Booking Widget is an Advanced Feature used to display fixed-date trips directly on a website. From there, guests can view what trips still have availability, or they can join a waiting list for dates that are already full.Screenshot of The Backoffice is used to view and manage bookings. With up to 10 different User Roles, team members have access to select parts of the Backoffice. This way, everyone from coaches to cleaning staff has access to the information they need to work efficiently, but not other sensitive booking details.Screenshot of the Inquiry Form, which is an Advanced Feature that can help collect and organize bespoke requests that require more of a conversation before confirmation. Inquiries will come directly into the Backoffice, where they can later be changed to a confirmed booking.

Cvent Passkey Screenshots

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