Cvent Event Diagramming vs Guidebook

Likelihood to Recommend

This tool is bested used in planning out more intense set-up for events, or where you want to share with Vendors and Hotel Contacts where you would like certain items set-up in the room. I had previously used Meeting Matrix, and I appreciate the Collaboration access I can grant to vendors and contacts so they can help design the set-up based on them being the experts and knowing the space better

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Project Manager in Marketing

Farming Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Most of our meetings are too small to bother using it but it is great for our larger workshops. If you have a complex schedule or agenda it is better than a paper agenda and allows you to adjust changes live in the agenda during the meetings. We only use it a few times a year because we only have a few larger meetings.

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Administrative Assistant in Finance and Accounting

Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 11-50 employees

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Pros

User-friendly. It's easy for us to train other team members/staff/volunteers to use the front-end system for registration and event check-in.
Social Tables is great for creating custom room layouts and diagrams.
Social tables is customizable. We're able to capture specific information for attendees, and can "tag" them when additional info is needed.

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Lisa Kelley, CMP

Events & Marketing Manager

San Diego Regional Chamber of CommerceCivic & Social Organization, 11-50 employees

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Provides live agendas
Allows attendees to communicate through mobile phones with event staff
Allows attendees to check in to break out sessions of their choice

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Administrative Assistant in Finance and Accounting

Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 11-50 employees

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Cons

A development that would be useful would be the ability to reorder the diagrams to a custom order in one event so that when exported as one document, they are in an order that can be customized to flow well for the meeting planner.

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Monique Frankfort

Destination Sales Executive

The WestinHospitality, 10,001+ employees

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Sometimes we have had issues with it not updating our changes very quickly and while at a conference that can be problematic.
I have had difficulty making edits or changes from the mobile app so I have to go grab the computer to fix something.
Some attendees have had issues downloading and logging in depending on which mobile phones that they are using. It may be operator error.

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Administrative Assistant in Finance and Accounting

Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

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Starting Price

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Support Rating

Cvent Event Diagramming 8.3

Based on 48 answers

The support was exceptional, and they remained an arm's reach away for when we ran into any questions after we began using the tool. Overall, we experienced phenomenal customer service. We also had more than one web-based call where their team would walk us through examples and answer any questions we had.

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Chelsea Benge

Events Software Specialist

Leading Real Estate Companies of the WorldReal Estate, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I believe my organization has evaluated Eventbrite in the past. I'm not too familiar with Eventbrite and if it is similar to Cvent Event Diagramming. Overall, Cvent Event Diagramming seems rather advanced and a unique type of software. We have had such a great experience with Cvent that we do not plan on switching anyways

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Administrative Assistant in Sales

Events Services Company, 11-50 employees

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We use both but for completely different reasons. We use Guidebook to manage our attendees and communicate with them during large workshops. We use Airtable as a spreadsheet type database for tracking things.

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Administrative Assistant in Finance and Accounting

Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

This program allows us to be nimble in our communication with our vendors and clients.
This program has empowered my new staff members to solve problems discreetly and on their own, prior to bringing them to my attention. It is a key tool to our success.

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Director in Sales

Entertainment Company, 51-200 employees

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None really as we are a non profit and these meetings we use it for are free

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Administrative Assistant in Finance and Accounting

Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 11-50 employees

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Cvent Event Diagramming Formerly Social Tables vs Guidebook