Cvent Event Diagramming vs MindMeister

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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MindMeister is ideally suited for building mind maps, site maps, or similar types of data maps in the cloud without needing to install extra software. I find that it isn't quite as ideal for other types of diagrams (ERDs, flowcharts, etc) as some other tools, though it definitely can handle those things as well.

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Ben McClure

Head of Development Technologies

Top Floor TechnologiesInternet, 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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The UI is well laid out and easy to use. The workflow makes perfect sense and makes creating tasks a breeze.
The collaboration features make brainstorming not only easy but fun! Everyone enjoys using the tool, which was not the case with other collaboration software we used.
I love being able to get all of my thoughts and ideas on the screen to see them and then be able to connect them in a logical way.

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Gary Shouldis

Founder & CEO

3Bug MediaMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 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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I think that the free plan should offer a bit more terms of features to make the testing experience more engaging.
My experience using the App version was not so good when compared to the web version of it. I feel more comfortable using it in my notebook.
Paid plans could be more flexible to support small or temporary demands.

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Luciano Gardesani Marques

Account Executive

Clarity SolutionsE-Learning, 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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Cvent Event Diagramming Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$499 per user per month

MindMeister Editions & Modules

Edition

Personal	4.99¹
Pro	8.25¹
Business	12.49¹

per user per month

Additional Pricing Details

MindMeister offers 6-monthly and yearly subscriptions. Discounts for educational users and non-profit organizations are also available.

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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MindMeister 10.0

Based on 2 answers

Never had an issue with customer support, though we never really needed anything major as far as technical help. I do not believe they offer 24 hour customer support but we don't need it as MindMeister is not the type of tool we need need 24 hour a day support for. Overall, very happy with the level of support.

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Gary Shouldis

Founder & CEO

3Bug MediaMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 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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I have also used LucidChart and Google Draw to create mind maps and concept maps in the past. I think that MindMeister is by far the cleanest and most user friendly of the three. Google Draw does not have anywhere near the same functionality. LucidChart tends to be clunky and the options to create your map are not always clear and intuitive.

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Sarah Ciras Rousseau

High School Special Educator

Landmark SchoolEducation Management, 51-200 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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The most positive result of using MindMeister is a visualization of each step in work and connections between different nodes(ideas, steps).
This greatly simplifies the work, especially collaborative work, since it is easier to show it once than to explain things many times.
Negative impact: lack of offline desktop version.

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Miroslav Bobryshev

3D Asset Artist / 3D Generalist

Main Road|PostMotion Pictures and Film, 11-50 employees

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Cvent Event Diagramming Formerly Social Tables vs MindMeister